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KAWAGUCHI, EKAI. Three Years in Tibet. 11 photographic plates; folding map. xv, [1], 719 pages, including half-title. 8vo, 244x154 mm, original wrappers, joints chipped at top and bottom, outer corners of covers and contents bumped; half-title and map foxed, contents otherwise generally clean. Adyar: The Theosophist Office, 1909
first edition in english of a collection of newspaper articles by a Japanese Buddhist monk on his 1900-02 stay in Tibet, with observations on Tibetan society, customs, religion, government, etc. Yakushi (1994) K83 (London/Madras edition, same year).
