'Abd al-Sattar Qazi; Aleksandr Nikolaevich Samoilovich, editor & translator Kniga razskazov o bitvakh tekintsev [The Book of Tales about the battles of the Teke]: Turkmenskaia istoricheskaia poema XIX vieka. Izdal, perevel, primiechaniiami i vvedeniem snabdil A.N. Samoilovich. [Turkmen Historical Poem of the 19th Century. Published and translated with a foreword and notes by A.N. Samoilovich.] Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences 1914
First edition, small 4to (28 x 19.5 cm), pp.xx, 157, [1, blank], 82, [1], [55, Turkmen text in Arabic characters], one plate. Printed Russian and Turkmen text. Bound in modern half calf over cloth. Original wrappers printed in Russian and Turkmen bound in. A very good unopened copy.

Al Utbi; James Reynolds, translator The Kitab-I-Yamini, Historical Memoirs of the Amir Sabaktagin, and the Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna, early conquerors of Hindustan, and founders of the Ghaznavide Dynasty. Translated from the Persian Version of the contemporary Arabic chronicle of Al Utbi, by the Rev. James Reynolds, B.A. London Oriental Translation Fund. 1858
First edition, pp.xxxvi, 511, [1, errata]. A near fine copy in original cloth, spine label torn at edges.

Andrew, W.P. Our Scientific Frontier. London 1880
First edition pp.viii, 103, 15, 24, folding map, 44 pages publishers' advertisements. A very good copy in original cloth, spine faded.

Aris, Michael & Aung San Suu Kyi (Editors) Tibetan Studies in Honour of Hugh Richardson. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Tibetan Studies, Oxford 1979. London [1980]
First edition pp.xx, 348. A very good copy in original wrappers.

The Art of Tibetan Buddhist Gilt Bronze Statues in China. Beijing Zhongguo Wenwu Lioutong Xietiao Zhang Xin 2001
Two volumes, folio, pp.657; 581 colour plates. Chinese text. A very good set in original cloth, dust wrappers, slip case

Atkinson, James The third descent of the Koojah Pass. London Henry Graves & Co., and J.W. Allen; lithographed by Louis and Charles Haghe 1842
Coloured lithograph mounted on card, 24 x 36 cm. Plate 14 from Sketches in Afghaunistan. Fine example, framed by Academy Framers.
see Abbey 508

Azarpay, Guitty Sogdian Painting. The Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art. With contributions by A.M. Belenitskii, B.I. Marshak, and Mark J. Dresden. Berkeley: University of California Press 1981
First edition 4to, pp.xxii, 217, 30 colour plates, 64 illustrations. A very good copy in original cloth. Without dust wrapper.

Bailey, H.W. (Compiler) Dictionary of Khotan Saka. Cambridge 1979
First edition 4to, pp.xvi, 559. A fine copy in slightly chipped dust jacket.

Bellew, Henry Walter The races of Afghanistan, being a brief account of the principal nations inhabiting that country. Calcutta Thacker, Spink, and Co. 1880
First edition pp.124, 38 (publishers adverts). A very good copy in original cloth, gilt. Rear free end-paper partially seperated. Ownership signature of Jack Scorgie, Kabul, 1926.

Bretschneider, Emile Vasilievitch Medieval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources. Fragments towards the Knowledge of the Geography and History of Central and Western Asia from the 13th to the 17th Century. London Kegan Paul 1910
Reprint Two volumes, pp.xii, 334; x, 352, two folding maps. Trubners Oriental Series. Original tan cloth; very lightly soiled, but an excellent copy.

Burawoy, Robert Peintures du Monastere de Nor. Paris Galerie Robert Burawoy 1978
Large folio, pp.24, 8 fine colour plates interleaved with explanatory guards. Number 270 of 326 copies only. A very good copy in original cloth. Light damp marking to cloth edge.

Burrard, S.G., Colonel, & H.H. Hayden A sketch of the geography and geology of the Himalaya mountains and Tibet. Part I: The high peaks of Asia. Part II: The Principal Mountain Ranges of Asia. Part III: The Rivers of the Himalaya and Tibet. Part IV: The Geology of the Himalayas Delhi Government of India 1907-08
First edition, four parts bound in one with preface, 4to, pp.[ii], vi; [ii], 46; [ii], (47)-117, [1, blank]; [ii], (120)-206; [ii], (207)-308, [1], [1, blank]; with 2 photogravure plates, 52 plates of charts and maps (with 1 duplicate), 3 folding and 1 double-page, and large folding map at rear. A very good copy bound in contemporary green calf, gilt, by Mohammed Umar of Ambala City. A few small scuffs to boards.
Marshall 99; Yakushi B637

Chappe d'Auteroche, l'Abbe Jean Voyage en Siberie, fait par Ordre du Roi en 1761; contenant les Moeurs, les Usages des Russes, et l'Etat actuel de cette Puissance; la Description geographique et le Nivellement de la Route de Paris a Tobolsk; l'Histoire naturelle de la meme route; des Observations astronomiques, & des Experiences sur l'Electricite naturelle; [Contenant la Description du Kamtchatka... par M. Kracheninnikov... traduit du Russe. Paris Debure 1768
First edition Two volumes of text in three, and atlas, quarto, large paper copy, pp.[1], xxxii, 347, [1], 348-767 + [iii]-xvi, 628, and 53 engraved plates after Le Prince, 3 double-page, engraved table in vol. 1, atlas with engraved title and 30 engraved maps and profiles, 27 folding (three bound in vol.2), a few hand-coloured in outline. Contemporary tree calf with treble gilt fillet with small floral cornerpieces on covers, rebacked preserving original gilt spines in compartments with minor loss, maroon and dark green lettering pieces, rubbed with minor loss. Slightly spotted and dust-soiled. Bound without the half-titles. Engraved armorial bookplate of Baron Dimsdale.
Brunet 1, 1728; Hill 277; Cox I p.352

Charles von Hugel. April 25, 1795 - June 2, 1870. Privately Printed. Cambridge Privately printed 1905
Second Issue. pp.xvii, 78, 9 plates. A very good copy in the original quarter vellum, cloth. Cloth unevenly faded, small stain to margin of last few pages.

Chubinashvili, G.N Gruzinskoe chekannoe iskusstvo [Georgian embossed Art; Researches into the History of Georgian Mediaeval Art]. Tbilisi 1959
First edition Two volumes, folio, pp.xxxv, 690; xvii, 600 plates, text in Russian, titles in Georgian and Russian. A fine set in original cloth, in rather worn original slip-case

Church, Percy W. Chinese Turkestan with Caravan and Rifle. London Rivingtons 1901
First edition pp.xi, [i], 207; folding map, 16 plates. A very good copy in original cloth. Small owners name card pasted to front end-paper and his rubber stamp on rear end-paper. Relevant leaf of ephemera tipped in.
Cordier BS 2863; Morrison I p. 171

Darmesteter, James Chants Populaires des Afghans recueillis par J.D. Paris 1888-90
First edition Two volumes bound in one, pp.xii, ccxviii, 299; 228. A very good copy bound in modern half calf, marbled boards. Small tears to first two Afghan pages neatly repaired.

Dorn, Bernhard Beitrage zur Geschichte der Kaukasischen Lander und Volker aus morgenlandischen Quellen, III: Erster Beitrag zur Geschichte der Georgier. [Bound with] IV: Tabary's Nachrichten uber die Chasaren, nebst Auszugen aus Hafis Abru, Ibn Aasem-el-Kufy. St. Petersbourg Academie Imperiale des Sciences 1844
First edition 4to, pp.(325)-443; (445)-601. Bound in later cloth. Scattered light spotting, first two pages browned, but a very good copy.

Elisaeus, Bishop of the Amadunians; Neumann, C.F. (Translator) The History of Vartan, and of the Battle of the Armenians: containing an account of the religious wars between the Persians and Armenians; translated from the Armenian. London printed for the Oriental Translation Fund 1830
First edition 4to, pp.xxiv, 111. A very good copy bound in recent half calf, cloth boards. Faint blind stamp of Wigan Public Library on title.

Emel'ianov, A.I Grammatika votiatskogo iazyk [A Grammar of the Votiak Language]. Leningrad 1927
First edition 8vo, pp. [iv], 160. Bound in modern green cloth. Waterstain in lower margin, but a very good copy.