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Published by HardPress Limited, 2021
ISBN 10: 0461497328ISBN 13: 9780461497328
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1899 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 60 Language: English Pages: 60.
Published by Gian Publishing House, New Delhi, 1989
ISBN 10: 8121201365ISBN 13: 9788121201360
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket photo after the author (illustrator). First Thus. First published in 1923, this is a new edition of 1989. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of largely pale green jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 528pp. Kashmir has its rich tradition of folklore, Hatim's (Hatim Tilawon) tales are a part of this rich heritage. Renowned as a storyteller, his tales were drawn from history, mythology, traditional narratives and original stories devised by Hatim himself. Quite a scarce book. Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), was a Hungarian born British archaeologist of Jewish origins, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. He was also a professor at Indian universities.
Published by Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, Patna, Varanasi, 1961
Seller: Oxfam Bookshop Gent, Gent, Belgium
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vol I: xxxi - 402 pp., plate with photograph of M.A. Stein. Motilal Banarsidass; Delhi,Patna,Varanasi, 1961. Kalhana's Rajatarangini : a chronicle of the kings of Kasmir. Vol. I: Introduction, books I-VII. Vol I: xxxi - 402 pp., plate with photograph of M.A. Stein. Motilal Banarsidass; Delhi,Patna,Varanasi, 1961. Kalhana's Rajatarangini : a chronicle of the kings of Kasmir. Vol. I: Introduction, books I-VII. Vol II: 555 pp., map of Parihasapura and confluence of Vitasta and Sindhu. Both volumes are bound in green buckram with wilt lettering on the front cover and the spine. Head, tail and edges are sligthly worn. Corners are stumped/bent. Ex. library of the Library of the Ghent University: usual labels, stamps and numbers. Otherwise good/very good books with clean and unmarked interior. These books are heavy. Additional charges might apply. Please contact the bookstore for more information.
Published by Motilal Banarsidass International, 2023
ISBN 10: 8196006608ISBN 13: 9788196006600
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by New York, Benjamin Blom,, 1968
Seller: Books and Beaches, Anna Bechteler, Icking, Germany
Book
Condition: Sehr gut. Original cloth bindings, xxviii, 546 plus xxi, 514 pages plus 333 illustrations, several plates and 3 folding maps and 5 folding panoramas in a separate volume of illustrations, all volumes in very good and fresh condition. Fine reprint of the 1912 original, much better that the Indian reprints. This edition is also very uncommon. Classic by Stein on his journeys in Central Asia and Western China in 1906 to 1908. Very heavy set, additional shipping likely. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3450.
Published by [N.p.], [S.n.], 1901
First Edition
In publisher's yellow wrappers. First separate edition. Offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. In publisher's yellow wrappers. 295-300, (2) p. Stein's early paper on the archeological excavations and findings in Khotan during his first major expedition to Central-Asia in 1900-1901. Originally published in Journal of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 33, Issue 2, April 1901. Sir Marc Aurél Stein (1862-1943) was a Hungarian born British archaeologist, mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of "The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire" as Knight Commander (KCIE), and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900, 1906-1908, 1913-1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves, also known as "Caves of the Thousand Buddhas", near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection (mostly manuscripts and other relics) has been placed in the British Library, the British Museum, and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. . Traces of folding. Cover somewhat dusted. Title and date in pencil on cover. Pages wavy at lower edge. Otherwise in very good condition. First separate edition. Offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Preface Reprinted from Hatim's Tales, Kashmiri Stories and Songs. 8vo. 19pp. Original wr., slightly worn. Author's signed presentation copy. (Reprinted from "The Indian Antiquary", September, 1897). Signed by Author(s).
Published by Macmillan and Co Ltd, London, 1929
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ruddy cloth, gilt, front corners and head bumped, white soiling on the rear. Foxed interior. Gilt top edge. Contains 50 plates, 2 folding panoramic views and 2 folding colour maps. Review copy with publisher's notice laid in. Stein traced Alexander the Great's march of conquest towards India, which opened up that area to classical Western culture. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Macmillan, 1933
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. ON ANCIENT CENTRAL-ASIAN TRACKS, BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THREE EXPEDITIONS IN INNERMOST ASIA AND NORTH-WESTERN CHINA, Macmillan, 1933, first edition, t.p.e.'s gold gilt, light wear to fore edge corner tips, a bit more so to the spine extremities which reveal several short closed tears, else a near vg copy with near fine contents replete with all photos, illustrations, color plates and fold-outs called for.
Published by Guangxi shi fan da xue chu ban she, Guangxi Guilin Shi, 1998
ISBN 10: 756332173XISBN 13: 9787563321735
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Di 1 ban. 5 volumes (4 text and one unbound map portfolio). Original cloth. 43cm. Volume 5 (the map portfolio), contains 96 unbound maps with overlays -- (94 of the maps are numbered 1-94; the other two are unnumbered). This tied portfolio is housed in a cloth slipcase, matching the text volumes in color and approximate size. The whole set is contained in a tied folding portfolio. Shipping weight for this folio-sized set is probably about 55 lbs (25 kilos). Chinese text. This massive set is the Chinese translation of Stein's massive and most sought-after work ("Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China.") which was published in 1921. Stein is often regarded in China as little more than an opportunistic Western looter of China's ancient manuscripts and archeological treasures so it is probably not surprising that it took 77 years for a Chinese translation to be published.
Published by London Hurst and Blackett, 1904
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New cheaper edition. 8vo, xl, 503 pp., frontispiece, large folding map (repair to verso), numerous photographic illustrations, original sienna pictorial cloth gilt, light fade to spine, old ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a very good copy. The general narrative of Stein's first exploration of Central Asia, 1900-01. Crossing the Karakoram and the Pamirs he entered Chinese Turkestan and excavated the eponymous ruins. Yakushi S713a.
Published by London Macmillan, 1933
Book First Edition
First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 342, 2(ads)pp., 147 illustrations including some in colour, folding map, top edge gilt others uncut, original tan cloth gilt, gilt medallion to upper cover, short split head of spine, a very good copy. A comprehensive summary of the results of Stein's first three Central Asian expeditions and of his researches carried out during the years 1900-16. Yakushi S723a.
Published by Government of India, Calcutta, 1930
Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Witney, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [3], iii, 115 pp., 66 figures in text, 8 plates hors text, 2 folding maps at rear, later cloth-backed boards, original wrappers laid down, light soiling to lower margin of title page, otherwise copy in very good condition, memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No 42, Government of India Central Publication Branch. One of 750 copies only. Sir Aurel Stein?s work in North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, includes archaeological tours, survey work and excavations carried out during his service in India from 1898 to 1928. Many of the sites visited by Stein had never been explored by Europeans before. Most of them yielded Buddhist remains, though his main interest in the region was to follow Alexander the Great?s route to the Indus. Throughout his work, Stein made attempts to identify sites with references both to Classical and Buddhist sources. Although not all identifications were correct, some proved to be valid and have paved the way for later archaeologists. Stein retired from service in India in 1917 but obtained an extension of service on ?special duty? to work on publications, the collections from his third Central Asian expedition and other projects until 1928. It was during this time that he returned to conduct another archaeological tour in Upper Swat, a place he had long wanted to visit, in search of Aornos, the site of Alexander?s last siege before advancing to the Indus. Swat, historically known as Uddyana (lit. Garden) is a river valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora. It was a princely state until 1969 when it was dissolved alongside the states of Dir and Chitral and made part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, then known as North-West Frontier Province. Ethnic Pashtuns and Gujjar and Kohistani communities mostly populate the valley. Bibliographic references: Creswell, 1282, British Museum/Rienjang; Yakushi S337. #34079.
Published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1912
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover. In two volumes. Vol 1. pp. 546. Vol 2. pp. 517. Presentation copies, as written in blind stamp on tissue guard on both title pages. Include black and white photographs and fold-out map at the end of Vol 1. In very good condition. Brown cloth-binding with gilt emblem on the cover and gilt writing on the spine. Vol 1. includes illustration of ancient Buddhist painting as frontispiece, and Vol 2, includes photograph of the author as frontispiece. Includes 3 fold-out maps, 6 colored plates, 6 fold-out panoramas, and various photographic illustrations. Vol 1. has some shelf-wear to the cover, including faint black mark on the back and some torn leather at the bottom of the spine. Vol. 2. has slight denting at top and bottom of spine, and small holes in the leather on the back, affecting the index at the back of the book with similar holes, as well as the fold-out map page 492. Slight cracking to the front hinges in Vol 2, but pages themselves are tight and clean with very few and faint pencil markings. Strong binding. An account of Stein's second expedition to Central Asia between 1906 and 1908. Sir Marc Aurel Stein was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. Stein was also an ethnographer, geographer, linguist and surveyor. His collection of books and manuscripts bought from Dunhuang caves is important for the study of the history of Central Asia and the art and literature of Buddhism.
Published by MacMillan and Co., Limited, London, 1912
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. First edition. 3 folding colored maps, 8 colored plates (each with a printed tissue guard), 339 photographic illustrations on 212 plates (6 folding panoramas). xxxviii, 546, [2]; xxii, 518, [2] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The classic account of Stein's 1906-08 second expedition to Chinese Central Asia, incuding his discovery of the "Caves of the Thousand Buddhas" near Dunhuang. Ghani p.694; Yakushi (1994) S716 Publisher's russet cloth, upper cover with embossed design in gilt, minor darkening to spines and very light wear. Custom slipcase. Provenance: Edward W. Bodman (bookplate) 3 folding colored maps, 8 colored plates (each with a printed tissue guard), 339 photographic illustrations on 212 plates (6 folding panoramas). xxxviii, 546, [2]; xxii, 518, [2] pp. 2 vols. 8vo.
Published by London: Fisher Unwin, 1904, 1904
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
"Cheaper Edition", one year after the first, and comprising first edition sheets with a cancel title. "A general narrative of his first exploration to Central Asia of 1900-1901. Crossing the Karakoram and the Pamirs he entered Chinese Turkestan, and explored archaeologically the sand-buried ruins of Khotan and its neighbourings [sic]" (Yakushi) Howgego IV, S65; Yakushi S328a. Octavo. Original ochre cloth, title gilt to the spine, and to the front board in yellow with pictorial design in black and yellow. Photogravure frontispiece and numerous illustrations to the text, folding coloured map at the rear. A little rubbed and slightly spotted, free endpapers lightly browned, light foxing to the fore-edge and to first few leaves, but overall very good.
Published by London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912, 1912
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first impression, of this handsomely produced account of Stein's second expedition to Central Asia between 1906 and 1908, where he acquired a copy of the Tang Dynasty Chinese version of the Diamond Sutra. Found in Dunhuang (Tunhuang), it is widely recognized as the first complete printed book, dating back to 868CE. The find furthered the understanding of trade routes along the Silk Road. "The city of Dunhuang in north-west China, is situated at a point of vital strategic and logistic importance, on a crossroads of two major trade routes within the Silk Road network. The remarkable Mogao Caves, a collection of nearly 500 caves to the south of the city, contain the largest depository of historic documents along the Silk Roads and bear witness to the cultural, religious, social, and commercial activity that took place in Dunhuang across the first millennium" (UNESCO). "Stein's great achievement. was to establish the existence of a hitherto lost civilization along the Silk Route in Chinese central Asia. [He] was the first archaeologist to discover evidence of the spread of the Graeco-Buddhist culture of north-west India across Chinese Turkestan and into China itself. Stein's best-known find came at Tunhuang in 1907, during his second expedition (financed by the government of India and the British Museum), when he reached the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas. Discovering thousands of manuscripts, paintings, and textiles walled up in a room in one of the caves, he bribed the custodian to part with many of them. Experts later found them to date from the fifth to tenth centuries AD. They included votive banners, Buddhist texts, and early secular works in a wide variety of scripts and languages, and a large, block-printed roll, dating from AD 868, which proved to be the world's oldest known printed book, a copy of the popular Buddhist work The Diamond Sutra" (ODNB). Howgego IV, S 65; Yakushi S 331; "Dunhuang", UNESCO, accessible online. Two volumes, octavo. Original reddish brown cloth, title gilt to spines, front cover with embossed gilt roundel showing Athena with arm outstretched brandishing the aegis incorporating the gorgoneion (Stein's personal emblem), top edge gilt, others uncut. Numerous plates, maps and plans including 8 coloured plates and 6 folding uncoloured panoramas, 3 folding coloured lithographic maps. Extremities rubbed with short tears to spine ends, corners slightly bumped, stain to front cover of vol. 2, scattered foxing, plates fresh; overall a very good copy.
xxiv, 342, [2] pp.First edition of the account of the three very important explorations by the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein s (1862-1943) and of his researches carried out in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of innermost Asia in 1900-1901, 1906-1908 and 1913-1914. Stein travelled through Pamirs, Khotan and Niya to Dunhuang, Suchou, Turfan and Kashgar to Samaskand and the northern and southern silk roads. In the present work, he describes his archeological and topographical discoveries, by showing artefacts like documents, art objects and describing buildings and landscapes (all illustrated with the photographic illustrations), showing the eastern and western influences. Highly interesting summary of this important archeological expedition to Chinese Turkistan and its adjacent areas.With the bookplate of Louise Maxwell Scott on the front paste-down and another owner's inscription dated March 1991 and the bookplate of A. Constable Maxwell on the first free endpaper. Untrimmed, in very good condition.
Published by Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1907., 1907
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
First Edition
2 vols. Folio (265 x 322 mm). (1), XXIV, 621, (1) pp. VII, (1) pp., plus plates numbered I-CXVIII (lacking plate 119, "Judaeo-Persian document"). Later half leather and cloth; modern endpapers. (With:) Stein, M. A. Preliminary Report on a Journey of Archaeological and Topographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan. London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1901. 4to. 77, (1) pp. With 8 plates. Modern library leather covered with the original gilt cloth. First edition of this defining archaeological text on the ancient site of Dandan Oilik (or Uiliq), a settlement built around an oasis along the Silk Road at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, where it flourished around the sixth century but was abandoned by the eighth. The author, Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), was an Hungarian-British archaeologist who also dabbled as an ethnographer, surveyor, geographer, and linguist. Stein completed his most important work in Central Asia, and his excavation of Dandan Oilik was both the first to be made on the site and his most important contribution to the field of archaeology. - Illustrated with over one hundred plates across two volumes, most photographic and many half-tone, recorded herein is a huge variety of finds from the Dandan Oilik excavations, including many quite rare survivals made possible by the desert environment. These include coloured wall frescoes and painted shrine panels, swatches of ancient silk and cotton, very delicate woven textiles, and manuscripts on tablets, paper, and silk. Though excavated several times following Stein and most recently surveyed in 2006, the site has not been fully excavated and remains closed to the public, making this textual record of its earliest excavation of particular importance. - Wanting one plate. Some toning and chipping throughout, with a few closed tears and folding map repaired; library markings removed from title-page. Stein's "Preliminary Report", published six years before his great two-volume study, bears the contemporary stamps of the Civil Secretariat Library, Central Provinces, Nagpur. - OCLC 905448249.