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Three Tibetan Mysteries : Tchrimekundan, Nansal, Djroazanmo As performed in the Tibetan Monasteries
by Bacot, Jacques; translated from the French into English by H. I Woolf
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1924]. First Edition. Hardcover. A couple of New Zealand bookseller's labels and a small orange sticker on front endpaper. ; No date [1924]. [vi], 267, [1] pages + frontispiece. Orange cloth boards with white cloth spine. Red leather lettering piece with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 116mm. Illustrated from native designs by V. Goloubew. "This story passes at Nepal, at an imaginary period prodigiously remote. It is the story of the last existence on earth but one of him who will be reborn Cakya-Muni. Vessantara, 'Tchrimekundan of the Tibetans,' is the future Buddha. He passes a life of remarkable trials, all of which he has attracted to himself by his passion for charity." - from the introduction to "Tchrimekundan". Series: Broadway Translations. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24305
- Title
- Three Tibetan Mysteries : Tchrimekundan, Nansal, Djroazanmo As performed in the Tibetan Monasteries
- Author
- Bacot, Jacques; translated from the French into English by H. I Woolf
- Illustrator
- Goloubew, V.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1924]
Terms of Sale
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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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