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195187988Paris: Librairie Plon 1951. Softcover. Octavo 20cm; beige paper wrappers; glassine dustwrapper; viii12-3562pp; black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations throughout with concluding fold-out map illustration. Some pages of text unopened. Text in French. Lightly spine-tanned with light shelf-soil and 3/4" marginal tear to fold-out map illustration; Very Good. Glassine dustwrapper lightly tanned with tiny tape residue to upper rear fold; Very Good. Belgian-French explorer and Buddhist shares this text on her travels in Tibet. 87988. Librairie Plon unknown
1936R6897Leipzig: White Lotus 1936. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.79. Heilige und Hexer: Alaube und Aberglaube im Lande des Lamaismus White Lotus paperback
1997Q-0892816198Inner Traditions 1997-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Inner Traditions paperback
19931809823Dover. Very Good. 1993. Soft Cover. N392 . Dover paperback
193087985Paris: Editions Adyar 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 20.5cm; beige paper wrappers; glassine dustwrapper; 78-2444pp; black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations throughout. Text in French. Tanned with light shelf-wear and pencilled prices and inked marks to front wrapper; Very Good. Glassine dustwrapper slightly adhered to cover wrappers and lightly tanned; Good. Belgian-French explorer and Buddhist shares this text on Lamaist initiations. 87985. Editions Adyar unknown
49491London : Rider and Company 1958. Second edition. Octavo boards in dustjacket price-clipped light edge wear pp. 224 light foxing to edges black and white plates a fine copy. An eyewitness account by Alexandra David-Néel a practicing Buddhist of the esoteric ""Lamaic"" rites and doctrines she encountered during her 14 years in Tibet. With revisions and material added to the 1931 first edition. Provenance: Australian artist Yvonne Audette born 1930 her wetstamp on the endpaper. Acquired from the artist in 2025.    hardcover
1958011690London: Rider 1958 black papered boards price-clipped dust jacket. minor tape stain to endpapers bookseller stamp to end paper. authorised trsl by Frank Rothwell This edition has extra material to the 1931 original 224 pp some faint foxing to page edges. Second Revised Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Rider hardcover
2011Q-0486275795Dover Publications 2011-11-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dover Publications paperback
1162917539.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1163217204.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
193175371London: Rider & Co. 1931. First edition. Publisher's presentation copy with their stamp on the title page. Octavo. 224 pp. plus 27 photographic illustrations on 16 leaves. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. A very clean and solid copy. Rider & Co. hardcover
1432607669.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1258878577.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1494052482.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
85098004New York 1959 Univ. Books. Salmon cloth appendix very good 222p. dj. . Madame David-Neel was a Buddhist & a Lama & wrote from decades of experience in Tibet with first-hand knowledge of the ways of Tibetan mystics. Careful exploration of meanings of the Tibetan metaphysical system dubthabs rites Hinayana & Mayayana Buddhism the Dalai Lamas morality principle of auto-initiation etc. . First Edition was published in 1927. . THE AUTHOR: Alexandra David-Néel was a Belgian-French explorer spiritualist Buddhist anarchist opera singer and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa Tibet when it was forbidden to foreigners. . Color photos are posted to our website. unknown
42576Plon In-8 320pp. illustr. et photos hors-texte unknown
2850000167.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2268060799.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
42650Adyar In-8 414pp. illustr. hors-texte unknown
195226683BB1952 . Wien: Ullstein 1952. 8°. 270 S. 17 Abbildungen 1 Karte Leinen Schutzumschlag beschädigt; leicht stockfleckig unknown
2268018571.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2913112072.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19352921238Librairie Plon 1935. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. There is a library rules sheet glued inside the front cover with a few small pencil markings. Also pencil markings on front and rear leaf title page and copyright page. Frontispiece present - there is a faint stain running along the top of the page. Looks rebound but done well with leather covers. Only 2 copies on Jisc Library Hub Discover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN: Librairie Plon hardcover
1935159686Paris: Plon 1935. Inscribed by the author and her adoptive Tibetan son First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed on the half-title: "A Monsieur Henry Bénazet avec mes compliments Alexandra David-Néel" and additionally in Tibetan by Lama A. Yongden. While relatively well-represented institutionally inscribed copies are notably scarce; an exceptionally well-preserved example of the first novel written for Western readers by a Tibetan lama. The French-Belgian explorer Alexandra David-Néel 1868-1969 travelled extensively in India and Tibet in the first half of the 20th century in order to study Buddhism. Her interest in travel was nurtured from a young age and while studying in Paris in 1889-90 she immersed herself in Asian languages and joined a number of secret and spiritual societies. In 1917 she travelled to China and took up a three-year residence at the famous Kumbum monastery where she spent her time translating Buddhist texts into English and French. A talented linguist she became conversant in multiple Tibetan dialects affording her access to fascinating experiences unavailable to most other outsiders. Aphur Yongden also known as Lopon Tenzin Namdak 1899-1955 was a Tibetan lama and spiritual teacher. He first met David-Néel in 1919 and the two quickly formed a close bond. Together they embarked on a journey to Lhasa in 1924 which was fraught with danger and difficulty as the two had to travel incognito in order to avoid detection by the Tibetan authorities. Despite the numerous challenges the pair eventually reached the capital and spent several months there immersing themselves in Tibetan culture. Consequently David-Néel was the first Western woman to visit the sacred city. She formally adopted Yongden as her son in 1929. In her writings she praised Yongden's wisdom and religious insights and credited him with deepening her understanding and shaping her spiritual journey. Le Lama aux cinq sagesses is the tale of two lovers overcoming occult forces while also describing Tibetan people and their spiritualism. It was a collaborative effort and "the first fictional attempt by a Tibetan to depict true Tibetan life" Winks p. 89. David-Néel comments on the reflections prior to commencing the book in her introduction: "Several trips outside Tibet have already allowed my son to make some contact with the western world and some books published there concerning Tibet have come into his hands Why he said to me do people who have never entered Tibet who know nothing about the look of the country and the customs of its inhabitants venture to write about them Everything I have read of their descriptions is completely incorrect If you so blame those who present a false and grotesque picture of your country in their books you must contest them with correct descriptions of the men and things here. Write a book that will. I will write your book in my language" our translation. It was translated into English in 1938. The knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism that David-Néel and Yongden proliferated has had a profound influence on the spiritual landscape of the West and its teachings and practices continue to be a source of inspiration. Provenance: the recipient is likely Henry Bénazet the renowned French journalist who wrote La Mort du révolte 1932 and L'Afrique française en danger 1947. Small octavo. With frontispiece portrait of Yongden; prospectus loosely laid in. Original wrappers spine lettered in black front cover lettered in black and green top edge cut others uncut. Wrappers very lightly creased minor toning throughout. A near-fine copy of a fragile publication. Howgego IV D7; Robinson pp. 9-10. Robert Winks ed. Asia in Western Fiction 2017. unknown
2850000280.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
