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    Adams, Vincanne.   TIGERS OF THE SNOW AND OTHER VIRTUAL SHERPAS. £4.00    
      An Ethnography of Himalayan Encounters.   304pp. Index. 24 b/w illustrations.   Very good. Some marking and annotation in the text.   1996 First edition, Princeton University Press.
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    Allen, Charles.   THE BUDDHA AND DR FUHRER. £13.00    
      An Archaeological Scandal.   292pp. Index. Maps, plans and b/w photographs. Early investigation of Buddhist sites on the India-Nepal border.   Fine in fine dw.   2008 First edition, Haus Publishing.
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    Amatya, Saphalya.   ART AND CULTURE OF NEPAL. £10.00    
         263pp. Photographs in b/w. Paperback.   Very good.   1999 Second edition, Nirala, New Delhi.
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    Anderson, Mary M.   THE FESTIVALS OF NEPAL. £23.00    
         288pp. 21 colour photographs.   Very good in very good dw.   1971 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Antin, Parker.   HIMALAYAN ODYSSEY. £14.00    
      The Perilous Trek to Western Nepal.   290pp. Endpaper maps. 23 colour photographs. From Surkhet to Pokhara though the remotest valleys.   Bottom edge inked. Otherwise fine in fine dw.   1990 First edition, Fine, New York.
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    Baume, Louis.   SIVALAYA. £28.00    
      Explorations of the 8000 metre peaks of the Himalaya.   346pp. 29 maps and diagrams. A Chronicle and Bibliography of Exploration. Detailed summaries of all expeditions to date.   Fine hardback in vfine dustwrapper. An excellent copy.   1979 The Mountaineers, Seatttle.
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    Bernstein, Jeremy.   THE WILDEST DREAMS OF KEW. £5.00    
      A Profile of Nepal.   186pp. Index. 29 photographs, some in colour.   Fine in very good dustwrapper.   1970 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Bernstein, Jeremy.   THE WILDEST DREAMS OF KEW. £10.00    
      A Profile of Nepal.   186pp. Index. 29 photographs, some in colour.   Fine in dw with slight edge-loss.   1970 First, Allen & Unwin.
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    Bezruchka, Stephen.   TREKKING IN NEPAL. £5.00    
      a Traveler's Guide.   446pp. Card covers. Many maps and b/w photographs.   Very good indeed.   1991 Sixth edition, The Mountaineers. Seattle.
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    Bezruchka, Stephen.   TREKKING IN NEPAL. £5.00    
      a Traveler's Guide.   383pp. Card covers. Many maps and b/w photographs.   Fine.   1997 Seventh edition, Cordee.
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    Bista, Dor Bahadur.   PEOPLE OF NEPAL. £22.00    
         210pp. Index. Folding map. Many b/w photographs. Excellently written survey of all the regions and localities of Nepal.   Very good in very good dw.   1980 Reprint, Kathmandu.
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    Boardman, Peter.   SACRED SUMMITS. £14.00    
      A Climber's Year.   264pp. Index. 34 colour photographs. Climbs in New Guinea and Kanchenjunga and Gauri Sankar in the Himalayas.   Near-fine in like dw. A lovely copy.   1982 First edition, Hodder.
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    Brook, Elaine and Donnelly, Julie.   THE WINDHORSE. £5.00    
         223pp. 32 photographs mainly in colour. The author travels in Nepal with a blind companion.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First edition, Cape.
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    Chattopadhyay, K.P.   AN ESSAY ON THE HISTORY OF MEWAR CULTURE. £10.00    
         119pp. First published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1924.   Very good in very good dw. Inscription.   1980 Educational Enterprise, Kathmandu.
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    Cross, J.P.   THE RESTLESS QUEST. £8.00    
      Britain and Nepal on Collision Course and the Start of the Brirish-Gurkha Connection 1746-1815.   430pp. By former Gurkha officer is now a Nepali citizen. A historical novel based on Nepali history.   Fine in fine dw.   2004 First edition, Koselee Prakashan, Kathmandu.
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    Cunningham, John.   KINGDOM IN THE SKY. £5.00    
      The Story of a British Medical Team in Nepal.   172pp. 34 photographs in colour and in b/w. Ex-public library copy.   Very good in very good dw.   1975 First edition, Souvenir Press.
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    Deutchle, Phil.   THE TWO YEAR MOUNTAIN. £5.00    
      A Nepal Journey.   273pp. Card covers. Photographs and drawings in b/w. After two years as a volunteer in a Nepali village he climbs Pharchamo (20,058m) alone.   Fine.   1986 Bradt Publications.
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    Dickinson, Matt.   THE DEATH ZONE. £5.00    
      Climbing Everest through the Killer Storm.   211pp. Photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Douglas, Ed.   CHOMOLUNGMA SINGS THE BLUES. £5.00    
      Travels round Everest.   226pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs.   Fine in dustwrapper with a single chip.   1997 First edition, Constable.
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    Ecole, Huguette.   NEPAL ENTRE TERRE ET CIEL. £21.00    
      Connaissance de l'Asie.   362pp. 105 photographs in b/w and 8 in colour.   Very good indeed.   1971 Societe Continentale D'Editions Modernes
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    Elliott, Major J.H.   GUIDE TO NEPAL. £10.00    
         120pp. Many b/w photographs. Sketch maps. Much factual information.   Very good in chipped dustwrapper.   1969 Third edition Newman, Calcutta.
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    Etherton, Colonel P.T.   THE LAST STRONGHOLDS. £49.00    
         297pp. Index. 79 b/w photographs. Account of Himalayan and Central Asian travels by ex-Consul-General at Kashgar. In the original red cloth.   Very good. Owner's name.   1934 First edition, Jarrolds.
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    Fanshawe, Andy.   COMING THROUGH. £16.00    
      Expeditions to Chogolisa and Menlungtse.   217pp. Index. 18 colour photographs.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1990 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Fisher, James F.   TRANS-HIMALAYAN TRADERS. £15.00    
      Economy, Society and Culture in Northwest Nepal.   232pp. Index. 19 b/w photographs. Based on fieldwork in the village of Tarangpur. First published in 1986 by the University of California Press.   Fine in fine dustwrapper..   1997 Reprint, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi.
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    Fisher, James F.   SHERPAS. £10.00    
      Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal.   205pp. Index. Illustrations in colour and b/w. Paperback edition.   Fine.   1997 Oxford University Press, India.
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    Fleming, Robert L et al.   BIRDS OF NEPAL. £13.00    
      With Reference to Kashmir and Sikkim.   358pp. 150 colour plates. Useful small format field guide.   Very good indeed in very good dw.   1979 second edition, Kathmandu.
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    Fletcher, Grace Nies.   THE FABULOUS FLEMINGS OF KATHMANDU. £10.00    
      The Story of Two Doctors in Nepal.   219pp. 12 b/w photographs.   A very little highlighting. Otherwise very good in very good dustwrapper.   1964 Reprint, New York, Dutton.
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    Fletcher, Grace Nies.   THE FABULOUS FLEMINGS OF KATHMANDU. £10.00    
      The Story of Two Doctors in Nepal.   219pp. 12 b/w photographs.   Very good in loose dw.   1964 Reprint, New York, Dutton.
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    Fletcher, Grace Nies.   THE FABULOUS FLEMINGS OF KATHMANDU. £12.00    
      The Story of Two Doctors in Nepal.   219pp. 12 b/w photographs.   Very good in very good dw.   1964 First edition, New York, Dutton.
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    Forster, Elizabeth.   HIMALAYAN SOLO. £5.00    
         202pp. 32 b/w photographs. Ten years solo trekking in Nepal.   Fine in very good dustwrapper.   1982 First edition, Anthony Nelson.
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    Fricke, Tom.   HIMALAYAN HOUSEHOLDS. £10.00    
      Tamang Demography and Domestic Processes.   243pp. Index. Card covers. Study of the Nepali village of Timling.   Fine.   1994 Columbia University Press.
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    Giri, Gitu.   ART AND ARCHITECTURE. £25.00    
      Remains in the Western Terai Region of Nepal.   505pp. Index.80 b/w photographs. Study of ancient Buddhist sites.   Near-fine in like dw.   2003 First edition, Adroit Publishers, New Delhi.
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    Gould, Tony.   IMPERIAL WARRIORS. £12.00    
      Britain and the Gurkhas.   480pp. Index. 4 maps. 37 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 Second impression, Granta.
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    Gould, Tony.   IMPERIAL WARRIORS. £16.00    
      Britain and the Gurkhas.   480pp. Index. 4 maps. 37 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, Granta.
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    Greig, Andrew.   KINGDOMS OF EXPERIENCE. £5.00    
      Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge.   249pp. Index. 48 colour photographs and 3 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Harding, Mike.   FOOTLOOSE IN THE HIMALAYA. £5.00    
         242pp. Treks in India and Nepal. Fine colour photographs. Full-size paperback edition.   Very good indeed.   1990 Michael Joseph.
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    Hillard, Darla.   VANISHING TRACKS. £12.00    
      Four Years among the Snow Leopards of Nepal.   332pp. Index. 33 colour photographs. Four field sessions in the Langu Gorge, 1981-85.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 First edition, Elm Tree Books.
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    Hillary, Louise.   HIGH TIME. £5.00    
      A family trek in the Land of the Sherpas.   192pp. Photographs in colour and black and white.   Fine in slightly chipped dw.   1973 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Hillary, Sir Edmund.   VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT. £5.00    
         310pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. Autobiography.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, Doubleday.
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    Hosken, Fran P.   THE KATHMANDU VALLEY TOWNS. £31.00    
      A Record of Life and Change in Nepal.   327pp. 505 colour and b/w illustrations, maps and plans. Deleted from the British Library.   Minimal library markings but front hinge weak.   1974 First edition, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo.
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    Hunt, John.   LIFE IS MEETING. £5.00    
         286pp. Index. 24 b/w photographs and 11 maps. Autobiography.   Fine in fine dw.   1978 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton..
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    Hunter, Sir William Wilson.   LIFE OF BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON, £76.00    
      British Resident at the Court of Nepal.   390pp. Index. 8 illustrations. Recased in the original boards.   Very good internally but blotchy colour loss to boards and a very few extinct worm holes.   1896 First edition, John Murray.
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    Hunter, Sir William Wilson.   LIFE OF BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON, £21.00    
      British Resident at the Court of Nepal.   390pp. Index. 8 illustrations. Facsimile reprint of 1896 original.   Very good indeed.   1991 Asian Educational Services.
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    Husain, Asad.   BRITISH INDIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL. £16.00    
      1857-1947. A Diplomatic History of Nepal.   408pp. Index. From the   Fine in fine dw.   1970 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Jain, Girilal.   INDIA MEETS CHINA IN NEPAL. £13.00    
         177pp. Index. Events over the period of the end of Rana rule.   Very good in rubbed dw.   1959 First edition, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.
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    KAAA.   KADOORIE AGRICULTURAL AID ASSOCIATION, 1951-79. £10.00    
         98pp. 4to. Colour illustration. Hong Kong project for training Gurkha soldiers in agriculture prior to return to Nepal. Ex-public school library copy with minimal markings. No title page but nothing seems to be removed.   Very good.   1979 Eurasia Publishing Corporation, Hong Kong.
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    Kazami, Takehide.   THE HIMALAYAS. £10.00    
      A Journey to Nepal.   154pp. Small 8vo. Account of treks round Annapurna. Illustrated with 110 fine mountain colour photographs.   Near-fine in very good dw. Inscription.   1968 First Ward Lock.
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    Kelly, Thomas L. (photographs) and Dunham, Caroll.   THE HIDDEN HIMALAYAS. £25.00    
         200pp. The four seasons in the village and valley of Humla in remote north west Nepal recorded in stunning colour photographs and short but vivid text.   Fine in fine dw.   1987 First edition, Abbeville Press, New York, London, Paris..
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    Kelly, Thomas L. (photographs) and Dunham, Caroll.   THE HIDDEN HIMALAYAS. £28.00    
         200pp. The four seasons in the village and valley of Humla in remote north west Nepal recorded in stunning colour photographs and short but vivid text. Presentation copy signed by the photographer.   Fine in fine dw.   1987 First edition, Abbeville Press, New York.
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    Kelly, Thomas L. (photographs) and Roberts, Patricia.   KATHMANDU. £21.00    
      City on the Edge of the World.   197pp. The everyday life of the city recorded in superb colour photographs and illuminated by excellent short text.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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    Kirkpatrick, Colonel.   AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAUL £31.00    
      being the Substance of Observations made during a mission to that Country in the Year 1793.   388pp. Index. 4to. Folding map and 14 plates (mainly folding). Facsimile reprint of 1811 original.   Very good indeed in very good dw.   1975 Asian Publication Services, New Delhi.
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    Lancaster, Roy.   PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. £10.00    
         194pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 39 line drawings. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. Paperback edition.   Very good. Corners scuffed.   1983, Croom Helm.
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    Lancaster, Roy.   PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. £10.00    
         194pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 39 line drawings. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation.   Fine in slightly faded dw.   1981 First edition, Croom Helm.
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    Lancaster, Roy.   A PLANTSMAN IN NEPAL. £31.00    
         291pp. Index. Map. 266 colour photographs and 73 in b/w. A lovely new edition. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. A long mountain circuit in Eastern Nepal. Interesting on the places and the plants.   Fine in fine dw.   1995 First thus, Antique Collector's Club.
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    Mayne, Peter.   FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES. £10.00    
      A Season in the Himalayas   320pp. 4 b/w illustrations. An exploration of an aristocratic Nepali family and its place in history.   Very good in very good dw.   1975 First edition, Bodley Head.
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    McDougal, Charles.   THE FACE OF THE TIGER. £10.00    
         180pp. Index. 17 b/w photographs and 13 figures. A long study of the tigers in Chitwan Park, Nepal.   Very good in torn dw. Front edge of title page torn.   1977 Claron Books, Delhi.
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    Messenger, Charles.   THE STEADFAST GURKHA. £10.00    
      Historical Record of 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles. Vol 3 1948-1982.   147pp. Index. Endpaper maps of Nepal. 19 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dustwrapper   1985 First edition, Leo Cooper.
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    Mishra, Hemanta R. and Jefferies, Margaret.   ROYAL CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK WILDLIFE HERITAGE OF NEPAL. £10.00    
         192pp. Card covers. Many photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine.   No date (1990s) The Mountaineers, Seattle.
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    Morris, John.   A WINTER IN NEPAL. £10.00    
         232pp. Index. 46 photographs. Bibliography. Travel and Gurkha life in 1960 by pre-war Everester.   Very good.   1963 Second impression, Hart-Davis.
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    Niven, Colonel Bruce.   THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM. £13.00    
      Volume 2 The Gurkhas and their Homeland.   110pp. 4to. Colour photographs with brief texts.   Fine in fine dw.   2001 First edition, Niven.
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    Northey, W.Brook and Morris, C.J.   THE GURKHAS. £49.00    
      Their Manners, Customs and Country.   282pp. Index. 69 photographs. Folding map.   Very good. A nice, clean copy.   1928 First edition, John Lane.
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    Northey, W.Brook and Morris, C.J.   THE GURKHAS. £58.00    
      Their Manners, Customs and Country.   282pp. Index. 69 photographs. Folding map.   Very good in worn dw. Owner's name.   1928 First edition, John Lane.
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    O'Connor, Bill.   THE TREKKING PEAKS OF NEPAL. £5.00    
         224pp. Index. Sketch maps and b/w photographs. Card covers.   Near-fine. Owner's name.   1991 Crowood Press.
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    Parker, John.   THE GURKHAS. £12.00    
      The Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Soldiers.   276pp. Index. 38 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw   1999 First edition, Headline.
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    Parker, John.   THE GURKHAS. £10.00    
      The Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Soldiers.   276pp. Index. 38 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw   2005 Reprint, Bounty Books.
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    Powell, E.Alexander.   THE LAST HOME OF MYSTERY. £10.00    
      Adventures in Nepal.   332pp. Index. B/w photographs.   Very good in worn dw.   1929 Reprint, New York, Century Co.
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    Regmi, Mahesh C.   THATCHED HUTS AND STUCCO PALACES. £16.00    
      Peasants and Landlords in 19th Century Nepal.   173pp. Index.   Near-fine in like dw.   1978 First edition, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
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    Roskelly, John.   LAST DAYS. £5.00    
         211pp. 33 small colour photographs. Climbs on Tawoche and Menlungtse.   Fine in fine dw.   1992 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Schaller, George B.   STONES OF SILENCE. £8.00    
      Journeys in the Himalaya.   292pp. Index. 14 colour photographs. Six years exploration by a distinguished field biologist. One journey was the subject of Peter Matthiessen's `The Snow Leopard'.   Very good in very good dustwrapper with faded spine panel but boards marked by condensation under the wrapper   1980 First edition, Andre Deutsch.
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    Scot, Barbara J.   THE VIOLET SHYNESS OF THEIR EYES. £10.00    
      Notes from Nepal.   270pp. 50 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Feminist perspective on travels in Pokhara and Khumbu regions. Card covers   Very good.   1993 First Calyx Books, Oregon.
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    Seddon, C., Blaikie, P. and Cameron, J.   PEASANTS AND WORKERS IN NEPAL. £12.00    
         214pp. Based on field work in 1974 and 1975.   Very good in very good dw.   1979 First edition, Aris and Phillips, Warminster.
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    Singh, Hashmat and Das Pallav.   TREKKING IN THE HIMALAYAS. £5.00    
         160pp. 4to. Excellent trekking maps in colour and many colour photographs. Covers Sikkim, Nepal and India.   Fine in fine dw.   2002 First edition, Silverdale Books.
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    Smith, E.D.   JOHNNY GURKHA. £10.00    
      Friends in the Hills.   176pp. 25 b/w photographs. A history. The author served for 36 years with the Gurkhas ultimately commanding a regiment.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Leo Cooper.
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    Smith, E.D.   WARS BRING SCARS. £10.00    
      Friends in the Hills.   144pp. Index. Card covers. 20 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Gurkha service in Greece, India, Malaya and Borneo 1945-64. The author served for 36 years with the Gurkhas ultimately commanding a regiment.   Fine.   1993 First edition, R.J.Leach, Aylesford.
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    Somerville-Large, Peter.   TO THE NAVEL OF THE WORLD. £10.00    
      Yaks and Unheroic Travel in Nepal and Tibet.    225pp. Index. Journeys to Everest Base Camp and Mount Kailas.   Very good in very good dw.   1987 First edition, Hamish Hamilton.
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    Taylor, Peter.   COOPER'S CREEK TO LANTANG II. £5.00    
         239pp. 24 plates. 1963 Australian first ascent.   Very good indeed in slightly edge-worm dw.   1965 First edition, Angus & Robertson.
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    Taylor-Ide, Daniel.   SOMETHING HIDDEN BEHIND THE RANGES. £10.00    
      A Himalayan Quest.   303pp. Card covers. Illustrations in b/w. Conservationist searches for the Yeti in Nepal.   Fine.   1995 First edition, Mercury House, San Francisco.
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    Thapa, Netra B.   A SHORT HISTORY OF NEPAL. £10.00    
         303pp. Card covers.   Fine.   1973 First Kathmandu.
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    Thomas, Bryn.   TREKKING IN THE ANNAPURNA REGION. £2.00    
         256pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 40 detailed trekking maps. Pocket-size with soft covers.   Fine.   1993 First edition, Nepal Trekking Guides.
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    Tilman, H.W.   WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET. £14.00    
         232pp. Index. 54 photographs and 6 maps. 1939 mountain exploration in Sikkim and around Kanchenjunga with an account of his war in Albania.   Very good. Date in ink on front endpaper.   1946 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tucci, Sandro.   GURKHAS. £10.00    
         160pp. 4to. Superb colour photographs. Brief text.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Hamish Hamilton.
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    Tyson, John B.   WEST NEPAL: EXPLORING THE KANJIROBA HIMAL. £5.00    
         9pp. 2 folding mountain panoramas and five photographs in b/w. Folding contour map in colour. In original blue wrappers.   Very good.   Sept 1967, Reprinted from the Geographical Journal Vol 133 Part 3.
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    Ullman, James Ramsey (retells).   MAN OF EVEREST. £5.00    
      The Autobiography of Tenzing   320pp. Index. 4 plates in colour and 45 in b/w. Not just Everest, but his work with the pre-war expeditions.   Very good. Spine faded as usual.   1955 First edition, Harrap.
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    Vinding, Michael.   THE THAKALI. £32.00    
      A Himalayan Ethnography.   470pp. Index. 4 maps. 51 colour photographs, Major study of the people of a Mustang valley.   Fine in fine dustwrapper. Owner's name.   1998 First edition, Serindia Publications.
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    von Furer-Haimendorf, Cristoph.   HIMALAYAN TRADERS. £16.00    
      Life in Highland Nepal.   316pp. Index. 44 b/w photographs and 7 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1975 First, Murray.
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    von Furer-Haimendorf, Cristoph.   THE SHERPAS OF NEPAL. £12.00    
      Buddhist Highlanders.   298pp. Index. 55 b/w photos. Folding map. Ex-public library copy.   Very good in very good dw. A very clean, bright copy.   1964 First edition, Murray.
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    von Furer-Haimendorf, Cristoph.   THE SHERPAS OF NEPAL. £10.00    
      Buddhist Highlanders.   298pp. Index. 55 b/w photos. Folding map.   Very good in very good dw. Corner of front endpaper clipped. Darkening to paper.   1979 Reprint, East-West Publications, New Delhi..
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £5.00    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good in edge-worn dw.   1955 First edition, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £5.00    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good in very good dw.   No date, The Travel Book Club.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £5.00    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good. Lettering rather faded. Bookplate.   1955 First edition, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
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    Willison, Bert (photographs) and Bourke, Shirley   PEOPLE WITHIN A LANDSCAPE. £12.00    
      A Collection of Images of Nepal.   128pp. 4to landscape. 200 excellent colour photographs. From the perspective of trekkers not climbers.   Fine in fine dw.   1996 Reprint, The Mountaineers, Seattle.
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