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This is a fine hardcover copy with no wear at all. Originally issued in softcover, bound simply in a private collector red buckram binding with gilt title on the spine. Not ex-library. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Marcelle Lalou (1890- 1967) was a 20th-century French authority onTibet. Her major contribution to Tibeten studies was the cataloging of the entire Pelliot collection of Old Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang at the BibliothËque Nationale de France. In addition to her cataloging work, she wrote articles on various aspects of Old Tibet, and she published a Tibetan textbook. Some of her most notable students include Rolf A. Stein and J. W. de Jong. Black & white frontis portrait of Marcelle Lalou. Otherwise not illustrated. 9" high X 6" wide, 571 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.