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Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Maps.

Good condition. (travel, history, biography, tibet) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Maps.

NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1954. first American edition, first printing; 314 pp., original gilt stamped illustrated black boards & red cloth backstrip (hardcover), very good in a worn dust jacket; jacket has the $5.00 price. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

New York.: E. P. Dutton & Company.. First Edition.. 1954.. Introduction by Peter Fleming. 40 black and white photographic plates, map, 314pp. A prior owner's details front free endpaper, edges browned, dustjacket torn with loss, now protected, otherwise an internally clean, good hardback copy. .

New York : Dutton, 1954. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near fine book club edition. Binding square and tight. Internally unmarked. Slight bumping to spine ends and extremities. Jacket very good with minor tears and chipping to edges and extremities. Book of the Month Club identification to front flap and round impression to bottom right of back cover. Still, a very nice copy of this landmark work.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Toned pages. Foxing on page fore edges. Dust jacket has mild wear on the edges and small chips on the top spine end. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover First Edition,Sixth Printing. The book condition is Good. The dust jacket condition is Good.

New York: E.P Dutton, 1954. First American Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. First edition, so stated. black paper covered boards with a red cloth spine. In unclipped dust jacket (price present). 314 pages. Black and white photos throughout. First American edition of this classic memoir, recounting the author's experience in Tibet after escaping an English prison camp during World War II. FAIR/GOOD condition. Unfortunately, the dust jacket has been laminated, preserving forever the heavy chipping, tearing and creasing along the extremities, as well as lost to the jacket. This also includes old tape repairs, general toning, minor soiling and staining. minor soiling, staining and discoloration to the book covers. Moderate fading to the spine. Previous owners' name on the inside front cover. Dampstaining present in the gutters of the pages of photographs, as well as along the foredge of the title page.

Leicester: Labyrynth Press, 2007. 1st edition. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 511pp., col. pls., maps, index, Signed by Simon Walliss on verso of title-page

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1954. 1st/Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 314, illus., map, weakness to rear board, pencil notation inside front flyleaf, DJ soiled and scuffed: small tears, edges worn. Heinrich Harrer (6 July 1912 - 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. He wrote the books Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959). The author escaped from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his dramatic trek through rugged Himalayan passes to sanctuary in the Forbidden City of Lhasa. In 1948, Harrer became a salaried official of the Tibetan government, translating foreign news and acting as the Court photographer. Harrer first met the 14th Dalai Lama when he was summoned to the Potala Palace and asked to make a film about ice skating, which Harrer had introduced to Tibet. A strong friendship developed between the two that would last the rest of their lives. This book tells of the author's autobiographical experience escaping from a British internment camp in northern India during World War II to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa where he established a strong relationship as a friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama. Seven years later he was forced to flee Tibet when the Chinese overtook the country. It is his experiences during those seven years that give the story it's name. Mr. Harrer was born in 1912 and passed away in 2006 at the age of 93. In 1997 a major motion picture was made based n this book, starring Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer and David Thewlis as his companion, Peter Aufschnaiter.