Search Results: Afganistan, Hunza, Central Asia from Catron Grant Books

Trackless Sands Pr Inc, 1997 256 pp with one map and B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are clean and intact with a crease to front cover.. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Harry Abrams, 1982 Harry Abrams, 1982 Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1982. 223 pp. Color and B&W illustrations plus maps. Text is crisp, clean, unmarked. grey cloth boards are immaculate. DJ, protected by a mylar cover, is bright and undamaged. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1968 150 pp with B&W illustrations in text and a short but useful bibliography. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Library card pocket on rear endpapers. DJ is bright and intact, taped to boards.. 1st American Ed.. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Seattle, WA: International Snow Leopard Trust, 1989 77 pp. 1 B&W map. Tan printed cover with stapled spine. The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is listed as an endangered species thoughout its range by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The mountainous regions of central Asia encompass its range, within the countries of Afganistan, Bhutan, China, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet and the Soviet Union. This bibliography of over 500 references presents a comprehensive catalog of the literature that deals with the snow leopard. Virtually all sources that refer to the species have been included. A short annotation provides information on the content and scope of the reference. Following the bibliography is an index that lists the entries according to various general subject catagories: behavior, biology, captivity, classification, deseases, distribution by country, ecology, general reviews and management/conservation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

London: Elek Books, 1955 239 pp with 14 B&W plates. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Bookplate of Steve Gossett, financier and adventurer, on front endpapers. Page edges speckled. Turquoise cloth boards are clean and bright. DJ is intact with slight edgewear to spine ends. An Italian ascent of K2 in 1953 which resulted in two team members reaching the top in a first ascent of the mountain.. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1993 U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1993 329 pp with two maps and B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.. Paperback. Near Fine.

Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1935 Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Original paper boards of the Publications de la Commission d'Enquete Linguistique have been handsomely rebound in oxblood quarter-bound leather with raised bands and gold-stamped titles on spine.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cadogan Books, 1996 London: Cadogan Books, 1996 388 pp with maps on endpapers nd B&W illustrations throughout. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged. Trade Paperback. Very Good.. Paperback. Very Good.

U.S.A.: Parkstone Pr, 1996 U.S.A.: Parkstone Pr, 1996 175 pp with color illustrations on every page. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, printed on heavy coated stock. Decorative paper boards are bright and undamaged.DJ is cllean, brightwith a small scratch on the rear. An exceptionally handsome book. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Slender Octavo.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Methuen & Co, 1905 Methuen & Co, 1905 368 pp+ 39 pp of advertisements. Eight B&W plates, 1 foldout map and 4 plans. The account of a small scale battle and seige iin 1895 in the Hindu Kush between a British soldiers reinforced by Sikhs and the local Chitralis, told by one of the participants. Text is clean, tight yellowed. Blue cloth boards are rubbed and bumped. Foldout map has a closed tear. Contemporary bookseller's sticker on front endpaper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. Third Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Beacon Pr, 1987 Beacon Pr, 1987 217 pp with 2 maps after text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, yellowed. Covers are bright and undamaged. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good.. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good.

New Delhi: Bhavana Books, 2001 New Delhi: Bhavana Books, 2001 Inconsistantly paginated with two fold-out charts. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

London: The Geographical Journal, 1907 London: The Geographical Journal, 1907 PP 254 - 273 (21pp) with B&W illustrations and one map in text. . Article disbound from 'The Geographical Journal' of September 1907. Text is clean and unmarked, yellowed along edges. Original paper wrappers, now lacking the rear cover, otherwise 'good." A report on the geology, geography and archeology of the Turfan Depression in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in far western China, Ellsworth Huntington was a professor of geography at Yale University during the early 20th century, known for his studies on climatic determinism, economic growth and economic geography. (Wikipedia). Pamphlet. Good. 5.75" x 9".. Paperback. Good.

Nijmegen: Dekker & Mvan Der Vegt N.V., 1939 Nijmegen: Dekker & Mvan Der Vegt N.V., 1939 244 pp.with four fold-out charts of Dumaki verb structures. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Original paper boards of the Publications de la Commission d'Enquete Linguistique have been handsomely rebound in oxblood quarter-bound leather with raised bands and gold-stamped titles on spine. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

London: Textile & Art Publications, 1995 London: Textile & Art Publications, 1995 Vol. 1 - 259 pp , 399 colored plates. Vol 2 - explanatory text with 59 illustrations,plate captions, glossary, bibliography, index to caves, An exhaustive record of all the cave art at the Dunhuang caves in Gansu, China. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, immaculate. Dark green boards are undamaged. Pictorial slip case is likewise whole and unfaded This set weighs 10 .75 lbs. Overseas buyers please contact seller for shipping costs before purchasing. 1st Edition. Cased Hardcover. As New/As New. Illus. by Seigo Otsuka. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. As New/As New. Illus. by Seigo Otsuka.

Public Affairs, 2003 252 pp. A publication of the Century Foundation. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Gift inscription on the half-title page. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged, price-clipped.. Second Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935 Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935 368 pp with a portrait of the author frontis and B&W plates in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, a few brownish spots on page edges. Maps of the expeditions' routes are on endpapers. Translated from the French by Major-General Sir E.D. Swinton with a preface by Andre Citroen. The third expedition in 1928 (the first two expeditions were to the Mid-East and across Africa) sponsored by the Citroen Automobile Company to successfully cross Asia by car from Damascus to Beijing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Los Angeles: Jeremy Tarcher Inc., 1983 216 pp with 22 B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Blue cloth boards are VG+ with very slight bumping to spine ends. DJ has some rubbing, shelfwear. In mylar protector.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

U.S.A.: Victor Gollancz, 1996 222 pp with one B&W map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Maroon cloth boards are immaculate. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. Now in protective mylar.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Islamabad, Pakistam: Lok Virsa Publishing House Islamabad, Pakistam: Lok Virsa Publishing House 196 pp. A rprint of the 1934 edition. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Bookseller's stamp (Rawalpindi, India) on title page. Boards with photo are slightly wrinkled, seems to have happened in the binding process. Decorative Paper Hardcover. Very Good.. Hardcover. Very Good.