Three Years In Tibet With The Original Japanese Illustrations

Kawaguchi, Ekai

Theosophical Publishing Society, 1909.

Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover.  Shelf wear. Cocked spine. xv, 719 pages, 9 plates: illustrations, color map. Clean, unmarked pages. Ekai Kawaguchi was the first recorded Japanese citizen to travel to both Nepal and Tibet. A classic work as it portrays the social, religious and political situation in India, Nepal and Tibet at the turn of the century. Cordier BS 4382; Yakushi K35.