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THUBRON, COLIN: : To a Mountain in Tibet

LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,2011.

ISBN 97807011837790.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,mountain scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with capitalised, glossyblack-lettered author's name and other glossy white-lettered title on front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured and lettered author name and title and publisher’s white pictorial illustrated colophon to foot of same,critics' white-lettered reviews of author's title 'Shadow of the Silk Road.' Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without foxing /spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 227pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a b/w regional map with b/w map inset of mountain's location in Tibet between India and China,a title separator page,these latter two each with a blank reverse,a blank between last paginated page an the first page of Index,plus to the rear,4pp blanks.                          Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 10+ year-old age. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                   Mount Kailas is the most sacred of the world's mountains - holy to one fifth of humanity. Isolated beyond the central Himalayas,it is claimed by myth to be the source of the universe created from cosmic waters and the mind of Brahma.                                          Its summit has never been scaled,but for centuries the mountain has been ritually circled by Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims.Colin Thubron joins these pilgrims,after an arduous trek from Nepal,through the high passes of Tibet, to the magical lakes beneath the slopes of Kailas itself. This haunting and beautiful travel book links Colin Thubron's sympathetic intuition with the force oand poetry of his descriptive writing.He talks to secluded villagers and to monks in their decaying monasteries; he tells the stories of exiles and of eccentric explorers from the West. Yet there is another dimension in 'To a Mountain in Tibet'.Colin Thubron recently witnessed the death of the last of his family.He is walking on a pilgrimage of his own.His trek around the great mountain,revered by multitudinous others,awakes an inner landscape of solitude,love,grief,restoring precious fragments of his own origins.                    This is travel writing at its consummate best from an author of unsurpassable experience, sensitivity,and sheer lyrical power.              Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!           NB. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **  

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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