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Three Years in Tibet Hardcover - 2003

by Ekai Kawaguchi


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  • Title Three Years in Tibet
  • Author Ekai Kawaguchi
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [Reprint].
  • Pages 720
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Orchid Press, Nepal.
  • Date May 30, 2003
  • ISBN 9789745240148 / 9745240141
  • Weight 2.21 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.08 x 1.52 in (23.11 x 15.44 x 3.86 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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Three Years in Tibet

Three Years in Tibet

by Kawaguchi, Ekai

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Kathmandu: Orchid Press / Bibliotheca Himalayica, 2006. Reprint of the 1909 original, with a new introduction by H. K. Kuloy. Account of Kawaguchi's now legendary solo trip, beginning 1899, through a Tibet long hostile to all outside visitors. Passing himself off at times as a Chinese doctor and at others as a native Tibetan, Kawaguchi managed to traverse practically the entire length of Tibet, largely on foot, reaching Lhasa in 1901 - a feat of outstanding courage and endurance, not to mention much good fortune. But the real value of the account is found in the author's careful, astute observations of Tibet, Tibetans, and the rule of the 13th Dalai Lama, with whom he met a number of times. Kawaguchi was both awed by Tibetans' religious discipline and shocked by the cruelty, corruption and sexual licence he saw around him. Overall, a fascinating account for all with interest in this complex society and how it functioned prior to the onslaught foreign influence, both Chinese and Western.… Read More
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Three Years in Tibet (Bibliotheca Himalayica)

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Benares and London: Theosophist Office / Theosophical Press, 1909 Scarce original brown cloth beveled boards show wear at edges & extremities with fraying & tears to cloth along all spine edges, front & rear endpapers removed, pocket removal from front pastedown (but no further evidence of library markings), spine is shaken & first signature loose w/pages frayed at edges, all illustrations present including folding one in rear, but rear folding route map lacking, personal (non-institutional) inventory number taped to spine top & to pastedown, a working but overall solid copy of this early title concerning the exploration of Tibet, now quite scarce in the original 1909 edition; 8vo; 719pp, b & w plates & text illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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