Himalayan Barbary

London: John Murray, 1955. Hardcover. xiv, 241p., plentifully provided with portrait and activity photos, hardbound first edition in 9x5.5 inch red cloth boards spine-titled in bronze. This titling is so dim as to be illegible; perhaps dull bronze on medium scarlet was a poor design choice. Lacks the jacket, spine panel faintly grimy, spots of foxing to title page… Read more about this item

New York: Abelard-Schuman Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Endpapers have some library markings. .

New York: Abelard-Schuman Inc. [1956], 1956. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [4], v-xiv, 241, [1] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $4.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white photographs and a map. The story of an anthropologist's exploration of India west of the… Read more about this item

London: John Murray. Library bound copy. Library stamps and labels. Crisp and tight. Underlining on two pages. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1955.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, Inc., 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. First edition. Fine. No marks. Dust jacket has complete cover, spine and rear parts in unfaded condition, but appears to have had its inner flaps cut off which are now missing. Remnant of sticker on spine of dust jacket. B&W… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An interesting account of the author's travels with his wife through the Himalayan region, and their anthropological findings. Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf was an ethnologist and a Professor, who spent the majority of his life studying tribal cultures in India. … Read more about this item

John Murray, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 241 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning… Read more about this item

New York: Abelard-Schuman Inc., 1956. Hardcover, red cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 241pp., Index. Illustrated with photographs and a map. First edition. No previous ownership marks. One of the first anthropological studies of the peoples and societies inhabiting the borderland between India and Eastern Tibet. Front free endpaper folded on fore-edge. Else a… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1955 VG/VG-. 8vo. original red cloth gilt (endpapers slightly toned, some spotting in text, mostly to prelims. & leaf edges, neat bookseller's label to front pastedown) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, flaps lightly foxed, some chipping & creasing to spine ends); pp. xiv, 242 (last blank), with 35 illustrations & a sketch map. A very good copy.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

New York, Abelard-Schuman Inc., [1956], First American edition. . original cloth with gilt title lettering on spine, dj (not price clipped, chip at spine end), clean and fine in very good dj. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xiv, 241 pp, 35 illustrations from photos, including full-page, double-page map of Suansiri area in Assam with inset, index. . The… Read more about this item

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1956. 241pp, index, bibliography, maps, bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Jacket appears near fine from front but a large piece is lacking from rear panel, and the front panel has approx 1" tear. Account of exploration and anthropological research in the India Tibet border region around the Subasiri River, especially relating to the Apa Tanis… Read more about this item

Hardback. 1955. 255pp 20 plates & map. John Murray, London 1955 *Study of tribes of the Indo-Tibetan borderlands. Very good copy in dust jacket. .

John Murray. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Stamped on inside. In protective mylar cover. (himalayas, photos, nepal, travel)

New York 1956 1st Abelard Schuman. Octavo, 241pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ.

john murray london 1955. first edition 241pp ills. VG (sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.sl.stained w.sl.foxing to contents,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.stained w.spine mod.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,)

New York:: Abelard-Schuman Inc.. Good+ to Very Good w/o DJ.. (1956).. First Am Ed.. Brown cloth binding .

Abelard-Schuman. Used - Very Good. 1956. Cloth, dj. 8vo. 241 pp. Moderate shelf wear and chipping to dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Altogether very sound. (Subject: Asian Studies.)

Abelard-Schuman, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

John Murray, 1956 Reprint. VG, no inscriptions, in lightly worn, price-clipped DJ, generally VG.

Abelard Schuman, 1956 Abelard Schuman, 1956 xiv, 241 pp with B&W plates in text and one double-page map. The Apu-Tanis of northern Assam. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dark red cloth boards are undamaged. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.