Lhasa: The Holy City
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, foxed and worn, pages holding well.
A classic of travel and exploration literature, Lhasa: The Holy City chronicles F. Spencer Chapman's remarkable journey to the forbidden capital of Tibet in the 1930s, a city that had remained almost entirely closed to Western visitors for centuries. Chapman, who accompanied the British Mission to Lhasa in 1936–37, presents an intimate and vivid account of Tibetan culture, religion, and daily life within the sacred walls of one of the world's most mysterious cities. Written with the authority of a trained naturalist and mountaineer, the narrative details the grandeur of the Potala Palace, the rituals of Tibetan Buddhism, and the extraordinary landscapes of the Himalayan plateau. With an introduction by Sir Charles Bell — the foremost British authority on Tibet at the time — this account stands as both a personal adventure and an invaluable historical document of a world that has since changed irrevocably.
Author: F. Spencer Chapman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1940, Readers Union Ltd / Chatto & Windus
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, foxed and worn, pages holding well.
A classic of travel and exploration literature, Lhasa: The Holy City chronicles F. Spencer Chapman's remarkable journey to the forbidden capital of Tibet in the 1930s, a city that had remained almost entirely closed to Western visitors for centuries. Chapman, who accompanied the British Mission to Lhasa in 1936–37, presents an intimate and vivid account of Tibetan culture, religion, and daily life within the sacred walls of one of the world's most mysterious cities. Written with the authority of a trained naturalist and mountaineer, the narrative details the grandeur of the Potala Palace, the rituals of Tibetan Buddhism, and the extraordinary landscapes of the Himalayan plateau. With an introduction by Sir Charles Bell — the foremost British authority on Tibet at the time — this account stands as both a personal adventure and an invaluable historical document of a world that has since changed irrevocably.