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2010DADAX1169335675Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. hardcover. New. 7.00x0.88x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
74973London: Rider and Co. 1933. Epic poetry FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH first impression. Octavo 24 x 17cm pp.286 2. Publisher's dark blue cloth gilt titles to upper board and spine. Top edge blue. Title-page lettered in red and black. Moderate spotting to page margins and textblock edges. Spotting and offsetting to endpapers/first and last few leaves. A few light scuffs to boards. Mild edgewear. Very good. 'The Gesar of Ling Epic is the Iliad of Central Asia' is how David-Neel starts her text on this centuries-long tale. Told orally from the 12th century and earlier the Epic of King Gesar is still largely unknown to the West which the author attempts to change with this book. It is both an abridgement of the epic and a discussion of its importance. London: Rider and Co., 1933 unknown
19332420jRider & Co 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The dust jacket is quite shelf rubbed edge worn and marked with a small chip out of the cloth along the front edge but the boards are otherwise strong. Internally there is mild foxing in the early pages but there are no other markings or inscriptions and the pages within are neat clean and complete. The binding is secure. In good condition for its age! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Rider & Co hardcover
2001Q-1570626227Shambhala 2001-05-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Shambhala paperback
0766186865.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1169335675.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1161411941.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1494102749.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1162631112.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1959373280London: Rider & Company 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Revised edition. 271pp. Translated with the collaboration of Violet Sydney. Foreword by Sylvain Lévi. A fine copy in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with minor soiling on the spine. Rider & Company hardcover
1928346H5264New York: The International News Company 1928. Book. Illus. by Prater Ernest; Tresilian S.; Wigfull W.E.; Holloway Cyril; Illingworth L.G.; Brock R.H.; Cleaver Reginald; Brock R.H.; Inns Kenneth; Cattermole Lance. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Devil-Stones - A strange story of West African "fetish" and its uncanny powers among the superstition-ridden natives; Too Many Bears - Experiences of a camp cook in Yosemite National Park where bears are as plentiful as berries and astonishingly bold - with great photos; Through the Guadalupe Wilderness - Photo-illustrated account by Carl B. Livingston of his exploratory trip into the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico perhaps the most inaccessible and least-known region in the United States; The Last Voyage of the "Joan" - W.E. Sinclair and a partner attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland - until disaster strikes in mid-ocean; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part I - After two years of preparation living in a Himalayan cave Alexandra David-Neel sets out to become the first white woman to enter Lhasa the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet - with photos; The Mare's Nest - an amusing photo-illustrated story from an Australian back-blocks medical practice; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part II - Two city-bred sisters continue their homesteading adventures in South Dakota; Eskimo Magic - E.W. Hawkes who has spent considerable time among the Eskimos of the Bering Strait recounts several uncanny instances of "native magic"; His Highness The White Elephant - Photo-illustrated article on this animal which is held in the utmost veneration in Siam; In Quest of Gold - Part III - Final part of the adventure faced by two young Americans seeking buried gold who were forced to turn back by the Savage Yaqui Indians; The Robbery At the Mine - Sundry exciting happenings at a gold mine in West Australia where the author worked; His Last Break - An unsuccessful prison escape attempt in South Africa; The Worm That Turned - A tale from Calcutta where a European official did not recognize one of his staff. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. The International News Company Paperback
1928346H5265New York: The International News Company 1928. Book. Illus. by Robinson T.H.; Tresilian S.; Leigh Conrad; Prater Ernest; De Walton John; Wightman W.E.; Tresilian S.; Sindall A.W.; Brock R.H. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dead Men's Tracks - Part I - A story from Western Australia about a lost mine; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part II - How the first white woman in history succeeded in entering Lhasa the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet; Stumbling Pete Peter Dawson - a tale of two trappers on the northern coast of British Columbia; Down the World's Most Dangerous River - A thrilling 750 mile boat voyage down the Colorado River with photos; Muskrat Farming in Canada - One of the latest industries to be established in Canada - breeding muskrats for their pelts on a commercial scale; Marooned in the Swamps - A veteran hunter is abandoned in the heart of Africa; Murder will Out - How R.N.W.M.P. Constable Pennecuick searched for three missing travellers - one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of the famous Mounted Police of Canada with photos; The Gorilla of Ubangui - A trip to French Congo in search of a huge gorilla; The Promotion of Constable Sidi a Nigerian Policeman; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part III - The continued adventures of two city-bred sisters who took up homesteading in South Dakota. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. The International News Company Paperback
1936mon0000025820John Lane London United Kingdo 1936. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1936 First edition without jacket on red cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable John Lane, London, United Kingdo hardcover
193675459London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1936. First edition. Octavo.x 2 275-76 pp. plus 16 leaves of photographic illustrations some with two image per leaf all printed on rectos only and a folding map. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Spine light sunned abd book slightly cocked. A clean and fresh copy of this classic.Our intrepid and slightly mad explorer tromps though Tibet disguised as a lama. Being accompanied by her adopted son who actually was a llama was surely a help. For the journey her starting point was the Amdo region in Northweastern Tibet. While there are many adventures this book focuses more on Tibetan lives ceremonies rituals and religions specially the rituals of Tibetan Buddhism and the modified or converted Bon religion. John Lane, The Bodley Head hardcover
1992I6268Delhi: White Lotus 1992. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.60. Tibetan Journey White Lotus paperback
0859780805.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
20032-8888700145Voland 2003. Perfect Paperback. New. Italian language. 7.95x5.67x0.87 inches. Voland paperback
19272921225Librairie Plon 1927. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN: Librairie Plon hardcover
2266182765.Gpocket_book. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
195187986Paris: Librairie Plon 1951. Later Edition softcover. Octavo 20cm; beige wrappers; glassine dustwrapper; xx12-3322pp; black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations throughout. A Pied et en Mendiant de la Chine a L'inde a Travers le Thibet. Text in French. Lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Glassine dustwrapper is lightly tanned with trace shelf-soil; Very Good. Belgian-French explorer and Buddhist shares stories and photographs from her travels in Tibet. 87986. Librairie Plon unknown
193778452London: Penguin 1937. Pages bright cracked gutter between front cover and front endpaper but no detachment chipping and spotting to dust jacket with tear with loss on head of rear jacket 4cm. Reprint. Soft. Good/Fair. 12mo. Penguin Paperback
12611Dt. von Lothar Tobias Wiesbaden Verlag F.A. Brockhaus 1952. 287 S. mit 27 Abb. Ln. mit Schutzumschl. unknown
