We Tibetans. An intimate picture, by a woman of Tibet, of an interesting and distinctive people, in which it is shown how they live, their beliefs, their outlook, their work & play, & how they regard themselves and others . With a historical introduction by Louis Magrath King

Rin-chen Lha-mo [i.e., Mrs Louis King]

Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1926

About this Item

First American edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 11-228; frontispiece and 28 illustrations on 15 plates; original pictorial yellow cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine; front free endpaper excised, else near fine. "This book is the first English one which was published by a woman of Tibet. The authoress had been born at the Kham district in Tibet, and since she was married to Louis King, a British Consul at Tatsienlu. All of twenty chapters deal with Tibetan life and religion" (Yakushi). Yakushi R236.

Seller Inventory # 67752

Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Tibetans. An intimate picture, by a woman of Tibet, of an interesting and distinctive people, in which it is shown how they live, their beliefs, their outlook, their work & play, & how they regard themselves and others . With a historical introduction by Louis Magrath King
• Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1926
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women
  • Travel
  • Asia
  • Tibet