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Description, Travel, and History
Bower, Sir Hamilton. Diary of
a Journey Across Tibet. New York: Macmillan and Company, 1894.
[Contains b & w illustrations, a folding cross-section diagram of Tibetan
terrain crossed in the expedition.]
DS785.B78 1894
Gill, William John, 1843-1882. The river of golden sand: being the
narrative of a journey through China and eastern Tibet to Burmah... .
London: J. Murray, 1883. [A brief history of the customs of the
natives encountered on his journey. 3 b & w plates, 29 illustrations,
and 1 folding map.]
DS709.G57 1883
Grnwedel, Albert, 1856-1935. Altbuddhistische Kultsttten in Chinesisch-Turkistan;
Bericht ber archologische Arbeiten von 1906 bis 1907 bei Kuca, Qarasahr und
in der oase turfan, von alvert Grnwedel, hrsg. Berlin: G. Reimer.
1912. [German text, many b & w illustrations and diagrams. 1
color plate on pg. 370.]
DS793.E2G7
Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952. Trois Ans de Luttes aux Deserts D'Asie
(Three Years of Struggle in the Deserts of Asia). Paris: Hachette,
1899. [Text in French. Many b & w plates and illustrations,
as well as a folding map and an appendix.]
DS785.H525
Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952. Central Asia and Tibet; Towards the
Holy City of Lassa. London: Herst & Blackett; New York: C. Scribners
Sons, 1903. [The author's diary of his travels in Asia, including descriptions
of the regions and manner of life. This two volume set includes 5 maps,
420 illustrations, and 8 color plates, as well as an index (at end of vol. 2).]
DS785.H48
Huc, Evariste Regis, 1813-1860. Recollections of a Journey Through
Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844, 1845, and 1846.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. Vol. 1 only.
DS709.H85 1852
India Speaks with Richard Halliburton. Illustrated with 100 photographs
from the photoplay, India Speaks, produced by Walter Futter and distributed
by RKO Radio Pictures. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. [Contains
many b & w photographs of various sites in Asia, including Tibet.]
DS408.I5
Jenkins, Peter, 1951- . Across China. New
York: W. Morrow, 1986. [The author's accounts of his travels through Tibet
and China. Contains a map, many b & w photographs, and several color
photographs -- depicting scenes from everyday life. Contains bibliography.]
DS712.J43
Kawaguchi, Ekai. Three years in Tibet. Benares and London:
Theosophical publishing society, 1909. [Journeys of the late rector of
Gohyakurakan Monastery and his observations of Tibetan social life and customs.
63 illustrations, 11 photographs, and a map.]
DS785.K3
Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914. Diary of a journey through
Mongolia and Tibet in 1891, and 1892. Washington: Smithsonian institution,
1894. [A detailed discription of the author's travels from 1891-92.
Includes 28 b & w plates, 13 illustrations, 1 folding map, and a vocabulary
index.]
DS709.R68
Tucci, Giuseppe, 1894-ed. Minor Buddhist texts. Rome: Is.
M. E. O., 1956-1971. [Sanskrit and Tibetan text with English introduction
and summary. No illustrations.]
BQ1138.2.E54T81
Tucci, Giuseppe, 1894. Secrets of Tibet: being the chronicle of the
Tucci scientific expedition to westen Tibet (1933), by Dr. Giuseppe Tucci...
. Translated from the Italian edition by Mary A. Johnstone. London
and Glasgow: Blackie & son, limited, 1935. [Translated from Italian,
this chronicles Tucci's scientific expedition into western Tibet in 1933.
Contains b & w plates and illustrations along with 2 folding maps.]
DS785.T82
Tucci, Giuseppe, 1894- . The tombs of the Tibetan kings.
Rome: Is. M. E. O., 1950. [Includes the brief history of the Tibetan kings
and outlines the mounds and burial areas. Includes many b & w plates.]
DS 785.T83
Tucci, Giuseppe, 1894- . Tibet. English. Transhimalaya. Translated
from the French by James Hagarth. Geneva: Nagel Publishers, 1973.
[Translated from French, a survey of Tibetan archaeology covering prehistoric
times through the 5th Dalai Lama. Contains 230 illustrations, maps, and
chronological table comparing countries within the region.]
DS786.T7713
Tucci, Giuseppe, 1894- . Tibet paese delle nevi. English.
Tibet, land of snows. Photos. by Wim Saan, Edwin Smith, and other.
Translated by J.E. Stapleton Driver. New York: Stein and Day, 1967.
[A detailed report on the lives of Tibetans covering lifestyles, art, and history.
Contains many color plates, b & w pictures, and maps. Also, an index
of Tibetian terms is found on pg. 209.]
DS786.T8
Turner, Samuel, 1749?-1802. An Account of an Embassy to the Court of
the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet: Containing a Narrative Journey Through Bootan, and
Part of Tibet. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1800. [Includes a
botanical, mineralogical, and medical account of this region. Contains
several b & w engravings, and a folding map showing a portion of Bhutan
and Tibet.]
DS785.T94
Verneuil, M. P., 1869- . L'art a java; les temples de la periode
classique indo-javanaise: Tjande Kalasan, Tjandi Mendout, Boroboudour, Tjandi
Pramvanan, par M. P.-Verneuil. Paris, Bruxelles: G. Vanoest, 1927.
[French text, 96 b&w plates]
NA6026.V4
Wilson, Andrew. The Abode of Snow; Observations on a Journey from Chinese
Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the Himalayas.
Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1876. [This book presents
the grandeur of the Himalaya mountains region and the character of its inhabitants,
as well as details of physical science, ethnology, archaeology, and history.
There is an itinerary, an appendix on the climate of the interior Himalaya,
and a folding map.]
DS485.H6W7
Textiles
Tilke, Max, 1869-1942. Kostumschnitte
und Gewandformen; eine Ubersicht der Kostumschnitte und Gewandformen aller Zeiten
und Volker bom Altertum bis zur Neuzeit. Tubingen: E. Wasmuth, 1945.
[German text, 128 plates, includes the history of costumes throughout many countries
of the world.]
GT513.T5
Other
A Dictionary of Buddhist terms and
concepts. Tokyo: Nichiren Shoshu InternationalCenter, 1983. [Includes
appendix that lists schools, dynasties, proper names, and maps. Also contains
keywords and Japanese, Sanskirt and Pali equivalents.]
BQ8409.D53 1983
Bossert, Helmuth Theodor, 1889- ed. Ornament in Applied
Art. 122 Color Plates Reproducing Over 2000 Decorative Motives from
the Arts of Asia... etc. New York: E. Weyhe, 1924. [Includes color
plates of designs applied in various media from Chinese Turkestan, India, the
Himalayas, Ceylon, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bali, Formosa, Hainan, Siam, Tibet,
and Japan. See plates LXXII through CIV. Index to plates is included.]
xNK1530.B6
Le Coq, Albert von, 1860-1930. Die buddhistische Sptantike in Mittelasien.
Graz, Austria: Akakemische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1973. [German text,
general text of Buddhist art.]
N7346.E3L38
Shinran, 1173-1263. The Kyogyoshinsho; the collection of passages expounding
the true teaching, living, faith, and realizing of the Pure Land.
Translated by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, edited by the Eastern Buddhist Society.
Kyoto: Shinshu otaniha, 1973. [Is the main book of Shinran, outlining
the fundamentals. The bulk of the book is quotations from Buddhist Sutras.]
BQ8749.S554K9513
Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, 1870-1966. Collected writings on Shin Buddhism.
Kyoto: Shinshu Otaniha, 1973. [A history on the teaching and the background
of Shin Buddhism. Many color and b & w plates.]
BQ8708.S97
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