Description: THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT TIBET. AS A BUDDHIST MONK, KAWAGUCHI WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL FREELY IN TIBET AND MIX WITH ALL MANNER OF TIBETANS, AT A TIME WHEN TIBET WAS CLOSED TO WESTERNERS. HE ENTERED TIBET IN 1897. HIS WRITING STYLE,TOGETHER WITH HIS CHARMING DRAWINGS, MAKE THIS A DELIGHTFUL AS WELL AS AN INFORMATIVE NARRATIVE. THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN TWO FORMATS: HARDBACK COPIES WITH TOP EDGE GILT PAGES; AND WITH CARD COVERS SO PURCHASERS COULD CHOOSE THEIR OWN BINDING. THIS IS ONE OF THE LATTER. UNBOUND COPIES WITH THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE: I KNOW OF ONLY ONE,CURRENTLY ON SALE FOR £440. SEE BELOW: THE BOOK CONTAINS A DOUBLE PAGE PHOTO OF MOUNT EVEREST, WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS MOUNT GAURISHANKARA. ALSO A DOUBLE-PAGE MAP SHOWING KAWAGUCHI'S ROUTE THROUGH INDIA, NEPAL, SIKKIM AND TIBET. 1909. 1ST EDITION. 718 PAGES. 63 TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. 11 PLATES. 2-PAGE MAP. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. BOOKS SENT IN SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS. REDUCING AN OVERSTOCKED LIBRARY.
Price: 275 GBP
Location: London, London
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardback
Personalised: No
Place of Publication: BENARES, INDIA
Non-Fiction Subject: TRAVELS OF A JAPANESE MONK IN TIBET
Shape: Rectangle
Signed: No
Publisher: THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY
Modified Item: No
Weight: 448 GRAMMES
Year Printed: 1909
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: TIBET
Author: RECTOR EKAI KAWAGUCHI
Country/Region of Manufacture: India
