Colin Thubron – To A Mountain In Tibet – SIGNED First Edition 2011
£45.00
A first edition, first printing of To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron, published by Chatto & Windus, London in 2011. A fine copy signed, inscribed and dated in blue ink to the title page, some light foxing to the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with pushing to the spine tips and upper knuckles of front and rear flap folds.
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron recounts his journey to Mount Kailas, sacred to Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and Bon. Following a pilgrimage route, Thubron blends travel narrative, history and spiritual reflection. He explores faith, exile and cultural survival amid the Tibetan diaspora and Chinese control. Quiet and meditative, the book considers how landscapes absorb belief and how pilgrimage becomes a way of listening, remembrance and humility before the unknowable.
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A first edition, first printing of To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron, published by Chatto & Windus, London in 2011. A fine copy signed, inscribed and dated in blue ink to the title page, some light foxing to the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with pushing to the spine tips and upper knuckles of front and rear flap folds.
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron recounts his journey to Mount Kailas, sacred to Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and Bon. Following a pilgrimage route, Thubron blends travel narrative, history and spiritual reflection. He explores faith, exile and cultural survival amid the Tibetan diaspora and Chinese control. Quiet and meditative, the book considers how landscapes absorb belief and how pilgrimage becomes a way of listening, remembrance and humility before the unknowable.
