SHELTON, FLORA BEAL MRS A L SHELTON (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Fair Hardcover. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1923 PRINTING. NO DUST JACKET. Previous owner's name on front endpaper and title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned and foxed. Several pages are creased at the lower fore-corner with a very small tear. Black cloth covers with yellow lettering show significant wear with rubbing to corners and edges, scuffing along spine, discoloration in places. Binding is very slightly shaken, hinges remain strong. COVER MAY NOT MATCH THE PICTURE ON THIS SITE. An excellent reading or reference copy!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1923 FIRST EDITION. Original black cloth with orange lettering front & spine. The book has light cover wear, several faint marks to covers and some faint dampstaining along outside edge of rear board (not bad), foxing on a few pages (vast majority of pages have no foxing), solid binding, old owner name and date (1925) on front pastedown and on FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The book measures 198mm tall x 135mm, and has 319 pages, 16 half-tone plates. Story of Dr Albert L Shelton?s times in Tibet by his wife who was with him much of the time. He was a missionary doctor who was killed by bandits in Tibet, 1922, while wife was in California. With many extracts from his diary. He traveled much in Tibet 1904-22 (described here), prospected gold, was kidnapped, etc. With accounts of Chinese-Tibet conflicts. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

No Binding. Condición: Good. Original Manuscript. Original Carbon Of A Typescript, 52 Pp, With Extensive Pencil Correction; Accompanied By A Photocopy Of A Later Revision, Much Expanded, For Example P. 38 In The Carbon Becomes P. 46 In The Expanded Version. Autobiographical Work By Wife Of A Christian Medical Missionary In Tibet 1903-1922, When Her Husband Was Murdered In A Road Incident. Undated, Looking Back On Years Pre-1900 On To 1922, With Some Later Observations And Thoughts, Possibly Written Circa 1935-1940. Shelton And His Wife And A Daughter, And Others, Wrote A Number Of Books About Their Experiences; His Collection Of Artwork Was Largely Sold To The Newark Museum, Which Prominently Features Their Work, Other Artwork Was Sold To John D. Rockefeller Jr. An Archive Of Their Papers And Photographs Is At The University Of Oregon. [An Archive Of Material By Their Daughter Dorris, Including Her Children's Book "Sue In Tibet" And Other Material, And A Much Larger Archive Of Dr. Shelton's Annotated Photographs, Extensive Scrapbooks Of Clippings And Papers, Books, Etc. Are Also Available Separately. Such Original Material From Early Twentieth Century Tibet Is Scarce, As Most Tibetan Libraries Were Burned By The Chinese Authorities And Writings About Everyday Life In Tibet Itself Have Been Entirely Prevented Or Heavily Censored For Well Over 120 Years, The Missionary Writings Being A Striking Exception. ).

No Binding. Condición: Good. Original Manuscript. Original Carbon Of A Typescript, 227 Pp, With Extensive Pencil Correction, Signed In Pencil At End. A Modern Historical Novel About Tibet Under Chinese Rule, By The Wife Of A Christian Medical Missionary In Tibet 1903-1922 (Ending When Her Husband Was Murdered In A Road Incident). Undated, Possibly Written Circa 1910-1935. A Very Strongly Painted But Fictionalized Depiction Of Probably Real Events In China's Ruthless Subjection Of The Remnants Of The Tibetan Monarchy. Shelton And His Wife And A Daughter, And Others, Wrote A Number Of Books About Their Experiences; His Collection Of Artwork Was Largely Sold To The Newark Museum, Which Prominently Features Their Work, Other Artwork Was Sold To John D. Rockefeller Jr. An Archive Of Their Papers And Photographs Is At The University Of Oregon. [An Archive Of Material By Their Daughter Dorris, Including Her Children's Book "Sue In Tibet" And Other Material, And A Much Larger Archive Of Dr. Shelton's Annotated Photographs, Extensive Scrapbooks Of Clippings And Papers, Books, Etc. Are Also Available Separately. Such Original Material From Early Twentieth Century Tibet Is Scarce, As Most Tibetan Libraries Were Burned By The Chinese Authorities And Writings About Everyday Life In Tibet Itself Have Been Entirely Prevented Or Heavily Censored For Well Over 120 Years, The Missionary Writings Being A Striking Exception. ). Signed by Author(s).