The Splendors of Tibet. With Foreword by Seymour Topping by Topping, Audrey - 1980

New York: SINO Publishing Company, 1980. Book. Illus. by Text and Photographs By the Author. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 185, [iv] pp, map, lavishly illustrated from photographs (many in color), index. 4to/28.5cm. Blue cloth gilt, shelf wear only, in very lightly edgeworn dj with two short closed edge splits, few notations pages 42-49, otherwise internally fine. Results of a 1979 visit to Tibet by the author and her New York Times veteran far eastern correspondent Seymour Topping on assignment. A fair-minded assessment in its attempt to find a middle way between the propaganda put out by the Chinese authorities and the refugee community. The author's photographs include a rare set of pictures of the controversial series of clay sculptures representing the former feudal oppression of the serfs. Audrey Ronning Topping is a photojournalist specializing in China with five books to her credit. Daughter of a former Canadian ambassador to China and granddaughter of Lutheran missionaries there, she was educated there. Seymour Topping (1921- ) was Managing Editor of the New York Times at the time of writing..