Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+/N/a
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Fascinating account of escape across the Himalayas in WII and the years he spent in Tibet, by one of Germany's top pre-war mountaineer's (first ascent of north face of the Eiger in 1938). Translated from German by Richard Graves and with an introduction by Peter Fleming. Second impression in the same year as the first edition. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine, 288pp with faded red page top edges and b/w illustrations. Top edges of covers and foot of spine a little faded and page edges and prelims foxed. Page edges yellowed. But text bloc otherwise clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:093002. Second Impression. Cloth. G+/N/a. 14x22cm.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003002
- Title
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Author
- Heinrich Harrer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
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payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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