Lamaism by L. Austine Waddell, M.B.

Publication: 1934 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd; Second Edition

Detailed 19th-century study of Tibetan Buddhism that explores its rituals, deities, and connections to Indian Buddhism, though it reflects a colonial-era Western perspective. The author L. Austine Waddell (Laurence Austine Waddell, 18541938) was a British explorer, army surgeon, linguist, and scholar known for his work in Tibet and the Himalayas during the British colonial period.

Condition: publishers decorative cloth boards, 2 cm closed tear to head of spine, endpaper along the hinges with minor scuffing (does not affect integrity of the binding) tight bound, a bright copy approcahing Near Fine