His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. Los Angeles, 1984.
by (DALAI LAMA)
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- first
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Thubten Dhargye Ling. First edition. Quarto. [3], 45 pp. plus 6 full page photographic illustrations (3 of which are of the Dalai Lama). Publisher's embossed red wrappers. Excellent condition."The Dalai Lama, religious and national leader for millions of Tibetan Buddhists around the world, arrived in New York City yesterday to begin a 44-day visit to the United States. More than 1,000 of the Dalai Lama's followers greeted him at Kennedy International Airport. The 49-year-old religious leader, ringed by security officers, walked through the welcoming throng and into a limousine bound for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan.His travels will take him to cultural, educational, religious and political centers. After a news conference today, the Dalai Lama is scheduled to stop in Washington for, among other things, a talk at the Smithsonian Institution. He will visit Middlebury College in Vermont, and Amherst, Mass., and return to New York City Oct. 7. to take part in an interreligious service for world peace at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. He will then go to Dallas, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, Calif." (NYT; 9/18/84).
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75480
- Title
- His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. Los Angeles, 1984.
- Author
- (DALAI LAMA)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thubten Dhargye Ling
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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