TIBET IS MY COUNTRY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY IF THUBTEN JIGME NORBU BROTHER OF THE DALI LAMA
by HENRICH HARRER
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Haines City, Florida, United States
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About This Item
N EW YORK: E.P. DUTTON & CO, 1961. FIRST EDITION. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 264 PP WITH COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS,AND DOUBLE PAGE MAP, SOME FOXING TO ENDPAPERS BINDING STILL TIGHT, RED CLOTH COVERS WITH GILT LETTERING TO SPINE, BUMPED CORNERS.NO DUST JACKET. Translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald. Never before has a Tibetan from the family circle of the Dalai Lama told the world the secrets of his life. The story of the Dalai Lama's oldest brother (born 1922- ), his move to Lhasa when his brother was recognized as the Dalai Lama and his time as Abbot of the Kumbum monastery.
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- Bookseller
- Books Music Videos 4 U
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABBK12292
- Title
- TIBET IS MY COUNTRY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY IF THUBTEN JIGME NORBU BROTHER OF THE DALI LAMA
- Author
- HENRICH HARRER
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. DUTTON & CO
- Place of Publication
- N EW YORK
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY- DALI LAMA-KUMBUM MONASTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies & Memoirs:Other;
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