TIBET; Through the Red Box
by Sis, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374375526
- ISBN 13
- 9780374375522
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Francis Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Peter Sis. 4to, beige buckram with colorful glossy pictorial plate of a Tibetan spiritual labyrinth surrounding a mountain Shangri-la, profusely illustrated by Peter Sis with pictorial designs and motifs in Tibetanesque style, Mylar-protected pale beige dust jacket (unclipped) with Tibetan figures and designs by Sis, pictorial endpapers, [57] pages. A CALDECOTT Honor Book. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! A perfectly marvellous journey as beautifully illustrated book. Astonishingly inventive and evocative illustrations about the author's father's travels in Tibet. Czech-born (1949) illustrator-author Peter Sis uses Tibetan Buddhist (and occasional Nabokovian) motives. He here unbundles a mysterious Red Book with calligraphed narrative about searching for Tibet's labyrinth-encircled Valley of the Giants, a quest involving explorations of the Tibetan symbolic world and its spiritual mandalas. Extra shipping charges may be required depending upon location.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1197
- Title
- TIBET; Through the Red Box
- Author
- Sis, Peter
- Illustrator
- Peter Sis
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374375526
- ISBN 13
- 9780374375522
- Publisher
- Francis Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Tibet, China, illustrated, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, mystery, magic
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Buckram
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