London: Rupert Hart- Davis,, 1953. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. xiii, 288pp. Original blue cloth with gilt spine titles. A couple of slight bumps to cover edges, slight foxing to fore-edge, otherwise clean, very good indeed in a slightly used and edge rubbed, price-clipped, near very good indeed dust jacket with a couple of nicks to top front edge. Presumed 1st edition but with Book Society Choice printed on jacket flap.

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Seven Years in Tibet is an autobiography written by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951. The story takes place during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army moved into Tibet in 1950. It narrates the true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who successfully escaped his British captors in India in 1944 on the third attempt. His escape route led him across Tibet. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, escaped captivity and made his way through the Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet and finally lived for years in Lhasa becoming a tutor to the Dalai Lama. Seven Years in Tibet was first published in Germany before being acquired by Dutton.

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Bookseller: Robin Summers Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: C216055
Title: Seven Years in Tibet.
Author: Heinrich Harrer
Format/Binding: Hardcover Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rupert Hart- Davis,
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1953
Pages: 301

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