W. D. Shakabpa: Tibet: A Political History, Greymouth in Greymouth, West Coast for sale

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Previous owner's ex-libris bookplate. Pencil annotation on rear endpaper. Minor foxing to page edges. A couple of small 1/2"paper tape repairs to corners of dust wrapper. A 1/2"tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; Second printing. xii, [xiii-xvi], 369 pages. This second printing does not include the folding map and the fascimile Tibetan passport, which was included in a pocket at the rear of the first printing. It also differs from the first printing in that the frontispiece in the second printing is printed in black ink (it is printed in red ink in the first printing). The metallic gold cloth is also of a coarser weave in this second printing copy than in first printing copies we have seen, and it appears more metallic. The paper stock used is also a little thinner, making a slightly narrower book. Gold coloured cloth boards with red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 234 x 154mm. Contents: Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; An Introduction to Tibet; The Empire of the Early Kings of Tibet; The Struggle for Religious Survival; Lamas and Patrons; The Phamo Drupa, Rinpung, and Tsangpa Hegemonies; The Emergence of the Dalai Lamas; The Fifth Dalai Lama Assumes Power; Rival Powers in Tibet; The Seventh Dalai Lama and the Beginning of Manchu Influence in Tibet; War with the Gurkhas and the Dogras; Desi Shatra and Palden Dondup: Strong Men of the Nineteenth Century; The Thirteenth Dalai Lama and Britain's Border Policy; The Younghusband Military Expedition and Its Aftermath; The 1910 Chinese Invasion of Lhasa and Tibet's Struggle to Maintain Her Independence; Further Evidence of Tibetan Independance; Clashes Between Tibetans and Chinese in Kham; The Whirlwind of Political Strife; The Communist Chinese Invasion; The Revolt; Conclusion; Appendix: 1. Ladakhi Letter of Agreement, 1842; 2. Tibetan Letter of Agreement, 1842; 3. Tibet-Ladakh Trade Agreement, 1853; 4. Speech by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, at the Symposium on Buddhism's Contribution to Art, Letters, and Philosophy on November 29, 1956, New Delhi, India; Glossary of Tibetan Terms; Bibliography; Index. ; 4to
Author
W. D. Shakabpa
Title
Tibet: A Political History
Publisher name
Yale University Press (1973), New Haven
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1973
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Key words
Tibet China Politics Government Political History
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