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1 David-Neel, Alexandra My Journey to Lhasa: the Personal Story of the Only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
London William Heinemann 1927 First Edition Hard Cover Good with no dust jacket 
The lower 2" of the spine has suffered some crushing, bruising and bowing and is a little bowed and warped. A 2/3" x 1/4" chip to the cloth at the head of the spine. Some bruising and rubbing to edges of boards. 1/2" loss of cloth along the edge of the top corner of the front board. 1/4" chip to cloth at lower corner of rear board. Internally good. No signatures. Some small dampstains to inner margins of some leaves and plates. Complete. ; First English edition, preceding the American edition. Uncommon. xviii, [ii], (310) pages + frontispiece + 43 illustrations on 15 leaves. An early rebinding in plain black cloth boards. Page dimensions: 215 x 134mm. The illustrations include: Madame Alexandra David-Neel when she was living as a hermit in Tibet; Houses that are built with horns and bones; Camp in Thibet; The Chorten Nyima Pass; Thibetan theatrical company touring in Nepal; Chortens in the Himalayas; On the way to Shigatse, Madame David-Neel riding a yak; Women pilgrims; Thibetan house on the Himalayas; Galden Monastery; Lamas at the monastery of Tashilhumpo, Shigatze; Private oratory of a Lama Tulku; Private apartment of a Lama Tulku; The Market Place at Lhasa; Village near Kalimpong in British Bhutan, where Madame Alexandra David-Neel ended her journey when arriving from Lhasa. ; 8vo 
Price: 240.00 NZD
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2 David-Neel, Alexandra My Journey to Lhasa: the Personal Story of the Only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
London William Heinemann 1927 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good with no dust jacket 
A little rubbing and scuffing to cloth boards. Previous owner's name label on front endpaper "E. O. Traeger". A horizontal 1/2" tear at the head of the spine cloth. Overall still a nice copy of this classic account of a woman from the West's intrepid odyssey to Tibet. ; First edition, preceding the US edition. xviii, [ii], 310 pages + frontispiece + 43 illustrations on 15 plate leaves. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, and an attractive gilt illustration of the Potala Palace, Lhasa on the front board. Page dimensions: 219 x 137mm. The illustrations include: Madame Alexandra David-Neel when she was living as a hermit in Tibet; Houses that are built with horns and bones; Camp in Thibet; The Chorten Nyima Pass; Thibetan theatrical company touring in Nepal; Chortens in the Himalayas; On the way to Shigatse, Madame David-Neel riding a yak; Women pilgrims; Thibetan house on the Himalayas; Galden Monastery; Lamas at the monastery of Tashilhumpo, Shigatze; Private oratory of a Lama Tulku; Private apartment of a Lama Tulku; The Market Place at Lhasa; Village near Kalimpong in British Bhutan, where Madame Alexandra David-Neel ended her journey when arriving from Lhasa.; 8vo 
Price: 384.00 NZD
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