Through the land of living gods: my pilgrimage at the wish of the Master
Berkeley: [the author], 1930. 172p., hardcover, mild handling wear and dust-soil. Account of a pilgrimage through Tibet. More
Cat.No: 222645
Berkeley: [the author], 1930. 172p., hardcover, mild handling wear and dust-soil. Account of a pilgrimage through Tibet. More
Cat.No: 222645
Delhi/San Diego: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers / Blue Dove Indian Editions, 2000. Hardcover. Reprint: xxxiv, 1,353p., a tome indeed, measuring 10x6.5 inches across and 2.6 inches thick. Hardbound in handsome openweave cloth boards and enclosed in the dust jacket. The book itself and its dj have sunned, faded spine panels; from..... More
Cat.No: 261864
Austin, TX: The University Art Museum, University of Texas, 1964. Pamphlet. 26p., stapled wraps, 7.75x8.25 inches, very good; B&W photos. More
Cat.No: 139238
Austin, TX: The University Art Museum, University of Texas, 1964. 37, viii, 25p., plus 57 B&W photo. More
Cat.No: 139239
Dordrecht & London: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1986. Paperback. pp81-158, wraps a tad sunned, else very good. More
Cat.No: 299949
Paris: Chandeigne, 1996. Paperback. 383p., wraps, 6.25x8.75 inches, illus., very good first edition in like dj. Text in French. Collection Magellane. More
Cat.No: 269969
Beijing: Minzu chubanshe, 1982. Pamphlet. 56, [8]p., very good in pictorial wraps, 7x10 inches, text in Tibetan. Children's primer with color pictures of words containing various letters. Chinese title in the colophon is "Kan tu shi zi" (Look at pictures and recognize letters). From the collection of the noted Mongolist..... More
Cat.No: 200896
Santa Fe NM: Kapala Press [www.dpress.net], 2013. Paperback. 124, xxvi, 175p., softbound facsimile of an amateur artist's sketchbook, b&w with some reproductions in colors, softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch color wraps. A little crudely bound: wrapper is fractionally too small for textblock, a color section protrudes but seems not at risk..... More
Cat.No: 219432
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. xlvii, 358p., illustrated with two maps: the endsheet doublespread (identical front and rear) and a vegetation map/diagram at p.2. Hardbound in maroon cloth boards spine-titled in bronze and enclosed in the dust jacket. General good condition with two flaws, the spine title..... More
Cat.No: 298033
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1949. Hardcover. xlvii, 358p., illustrated with two maps: the endsheet doublespread (identical front and rear) and a vegetation map/diagram at p.2. Hardbound in brownish-grey cloth boards spine-titled black. Lacks the dust jacket. Slight general edgewear to casing but quite sound, and textblock is entirely clean..... More
Cat.No: 298464
London: John Murray, 1955. Hardcover. xiv, 241p., plentifully provided with portrait and activity photos, hardbound first edition in 9x5.5 inch red cloth boards spine-titled in bronze. This titling is so dim as to be illegible; perhaps dull bronze on medium scarlet was a poor design choice. Lacks the jacket, spine..... More
Cat.No: 298454
Berkeley: Dharma Foundation, 1990. Newspaper. 32p., folded tabloid, lightly toned, illus., mailing label on lower front cover, else very good. Includes: Interview with Stephen Levine, a Tibetan View of Death, Death Awareness Practice, directory of sitting groups, 1990 Vipassana retreat schedules, etc. More
Cat.No: 227935
Chengdu: Sichuan minzu chubanshe, 1981. 77p., very good in wraps, text in Tibetan. "Didactic poetry using similes of water and trees." -OCLC. More
Cat.No: 165390
Ulverston UK / Glen Spey NY: Tharpa Publications, 2002. Pamphlet. 43p., nice alkaline paperstock with line illustrations and four tissue-guarded, full-page, fullcolor reproductions. Softbound in 8.3x5.8 inch royal-blue wraps gilt; slight handling soil, one tissue-guard has a bent corner-tip, a very good clean sound copy. More
Cat.No: 182251
Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1982. Paperback. iii, 71p., slender paperback, rubberstamp of an Indian bookseller on the title page. More
Cat.No: 318759
Chengdu: Sichuan minzu chubanshe, 1982. 346, 12p., very good in wraps, text in Tibetan. On the 15th century "father of Tibetan performing arts," Than-ston-rgyal-po. More
Cat.No: 165395
[Paris]: Domaine Tibetain / Peuples du Monde - Editions R. Chabaud, 1988. 317p., illustrated with many line maps, b&w period images and color reproductions on inserted coated stock, hardbound in laminated 9.5x6.5 inch titled white boards. Endsheet maps have spot-color, a nice production, slightest signs of age and handling, clean..... More
Cat.No: 184066
München: Ernst Reinhardt, 1924. 233p., illustrated with scattered b&w inserted plates on coated paperstock, softbound in 8x6 inch wraps; textblock and cover are rippled from exposure to damp and item handles rather stiffly. Text otherwise undamaged; however wraps are edgeworn and dust-soiled with faint general discoloration and a distinct stain..... More
Cat.No: 150549
Peking: Impr. des Lazaristes, 1926. Two hardcover volumes, 479 and 493p., spine ends worn, second volume has some tears to the cloth along the spine edges. Textblock toned but otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 263622
London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. Hardcover. 144p., essays on Asian political topics, the single illustration is a line map depicting a border dispute between China and India, principally the Ladakh area. Hardbound in red papered boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Top edge of textblock is mildly foxed..... More
Cat.No: 298449
Tokyo: Nihon Indogaku-Bukkyogaku-kai, 1958. Paperback. 44p. + unpaginated tables of contents, abstracts and officer lists. Text in English. More
Cat.No: 129004
New Delhi: Asian Educational Services | AES, 1993. Hardcover. vii, 320 pages. 8 color plates (with the one facing page 90 poorly rendered, a result of a production flaw) 8 black and white illustrations and 3 maps, all present. A reprint of the Blackie and Son edition out of London..... More
Cat.No: 267959
Kathmandu: Mount Everest Centre, 1997. Spiral_bound. 67p., spiralbound with card covers, second edition. Minor shelfwear. More
Cat.No: 301978
Milan: Skira Editore, 1997. Hardcover. 279p., 11.2x9.8 inch hardcover, coated paperstock throughout with numerous exhibit photos in color and period expedition site photography in b&w, black boards titled white in laminated color dust jacket, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 319720
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998. Hardcover. xiii, 225p.. color illustrations, very good condition in like dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 318305