Author: RIENCOURT, AMAURY DE
Title: Roof of the World Tibet, Key to Asia
Description: New York, NY: Rinehart & Company, 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has Good dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some lightish bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge nicks, tears and chips missing, mostly to the spine ends and corners. "Amaury de Riencourt (born 12 June 1918 in Orléans, France; died 13 January 2005 at Bellevue, Switzerland) was a writer and historian. He was an expert on Southeast Asia, an Indian scholar, a Sinologist, a Tibetologist, and an Americanist.....In 1947, de Riencourt visited Tibet, staying in Lhasa, where he remained for five months. He met the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, then just twelve years old, who declared that the country was governed in all areas as an independent nation, adding that the orders of his government were obeyed across the country. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Travel & Exploration Amaury De Riencourt Himalayas Tibet
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Title: Roof of the World Tibet, Key to Asia
Description: New York, NY: Rinehart & Company, 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has Good dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some lightish bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge nicks, tears and chips missing, mostly to the spine ends and corners. "Amaury de Riencourt (born 12 June 1918 in Orléans, France; died 13 January 2005 at Bellevue, Switzerland) was a writer and historian. He was an expert on Southeast Asia, an Indian scholar, a Sinologist, a Tibetologist, and an Americanist.....In 1947, de Riencourt visited Tibet, staying in Lhasa, where he remained for five months. He met the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, then just twelve years old, who declared that the country was governed in all areas as an independent nation, adding that the orders of his government were obeyed across the country. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Travel & Exploration Amaury De Riencourt Himalayas Tibet
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 49903
- Book number: 49903
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