Pioneering in Tibet. A Personal Record Of Life And Experience In Mission Fields --- 1921 FIRST EDITION

Shelton M.D., Albert L.

Verlag: Fleming H Revell Company, New York, 1921

Beschreibung

1921 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original light brown cloth with black lettering front and spine, brown decoration front. The book has light rubbing to cover edges mainly at the spine ends, small smudge mark upper front above cover decoration, diffuse very light soiling covers, tanning to first and last blank pages, some foxing first few and last few pages but no foxing on all other pages, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding (no cracking). The book measures 192mm tall x 130mm, and has 214 pages, 5 b/w photos. Author established a medical mission in Batang in 1908. He traveled throughout the region. In 1922 he was killed by bandits in the area. He describes here various meetings with & anecdotes about contemporaries (including Rijnhart, the Taylors, etc), his travels, local customs-life-beliefs, medical work. About 1/4 of narrative is about his capture & nomadic imprisonment by bandits that lasted 71 days, probably the only detailed description of daily life & society of Tibetan rogues. This is an interesting descriptive narrative devoid of preaching or zealous religious writing. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003736

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Pioneering in Tibet. A Personal Record Of ...

Verlag: Fleming H Revell Company, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1921

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition