Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional First Chinese-Bound Collector’s Edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Buddhist Teachings on Death and Dying by Karma Lingpa and translated by Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup. First Edition unstated, 2022 Amber Books. First Printing with no subsequent printing.
The exterior of the book is in Fine condition with spotless cloth boards, sewn with gold braid, strong title ink on a bound paper spine and strong title gilt on the front cover, illustrated with a full color mandala print. Also with , clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, strong spine ends, no edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making this an excellent addition to any collection. Pristine unread condition.
No dust jacket as issued.
This luxurious collector’s edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is presented in a high-quality, Chinese-bound hardcover format and translated by Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup.
In traditional Chinese Bookbinding, single sheets of paper are printed on one side only, and each sheet is folded in half with the printed pages on the outside. The book block is then sandwiched between two boards and sewn together through punched holes close to the edge of the folded sheets, This leaves the folded edges on the open side of the book.
This classic Buddhist text has its origins in the ‘treasure texts’, said to have been hidden away by Padmasambhava, the Lotus Guru, in Tibet in the 8th century AD so that they could be revealed at an appropriate later time. As a funerary text and guide to the afterlife, The Tibetan Book of the Dead was read aloud to the dying or recently deceased so that they could recognize the true nature of the mind and thus attain enlightenment and liberation from the suffering associated with the endless cycle of death and rebirth.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
