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1933011398London: Rider 1933. First 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. Rider unknown
193314London: Rider and Co. 1933. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. First edition 8vo pp. 286; full blue cloth gilt; blue stained top edge; light rubbing to corners owner's signature on free endpaper and lower pastedown else fine. David-Neel was a feminist orientalist Buddhist and adventurer. She and her adopted son the Lama Aphur Yongden are best known for an illicit trip they took into Lhasa while the city was closed to foreigners. Rider and Co. hardcover
1258957817.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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
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. Book
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. Book
lc_74502Plon (1 juin 1990)
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
Alexandra Allen traces the careers of eight remarkable ladies who flouted convention in search of knowledge, spiritual fulfillment or romance: May French Sheldon trekked across Africa, Kate Marsden visited isolated leper colonies in Siberia, Alexandra David-Neel spent fourteen years in Tibet, Daisy Bates spent most of her life in the study and care of the Australian aborigines ., Jane Digby el Mesrab traveleld across Europe in search of love.before she found happiness as the wife of a Bedouin sheikhin Damascus" Mildred Cable and Evangeline and Francesca French went as missionaries across the Gobi Desert, Isabella Bishop travelled the world from the Rockies to Asia and Marianne North painted tropical flowers wherever she went (on display at Kew) 266p plates [Toronto, ON, Canada] Book
20032-8888700145Voland 2003. Perfect Paperback. New. Italian language. 7.95x5.67x0.87 inches. Voland paperback
198527891985 plon 1985 in 8 broché 328 pages
