Search Results: Mongolia, Siberia from Catron Grant Books

The Asian Series John Culler & Sons, 1992 The Asian Series John Culler & Sons, 1992 316 pp with a color plate frontis and B&W illustrations throughout text. A reprint of the original edition of 1900. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Text block edged in gold. Dark blue textured leather(??) boards have a gold-stamped picture of an ovis poli and titles. Slipcased in as-new beige linen. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #287 of an Edition of 500. Hard Cover, Slip Cased. Fine/Fine.. #287 of an Edition of 500.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

U.K.: Camebridge University Press, 2000 U.K.: Camebridge University Press, 2000 696 pp with B&W illustrations throughout. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Glazed paper boards are lightly bumped at corners. Book weright 3 lbs 12 oz. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: AMS Press, 1971 New York: AMS Press, 1971 96 pp with 25 pp og B&W drawings and three maps. Russian translation series of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University Vol. 1 No.1. A reprint of the original 1959 publication. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Black glazed cloth boards with gold-stamped titles along spine are clean and undamaged. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Seattle, WA: International Snow Leopard Trust, 1989 77 pp. 1 B&W map. Tan printed cover with stapled spine. The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is listed as an endangered species thoughout its range by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The mountainous regions of central Asia encompass its range, within the countries of Afganistan, Bhutan, China, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet and the Soviet Union. This bibliography of over 500 references presents a comprehensive catalog of the literature that deals with the snow leopard. Virtually all sources that refer to the species have been included. A short annotation provides information on the content and scope of the reference. Following the bibliography is an index that lists the entries according to various general subject catagories: behavior, biology, captivity, classification, deseases, distribution by country, ecology, general reviews and management/conservation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, 1964 135 pp. 194 illustrations in B&W of maps, many of which fold out. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Upper and lower page corners are slightly rumpled. Taupe cloth boards with brown and white titles and an orb are clean, rubbed and bumped at extremities. A history through cartography of the exploration of the eastern coast of the Orient and the Siberian-Aleutian- Alaskan arc. Text largely in Russian with a summary in English.Very large book, please contact seller before ordering from outside U.S.. 1st Ed.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1992 London: Thames and Hudson, 1992 89 pp with color photography throughout. Foreward by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is pristine. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Norton, Boyd.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Norton, Boyd.

Duluth,MI: Pfiefer-Hamilton, 1989 225 pp with B&W illustrations in text. Twelve Soviet and Americans set out from Siberia in mid-winter 1989 on an epic trek across 1000 miles of Arctic tundra. Ultimately the Bering Bridge Expedition led to an agreement allowing free travel across the Soviet-American border for the region's native population. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, Blue cloth boards are clean and undamaged save for a little bumping to spine ends. DJ is clean, bright with some shelfwear. In mylar jacket. 3000812. Signed by Author on title Page. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

Rand mcNally & Co., 1961 Rand mcNally & Co., 1961 199 pp with 14 B&W plates.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name on front endpapers. Dust jacket has a small chip missing at top of spine.In protective mylar wrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Bobbs-Merrill, 1954 Bobbs-Merrill, 1954 383 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are slightly faded along the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author on title Page. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1939 34 pp with B&W illustrations and diagrams throughout. Studies from material collected on the American Museum of Natural History's Central Asiatic Expeditions of 1928-29. The Tung Gor formation is a horizon of early Miocene age. Text is clean , tight and unmarked. Stiff paper covers are clean and undamaged, with previous owner's name on front cover.. 1st Edition.. Stapled Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Naples, Italy: International Volcanological Association, 1958 99 pp with charts and B&W drawings, plus a few photos, of the volcanos of the Kurile islnd chain of the northern Pacific coast of Russia. This book has been releasd by the University of Hawaii Hilo and has had an additional set of stiff cardboard boards added to the rather flimsy original paper covers. Text is clean, tight and unmarked.. Edition of 1000. Stiff Paper. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Boulder, Co: Westview Press, 1993 Boulder, Co: Westview Press, 1993 280 pp with four B&W plates and one map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Stamps from the Asia Foundation on title page. Red cloth boards with gold-stamped title are clean and undamaged. DJ is clean, bright, undamaged, in mylar wrapper. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. First Edition.. Paperback. Fine/Fine.

New Yoprk: W.W. Norton, 1955 285 pp with one map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name on first free page. Orange cloth boards are rubbed at extremities. DJ is missing a chip at head of spine. Now in protective mylar.The autobiography of a young Mongol woman who moved away fromt he tradition-bound life of her family to forge a new life in the modern world of WWII China. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Viking Studio Books 224 pp with color illustrations on every page. In 1966 Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko visited Alaska as part of a series of poetry readings. Flying over Alaska's vast and beautiful land and was intrigued by the similarities to his native Siberia. This book is an extension of these thoughts, written and visual, with his own images of Siberia and Alaska photographs by the American photographer, Boyd Norton. Text is clean, tight and unmarked with a remainder mark on bottom page edges. Bookplate on front endpapers. Dust jacket is bright and intact. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Norton, Boyd.

Poseidon Press, 1992 542 pp, one double-page map and 16 B&W plates. A history of Siberia from the end of the 16th century through Stalin's Gulag. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpapers. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged, now in mylar wrapper.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

NYC: AMNH, 1943 Text is clean, tight and unmarked., numerous B&W illustrations in text. Covers are clean and undamaged. "Charles Whitney Gilmore , 1874 - 1945) was an American paleontologist who gained renown in the early 20th century for his work on vertebrate fossils during his career at the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History). Gilmore named many dinosaurs in North America and Mongolia, including the Cretaceous sauropod Alamosaurus, Alectrosaurus, Archaeornithomimus, Bactrosaurus, Brachyceratops, Chirostenotes, Mongolosaurus, Parrosaurus, Pinacosaurus, Styracosaurus and Thescelosaurus." Courtesy Wikipedia Size: 6.25" x 8.5". Stapled Softcover. Very Good.

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr, 1999 Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr, 1999 212 pp with eight color plates and one map. An account of the author's trip to the western Gobi with a natural history of the region. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Camebridge, MA: MIT Press, 1969 177 pp with one mapa nd B&W photos throughout. Written by the woman leader of the expeditions, details the three Polish paleontological expeditions to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in the 1960's. Text is clean, tight and unmarked.. Soft Cover. Good.

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 1983 111 pp with B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Grey cloth boards are clean and square, DJ is intact, bright with two shortl closed tears. Inscription on title page, "To Penny and Armon, with love, Brownie" plus her signature.. Dedication By Author. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Modern Library, 2001 243 pp. with B&W illustrations in text.Described as "The Expanded Edition."Translated by Alison Anderson with additional material from William Barr's translation from the Russian. Part of the Modern Library Exploration series. With a preface by Jon Krakauer, Series editor and an introduction and epilogue by David Roberts. text is clean, tight,unmarked. cover has a little bumping at edges otherwise clean and bright.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Published.