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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction : the journeys of Gombozhab tsybikov and ovshe Norzunov to Tibet/Alexandre Andreyev. 2. Afterword/Alexandre Andreyev. 3. Account of ovshe Norzunov's third journey to Tibet 1990-1901/Trans. from French by Alexandre Andreyev. 4. Lhasa and Central Tibet/G. Ts. Tsybikov. Select bibliography. Index. This book presents a unique collection of 50 photographs taken by two Russian travelers a Buryat, Gombozhab Tsybikov, and a Kalmuck Ovshe Norzunov, in 1900-1901, at the request of the Imperial Russian Geographical society, St. Petersburg. These images are believed to be the earliest photographic re-presentations of Lhasa and other famous religious sites of Tibet, the then Forbidden Land. The images are introduced with the thrilling story of Tsybikov's and Norzunov's travels related by Alexander Andreyev. He also dwells on the history of the first use of field photography by Russian pioneer explorers of Central Asia. The introduction is followed by the narratives of the travelers themselves which abound in many details of Tibet's traditional society and religious life in the last years of its hermit-like existence. (jacket).

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 69pp. Near fine in printed wraps with some tanning to the spine and penciled notation to front wrap "Terence [sic] McNally." An undergraduate literary magazine published by Columbia College. This issue features Terrence McNally's four-page story "Mona Lisa and The Matador," which was awarded third prize in the publication's annual short story contest during his junior year. An early work by the four-time Tony-award winning playwright, preceding his first book by several years. Also includes work by Jay Neugeboren, Alan Brilliant, and Ronald Johnson.