Paris: Editions Bossard, 1921. First French Edition. Octavo. 22.5cm. Bound in later full institutional calf, titled in gilt to spine. 298pp.;[1]. Strong and bright, some mild scuffing and scratching of the leather in places; internally clean and fresh, edges speckled red, armorial bookplate to front flyleaf. #778 of a limitation..... More

For The Author, 1986. First Thus. Quarto. 28.5cm. Comb-bound with red card covers. 147pp. printed rectos only. Clean and strong, very little wear; internally clean and fresh, with the blindstamp of Nathaniel Tarn to the contents page. A very good, bright copy. Essentially a xeroxed text examining a very specific..... More

Bristol: University of Bristol Press, (1994). First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xxx,866pp; 40 unnumbered leaves of double-sided photographic plates (halftones). Tight, clean copy, about Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, also Near Fine. Prospectus and errata sheet laid in. Publication of the International Association for Ladakh..... More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's charcoal grey cloth spine over grey paper covered boards, titled in silver gilt and blind to spine and front board. Dustjacket. [xii]; 360pp. Very light wear, a little discoloration to the grey paper along the extremities, strong and..... More

Rome: Istituto Italiano per Il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1951. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; printed wrappers; 69pp. Mild toning to text block edges, else a fine copy in the original wrappers with glassine overlay. Text mostly unopened. A volume in the "Serie Orientale Roma." Text in English. More

Paris: Desclée De Brouwer at Cie. 1931. First Thus. Two Volumes. Octavo. 20cm. French language. Publisher's printed and decorated card wraps, printed in black and brown. 344pp.; 416pp. Tight and handsome, some soiling to the pale cream wraps, a little wear to extremities; internally clean and fresh, unopened, inscribed by..... More

Bruxelles: Institut Belge des Hautes Études Chinoises, 1965. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on half-title to the distinguished French Tibetologist Marcelle Lalou: "A Mademoiselle Marcelle Lalou / avec mon tres respectement souvenir," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Large octavo; printed wrappers, xiv,302,(8)pp; with supplementary booklet in rear..... More

Paris: Gallimard / Nouvelle Revue Francais, 1990. Reissue (originally published 1922). Four octavo volumes. Gray publisher's cloth; dustjackets; 708,519,386,,330pp; plates, text illustrations. Volumes I-III are Fine and unmarked in the original dustrwrappers. Vol. IV, due to an apparent binding flaw, is missing its front endpaper and the binding has fully..... More

Rome: Istituto Italiano per Il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1950. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; printed wrappers; 89pp. Slight toning to paper on spine, else a fine copy in the original wrappers with glassine overlay. Text mostly unopened. A volume in the "Serie Orientale Roma." Text in English. More

London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1989. First Edition. First impression. Small octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 219pp. A fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper. From the library of noted poet, translator, and Buddhist scholar Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate inside front cover. More