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The first book club edition of this fascinating work concerning the Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer's experiences in Tibet. The first book club edition of this work, published in the same year as the true first edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Heinrich Harrer (1912-2006) was an Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant. This work is an autobiographical travel book, based on his experiences in Tibet, during a fascinating period of history between 1944 and 1951. It covers his escape from a British internment camp during the Second World War, and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army began the 1950 Battle of Chamdo, when the Chinese attempted to reestablish control over Tibet. Illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean apart from spotting to the fore edge and to the first and last couple of pages. Dust wrapper is bright but spotted to the spine and chipped to the upper extremities, with a closed tear to the rear of the wrap. Very Good.

Book Club Edition (stated first edition, but book club edition/no price on dust jacket). Published by Dutton, 1954. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with small blind stamp on back cover. Dust jacket is very good with scrape on front panel and edgewear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First printing of first US edition. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Boards lightly nudged at upper corners. Some strips of darkening to endpapers. Front endpage has a (non-authorial) gift inscription, dated 1954. Binding is square and sound. Jacket has a little waviness at the upper section of the front panel. There's some insect nibbling to edges of rear flap, plus a few small chips. One-quarter-inch at the top of rear flap fold. Publisher's original $5.00 price intact on front flap. 314 pages.

1953. Rupert Hart-Davis and The Book Society. 1953. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated and with colour frontis. Wrapper browned worn and torn. Foxing to page edges and prelims. Very slight lean to spine. A sound copy.

CollectibleGood. Stated first edition, 1954 on cloth with red spine black boards. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Without dust wrapper, fading along spine and mild tanning to pages. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Split to gutter between frontis and title page. No signatures. A few small bumps to boards. No dust wrapper. ; Date of 1953 on title page. No additional printings listed on copyright page. No mention of the Book Society. Presumed first printing. 288 pages + colour frontis + plates. Blue papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Top page edges dyed pink. Dimensions: 8 3/4" by 5 1/2" by 1 1/8". ; 8vo .

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.

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Good hardcover, no dust jacket. First edition. Little mark on front free endpaper, else clean pages. Light wear to cover, little fray at edge.

First printing of first US edition. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Boards lightly nudged at upper corners. Some strips of darkening to endpapers. Front endpage has a (non-authorial) gift inscription, dated 1954. Binding is square and sound. Jacket has a little waviness at the upper section of the front panel. There's some insect nibbling to edges of rear flap, plus a few small chips. One-quarter-inch at the top of rear flap fold. Publisher's original $5.00 price intact on front flap. 314 pages.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1954 314 pages. Jacket priced $5.00. First Edition stated on the copyright page. The book is clean. The jacket shows light wear to edges with a short tear at the head of the spine, fading to spine, and very small chip to foot of spine panel. The basis for the film of the same name starring Brad Pitt. Size: 8vo. Illus. by Illustrated. First Edition [stated].. Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.