EXPLORATION IN TIBET Swami Pranavananda 1950 1st ed Rare Dust Jacket SIGNED by Swami Pranavananda (Pranavananda, Swami)

	Item #: OP1548-833 EXPLORATION IN TIBET Swami Pranavananda 1950 1st ed Rare Dust Jacket SIGNED by Swami Pranavananda By Pranavananda, Swami Price: $150.00 Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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University of Calcutta, Calcutta, 1950, 1st edition. 302 pp, 88 photos, 20 maps, some folding. Hardcover with Dust Jacket, Very Fine condition. Nice inscription and Signature of Swami Pranavananda on the front endpaper. Gripping, information-packed account of the Swami Pranavananda's seminal journeys through Tibet between 1928 and 1947, replete with mostly photographic illustrations, 86 in all, as well as 12 fascinating folding maps of various sizes in the rear pocket and 8 appendices containing a variety of charts. The full complement of maps and 'insets' is present; Maps 1 through 9, with 7 insets in Map 1, and three separate 'insets', one containing two maps. Separately, a total of twelve folding maps, containing 8 true insets. Replete with mostly photographic illustrations, 86 in all, as well as 12 fascinating folding maps of various sizes in the rear pocket and 8 appendices containing a variety of charts. The full complement of maps and 'insets' is present; Maps 1 through 9, with 7 insets in Map 1, and three separate 'insets', one containing two maps. Separately, a total of twelve folding maps, containing 8 true insets. Gripping, information-packed account of the Swami Pranavananda's seminal journeys through Tibet between 1928 and 1947. Pranavananda describes his life's adventures in simple language and thorough detail coincident with his faith, and closes the treatise with a famed quotation from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. With all maps in near fine to fine condition and the fragile jacket, a difficult item. Also includes an rare Dust Jacket that has no flaws. Book hinges are tight, and is Fine, especially for an Indian printed book of the period. A superlative copy.
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