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New York: Ronald Press. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 1127009397 . Near Fine, minor soil, 200 pp, no jacket .

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Land of the Camel - Tents and Temples of Inner Mongolia.

Ronald Press Company. Used - Very Good. 1951. Cloth, octavo, x and 200 pp, with numerous b&w photographs. Some shelf wear to boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. (Subject: Central Asia.)

Paperback. New.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Land of the Camel - Tents and Temples of Inner Mongolia.

New York: Ronald Press, 1951. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD+ CLOTH VOLUME, being free of marking or defect. Illustrated with forty two plates. [x], 200 pages. Royal 8vo.

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NY: The Ronald Press Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Photos; x, 200 pages; 23.5 x 16 cm. Taken from authors travels in 1945 during the brief span that Mongolia was opened between Japanese and Chines hegemonies. Wear to DJ extremities and covered in Brodart. Proenance Arthur J Bergeron - book plate. Close to fifty photos which are sometimes more than one to a page. .

Garnsey Press, 2007-03-15. Paperback. Used:Good.

Hardback. New.

New York, The Ronald Press Company, [1951], First edition. . original cloth, spine lettering rubbed, dj (chipped at spine head, short tears, rubbed), else very good, interior clean and sound. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; x, 200 pp, 42 illustrations from photos on plates, index. . One of the few accounts of life and customs during this period, the author travelled in the area in 1945, being the first to observe conditions there since the Japanese sealed the area and being the last there before the Chinese again closed the area to outsiders. He provides good descriptions of religious rites, the lamaseries role in Mongolian life and interviewed the Living Buddha of Shandagu. Bibliog. Mongolica 2326. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Garnsey Press. Hardcover. New. 8x5x1. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York 1951, Ronald. Black cloth, very good, 200p., 39 bw. photos, map, index, dj. in mylar protector, 15.5 x 23.5 cm. nice, bright copy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION This scholarly work describes Inner Mongolia in 1945. For 9 years, this region was cut off by the war. Seldom observed by westerners, save a few missionaries, this is the best and most reliable study on the people, customs & area. After the war, this area underwent a great change, exploitation an disposession of the native Mongols. This then is a final the final chapter of the old way of life, before major changes undermined their strange customs and comples religious life. * Also a keen insight to the semifeudal realm of the Belgian missionary fathers which has now passed into history. The author travelled extensively crossing the Ordos, great plain, Shanpa, Lamaseries, Dunguerbo,living Buddha of Shandagu, Ch'ien-li Temple, Oirats, festivals, down the range to Dabatu Pass, Gobi Temples, Ago-in Sume, south by camel, Ninghsia,… Read More