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1937317730Washington 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.<br /> <br /> A remarkable letter recording the ambivalent American position on Tibet in the 1930s. White House unknown
198090009<p>Collectible Original Painted Handmade Tibetan Dragon Incense Box. 18'" Inches long x 4" wide. Made in Tibet in C.1975-1985 Purchased Woodstock Monastary. Excellent condition. Box opens. Perfect for year of the Dragon. Purchased in the Nineteen Eighties in the Tibetan Monastery in Woodstock New York. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans</p>
19963596ml1996. Soft Cover. Good. Gd. condition : An examination of Tibet / China relationship . AH6 paperback
197985781Berkeley: 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.<br /> <br /> 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
1916317545London: 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
196885865Oxford: 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. <br /> <br /> 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
19684545Bangkok: 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
191359889Cambridge: 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
199385837London: 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
200011409New York: Thames & Hudson 2000. First Edition. Hardcover 216 pages. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Red cloth boards with gilding on outer spine. Blind stamp on front board. Bumping to outer spine and boards. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Age wear to text block and throughout text. Significant scuffing to dust jacket. Rubbing creasing and bumping to dust jacket. Age wear to inner dust jacket. Thames & Hudson hardcover
193274978Chicago: Lakeside Press 1932. First edition of this obscure publication done for the Chicago 1933 World's Fair. Octavo. 64 pp. plus photographic portrait of the donor Victor Bendix. A very good copy.Dr. G. Montell was born in Pajala Sweden on 7 November 1899. His research focused on Inner Mongolia Outer Mongolia and the Chinese Summer Palace at Chengde Jehol. He was a member of Sven Hedin's Sino-Swedish Expedition to Central Asia in 1929–1933 and the extensive ethnographic collection which he acquired on behalf of Hedin is now housed in the Ethnographic Museum Statens etnografiska museum in Stockholm. He subsequently became Director of the Asian Department of that museum Lakeside Press unknown
19403554907186281940. Hard Cover. Published in Peking China 1940. From the Foreword: The contents of the Tripartite Conference between China Britain and Tibet held at Delhi and Simla India in 1913-1914 have hitherto been kept secret in accordance with the agreement between China and Britain.Here is given a selection of valuable papers including the claims of the Tibetan Plenipotentiary on the boundary line the counter-claims of the Chinese Plenipotentiary the proposal of the British Plenipotentiary under pretext of mediation and the proceedings of the Conference. Publisher's pale brown wrappers. A Softcover. A VG copy page block browned internally light foxing to the wrappers. A solid VG copy. Not issued with a D/W. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
195687668Roma: 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."<br /> <br /> 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
1904177840Simla: Intelligence Branch Topographical Division June 1904. The race for Lhasa A rare intelligence map produced during a spectacular move in the later stages of the "great game" showing Younghusband's route as far as the fortress at Gyantse. The map incorporates both existing information gathered by pundits and also the fruits of surveys undertaken by British cartographers during the advance. We have traced a single copy held by the British Library shelf number 57690.1. The Younghusband Expedition under a pretext of bringing the Tibetans to heel aimed at closing a Russian backdoor to the Raj. Departing in winter 1903 Younghusband and his force crossed the Tibetan border on 12 December and began the push to Lhasa. Reaching Guru in March 1904 British forces massacred Tibetan troops blocking their path the Massacre at Chumik Shenko and following a protracted effort to seize control of the fort at Gyantse in May and June they swept along the eastern road reaching Lhasa in early July. "Some fifteen years earlier as a young subaltern Francis Younghusband had dreamed of entering Lhasa alone disguised as a Yarkandi trader. Now in full diplomatic regalia and with a small armed escort he rode into the holy city. The Tibetans their morale broken offered no resistance" Hopkirk p. 183. In addition to its geopolitical goals the expedition was tasked with surveying the Tibetan interior. Captain Charles Ryder an experienced Survey of India cartographer joined the expedition as the mapping officer and information gathered by his team was fed back to Intelligence Branch in Simla and incorporated into field maps. This example dated June 1904 charts the expedition's course from its December 1903 departure point of Siliguri up to Gyantse where Younghusband was still bogged down and gives known elevations and the course of alternative routes into Tibet to be followed by troops advancing in Younghusband's wake. Along the route there are markings for the expedition's camps lines representing the journeys of detachments from the main expedition and a delineation of the makeshift telegraph line running up to Kang Ma. A pair of crossed swords and a date note the site of the Massacre of Chumik Shenko. The northern and north-east portions covering Lhasa and the territory to the west are sketched according to the valuable information gathered in the 19th century by pundits such as Nain Singh Rawat and Kishen Singh. Rawat the first non-European to win a gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society was also the first member of the Survey of India to reach Lhasa. His cousin Kishen Singh made four surveying expeditions of Tibet and Central Asia the fourth producing a detailed map of Lhasa and its environs. The map shows the course of the Tsangpo and Nyang Chu and some of the geographical features of Younghusband's planned route east to Lhasa including the pass at Karo-La and the large lake of Yamdok Tso both of which were explored in detail by Kishen Singh in 1880. The expedition and the more detailed surveys by Ryder and others that followed its success built on the achievements of the pundits giving Britain an unparalleled cartographic knowledge of the Tibetan interior. Heliozincograph printed on cloth 780 x 670 mm. Traces of couple of contemporary purple ink annotations. Clean and bright barring couple of minor stains old folds and creasing: very good. Peter Hopkirk Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasa 1983. hardcover
1934131686London: The China Inland Mission 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. London The China Inland Mission September 1934/ November 1933. Octavo 157 3 CIM information pages with 2 illustrations plus 21 pages of plates. Cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities; flyleaves a little tanned; an excellent copy. The author was 'For Twenty-two Years a Missionary in China'. The China Inland Mission hardcover
199115762Bastei - Lübbe Verlag Bergisch - Gladbach 1991/. Taschenbuch/ Band 1/ Der Meister der Spezialeffekte/ Die Mord-Kulissen/ Das Festmahl der Schuldigen/ Der zweite Dolch/Buchzustand: gut/ ISBN 3891855311 Bastei - Lübbe Verlag Bergisch - Gladbach, unknown
1988BN312036Carlsen Verlag 1988. 1988. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 8. Im Bann der Schlange. <br/><br/>Rick Master Nr. 8. Im Bann der Schlange. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
1987BN312075Carlsen Verlag 1987. 1987. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 4. Im Schatten des Chamäleons. <br/><br/>Rick Master Nr. 4. Im Schatten des Chamäleons. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
1990BN312016Carlsen Verlag 1990. 1990. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 15. Bei Vollmond Mord. <br/><br/>Rick Master Nr. 15. Bei Vollmond Mord. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
1966036381Paris: Dargaud Editeur 1966. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Bom / Good / Bon. In-4º290x220. 1 volume de 62-2 pp. <br/> <br/> Dargaud Editeur hardcover
1974034909Amadora: Livraria Bertrand 1974. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien. In-4º288x208. 1 Vol. de 46-1 pp. Ric Hochet começou a sua carreira como um ardina. No ano seguinte encontramo-lo como jornalista herói de histórias completas curtas. Conhece o comissário J. Sigismond Bourdon da Polícia Judiciária e juntos formam uma dupla que desvenda numerosos enigmas policiais <br/> <br/> Livraria Bertrand hardcover
1974032150Amadora: Livraria Bertrand 1974. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien. In-4º288x208. 1 Vol. de 46-1 pp. Ric Hochet começou a sua carreira como um ardina. No ano seguinte encontramo-lo como jornalista herói de histórias completas curtas. Conhece o comissário J. Sigismond Bourdon da Polícia Judiciária e juntos formam uma dupla que desvenda numerosos enigmas policiais <br/> <br/> Livraria Bertrand hardcover
19225331Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1922. Loose sheet mounted on linen. Good-. Eric Teichman. Map printed in color measuring 26.5 x 25 inches. With a Tibetan glossary. Provides Teichman's routes as well as other routes along with villages monasteries or groups of farms. Edgewear with light stains here and there. In. From Travels of a Consular Officer in Eastern Tibet Together With A History of the Relations between China Tibet and India and mounted on linen. The map was clearly used perhaps in the field as evidence of wear including a split in the paper not the linen on which it's mounted suggests. From the collection of Asian books and maps formed by Albert Ravenholt. On verso Ravenholt has written "Teichman's Kam 28 degrees 25' - 33 degrees 20'. [Cambridge University Press] unknown
195019569New 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
195034774New York: The Greystone Press 1950. First Trade Edition. Extensively illustrated from the author's photographs over 100 of them 32 of which are in colour. 8vo publisher's tan cloth the spine lettered in gilt within a black label map endpapers printed in red and blue and in the original colourful pictorial dustjacket. 320 pp. A fine copy in a fine jacket the text very fresh and bright and nearly as new a bright and cheerful 1950 Christmas inscription on the half-title. A VERY EARLY ACCOUNT OF THE DALAI LAMA AND TIBET. This account was written at a time when only a handful of Westerners had been given permission to visit "the forbidden land". In fact the author and his father Thomas Lowell were only the seventh and eighth American citizens granted that rare privilege. Thomas Jr.'s narrative is an invitation to high adventure as he describes their dangerous journey from India over the towering Himalayas and into a real-world Shangri-La. The journey ends with a marvelous sojourn into the Holy City of Lhasa to visit the "Boy-King" the Dalai Lama to receive his blessing. The Greystone Press hardcover