Bunkyo Aoki (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 161 pages, with fold-outs. Minor bumping to lower corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Full red cloth binding. Front hinge beginning to crack but holding strong. Bookplate on front pastedown, else clean and unmarked. 161pp. Several charts. 2 fold-outs. Jacket is lightly hand-soiled and rubbed. Offered now in a new mylar cover. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library with dust jacket and usual stamps, stickers and markings This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, large 8vo, 10, vi, 161 pp, folding tables, diagrams, original red cloth in dustwrapper, dustwrapper a little soiled and frayed at edges, with tear to upper wrapper (without loss), otherwise in very good condition.

Large 8vo. [iv] + 10pp. + vi + 161pp. + [i]. 3 folding tables. F.e.ps. and margins lightly browned, good in soiled and sl. chipped d/w. browned to edges and spine. US$75.

First edition, Quarto, [4], 10, vi, 161, [1] pp. plus 3 folding chars and many other other full page charts. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering, printed ocher dust jacket (minor edge chipping and a tear along upper front joint of about 2 inches). Bookplate and stamp of William P. Rath. A very clean and attractive copy.The author of this very academic book was a prominent Japanese Buddhist priest, scholar, and Tibetologist who played a key role in Japan-Tibet relations during the early 20th century. During his four-year sojourn (1912-1916) he became quite close to the 13th Dalai Lama who, after the abolition of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912, expelled the Chinese forces from the land and declared Tibet a sovereign nation. He is sometimes given credit in designing the the national flag (The Snow Lion flag) for Dalai Lama. After returning to Japan, Aoki wrote a book about his experiences in Tibet entitled Tibeto-Yuki (Record of Travels in Tibet) in 1920. He later worked for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as an advisor to the Japanese army, primarily on matters related to inner Asia and Tibet.