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TENTS IN MONGOLIA
Written by Henning Haslund.
Stock no. 1323563
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1943. Very good condition.

A Youth Edition prepared by Eleanor Graham. The true story of a pioneering expedition to Urianhal, a little No-man's-land between Russian and Chinese territory. Puffin Story Book PS10. Red and white cardwraps. 144 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Small, light damp stain affects top corners of pages, else clean.

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RIDING TO THE TIGRIS
Written by Freya Stark.
Stock no. 2140645
Published by John Murray. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue/green cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Fading to spine. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning; some chips and nicks.

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THE INDIA-CHINA BORDER: A REAPPRAISAL
Written by Gondker Narayana Rao.
Stock no. 1823756
Published by Asia Publishing House. 1st 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A study that was undertaken in early 1964 and completed by May that year. Navy blue cloth boards, red title to spine. 2 fold-out maps. Damage to front edge of spine and also a corresonding loss of the dustwrapper (0.75"). Grubby mark to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is also edge-worn and chipped, scuffed and a little grubby.

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TIBET AND ITS HISTORY
Written by H.E. Richardson.
Stock no. 2139492
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with red title label, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine is browned. Marks to covers. Some foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE MODERN HISTORY OF SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA
Written by Geoffrey Wheeler.
Stock no. 2139438
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Circa 1964. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spotting to covers, bumping to corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW: T.F. WILSON'S MEMOIR OF THE INDIAN MUTINY, 1857
Written by T.F. Wilson; Saul David.
Stock no. 2138559
Published by Greenhill Books. 2007. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Introduction by David. ISBN: 9781853677236. Wrapper has been stuck to book on edges with sticky tape.

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THE INDIAN MUTINY
Written by Julian Spilsbury.
Stock no. 2138541
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the Indian Mutiny, this is an epic story that recreates the shocking events of the summer of 1857, when thousands of formerly obedient and disciplined Indian soldiers turned on their officers, slaughtering men, women and children in a merciless bloodbath. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Photogaphic endpapers. Colour plates. 9 b/w maps plus 373 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297846512. Light bumping to spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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CAWNPORE AND LUCKNOW: A TALE OF TWO SIEGES
Written by D.S. Richards.
Stock no. 2138540
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1844155161.

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LAHORE TO LUCKNOW: THE INDIAN MUTINY JOURNAL OF ARTHUR MOFFATT LANG
Written by Arthur Moffatt Lang; David Blomfield; Christopher Hibbert. Illustrated by Julian Mann.
Stock no. 2138328
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Edited by Blomfield. Introduction by Hibbert. ISBN: 085052203X. Some foxing and browning throughout. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips and nicks.

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WARRIORS OF THE STEPPE: A MILITARY HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA, 500 B.C. TO 1700 A.D.
Written by Erik Hildinger.
Stock no. 2137981
Published by Spellmount. Circa 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1873376731. 2nd printing. Couple of corners are bumped. A few marks to covers. Wrapper has small tear to top of rear panel.

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IN SEARCH OF THE INDO-EUROPEANS
Written by J.P. Mallory.
Stock no. 1322647
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Language, Archaeology and Myth. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 288 pages. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 050005052X. Spine slightly bumped. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with laminate lifting at lower front edge, small tear to base of spine and a tape repair to top corner of front panel.

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PALMYRA AND ITS EMPIRE
Written by Richard Stoneman.
Stock no. 1322605
Published by University Of Michigan Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Zenobia's Revolt against Rome. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 246 pages. B/w photos at rear of book. ISBN: 0472103873. Spine slightly bumped, some light dusty marks along spine edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and lightly browned.

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