Lot 15
C. Bell, Tibet past & present / The people of Tibet / The religion of Tibet. 3 Vol. Oxford 1924-31.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
15
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Charles Bell
Bell, Charles: Tibet past & present / The people of Tibet / The religion of Tibet. 3 Vol. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1924-31. 22,4 x 14,5 cm. Original linen binding with gold-embossed vignette on the cover and title on the spine. Volume 3 with original dust jacket.
(Covers are scuffed and bumped. Volumes 1 and 2 have soiled top edges. The dust jacket has missing sections, tears at the edges and a watermark on the spine.)
1) Tibet past & present. – With frontispiece, 2 maps and 50 plates. XIV, 326 pp. – Yakushi (1994) B257a. ‘Bedford College’ bookplate on endpaper. ‘Tate Library Bedford College 1913’ stamp on title page.
2) The People of Tibet. – With frontispiece, 3 maps and 43 plates. XIX, 319 pp. – Yakushi (1994) B258: ‘Excellent account by a British political representative in Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim, describing the people, customs and everyday life.’ Handwritten owner’s inscription on the endpaper.
3) The Religion of Tibet. – With frontispiece, 3 maps and 47 plates. XV pp., 1 unnumbered p., 235 pp. – Yakushi (1994) B259a. ‘Watkins’ sticker on the endpaper.
(Covers are scuffed and bumped. Volumes 1 and 2 have soiled top edges. The dust jacket has missing sections, tears at the edges and a watermark on the spine.)
1) Tibet past & present. – With frontispiece, 2 maps and 50 plates. XIV, 326 pp. – Yakushi (1994) B257a. ‘Bedford College’ bookplate on endpaper. ‘Tate Library Bedford College 1913’ stamp on title page.
2) The People of Tibet. – With frontispiece, 3 maps and 43 plates. XIX, 319 pp. – Yakushi (1994) B258: ‘Excellent account by a British political representative in Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim, describing the people, customs and everyday life.’ Handwritten owner’s inscription on the endpaper.
3) The Religion of Tibet. – With frontispiece, 3 maps and 47 plates. XV pp., 1 unnumbered p., 235 pp. – Yakushi (1994) B259a. ‘Watkins’ sticker on the endpaper.