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Detail of wrap - CARAVANS TO TARTARY

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Michaud, Roland and Sabrina. CARAVANS TO TARTARY. Customs and traditions of the Tartar peoples.

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Adam, Keith. JOURNEY INTO THE HIMALAYAS. Based on an ABC Television travel series. BNo. 0-642-97445-4. First Edition, 1980. Pp: 128; 245mm x 170mm; 0.59kg. num col, 2 maps. Introduction, acknowledgments. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, 1980. (As part of a travel series, the author discusses his journey along the Himalayas with the following chapter headings; the Bakrawalas, the vale of Kashmir, Ladakh, the Garhwal pilgrimage, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan, Dragon Kingdom) (Keywords: Travel, adventure, Asia, Himalaya).
Book Code: H063 AU$18
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Detail of wrapper - THE GOBI DESERT - Past the barrier of the Great Wall (cable1p 150/225 CABL1)
Cable, Mildred & Francesca French. THE GOBI DESERT. Past the barrier of the Great Wall. BNo. n/a. Reprint Edition, 1947 (1942). Pp: 303; 220mm x 145mm; 0.63kg. 3 col, 48 b/w(pl), 2 maps. Prologue, epilogue, author's note. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (split back hinge; tape marks and wear on dw). Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1947. (An account of a trek north-west along the old trade-route from Shansi in North China into the Gobi Desert. The author describes the people they met and the unique treasures encountered along the way) (Keywords: Travel, adventure, Asia, China, Gobi, Mongolian, Turfan).
Book Code: D512 AU$45
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Detail of wrap - IKAT - Asian resist dyed textiles (cains01p 145/181 CAIN01)
Cains, Carol (curator) & Janet Westwood (editor). IKAT - Asian Resist Dyed Textiles. NGV Exhibition - October 2006 - March 2007. BNo.n/a. First Edition, 2006 (pb). Pp: 32; 210mm x 170mm; 0.12kg. 34 col, 1 map. Introduction, notes, references, exhibition checklist. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006. (This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition IKAT - Asian Resist Dyed Textiles which was held at the National Gallery of Victoria between October 2006 and March 2007. The exhibition explored the tradition of ikat textiles throughout Asia, drawing on the permanent Asian collection of the National Gallery of Victoria and private collections) (Keywords: Traditional textiles, ikat, Asia, dyeing technique, ikat patterns).
Book Code: U110 AU$12
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Elwin, Verrier. THE ART OF THE NORTH-EAST FRONTIER OF INDIA. The Agency and Tuensang. BNo. n/a. Reprint Edition, 1988. Pp: xvi, 211; 265mm x 215mm; 0.68kg. 15 col, 128 b/w, 18 fig, 1 map(ep). Acknowledgments, preface, introduction, notes, index. A good hardback copy with illustrated board (dump on lower corners). Cvr: f. (split on edge of spine turnover). Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar, 1988. (This book is essentially about the hill people who live in the tribal areas of north-east of India and it is about the things they make, wear and use. The author has concentrated mainly on fabrics, wood-carving, and cane-work in so far as it affects dress and personal adornment) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, South Asia, India, Konyak, Singpho, Taraon Mishmi, Apa Tani, Naga, Wancho, Khampti).
Book Code: M537 AU$265
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Detail of wrapper - THE PEOPLES OF THE GREAT NORTH - Art and Civilization of Siberia (gorbatcheva01p 180/247 GORB01)
Gorbatcheva, Valentina & Marina Federova. THE PEOPLES OF THE GREAT NORTH. Art and Civilization of Siberia. BNo.1-85995-479-0. First Edition, 2000. Pp: 216; 320mm x 240mm; 1.58kg. num col & b/w. Introduction, the peoples of Siberia, picture list. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Parkstone Press, New York, 2000. (This book describes and illustrates the culture of a great number of northern peoples of Siberia. It describes the nature and the settlement of Siberia and the traditional way of life in Siberian communities. There is also a chapter on mythology, the shaman and their rites and rituals) (Keywords: Culture, art, civilisation, Siberia, Eskimo, Samoyedes, Yakuts, Kuryaks, lifestyles, hunters, mythology, shaman, rites, rituals).
Book Code: T024 AU$55
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Detail of wrapper - HIMALAYAN PILGRIMAGE (haas01p 260/186 HAAS01)
Haas, Ernst & Gisela Minke. HIMALAYAN PILGRIMAGE. From Ladakh to Bhutan. BNo. 0-500-54056-X. First Edition, 1978. Pp: 182; 230mm x 335mm; 1.51kg. 141 col, 1 map. Acknowledgments, photograph notes. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Thames and Hudson, London, 1978. (Both Ernest Haas and Gisela Minke visited the Himalayan region from Ladakh to Bhutan, Sikkim and Nepal to study the unique culture and Buddhist religion of its people. The photographs have been selected from the thousands taken during the ten journeys) (Keywords: Travel, social culture, Asia, Himalaya, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Ladakh).
Book Code: F073 SOLD AU$45
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Harrer, Heinrich. SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET. (Translated from the German by Richard Graves). BNo. n/a. Sixth Impression, 1954 (1953). Pp: xv, 288; 215mm x 140mm; 0.60kg. 1 col, 25 b/w(pl), 1 map. Introduction, preface. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear). Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1954. (It is a story of a prisoner of war who successfully escaped only at his third attempt; the story of an explorer who reached the Forbidden City only after interminable adventures; and the story of a man who lived for years in Lhasa, and became a tutor to the Dalai Lama) (Keywords: Exploration, adventure, Asia, Tibet).
Book Code: D511 AU$26
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Michaud, Roland & Sabrina. CARAVANS TO TARTARY. Customs and traditions of the Tartar peoples. BNo. 0-500-27359-6. Second Edition, 1990 (1978) (pb). Pp: (108); 215mm x 250mm; 0.53kg. 76 col, 5 b/w, 1 map. Contents. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Thames and Hudson, London, 1990. (The authors spent four and a half years travelling through Afghanistan and adapted themselves to life among the Tartar peoples. Closely observing the Tartar customs and traditions, this book provides a unique visual record of the authors' experiences) (Keywords: Travel, social culture, Asia, Afghanistan, Tartar).
Book Code: J003 AU$20
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Detail of wrapper - TIBET - The Lost Civilisation (normanton01p 170/215 NORM01)
Normanton, Simon. TIBET. The Lost Civilisation. BNo. 0-670-82511-5. First Edition (USA) 1989 (1988). Pp: 192, 260mm x 205mm; 1.04kg. Num col & b/w. Preface, acknowledgments, introduction, postscript. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: vg. Viking Penguin Inc, New York, 1989. (The author has woven together a picture of a unique civilisation from accounts of expeditions) (Keywords: Cultural history, Asia, Tibet).
Book Code: F101 SOLD - now out of stock AU$35
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Panchani, C.S. THE HIMALAYAN TRIBES. The people, the culture, the religion and political institutions. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1994. Pp: (viii), 208; 210mm x 135mm; 0.39kg. 50 b/w(pl), 1 map. Acknowledgments, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Konark Publishers PVT Ltd, Delhi, 1994. (This book presents several previously unknown aspects of society in the Himalayan belt. The Himalayan ethnology has been described by dividing the belt into two broad cultural sectors and the social, cultural and religious synthetic values are described) (Keywords: Anthropology, Asia, Himalaya, Pathan, Gujar, Bhotta, Naga, Kuki).
Book Code: H079 AU$15
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Detail of wrap - THE GONDS OF CENTRAL INDIA (weir1p 160/161)
Weir, Shelagh (editor). THE GONDS OF CENTRAL INDIA. The material culture of the Gonds of Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh. BNo. 7141-15371. First Edition, 1973 (pb). Pp: 48; 210mm x 210mm; 0.15kg. 54 b/w, 1 map. Introduction, select bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1973. (This publication is a catalogue for the collection of Gond material in the Museum of Mankind. It was collected in or shortly before 1914 among a branch of the Gond tribe in the Chhindwara District. Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf provides an introduction entitled 'The Gond tribes of India') (Keywords: Ethnology, Asia, India, Gond).
Book Code: E318 AU$25
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