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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good in like dust jacket. Endpapers toned. DJ price-clipped.
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Where the Gods are Mountains; Three Years Among the People of the Himalayas
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Where The Gods Are Mountains Three Years Among The People Of The Himalayas --- 1956 FIRST EDITION
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New York: Reynal And Company, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1956 FIRST EDITION. Original green cloth with dark red lettering front and spine. The book has clean covers with no fading, minor bump lower front corner, minor bump lower outside front corner, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tiny fore-edge foxing spots but no foxing on page faces, solid binding. The original dust jacket has loss at spine corners, 25mm tear lower front, 5mm tiny tears top edge rear cover, original printed price present on flap corner. The book measures 221mm tall x 139mm, and has 256 pages, 24 b/w photos, 2 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Where the Gods are Mountains: Three Years Among the People of the Himalayas
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New York: Reynal and Company, 1957. Originally published in Germany under the title Wo Berge Goetter Sind (Where Mountains are Gods.) Translated from the German by Michael Bullock First American Edition 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with color photo illustrated dust jacket; 256 pages with some black and white illustrations on glossy stock. From jacket: "(The author) went to Tibet and the neighboring mountain countries to study the legends, customs and religious traditions of the Himalayan peoples. His three-year visit coincided with the turbulent period when revolution broke out in Nepal and Tibet was conquered by Red China. In this account of his travels he describes his experiences and gives much new and fascinating information about the people he was living among. He met lamas and explorers, princes and adventurers, saints and ministers. He visited Bhutan, which has been penetrated by only a dozen Europeans in the 12 centuries of its history... He witnessed the extraordinary…
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WHERE THE GODS ARE MOUNTAINS, Three Years Among the People of the Himalayas
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New York: Reynal and Company. N.D.. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains. Rubbing along panel edges. 1 inch open tear at bottom of front gutter. .
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Where the Gods are Mountains, Three Years Among the People of the Himalayas
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1956. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 256pp., b/w pls., maps, Nice copy in like sl. chipped dust jacket
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Where the Gods are Mountains. Three Years Among the People of the Himalayas... Translated from the German by Michael Bullock
by Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Rene
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956 VG+/VG. 8vo. original red cloth (slightly rubbed & marked) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed & nicked, discreet closed tear at tail of spine); pp. 256, with illustrations. A very good copy.. First English. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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WHERE THE GODS ARE MOUNTAINS: Three Years Among the People of the Himalayas.
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New York [1959?], Reynal. Green cloth, 256p., 2 b.w. maps,26 b.w. photos, dj., Written by a distinguished Austrian anthropologist, who went to Tibet and the neighboring mountain countries to study the legends, customs & religoius tradions of the Himalayan peo- ples. His three-year sojourn coincided with the turbulent period when revoution broke out in Nepal & Tibet was conqu- ered by Red China. Excellent primary resource as the author interviewed Lamas, explorers, princes, acventurers, saints & ministers. Visited Bhutan what has only been penetrated by a dozen Europeans in 12 centuries. Kalimpong, Lhasa, Sherpas, "oracle-priest" trances, mystical Yogis & royal Skkimese... .
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