The Magic Bird of Chomo-Lung-Ma: Tales of Mount Everest, The Turquoise Peak by Sybille Noel
$80.00
The Magic Bird of Chomo-Lung-Ma: Tales of Mount Everest, The Turquoise Peak by Sybille Noel, published in 1931. Illustrated with full page woodcuts by A. Avinoff, notable artist and iconographer who traveled to Tibet. The author was the wife of John Noel, who was on the 1922 and 1924 first groundbreaking attempts at Mount Everest. She traveled to Sikkim and the Tibetan border in 1924. Sections Include: The Gathering of These Tales in Tibet, The Magic Bird of the Chomo-Lung-Ma, The Swastika Egg Devils, The Will on the Wind, The Phantom Princess, etc. etc. Hardcover with decorated boards, light shelfwear and light fading to boards.
