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DEFENCE OF THE WESTERN BORDER
Written by Sukhwant Singh.
Stock no. 2115694
Published by Lancer Publishers & Distributors. 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

India's Wars Since Independence Series - Volume Two. ISBN: 1897829426. Spine is a bit 'wrinkled'. Couple of corners are bumped. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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HIMALAYA TILICHO 7132 METRES
Written by Maurice Herzog.
Stock no. 1809853
Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Glazed boards. Text in French. Full of colour photos of the region of the Himalaya. Corners rubbed. Light page edge browning. One or two pages with grubby marks to margins else contents clean.

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NEPAL DURCHWANDERN UND ERLEBEN
Written by Wolfgang Nairz.
Stock no. 1606242
Published by Steiger Verlag Innsbruck. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Text in GERMAN. 'By hiking and experience'. B/w and colour photos. Colour pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 3854230281.

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ABENTEUER HIMALAJA
Written by Klaus Kubiena.
Stock no. 1606237
Published by Verlag Fur Jugend Und Volk. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beige cloth. Text in GERMAN. B/w photos Corners bumped. Some page edge browning. Wrapper has a couple of small edge tears and minor chipping.

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A DUE PASSI DALLA CIMA
Written by Adriano Favaro.
Stock no. 1606234
Published by Everest 80. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. La spedizione italo-nepalese all'everest. Text in ITALIAN. Colour photos. Large format. Blue boards. Corners bumped. Front panel of wrapper has tear from bottom edge to almost top edge, repaired with tape to verso.

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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY OVERLAND FROM SIMLA TO PEKIN
Written by Clarence Dalrymple Bruce.
Stock no. 1711750
Published by William Blackwood and Sons. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

A journey made by the author, written up for those less fortunate than himself in opportunities they may have had for gratifying that passion for wandering which is inherent in the Anglo-Saxon race, and to afford them a few hours of interest and amusement. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w plates. Folding map to end of volume. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly browned. Corners bumped. Some mottling to covers. Front and rear joints just starting to crack. Name in ink to front free endpaper. A little foxing to contents. All plates present. Map has some edge-creasing and pale fox-spots but generally very good.

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A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Written by Salim Ali; S. Dillon Ripley. Illustrated by John Henry Dick.
Stock no. 1808830
Published by The Bombay Natural History Society; Oxford University Press. 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Map to front endpapers. ISBN: 0195616340. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and faded at spine.

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THE INDIAN ARMY
Written by Boris Mollo.
Stock no. 1605311
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the Indian army. Colour & b/w illustrations of the more significant uniforms. ISBN: 0713710748. Spine and corners bumped with small split at base of spine. Endpapers browned. Wrapper edge creased and scuffed.

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THE SECURITY OF SOUTHERN ASIA
Written by D.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1604801
Published by Chatto & Windus; Institute For Strategic Studies. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Studies in International Security 8. 308 pages. Spine bumped. Wrapper is a little scuffed and edge rubbed.

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AMONG INSURGENTS: WALKING THROUGH BURMA
Written by Shelby Tucker.
Stock no. 1806756
Published by The Radcliffe Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the Kachins, the most important of Burma's "hidden colonies". ISBN: 1860645291.

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ONE FOREIGN DEVIL
Written by Lawrence Earl.
Stock no. 628372
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Mary Ball who spent her entire adult life working as a matron in a hospital in the remote north China town of Tatung. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-browned with a couple of small closed edge-tears. REDUCED FROM £120.

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THE WORLD DISPLAYED OR A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS VOL VIII
No author listed.
Stock no. 560449
Published by T. Carnan. 1762. Fair condition.

Third edition, corrected. Selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged; every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countris and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted. This volume is concerned with India. Small format. Full brown calf binding. 9 b/w plates. 220 pages. 3rd edition. Contents browned but very good with all plates present. Spine badly worn with loss at top and further loss downwards. Boards rubbed. Joints worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and age related marks to contents.

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