first edition
1903 · Calcutta
by Henderson, Vincent C.
Calcutta: printed at the Baptist Mission Press and published by the Inspector General of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, 1903. First edition, tall 8vo, pp. [6], ii, [4], 118; 129, [1]; original green cloth stamped in gilt on spine and upper cover; waterstain pervades at the fore-corners, with dampstains in the corners of the preliminaries and terminals, and the spine slightly dull; in all, a good, sound copy. Basic Tibetan grammar, including conversational phrases on times and the seasons, the weather, relations, food and drink, buying a turquoise, smoking, paying a visit, conversations with a teacher, while traveling, the house, meals and table, as (truncated)