Huc Labbe (54 results)

Condition: New. In.

PF. Condition: New.

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. [Vol. 1 Only] Ex-lib. with spine, edge & endpaper lib. marks. Spine ends chipped & frayed; front hinge split; Cover poor; flyleaf detached; text Good, unmarked.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Christianity in China, Tartary and Thibet | Vol. I | M. L'Abbe Huc | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | Antigonos Verlag | EAN 9783563570883 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Christianity in China, Tartary and Thibet | Vol. II | M. L'Abbe Huc | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | Antigonos Verlag | EAN 9783563569481 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a first edition New York D & J Sadlier & Co publication (1873) as the second of 2 volumes by Huc, formerly missionary Apostolic in China. Volume 2 reads From the Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope to the Establishment of the Mantchoo-Tarter Dynasty of China. Published by D. & J. Sadlier & Co. 348 pages. Dark brown linen cover with embossed design on cover and back, and gold foil writing on the spine with a library call number painted in at bottom 270 H. Inside the front cover is stamped St. Vincen t s Library Association Vol. 178) and a date marker (photographed). Evidence of cracking along the spine inside back cover and page 216-217 (photographed). Some rough edges on the cove. All other pages intact with slightly loose binding. No writing, no other damaged pages. Some evidence of age and use and mildew spotting on several front and back pages. Some sun discoloration on the spine. Please review the photos as they form an important part of the description. The current owner, anthropologist and writer Don Messerschmidt, PhD, is known for his research and writings on the Himalayas and related topics. He has published books and articles internationally since the 1960s when he first lived in Nepal as an American Peace Corps volunteer. He went on to enhance his understanding of Himalayan peoples and places as an independent researcher and on numerous consultancies. For over a half-century, he has been engaged in field studies, university professorships, and writing about the rich cultures of Bhutan, Nepal, North India, and Tibet. Along the way, he amassed an extensive library of Himalayan studies and has written several of his own, including two prize-winners. He has also been an editor for two regional magazines and has been called upon to review and pen chapters and forewords for Himalayan-oriented publications.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a first edition New York D & J Sadlier & Co publication (1873) as the first of 2 volumes by Huc, formerly missionary Apostolic in China. Volume 1 reads From the apostleship of St. Thomas to the Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope. Published by D. & J. Sadlier & Co. 358 pages. Dark brown linen cover with embossed design on cover and back, and gold foil writing on the spine with a library call number painted in at bottom 210 H . Inside the front cover is stamped St. Vincen t s Library Association Vol. 179), a date marker, and some written numbering (photographed). Evidence of cracking along the spine inside front cover only. Some rough edges on the cover and one small tear on the inside first page. All other pages intact with slightly loose binding. No writing, no other damaged pages. Some evidence of age and use and mildew spotting on three front pages only. Some sun discoloration on the spine. Please review the photos as they form an important part of the description. The current owner, anthropologist and writer Don Messerschmidt, PhD, is known for his research and writings on the Himalayas and related topics. He has published books and articles internationally since the 1960s when he first lived in Nepal as an American Peace Corps volunteer. He went on to enhance his understanding of Himalayan peoples and places as an independent researcher and on numerous consultancies. For over a half-century, he has been engaged in field studies, university professorships, and writing about the rich cultures of Bhutan, Nepal, North India, and Tibet. Along the way, he amassed an extensive library of Himalayan studies and has written several of his own, including two prize-winners. He has also been an editor for two regional magazines and has been called upon to review and pen chapters and forewords for Himalayan-oriented publications.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, three volumes complete, the first two published as a set in 1857, the third added in 1858 in uniform binding of blind stamped blue cloth. Octavos, rubbed to the extremities and with some wear at the head and foot of the spines, the bindings remain tight. Minor annotation in a neat small hand to the front endpapers of volumes I & II, signature of a previous owner, John Wrixon, Malone, 1864, at the head of the title pages, the body of text is clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. First American Edition. Complete in two volumes. 358, 348pp. 12mo, brown cloth, gilt stamped spine lettering. Moderate rubbing to the extremities, spines sunned, some foxing, vernacular repair to vol. 2 stitching one signature through the backstrip; both volumes sound and unmarked.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

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2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 479, [1]; [4], 493, [1]; original printed wrappers bound in; 162 illustrations on 102 plates (3 folding, including a folding map) and 30 illustrations in the text; original maroon cloth, gilt-stamped spines; very good, sound, and clean. With bookplate an scrawling ownership signature of 'Rev. J. Gorman, Missio Catholica, Peking 1930' on the front flyleaf of each volume. "Record of the famous journey made by the Lazarist missionaries, Huc and Gabet, through Mongolia to Lhasa" (Yakushi). This edition not noted by Yakushi, but see Yakushi H445b for earlier editions.

Paris, Gaume Frères et J. Duprey, Libraires-Editeurs, 4, rue Cassette, 1858, 4 volumes in-8 de 235x140 mm environ, - Tome I. faux-titre, titre, xvi-469 pages, 1f.blanc, 8ff.de catalogue de l'éditeur, avec une carte dépliante, - Tome II. faux-titre, titre, 455 pages, 8 pages de catalogue de l'éditeur, 4ff. (table d catalogue), - Tome III : faux-titre, titre, xxii-462 pages, le cahier a (p. I à XIV) de la préface est relié dans le désordre (sans manque), Tome IV. faux-titre, titre, 476 pages, brochés sous couvertures imprimées en noir, feuillets non rognés. Des rousseurs, bordures des feuillets salies par endroits avec petits défauts de marge, dos insolés a. Complet de la carte en couleurs : Carte pour l'Histoire du Christianisme en Chine, en Tartarie et aux Indes, dressée par P. Bineteau, Géographe. Évariste Régis Huc, ou plus simplement le Père Huc ou l'Abbé Huc, né le 1er juin 1813 à Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne) et mort le 27 mars 1860 à Paris 7e, est un religieux français de l'ordre des lazaristes, missionnaire en Chine au XIXe siècle. Il effectue des missions d'exploration à travers la Tartarie, le Tibet et la Chine de 1844 à 1846, dont il rend compte dans un livre, publié pour la première fois en 1850.

Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Huc was a Missionary Apostolic in China who also wrote "Christianity in China, Tartary, and Thibet" as well as "Souvenirs of a Journey through Tartary, Tibet and China." Blue cloth with debossed decoration to cover boards and gilt particulars to spine. Loss to Vol. 1 tail of spine. Both spines fraying at head and tail. Abrasions throughout exterior. Occasional spotting to pages. Vol. 1: [xxxii] 421 pp.; Vol. 2: [viii] 440 pp. 6 x 9 inches.

2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xliv, 387, [1]; viii, 406; vignette title pages printed in red and black, double-page map; fine copy in original pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spines, preserving the original pictorial dust jackets, as well as the publisher's original slipcase with printed paper label; slipcase a bit rubbed, but otherwise near fine throughout. Issued in the publisher's Broadway Travellers series. "Record of the famous journey made by the Lazarist missionaries, Huc and Gabet, through Mongolia to Lhasa" (Yakushi). Yakushi H445o.

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxxii, 421, [1]; viii, 440; folding colored frontispiece map in volume I (detached); original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines; volume I a bit skewed, remains of something removed in the upper gutter of both volumes, light overall wear, but generally a good, sound, and clean copy. With an interesting section on acupuncture and medical practices. "Record of the famous journey made by the Lazarist missionaries, Huc and Gabet, through Mongolia to Lhasa" (Yakushi). Cordier, p. 2119; Yakushi H445f.

First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], xvi, 469, [1]; [4], 455, [1]; [4], xxii 462; [4], 476; contemporary deep blue calf-backed marbled boards, somewhat scuffed and rubbed, and with a triangular piece missing from the lower corner of the upper board on volume I, but the bindings are sound and the text is clean. Ownership signature of Cary W. Bok, Oxford, in each volume. Bok (1905-1970) was treasurer and senior vice president of the Curtis Publishing Company, and President of Curtis Institute of Music. Volume I covers from the apostleship of Saint Thomas until the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; volume II: from the passage of the Cape of Good Hope to the establishment of the Tartar-Manchu dynasty in China; volume III: from the establishment of the Tartar-Manchu dynasty, until the death of Emperor Khang hi; and volume IV: from the death of Emperor Khang-hi until the Treaty of Tien-Tsing in 1858. Cordier, p. 770; Yakushi H445h, noting only the first two volumes.

First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 422, [2] ads; viii, 405, [1], [2] ads; viii, 419, [1]; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; lightly rubbed, a few small cracks at the spine extremities; very good. Volume II and III are largely unopened. Volume I covers from the apostleship of St. Thomas to the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; volume II from the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope to the establishment of the Mantchoo-Tartar dynasty in China; and, volume III, from the establishment of the Mantchoo-Tartar dynasty to the commencement of the eighteenth century. Cordier, 770; Yakushi H445i.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 432 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.98 inches. This item is printed on demand.