Author: Pimenova, Emiliia
Title: Tainy Tibeta
Description: Leningrad: Brokgauz-Efron, 1929. Hardcover. First edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 5 1/2 x 7 3/4; pp. 160; morocco-backed textured paper over boards; a few small punctures from insects to spine; tips of spine and corners rubbed; spotting mostly to corners of pages from fingers turning them; "St. Tikhon Society" stamp to title page; illustrated with numerous photographs; very good. Cover design by E. Belukhi. Chiefly based on Belgian-French explorer, anarchist, and author Alexandra David -Neel's "Voyage d'une Parisienne à Lhassa" (My Journey to Lhasa), "Secrets of Tibet" was one of very few works in Russian on Tibet at the time. The author, Emiliia Pimenova (1855-1935), was a journalist and a travel literature writer. Inspired by her love for travel and, possibly, what is now rumored to have been repeated attempts by the Bolsheviks to win Lhasa over to the Soviet cause in the 1920s - the author interpreted, retold, and cited one of David-Neel's most widely-known works. The latter made a name for herself for being the one Western woman who, disguised as a pilgrim, managed to visit Lhasa, Nepal in 1924, when it was forbidden to foreigners. OCLC lists 1 copy at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ill.: 0. 2.

Keywords: Boston-Vbf, Travel, Exploration, Asia 0


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