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Labyrynth Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. minor shelf wear on jacket.book is clean. neatly bound and intact. fine condition. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Boston: E.P. Dutton, 1954. Book Club. Hardcover . Good/Fair. Octavo in tattered, torn & heavily worn jacket. Squash cloth colored spine with black cloth covered boards with gold tooled illustration. Two circular water marked stains to rear black cloth. Tanned end papers front and back. Book of the Month club selection. Upper right corner of front board chipped esposing the tan cardstock beneath the cloth. [314 pages]

Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor foxing and stain on the edges. Text and pictures are clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Labyrynth Press, 2007. 1st ed VG in VG dw. over 500 pages, autobiography covering Before, During and After "Seven Years in Tibet", includes expeditions to Tibet, Bhutan, Peru, Ecuador, Eiger, Carstenz Pyramid

Size: 9x6x1; Unmarked decorated hardcover no jacket. 40 pages of photographs. Stated First edition.

Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Text is clear of marks and notations. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

New York.: E.P. Dutton & Company., 1954. Book-of-the-Month Club printing of stated 1st edition, 1953.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Book has short lightened section, top spine where jacket chipped. Jacket shows creasing along top, small chip at spine end.. 1 Book Club Edition. Red and sealed black cloth over boards, front decorated in gilt line art. Jacket color photo. Text in English, German. 314 p. 22 cm. 40 pages B&W photos, 5 sections & title page. Maps. World travel / Forbidden City of Lhasa / Self-directed education / Autobiographical: Young Austrian mountain climber and skier Heinrich Harrer was in Karachi, India, with the Nanga Parbat reconnaissance group. While awaiting a steamer to Europe, war broke out, and the British detained the mountaineers. Harrer and another escaped after many attempts by the group, and, disguised as East Indian, they spent 21 months making their way over the mountains to Tibet, gaining entrance where no other Westerners had under a guise as an advance team for an important one to follow. With patience and skill, Harrer becomes a confidant of the youthful Dalai Lama, Buddhist religious leader of Tibetans. He engineers projects and introduces a few sports. Details of Tibetan life are abundant herein through 1950 when Harrer returned to Europe.

Size: 0x0x0; [Stated First Edition] Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Faint stains to edges. "The astonishing adventure classic about life in Tibet just before the Chinese Communist takeover. In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet and encounter the Dalai Lama."-Barnes and Noble.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis / Book Society, 1953. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo. chipped dust jacket xiii + 288pp., col. frontis., b/w pls., maps, Classic account

Hart-Davis, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. E.P. Dutton edition. Wear and stain on the boards. Text and pictures are clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.