My journey to Lhasa. The personal story of the only white woman who succeeded in entering the Forbidden City

by Alexandra David-Neel

$325 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: William Heinemann, 1927. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 2 , 309, 1 ; frontispiece portrait, 43 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 15 plates; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; extremities worn, some fraying along the joints, rear endpaper excised; the text is clean and the binding sound enough; a good copy. Early ownership signature of S. a. C., Montclair, N. J. We believe the binding to be a Heinemann remainer

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