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Travel & exploration
Tibet: The Sacred Realm
Lobsang P. Lhalungpa (chronicle); Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama (preface)
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- Author
- Lobsang P. Lhalungpa (chronicle); Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama (preface)
- Publisher
- Aperture Foundation, Inc.
- Year
- 1983
- Edition
- Not stated as a numbered edition; original 1983 Aperture Foundation publication
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- Yes – Good
- Condition
- Very Good
About this copy
A remarkable visual record of a civilisation that has all but vanished. Over 140 photographs gathered from twenty-three archives and private collections bring to life the Tibet of 1880 to 1950, taken by intrepid explorers, naturalists and missionaries who were among the very few Westerners to travel there. From the Potala Palace reflected in Lhasa's lake to masked monks performing sacred dances, this is a book to linger over.
Lhalungpa's chronicle adds a deeply personal dimension, recounting his own boyhood in Lhasa. This copy is a third printing (1997) in a hardback cloth binding, complete with its original dust jacket bearing the printed price of U.S. $40.00 / U.K. £27.00.
Condition
- Book
- Very Good - A tight, sound binding with clean, bright boards and crisp pages. Minor wear only.
- Dust jacket
- Good - Present and original, with the printed price intact. Light edge wear and a small mark near the top edge.
A pre-owned book; any wear beyond that described is minor and in keeping with its age.
Collector's notes
- Features over 140 rare photographs from 1880 to 1950 by explorers including Alexandra David-Néel, Brooke Dolan and George Taylor.
- Published 1983 by Aperture Foundation in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- This is a third printing (1997).
- Preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama; chronicle by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa.
- Original dust jacket with printed price U.S. $40.00 / U.K. £27.00.
A lovely copy, ready for its next reader.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
