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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.

New York: E.P. Dutton , 1954. Book Club Edition First Edition Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Translated by Richards Graves. Introduction by Peter Fleming. Illustrated with 40 pages of photographs and maps, 314 pages. Book Club edition even though First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Attractive copy, clean and unmarked, light bump to corners, mild wear to the edges of dust jacket and a few short edge tears, presents well in a new protective mylar sleeve.

Dutton, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.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.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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.

Dutton, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 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

Paperback. Pan. Great Pan. UK. 1956. Paperback. First edition. Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer and Olympic ski champion wrote 'Seven Years in Tibet' following his stay in Lhasa. He met the young Dalai Lama who he later accompanied to India where he returned to Europe. Recognised as a 'great travel book' at the time. Covers are solid with interesting photographic cover art. There is gentle creasing to the tips and a little rub to top of spine and a little dustiness to back cover but overall good. Spine is solid and complete with a little creasing. Toward the middle of the book there are some fascinating black and white photographs. Contents are age toned and book has been opened hard at page 84/85 but there is no writing etc to contents. Fore-edge of text block also age-toned. Original price of 2/6 to front bottom tip of front cover. Overall, a solid copy of this fascinating travel book. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

1954 Dutton hardcover stated 1st edition. Slight tilt to spine, No dj (although back flap is laid in), sunning and slight fraying on cover, staining on eps, pastedowns and some pages, light tanning, else text clean, binding tight.

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.

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.