Tibetan Civilization

R A Stein

ISBN 10: 0571096751 / ISBN 13: 9780571096756

Published by Faber and Faber, 1972

About this Item

*** BOOK in very good clean tight and unmarked condition. Yellow boards with gilt title in purple panel on spine. 334 pahes including index, bibliography and a list pf Proper Names, Precise Transliterations. 31 b&w plates, 17 figures and 3 maps. *** DUST JACKET in very good condition, no chips or tears, slight wear at spine edges. Not price clipped. Now Trimsleeve protected *** CONTENTS; Translated from the French by J E Stapleton Driver. First published in France in 1962. Both the author and the translator had specialist knowledge of Tibet, its culture and language, and this book "is a masterpiece of good scholarship presented in readable form." Size: 220x140mm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tibetan Civilization
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571096751
• ISBN 13: 9780571096756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Lobsang Tendzin
• Edition: First English Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ethnology and Soc. Anth.

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Synopsis

English, French (translation)

From the Back Cover

An overall view of the Tibetan civilization, both ancient and modern Tibet. This book relates developments in Tibet to those in the rest of Asia.