The Land of the Lamas : Notes of a Journey Through China Mongolia and Tibet
by Rockhill, William Woodville
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 8170307953
- ISBN 13
- 9788170307952
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications. Good+ with no dust jacket. (2004). Softcover. 8170307953 . Yellow highlighting on several pages. A 13mm tear to front joint at head of spine. ; A 2004 facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1891. viii, 399, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 60 illustrations + 2 folding maps. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 217 x 140mm. "Tibet has been my life hobby. I began while at college to study the few works written by Europeans on this subject, and was later on led to learn Chinese as a means of gaining further information about the country and its inhabitants." - page 1. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25242
- Title
- The Land of the Lamas : Notes of a Journey Through China Mongolia and Tibet
- Author
- Rockhill, William Woodville
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 8170307953
- ISBN 13
- 9788170307952
- Publisher
- Sri Satguru Publications
- Place of Publication
- Delhi
- Date Published
- (2004)
- Keywords
- 8170307953
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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