Initiations and initiates in Tibet (Yvonne Audette’s copy)

London : Rider and Company, 1958. Second edition. Octavo, boards in dustjacket (price-clipped, light edge wear), pp. 224, light foxing to edges, black and white plates, a fine copy.

An eyewitness account by Alexandra David-Néel, a practicing Buddhist, of the esoteric “Lamaic” rites and doctrines she encountered during her 14 years in Tibet. With revisions and material added to the 1931 first edition.

Provenance:

Australian artist Yvonne Audette (born 1930), her wetstamp on the endpaper.

Acquired from the artist in 2025.