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Kundun: A biography of the family of the Dalai Lama
by Craig, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/F/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0006278388
- ISBN 13
- 9780006278382
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About This Item
HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1997* Publisher: Harper-Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Monochrome photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £17.99. Slight shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. Very slight surface wear. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with no reading wear, no marks to text, minor paper colouration throughout. VG++* Illustrations: One block of 8pp. b/w photos.* Pages: 370 pp. text. xxii pp. bibliography & index at rear.* Description: Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama - the spiritual and temporal head of Tibet - was 'discovered' in 1935 by high-ranking Buddhist monks in the village of Taktser in north-east Tibet. This story has been told before in many books, but less well known is the story of his family, catapulted into fame, and the destiny of each of its members. As with the Dalai Lama's own story, and that of his family, this is an epic tale of triumph in adversity.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition, 1st. impression, with minor jacket wear and light tanning reducing it to VG++*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4508
- Title
- Kundun: A biography of the family of the Dalai Lama
- Author
- Craig, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/F/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 0006278388
- ISBN 13
- 9780006278382
- Publisher
- Fount
- Place of Publication
- London UK 416
- Date Published
- 1997-05-06
- Size
- 23.4 x 16 x 3.8 cm
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