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1933First Edition. Un volume (16x24 cm) di 286 pagine; qualche fioritura solo alla prima e ultima pagina bianca. Tela editoriale blu (no jacket) con titoli dorati. Belle condizioni per questo volume sulle leggende buddiste del Tibet della famosa scrittrice ed esploratrice (1868-1969), nota soprattutto per essere stata la prima donna occidentale a giungere a Lhasa nel 1924, città vietata agli stranieri all'epoca, dopo otto lunghi mesi di marcia partendo dalla Mongolia e attraversando il Tibet. Nella sua lunga carriera di esploratrice, fotografa, orientalista e antropologa scrisse oltre di trenta libri di viaggi e alcuni testi sul Buddhismo.
Best.-Nr. 22817Seal 7 October 1835; letter Woodford 4 February 1843. About 2 x 5 inches neatly laid down with a 2 page letter by Vigne in fine condition. Godfrey Thomas Vigne 1801 1863 English traveller author of A Personal Narrative of a Visit to Ghuzni Kabul and Afghanistan and of a Residence at the Court of Dost Mohamed: with Notices of Runjit Sing Khiva and the Russian Expedition. In the RGS Journal Vigne contributed Outline of a Route Through the Panj-áb Kábul Kashmír and into Little Tibet in the Years 1834-8. In his letter Vigned writes of the autograph: It was written in my presence and at my request by Ahmed Shah King or Gylfo of Little Tibet upon my taking leave of him to return to Kashmir & the Panjab after my first visit to him I so I believe having been the 1st European that had ever penetrated into that country Little Tibet. unknown
19358vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 15 plates; original cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges and with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Appendices include a list of plants introduced by the author to England from Asia, and a register of known plants from that region not in cultivation here.. Scarce in the dustwrapper.
1916Best.-Nr. 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
1916Best.-Nr. 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
1979AA.VV The rise of esoteric buddhism in Tibet. India, Motilal Banarsidass 1979 italian, 272 ST1095A Copertina rigida, volume in buone condizioni, segni di usura causati dal fattore tempo sulla copertina, interno in ottimo stato, legatura salda, testo in inglese 272 pagine circa Copertina come da foto
1968In 8°, t.t. edit. con titoli in oro al dorso, pp. XVI,235,(1) con circa 40 tavv. fot. b/n f.t., 3 mappe del tibet ripiegate, copia molto buona. (YB9/d) (La spedizione standard è SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata - piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine) (YB9/d)
"First pictorial account of the POTALA , former residence of the Dalai Lamas". Profusely illustrated in color. Plan of palace and chronology. Book measures 8.5" x 11.5" with 121 pages. In pristine condition.
1968Best.-Nr. 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
1968Best.-Nr. 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
1905Best.-Nr. 303029ABNew York, Doubleday, Page, 1905. 4° (26,5 x 18,5 cm). XV, 484 S., 1 farb. Frontispiz und ca. 52 s/w Photos auf Tafeln. Grüner Original-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und blindgeprägtem Hakenkreuz auf dem Vorderdeckel, Kopfgoldschnitt.
Best.-Nr. 113991The Social Science Association Press of Thailand. Bangkok. 1968. The Social Science Association Press of Thailand. Bangkok. 1968. First edition. Hardback in DW. Coloured frontis. Many photographs and a few line drawings. Prelims lightly soiled otherwise a clean and sound copy in wrapper that is slightly soiled sunned to spine and torn along top edge with a small splash of grey paint also to top edge of front panel. hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 4545Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand 1968. First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan "with prayers." A near fine copy in an excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare especially signed. The Opening the Eye of the Western Eye is a succinct thorough overview of the doctrines of Buddhism as they have been practiced for a thousand years in Tibet. The Dalai Lama here discusses the need for religious practice and the importance of kindness and compassion. Originally written for Tibetan lay people this was the Dalai Lama's first book on Buddhist philosophy to appear in English. Written for both Tibetan and Western readers Opening the Eye of New Awareness is the Dalai Lama's first religious work. It is not an edited transcript of public lectures but is His Holliness' own summation of Buddhist doctrine and practice. Completed in 1963 just four years after his escape from Tibet and four years after completing his religious education it is a work of consummate scholarship by a twenty-seven year-old geshe wise beyond his years. The Social Science Association Press of Thailand hardcover
8vo, cloh in dj, ex library but no marks, very good. Shortly before midnight on March 17, 1959, the Dalai Lama, without his glasses and dressed as an ordinary Tibetan solider, slipped out of his summer residence with only four aides at his side. At that moment, he became the symbolic head of the Tibetan government in exile, and Gyalo Thondup, the only one of the Dalai Lama's brothers not to don the robes of a Buddhist monk, became the fulcrum for the independence movement. The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong tells the extraordinary story of the Dalai Lama's family, the exile of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism from Tibet, and the enduring political crisis that has seen remote and bleakly beautiful Tibet all but disappear as an independent nation-state. For the last sixty years, Gyalo Thondup has been at the at the heart of the epic struggle to protect and advance Tibet in the face of unreliable allies, overwhelming odds, and devious rivals, playing an utterly determined and unique role in a Cold War high-altitude superpower rivalry. Here, for the first time, he reveals how he found himself whisked between Chiang Kai-shek, Zhou Enlai, Jawaharlal Nehru, and the CIA, as he tried to secure, on behalf of his brother, the future of Tibet. About the Author: Gyalo Thondup, the older brother of the Dalai Lama, lives on a hilltop compound in Kalimpong, India, that also houses the noodle factory he set up with his late wife, Diki Dolkar (Zhu Dan).
1979188 pages. Features: Cover photo of Mother Teresa; American Airlines ad features Margaret SanGemino; Gorgeous Monet ad features gold earring on model with black background; Safire on Machisma; Murder Most Foul; Great two-page color-photo ad for Ralph Lauren Western Wear; Blackglama ad appears to feature Angela Lansbury wearing mink; Very artistic ad for Pierre Cardin Man's Cologne; Lauren Bacall is featured in a Fortunoff ad; The World of Mother Teresa - photo-illustrated feature article; Warring over new missiles for NATO; Chivas Regal ad; One-page ad for the Look 37 ski binding; One-page Bermuda tourism ad; Britain's Establishment Spies - Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean; Hidden Splendors of Tibet - color-photo-illustrated article; One-page Cuisinart ad; Beautiful Alfred Dunner/Fortrel ad featuring model in red top; Twins Reared Apart - a living lab - with photos of Jim Lewis and Jim Springer - Thomas Bouchard's lab; Big Business on the Offensive - they are now the biggest lobby in Washington; Peter Pan and How He Grew - James M. Barrie's timeless play of youth was inspired by his unique friendships with children; The Party's Over for Political Parties; Gorgeously photo-illustrated Jewel fashion feature - with photos of designers Angela Cummings, Kai-Yin Lo, and Kristin Moore; Artistic ad for Crayons footwear; The Year of the Trichologist; Featured Home - a former industrial library is domesticated by Angus Bruce and others; Garlic article; Camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp and small check mark atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1952Formato cm. 25 x 18. Pagine X, 806 + 58 tavole Brossura editoriale di colore grigio. Lieve danno al margine inferiore del dorso della II parte. Tracce d'uso. All'interno alcune gore. Intonso ed in stato di conservazione complessivamente buono. Prima ed unica edizione di questo ponderoso studio sulla religione ed i riti di alcune popolazioni dell'area tibetana.
19898vo, hardcover in dj, pp.308
2016Best.-Nr. 818328vo hardcover edition lacking dust jacket as issued. Limited edition hardcover. SIGNED by David Tibet on title page. Negligible shelf wear to boards; pages are clean and bright with no markings of any kind; binding is square and tight. Includes a 32 pp. stapled pamphlet containing "The Grimoire" by Montague Summers one of 500 copies. Very Good. Strange Attractor hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 21425Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, 1954. 4°. (2),138 S., mit Abbildungen. Orig.-Karton.
2006Best.-Nr. Q-1932771921Earth Aware Editions 2006-10-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Earth Aware Editions hardcover
19568vo., Second Impression, with 2 full-page maps in the text, page-edges browning; blue cloth, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. Published in the same month as the first edition. The harrowing account of a young Polish officer's captivity under the Russians, and his eventual break for freedom from Siberia across the Gobi to Tibet.
London, John Murray, 1972, in-16, tela editoriale con sovraccoperta, pp. XI, [1], 174.
Best.-Nr. 272773Wiesbaden: Reichert 2021. 266 S., 7 Abb. Ln. *neuwertig* Among the so-called learned and accomplished masters of Tibet?s ?long 15th century?, the First Karma ?phrin las pa stands out as influential commentator on Saraha?s Doh?, great poet, and key figure in the rise of Central Tibetan block printing workshops. This book aims to present a historical investigation of his life and works in the context of his time, clarifying his spiritual roles and titles. Sources are Tibetan hagiographies about Karma ?phrin las pa and all his available writings (including their colophons), along with genealogies, letters, instructions, religious chronicles, and life narratives of some of his contemporaries. Unter den sogenannten gelehrten und vollendeten Meistern Tibets des ?langen 15. Jahrhunderts? nimmt der Erste Karma ?phrin las pa eine herausragende Stellung ein. Er ist bekannt als ein großer Dichter, einflussreicher Kommentator von Saraha?s Doh? und zentrale Gestalt für die Entwicklung der Blockdruckkultur in Zentraltibet. Das Buch präsentiert eine historische Untersuchung des Lebens und der Schriften des Karma ?phrin las pa im Kontext seiner Zeit unter Klärung seiner spirituellen Rollen und Titel. Als Quellen werden tibetische Hagiographien zu seiner Person herangezogen, die Gesamtheit seiner verfügbaren Werke (inklusive der Kolophone), Genealogien, Briefe, Unterweisungen, religiöse Chroniken sowie die Lebensbeschreibungen einiger Zeitgenossen.
2001180 pages. Bibliography. References. Index. "Focuses on the topography, environment, historical development, buildings, and townscape of old Lhasa. Introduces future plans and issues concerning the safeguarding of Lhasa's historical townscape in the face of urban development. Includes 25 new maps never before published, satellite photos, historical maps and photos, watercolours, information on old buildings, and many new colour photos." - dust jacket. Dust jacket attractive in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Average wear and usual library markings to book bound in scarlet cloth with hinges taped. A worthy reference copy. Book
1913Best.-Nr. 59889Cambridge: At the University Press 1913. Tall 8vo. xii 283 1 pp. including 1 pp. of publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 39 plates 5 maps 4 large folding. Blue-green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing to head & foot of spine wear to lower corners rear inner hinge just starting still VG bright copy w/ ownership markings on front pastedown removed bookplate on rear pastedown. First edition of this classic work recounting the author’s journey from Shanghai to Tibet collecting plants and specimens through Western China and southeast Asia. He discovered many species unknown in Europe and the Americas including the Tibetan Blue Poppy introduced their seeds to many botanical gardens and details such adventures as swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo avoiding impending avalanches and more. At the University Press, hardcover
