windetts frontier (2 Ergebnisse)

First edition, first printing. Near fine paperback original with a pencil inscription written in the style of the book's text.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 176; 32 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 16 plates; fine copy in the dust jacket. "When Rod Richard arrived in Lhasa in 1986, there were fewer restrictions to travel than ever before or since. Tibet had long been a forbidden kingdom, separate from the world below, yet tangled in the politics of surrounding empires. His story begins in China and leads to the journey across West Tibet to Kashgar. Rattling over the high desert on the backs of old trucks, he encounters PLA army convoys, solitary tribal groups, and pilgrims of all sorts on their way to Mount Kailash. This is the father of all mountains, the sacred peak at the center of the universe, and a means to enlightenment" (jacket blurb).