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A visual portrait of the exiled Tibetan community gathered round the Dalai Lama - spritual head of the Tibetan people - at Dharamsala in the foothills of the Himalayas. Illustrated with pictures by a prize-winning photographer, this book is a memorial to a culture under threat.
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Tibet In Exile
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Raghu Rai (illustrator). Edition and printing not known. Introduction by the Dalai Lama. In near fine black cloth boards, red titles to front and spine. The boards are very tight, straight and clean; spine and edges firm; very small nick in cloth to front tail edge. Unmarked bright red cut end papers. Very clean cut edges. The text block is very tightly bound, flat and clean with bright colour and b/w plates by Raghu Rai. Fine condition. No dedications etc. Not paginated. In good plus glossy colour dust jacket with man in red robe to front with gilt titles. The jacket is not marked; edges very worn with small closed tears. Not price clipped. Heavy and folio size. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 66744
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Tibet in Exile book by Jane Perkins, Raghu Rai, Dalai Lama
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. Some wear to dustcover. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> Tibet has been a land shrouded in medievalism and mysticism for centuries, ruled from the fabled Potala palace by the reincarnation of a god-king. the Dalai Lama. Incredible accounts from the earli- est explorers of lamas levitating to change mind and matter, of yogis meditating in mountain caves without sleep or sustenance for years, and of shamans blowing human thighbone horns to stop hail or bring rain have established Tibet in the curious eyes of the outside world as a true-life Himalayan Shangri La. Whether myth or reality, this Tibet no longer exists. With the Chinese communist invasion of 1950 came the end of a unique and timeless culture and lifestyle. Within less than thirty years more than six thousand of the country's ancient monasteries and temples were ransacked and reduced to rubble and over a million Tibetans had died as a result of Chinese occupation. Had the Fourteenth Dalai Lama not escaped to India in 1959, inspiring a hund. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers Batch-FM431-G-9842
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Tibet in Exile
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Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 1990
ISBN 10: 0304340529
ISBN 13: 9780304340521
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Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers rev5151170172
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