Borderlands of Eternity Embracing "Across China on Foot" and, "My Life in Tibet". Prelude by Louis M. Grafe by Dingle, Edwin John - 1949

Los Angeles: Privately printed, 1945. Third printing. Hardcover. \ Good. Los Angeles: Privately printed, 1945. Third printing. \ Good.

8vo hardcover edition, lacking a dust jacket. In textured red boards, with silver stamping to spine and front cover. Bumping to edges and corners; light soiling to text block edges; staining to fore edge; very faint age toning to endpapers; text is clean and unmarked; hinges are very lightly shaken but intact. Good.

Privately Published/Distributed, 1939T. hardcover. Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709. Shows minor wear.

UsedAcceptable. 1939 printing. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing. Scuffed edges. The cover has visible markings and wear. The dust jacket is missing. This is a hardcover copy The front hinge is split the webbing is showing but all pages are intact The back hinge is split the webbing is showing but all pages are intact Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Los Angeles: Institute of Mentalphysics, ( 1945 ). Revised First American Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 560 pages, embossed maroon cloth, printed on war-time paper; ownership labels on front and rear endpapers This work was published privately, but is an un-numbered copy. Dingle was a journalist who founded the Institute of Mentalphysics after spending twenty years wandering in China, India, Tibet, and Burma - including months living in a Tibetan monastery. This edition also includes a lengthy "Prelude to the Pilgriimage" by L. M. Grafe. This edition includes his book-length MY LIFE IN TIBET Written After Thirty Years. One section of Dingle's photographs of China

Edwin John Dingle, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. . Red cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, soiling, and bumped corners. Pages are clean.

Los Angeles, CA: Privately Published/Distributed By The Institute of Mentalphysics, 1939. First Edition, 4th Printing of 1949 . Hardcover. Near Fine/None (As Issued?). John Edwin Dingle (Author-Photographer). Text/Bright, clean, As New. Maroon textured boards w/silver lettering/Fine. DJ/None. PO name & cursory notes to fEP. Chronicles of British-born philosopher, journalist, spiritual leader, founder of the Institute of Mentalphysis John Edwin Dingle's [styled Ding Li Mei) (1881 - 1972) travels through China. "Across China by Foot" was first published in 1911 (year marking end of dynastic rule in China and the establishment of the Republic); "My Life in Tibet" was written thirty years after Dingle's Tibetan visit and first published 1939. This two volume book is illustrated w/author's photography. A travelogue, a memoir, a spiritual quest and a primary resource for students of Chinese history.

Los Angeles, CA: Distributed by The Institute of Mentalphysics (1941) 560 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled. Corners and spine ends bumped. Inscription to previous owner on half-title page. An unnumbered copy of an unspecified limitation. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006-03-03. Paperback. Used:Good.

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