The Land of the Lama: A description of a country of contrasts & of its cheerful, happy-go-lucky people of hardy nature & curious customs; their religion, ways of living, trade & social life
by David Macdonald; Earl of Ronaldshay [foreword]
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1929. Very Good. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1929. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's orange-yellow pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; 283pp.; photographic frontispiece, illus. throughout including fifteen plates and folding map bound in rear (collated complete). Ex-Emory University Pitts Theology Library with usual, relatively unobtrusive markings throughout, spine cloth a shade darkened, corners and spine ends gently rubbed, brief soil to rear cover, else a Very Good, still quite bright and sound copy.
The first of three books on Tibet by the British Trade Agent and "Tibetologist" David Macdonald (1870-1962).
The first of three books on Tibet by the British Trade Agent and "Tibetologist" David Macdonald (1870-1962).
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29402
- Title
- The Land of the Lama: A description of a country of contrasts & of its cheerful, happy-go-lucky people of hardy nature & curious customs; their religion, ways of living, trade & social life
- Author
- David Macdonald; Earl of Ronaldshay [foreword]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Seeley, Service & Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
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