BORN IN TIBET
by Trungpa, Chögyam
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Helen and Kurt Wolff / Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1968. First American Edition. Story of Trungpa's early life in Tibet and his escape from the Chinese, as told to Esmé Cramer Roberts in Oxford. First Printing, following the UK edition published by George Allen & Unwin in 1966. Octavo; brick red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 264pp; illus. Touch of rubbing to base of spine, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.95), gently spine-sunned, with a few short closed tears and some pinpoint rubbing to extremities; Very Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1854
- Title
- BORN IN TIBET
- Author
- Trungpa, Chögyam
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Helen and Kurt Wolff / Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2010
Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...