This is an auction for TIBETAN MARCHES by Andre Migot.

[The reference to "Andre MIGON" on the cover is a typographical error. The author's surname is "MIGOT".]

A facsimile of a book first published in 1955.

Introduction by Peter Fleming.

Amazon.com reviews:

"Dr André Migot (1892-1967) spent many years studying Buddhism before embarking on a remarkable series of journeys in China (Yunnan province) and Tibet in 1946 and 1947.This is a spiritually serious book; marked by the author’s gift for razor-sharp observation, deprecating self-awareness and humour. He misses nothing. In Sikang he dissects the processes by which the Chinese peasantry were blackmailed by the Nationalist (‘White’ Kuomintang) authorities into growing opium poppies; which consequently fed chronic lawlessness. His sole, qualified, admiration for the Chinese appears toward the end of the book when he and a friend, visiting the Ming tombs sixty miles north of Peking (Beijing), are captured by Chinese Communists. Along with many remarkable adventures, Dr Migot also discusses many aspects of Tibetan life and culture, both practical or spiritual. He explains the vital importance of a knowledge of the value of tea, and the number of yaks required to carry it. Tea could be bartered; whereas the value (and type) of silver coins varied across the country. He describes the curiously Tibetan ‘on-demand’ method of printing books; a service which is suspended in winter, because of the extreme cold. Books such as TIBETAN MARCHES make more modern 'my travels in Tibet' type publications look ridiculous. Avoid them, and read this one instead.”

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Migot

Large format (trade) paperback 2011.

288 pages.

Near new condition.

The cost of shipping is $6.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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