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1956réf. 87668Roma: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente 1956. First Edition. First printing. Large octavo 25cm. Printed paper-covered boards hardcover; 194pp text; 82 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates halftones each with a printed caption on facing tissue-guard; five large folding maps in color housed in rear pocket. Some mild toning and hand-soil to binding; minor bump to base of front board; overall a well-preserved Very Good or better copy with the text complete clean and unmarked. Issued as the twelfth volume in the Institute's "Serie Orientale Roma." A scholarly study of the lands flora fauna and peoples of the Amnye Ma-Chhen Range in eastern Tibet based on explorations made in 1924 and 1926. A notable work mapping for the first time the course of the headwaters of the Yellow River. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente unknown books
2017réf. 87733Leuven: Peeters 2017. First Edition. First Impression. Thick octavo 24.5cm; original pictorial card wrappers; xxxvi34-940pp; illus.; text is entirely in French. A Fine copy of this substantial monograph on Tibetan ache lhamo theatre as it was performed in the pre-modern era before 1950 and as it is still performed today in the Tibet Autonomous Region and within the Tibetan diaspora in India and Nepal. 87733. Peeters unknown books
1979réf. 85781Berkeley: Dharma Publishing 1979. Third printing. Two quarto volumes; cloth hardcovers dustjackets; 210pp paginated continuously; illus. Both volumes clean tight and unmarked - Near Fine. In the original dustwrappers slightly rubbed at extremities v.II with a small loss to rear panel and a closed tear at base of front flap-fold Very Good overall. From the library of noted poet and translator Nathaniel Tarn with his printed bookplate to pastedowns. Photographs taken by the author and her husband Lama Anagarika Govinda during an expedition to Central and Western Tibet in the years 1947-49. A remarkable record of Tibetan geography architecture and sacred art in the period immediately preceding the Seventeen Point Agreement which ceded sovereignty over Tibet to China. Dharma Publishing unknown books
1993réf. 85837London: Serindia Publications 1993. First Edition. First impression. Quarto. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 319pp; illustrations in color and b/w. A fine unworn copy. In the original dustwrapper similarly Fine. From the library of noted poet / translator / Buddhist scholar Nathaniel Tarn with his printed bookplate inside front cover. Serindia Publications unknown books
1968réf. 85865Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1968-1970. First Thus. Three volumes. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's navy blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spines and front boards. Dustjackets. xix; 319pp.; xiv; 1; 326pp.; xv; 1; 235pp. All vols clean and tight very light wear to the cloth with some minor scuffing to corners and spine ends; internally clean a little thumbing to the page edges in places. top-edges a little dusty; in clean bright pictorial dustjackets with soiling to the paler regions and some shallow fraying to the spine ends the front panel of "The People of Tibet" has a patch of abrasion to the front panel possiblyy from a poorly removed label. A very good clean set. First published in 1928. Bell was for a large portion of his life the British Political Officer for the Bhutan Sikkim and Tibet regions of "British India" and was in effect considered the unofficial British Ambassador to Tibet. Although he resigned from these appointments in 1919 Bell was despatched on a diplomatic mission to Lhasa in the early 1920's for which he was subsequently knighted and became close acquaintances with the Dalai Lama being chosen to represent Tibetan interests in the Simla Convention where Great Britain and China met ostensibly to decide the fate of Tibet. The Clarendon Press unknown books
1876réf. 321932London: Trübner and Co. Ludgate Hill 1876. First Edition. Frontis. 4 folding maps 6 plates 2 in text. clxi 354pp. 8vo. Bound in modern full grey calf several small of stamps of Canterbury Public Library. First Edition. Frontis. 4 folding maps 6 plates 2 in text. clxi 354pp. 8vo. First British Mission to Tibet went in 1774 under Scotsman George Bogle 1746-1781 command and established a relationship between Tibet and British India. In 1811 Thomas Manning followed. Trübner and Co., Ludgate Hill unknown books
1937réf. 317730Washington D.C.: White House 1937. 4to. Framed and glazed. 4to. Like FDR Suydam Cutting who came from a prominent New Jersey family was a graduate of both Groton and Harvard they graduated 5 years apart. Cutting went to Turkmenistan with TR Jr. and Kermit in 1925 and travelled to Tibet on several occasions between 1928 and 1937. He visited Lhasa with permission of the Dalai Lama to whom he presented gifts. Cutting acted as de facto American representative there as this letter suggests and published a memoir of his experiences The Fire Ox and Other Years 1947. A remarkable letter recording the ambivalent American position on Tibet in the 1930s. White House unknown books
1916réf. 317545London: Houghton and Stoughton 1916. First edition. Illus. x 246pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarter crimosn morocco and cloth sides. Fine. First edition. Illus. x 246pp. 8vo. Houghton and Stoughton unknown books
1901réf. 267917New York: Baker & Taylor 1901. First edition. Illus. 285 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Yellow pictorial cloth. Very good. Bookplate. First edition. Illus. 285 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Annie Royle Taylor was the first Western woman to travel to Tibet. Baker & Taylor unknown books
1950réf. 19569New York: The Greystone Press 1950. DeLuxe Edition. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red embossed leatherette fine in fine original slipcase. From the library of CBS President Dr. Frank Stanton. DeLuxe Edition. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by son and father on half-title "To Dr. and Mrs. Frank Stanton / Lowell Thomas Jr. / Lowell Thomas". The Thomas's successful expedition was made in 1949 and produced a number of splendid color photographs of the country and its people the first the author believes to have been reproduced in a book. The Greystone Press unknown books
1991réf. 58943Oxford & Santa Barbara: Clio Press 1991. First edition. xxvi 158 pp w/index. Spine sunned else near fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. World Bibliographical Series Volume 128. Oxford & Santa Barbara: Clio Press hardcover books
2001réf. 72622Beijing: Encyclopedia of China Printing House 2001. First edition limited to 3000 4to pp. 215 1; color illustrations throughout; text in Chinese and English; pictorial paper boards; fine. Features items in the collection of the Tibet Museum in Lhasa. Includes sections on prehistoric culture the "non-separated relationship between the Tibetan Local Government and the Central Government" culture and arts folk culture and cultural relics. Encyclopedia of China Printing House unknown books
1960réf. 72728Geneva: International Commission of Jurists 1960. First edition 8vo pp. xiii 1 345 1; pages toning else very good and sound in original printed cream wrappers. Report on violations of human rights and evidence of genocide by China role of China in Tibet - presents the results of an investigation carried out for the international commission of jurists which seeks to appraise the existence of human rights prior to and since the Chinese occupation. Appendix 1: statements made by Tibetan refugees; Appendix 2: statements by Dalai Lama and officials to the Legal Inquiry Committee; Appendix 3: official documents; Appendix 4: application to enter Tibet. International Commission of Jurists unknown books
1995réf. 72778Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House 1995. First edition 4to pp. 416; high quality text illustrations throughout of original documents; parallel text in Tibetan Chinese and English; original full gold cloth; fine in fine dust jacket. A collection of 107 documents with scans transcripts and translations. The documents are for the most part edicts and orders meant to bolster the CCP's claim to Tibet. Cultural Relics Publishing House unknown books
1998réf. 69952Beijing: Minzu University 1998. First edition 8 x 5.5 in. pp. 4 12 2 324 2; text in Tibetan and Chinese; printed paper wrappers; fine. Includes papers on Tibetan literature ethnology linguistics art religion etc. National Library of China and Bibliothek der Humboldt-U. in OCLC. Minzu University unknown books
2002réf. 69942London: Tibet Information Network 2002. 8.25 x 5.75 in. pp. 216; text illustrations; folding map on lower wrapper; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. "Mining Tibet charts the development of both large and small-scale mining in Tibetan areas and its impact on the Tibetan population and environment; examining social economic and human rights issues such as labour immigration and exploitation of land. Tibet Information Network unknown books
1826réf. 69522Worcester Massachusetts: Charles Griffin opposite the Worcester Coffee House 1826. Bifoliate newspaper approx. 20" X 14" separated at the fold but complete; lightly toned and stained all else very good. One of the earliest American newspapers to publish an article on Tibet from "Littell's Museum of Foreign Literature and Science" appearing on the front page in the sixth column: "Southern Frontier of Thibet" which focuses on the rivers in the trans-Himalayan region mentioning 'Sikhi' Sikkim and 'Bhoutia' Bhutan. A weekly the National Aegis ran from 1801 to 1831. Charles Griffin, opposite the Worcester Coffee House unknown books
1982réf. 69508Beijing: Chinese Academy of Sciences 1982. First edition large 8vo pp. 2 vii 1 86; 8 composite plates in the pagination with illustrations on rectos and versos plus tables in the text; text toned else a very good and sound copy in blue cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Issued in the publisher's Quinghai-Tibet Plateau Scientific Investigation Series. Text in Chinese table of contents in English. Chinese Academy of Sciences unknown books
réf. 140946550Sante Fe NM: Clear Light Publishers 1989. Revised Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Revised edition. Signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso on the title page. viii 88 pp. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth affect lettered in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with slight wear at extremities and previous gift inscription on front free end paper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with small closed tears to edges light scuffing and security sticker adhered to spine panel at verso. The Dalai Lama's collection of spiritual wisdom surrounding compassion kindness and love. Clear Light Publishers unknown books
1857réf. AB1069Paris:: Gaume freres 1857. 1857. 2 volumes. 12mo. xv 1 430; iv 524 pp. Early quarter red gilt-stamped calf marbled boards; rubbed. Bookplate; binder's rubber-stamp of L. Brisset Valognes. A folding map is expected with this title other issues not present here. In fact there are different issues of this work with different paginations. "French missionary-traveller was born at Toulouse on the 1st of August 1813. In his twenty-fourth year he entered the congregation of the Lazarists at Paris and shortly after receiving holy orders in 1839 went out to China. At Macao he spent some eighteen months in the Lazarist seminary preparing himself for the regular work of a missionary. Having acquired some command of the Chinese tongue and modified his personal appearance and dress in accordance with Chinese taste he started from Canton. He at first superintended a Christian mission in the southern provinces and then passing to Peking where he perfected his knowledge of the language eventually settled in the Valley of Black Waters or He Shuy a little to the north of the capital and just within the borders of Mongolia. There beyond the Great Wall a large but scattered population of native Christians had found a refuge from the persecutions of Kia-King to be united half a century later in a vast but vague apostolic vicariate. The assiduity with which Huc devoted himself to the study of the dialects and customs of the Tatars for whom at the cost of much labour he translated various religious works was an admirable preparation for undertaking in 1844 at the instigation of the vicar apostolic of Mongolia an expedition whose object was to dissipate the obscurity which hung over the country and habits of the Tibetans. September of that year found the missionary at Dolon Nor occupied with the final arrangements for his journey and shortly afterwards accompanied by his fellow-Lazarist Joseph Gabet and a young Tibetan priest who had embraced Christianity he set out. To escape attention the little party assumed the dress of lamas or priests. Crossing the Hwang-ho they advanced into the terrible sandy tract known as the Ordos Desert. After suffering dreadfully from want of water and fuel they entered Kansu having recrossed the flooded Hwang-ho but it was not till January 1845 that they reached Tang-Kiul on the boundary. Rather than encounter alone the horrors of a four months' journey to Lhasa they resolved to wait for eight months till the arrival of a Tibetan embassy on its return from Peking. Under an intelligent teacher they meanwhile studied the Tibetan language and Buddhist literature and during three months of their stay they resided in the famous Kunbum Lamasery which was reported to accommodate 4000 persons. Towards the end of September they joined the returning embassy which comprised 2000 men and 3700 animals. Crossing the deserts of Koko Nor they passed the great lake of that name with its island of contemplative lamas and following a difficult and tortuous track across snow-covered mountains they at last entered Lhasa on the 29th of January 1846. Favourably received by the regent they opened a little chapel and were in a fair way to establish an important mission when the Chinese ambassador interfered and had the two missionaries conveyed back to Canton where they arrived in October of the same year. For nearly three years Huc remained at Canton but Gabet returning to Europe proceeded thence to Rio de Janeiro and died there shortly afterwards. Huc returned to Europe in shattered health in 1852 visiting India Egypt and Palestine on his way and after a prolonged residence in Paris died on the 31st of March 1860." / "His writings comprise besides numerous letters and memoirs in the Annales de la propagation de la foi the famous Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie le Thibet et la Chine pendant les annees 1844-1846 2 vols. Paris 1850; Eng. trans. by W. Hazlitt 1851 abbreviated by M. Jones London 1867; its supplement crowned by the Academy entitled L'Empire chinois 2 vols. Paris 1854; Eng. trans. London 1859; and an elaborate historical work Le Christianisme en Chine &c. 4 vols. Paris 1857-1858; Eng. trans. London 1857-1858. These works are written written in a lucid racy picturesque style which secured for them an unusual degree of popularity. The Souvenirs is a narrative of a remarkable feat of travel and contains passages of so singular a character as in the absence of corroborative testimony to stir up a feeling of incredulity. That Huc was suspected unjustly was amply proved by later research. But he was by no means a practical geographer and the record of his travels loses greatly in value from the want of precise scientific data." Britannica. Gaume freres, 1857. hardcover books
1973réf. 46280Bloomington Indiana: Tibet Society Indiana University 1973. First edition. Mimeograph paper wrappers. Very good folded a mailed. 19 pp.; 27 pp.;. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. The original Tibet Society newsletter 1967-68 became the Tibet Society bulletin which contained both scholarly articles and organizational news; in 1980 the bulletin was discontinued and succeeded by a different publication the Journal of the Tibet Society intended to be a refereed publication containing scholarly articles. The Tibet Society newsletter new series was revived in 1972 to cover organizational news information about events and the like. Information about Tibetan education social and scholarly issues including the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives bibliographies and a 17 page membership list. See Agehananda Bharati: Tibetan Buddhism in America: the Late Seventies in The Tibet Journal Vol. 4 No. 3 Autumn 1979 pp. 3-11. Tibet Society, Indiana University unknown books
2000réf. 206262000. Softcover. VG one copy inscribed and signed by artist. Black wraps. Unpaginated. 19 color plates. Includes a two-page essay by Tom Breidenbach "Longings and Higher Selves" and wonderful large color illustrations. paperback books
2001réf. 1363112Beijing: Chinese Tibetology Publishing House 2001. First edition first printing. Softcover. Large octavo: 329 pages. Very good. Multicolored geometric-patterned spine with red and black titling in Chinese. Edges and corners of binding lightly bumped; Light creasing to spine. Profusely illustrated in color with several folding plates. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. 1363112. Special Collections. Chinese Tibetology Publishing House unknown books
réf. 2241Element 2003. An understanding of how Tibetan Buddhism deals with life's most profound challenges how to cope with suffering and how to obtain release from the cycle of rebirth. Hardback w/ D.J. unknown books
réf. 2254Santa Anta CA. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art. 2003. 4to. 256 pp. Hardcover with DJ and decorative slip case. Elaborate exhibition catalog of a collection never seen outside of Tibet. Tibet : Treasures from the Roof of the World. Berger Patricia ; Clark Robert W. ; Bartholomew Terese. Santa Ana Calif.: The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in collaboration with The Bureau of Cultural Relics Tibet 2003. Cloth with illustration set in to front cover 31 cm. 256 pp. with color plates. Exhibition catalogue. In a cloth and boards slipcase. Very good copy in a dust jacket in very good condition. Slipcase in very good condition. Hardcover 0967961246 $150.00 unknown books
