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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1954 BOMC, 1954. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, orange spine, black boards, edgeworn at spine extremities and corners, front hinge cracked. Reading copy only. No dj. 314 pp. Many illustrations. A great book about the independent Tibet, and its being swallowed into China! ! Translated by Richard Graves. Harrer was a German interned in British India from the beginning of World War II. Finally in 1943 he escaped from that internment and, following a lengthy travel across 'the roof of the world' he wound up in Lhasa penniless and in rags. Met with kindness in Lhasa, he was not expelled back to India. Instead he was allowed to stay in Tibet, to work for the government (he spoke passable Tibetan by this time) and to tutor the young Dalai Lama. When the Chinese Communists invaded Tibet in 1950 Harrer was forced to part from this lonely, able and affectionate youth. 314 pp.

E. P. Dutton, 1954. LCC 53-10851, 314 pages, black cloth with gilt pictorial of the Potala, orange cloth binding, back covers soiled, corners and edges are bumped, name on fep, 40 pages of B&W photographs.. Stated First. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis. Good. Hardback. 1953. 288 pages. Dj ripped and worn. .

London, Hart-Davis, 1954;. 6th impression; Hardback; Good/ No dj; xiii,288pp profusely illustrated & with coloured Frontis. & Map; Navy covers with top edge sunned. .

London: The Reprint Society, 1955. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Previous owners inscription on front endpage Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. Sixth Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Minor cracking to gutters throughout. Previous owner's pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Brown marking to pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Scuffed white marks and light marking overall. Mild scuffing to board edges. Faint water staining to boards, with bubbling to front board. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.

Reprint Society London 1955. octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

London: The Reprint Society, 1955. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall

Rupert Hart-Davis. 1953 3rd impression Rupert Hart-Davis hardback; Good+ condition, just name on fep, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1953.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Translated by Richard Graves and with an Introduction by Peter Fleming. 288p, blue boards, a little faded to top of spine. . Colour frontispiece and b + w photographs. A clean copy. The classic account of living in Tibet 1943-50.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Reprint Society, 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. REPRINT SOCIETY EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. Third Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Translated by Richard Graves. Introduction by Peter Fleming. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Book has a slight smoky odour overall. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.

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E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1954. Hardcover. Fair. Book shows heavy wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ boards soiled; moderate edge wear; lower right corner water damaged/ lower right corner of first 5 pages water damaged/ previous owners name on front page/ corners and spine bumped/ spine rubbed/ end pages slightly foxed

Very good copy with purple upper page edges. Minor shelf wear to upper and lower cover. Minor wear and losses to edges of dustcover. Back dustcover with two small surface abrasion tears but no holes.

London: The Reprint Society, 1955. Stained Boards POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES AND FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). Please e-mail for further details. First Edition of This Edition. Yellow Cloth. GOOD ( AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by Black & White Plates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". HARDBACK.

London: The Reprint Society, 1955. Reprint . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 1955 First Reprint Society edition. Size octavo, 320 pages. Yellow cloth covered boards with gilt titles on black panel to the spine, top page edge black. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, corners bumped, covers slightly marked, a few spots to end-papers else contents clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. Sixth Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

London: Heron Books nd. 8vo. original full blue leather gilt, bookmark (a little rubbed with slight leaf edge spotting); pp. xviii (last blank), 306 (last blank), with plates & a map. A very good copy. [Neate H40: Harrer escaped from internment in India during World War II and made his way to Lhasa, where he found favour in high circles]. . Reprint. Hard Cover. VG.

R. Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. 7th Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Edited by Peter Fleming. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

London England: The Reprint Society. Good/Poor. 1955. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Hardback Translated from the German by Richard Graves. Introduction by Peter Fleming. On this expedition to Nanga Parbat I succumbed to the magic of the Himalayas. The beauty of these gigantic mountains, the immensity of the lands on which they look down, the strangeness of the people of India - all these worked on my mind like a spell. Since then many years have passed, but I have never been able to cut loose from Asia. How all this came about, and what it led to, I shall try to describe in this book, and as I have no experience as an author I shall content myself with the unadorned facts book very good. Illustrated.some wear and tear and piece of spine missing from D/J (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) .

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover with bright and clear spine gilt, with unclipped dust jacket, "Second impression 1953" of this First British Edition, xiii + 288 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; spine ever so slightly slanted (maybe, it could be me), gentle bump to spine top, but very gently read, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ rubbed at hinges, numerous tiny chips and tears, but intact and complete with "Book Society Choice" imprinted on front flap (although this is not their edition).. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Good.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. No edition remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has notable crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to s[pine. Small dent to front board. Notable warping to boards.

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.

Rupert Hart - Davis, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. 8th Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

R. Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. Sixth Impression. 288 pages. Photographic dust jacket with red lettering over blue cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Front endpaper missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine. Clipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners. Notable foxing and tanning to spine, with minor soiling to DJ.

Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Previous owners inscription on front endpage Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. Fifth impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. Colour frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

London England: The Reprint Society. Very Good/No Jacket. 1955. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Hardback Translated from the German by Richard Graves. Introduction by Peter Fleming. On this expedition to Nanga Parbat I succumbed to the magic of the Himalayas. The beauty of these gigantic mountains, the immensity of the lands on which they look down, the strangeness of the people of India - all these worked on my mind like a spell. Since then many years have passed, but I have never been able to cut loose from Asia. How all this came about, and what it led to, I shall try to describe in this book, and as I have no experience as an author I shall content myself with the unadorned facts. Illustrated. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. 5th Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with colour frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

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.

Rupert Hart-Davis 1953 Hardback. Good. DJ very tattered and torn.

Rupert Hart - Davis, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. Eighth Impression. 288 pages. Photographic dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.

Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall; Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall.

UsedGood. 1954 Dutton. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket is missing. Cover shows wear. Tight binding. Pages unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis and the Book Society, 1953 8vo. original blue boards gilt (rubbed and bumped, some marks and stains, 'The Book Society' bookplate; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi (last blank), 288, with 26 plates & a map. A good reading copy . [Neate H40: Harrer escaped from internment in India during World War II and made his way to Lhasa, where he found favour in high circles]. . First Thus. Hard Cover. G+/No Jacket.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. Seventh Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Price clipped dj with moderated edgewear, BOMC edition with gift inscription dated 1954. With 40 pages of b/w photos among 314 clean pgs. The author's adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet. This timeless story illuminates Eastern culture, as well as the childhood of His Holiness and the current plight of Tibetans.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. Third Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

London England: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardback Translated from the German by Richard Graves. Introduction by Peter Fleming. On this expedition to Nanga Parbat I succumbed to the magic of the Himalayas. The beauty of these gigantic mountains, the immensity of the lands on which they look down, the strangeness of the people of India - all these worked on my mind like a spell. Since then many years have passed, but I have never been able to cut loose from Asia. How all this came about, and what it led to, I shall try to describe in this book, and as I have no experience as an author I shall content myself with the unadorned facts book very good. Illustrated.some wear and tear to D/J (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Sixth Impression. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.

Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. Sixth Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1954. 6th Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white plates. Pages are slightly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Glue residue and marking pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Heavy staining to few first pages. Text is still readable. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Heavy stain and creasing to front board. Light crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Large stain to front panel.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. Sixth Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with school gilt stamping. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Dusty marks to the gutter of page 286. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

NY: Dutton, 1954. Book Club Edition but sheets appear to be from the first.. 8vo. xv + 314 + 40 pp of photos. Maps. Translated by Richard Graves. Red and black cloth. Ink name/date on front free endpaper, else very good in edgeworn dustwrapper with a few nicks and tear; now protected with mylar..

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy in a very good dust-jacket.

Labyrynth Press 2007. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

UK: Reprint Society, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. H/B 320 pages, condition is very good.

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.

E. P. Dutton. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Rubbing on edges. Some tanning to text. D/j is missing. ; 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.8 Inches; 314 pages .

.- Idioma ingles. London. 1964. Hart-Davis, Rupert. 4º menor. 255 pgs. Con fotografías e ilustraciones. Tela editorial con sobrecubiertas estas alga deslucidas. Ligero desperfecto en plano superior de la portada. Buen estado. . . Viajes

London: The Reprint Society, 1955 VG/VG. 12mo. original yellow boards gilt (prev. owner's details, old price to FFE, a few spots) in dustwrapper (rubbed and lightly marked, edges frayed, internally tape repaired); pp. 320, with plates & a map. A very good copy. [Neate H40: Harrer escaped from internment in India during World War II and made his way to Lhasa, where he found favour in high circles]. . Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. 4th Impression Corrected. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black & white illustrations and plates. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light sunning & crushing to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1954. Jacket is scuffed, chipped and torn, top 1" of spinecover is missing. Boards have light edgewear. Pages are clean with no markings in text, binding is sound. Clippings on Tibet are laid in.. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Labyrinth Press, 2007. Hardcover. New. 512 pages. 9.45x6.65x1.85 inches.

Octavo, hardcover, orange spine, black boards, edgeworn at spine extremities and corners, front hinge cracked. Reading copy only. No dj. 314 pp. Many illustrations. A great book about the independent Tibet, and its being swallowed into China! ! Translated by Richard Graves. Harrer was a German interned in British India from the beginning of World War II. Finally in 1943 he escaped from that internment and, following a lengthy travel across 'the roof of the world' he wound up in Lhasa penniless and in rags. Met with kindness in Lhasa, he was not expelled back to India. Instead he was allowed to stay in Tibet, to work for the government (he spoke passable Tibetan by this time) and to tutor the young Dalai Lama. When the Chinese Communists invaded Tibet in 1950 Harrer was forced to part from this lonely, able and affectionate youth. 314 pp.

E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Some wear & tear to the dust jacket. Inscribed book plate inside front cover. Name/date inscribed on front flyleaf. Pamphlet taped inside front pages.

E. P. Dutton, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st edition stated, no DJ, gold lettering and illustration on black cloth boards with red spine, touch of soiling on back board

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]

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 556 p. Contains: Illustrations.

London: R. Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good Condition. No dust jacket. Contents unmarked and uncreased. Bindings firm and tight, spine intact. A good used copy with no major flaws. Publisher's note: "In the summer of 1939, climber and Olympic ski champion Heinrich Harrer was in India when war was declared. He found himself a prisoner of the British and was interned at the POW camp at Dehra-Dun. With the Himalayas right in front of him the thought of escaping through the mountain passes was very attractive. With few possessions and little money, Harrar escaped in 1944 and succeeded in reaching Tibet only to discover that Tibetians did not welcome strangers. Eventually, after great hardship and some remarkable experiences, he reached the forbidden city of Lhasa where he became tutor and friend of the present Dalai Lama, who was then a child. Harrar left the country seven years later when the Red Chinese invasion forced the Dalai Lama to flee." 288 pp.. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; China--Tibet Autonomous Region; Travel; Harrer, Heinrich, 1912-2006; Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-; Escaped prisoners of war; Austria; Buddhism; Manners and customs; Add. Inventory No: 20221103ABX082003. .

London : R. Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. 3rd impression. 288 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Translated from the German by Richard Graves. With an introduction by Peter Fleming. Inscription to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Protected by plastic wrapper.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Heinrich Harrer, traveller, explorer and mountaineer led one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century. This biography describes all his adventures, from the early days of climbing in the Alps, through his time in Tibet,

Labyrynth Press 2007. Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Hardback. New. Heinrich Harrer, traveller, explorer and mountaineer led one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century. This biography describes all his adventures, from the early days of climbing in the Alps, through his time in Tibet, to his expeditions including exploring the Congo with the King of Belgium and travels to remote parts.

1954 hardcover with jacket. Covers, binding and pages good. Jacket has a few tears. No writing or highlighting in text. No torn or missing pages. Fast, friendly service.

(26 Black & White photos throughout)"On this expedition to Nanga Parbat I succumbed to the magic of the Himalayas. The beauty of these gigantic mountains, the immensity of the lands on which they look down, the strangeness of the people of India - all these worked on my mind like a spell'.HEINRICH HARRER

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953, 8vo tutta tela , pp. XVI-288 con 26 ill. in tav. f.t.

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

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. 3rd impression VG no dw. a classic, Harrer escaped internment during the 2nd WW and made it into Tibet to Lhasa where he found favour with the young Dalai Lama [Neate H40]

Labyrinth Press, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. H/B 511 pages, condition is very good.

South Yarra: Labyrinth Press, 2007. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (navy blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1.4 kg); 511pp; Index; Translated by Tim Carruthers; Preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Includes: Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Chronological tables (1); Colour photographs, on individual leaves; ISBN: 978-1-9211-9600-3 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199789|| Condition:

E. P. Dutton and Co., 1953. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good++/Very Good+. Very Attractive Red cloth spine on a Black board Classic Hardcover book in Very Good++ with a Very Good+ jacket. c1953.(Book Club Edition, 1954) Stated 1st Edition on copyright page. Small dot imprint on back cover. This is a great Book Club edition especially if you can't find a nice original 1st edition. Very bright & clean cover with very nice edges. The pages are tight & clean, unmarked, no names. The jacket is very attractive & very colorful. Small bottom corner tear otherwise very nice. 40 pages of photographs. Including Book Club slip in, write - up on the book. 314 pages. #20348-1123

NY: E. P. Dutton, 1954. Book. Very Good. Quarter-cloth. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 314pp, Illustrated with 40 black and white photos. No marks or tears. The story of Harrer's escape from a British internment camp in WW2. No DJ..

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Book club edition. 314pp. Translated by Richard Graves. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Spine sunned, light stains on boards, very good lacking the dustwrapper.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. 2nd printing. Unmarked copy with some foxing. xiii, 288pp. Photos. Introduction by Peter Fleming. Jacket is moderately worn along edges, with small chips, toned spine. New mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Rupert Hart-Davis. Book Club Edition. hardcover. Very Good/missing. 9x6x1. Unmarked hardcover. Missing dust jacket. Lightly penciled price and initials on upper front flyleaf. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club report.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pale red 1/4 cloth, black cloth-effect boards, lettered/illus. in gilt. Text block edges slightly tanned, otherwise essentially as issued, though lacking dust jacket. Stated 1st ed. xv,314 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates..

Dutton, 1954. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. Unmarked decorated hardcover no jacket. 40 pages of photographs. Stated First edition.

E. P. Dutton & Company, 1954. First Hardcover Book-of-the Month Club edition with First Edition statement. No dust jacket.Very good condition, minimal shelf wear along edges and spine. Some gilt loss on front of cover. Text block is clean and tight. Watermark shows on inside of back cover papers. Photographs throughout text.Nice book club edition.We do not use stock photos - the photos show the actual book you will receive.We are a small vintage shop in Canby, Oregon that stocks vintage books that are a fundraiser for our local Friends of the Library group.

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.

London: Granada, 1979 F-/F-. 8vo. original brown boards gilt in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed); pp. xvi (last blank), 288, with a map. A near fine copy. [Neate H40: Harrer escaped from internment in India during World War II and made his way to Lhasa, where he found favour in high circles]. . Sixth Impression. Hard Cover. F-/F-.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. Third impression. 288 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Small splits to spine. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

London : R. Hart-Davis, 1954. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 288 p. : illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Harrer, Heinrich 1912-2006 — Travel — China — Tibet.

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.

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 and Company, Inc, 1954. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Octavo, 5.6 x 8.5 in., pp. 314. Illustrated with forty pages of black and white photographs. Black cloth boards over red cloth spine. Gilt line-sketch of Potala Palace to cover; gilt title to spine. Previous owner's name, dated 1954, to front pastedown. Bit of fading to top and bottom of spine. Light age-toning to pages. Rubbing to edges and light rubbing to cover of dustjacket. Chips to top/bottom edges, top of spine, and rear fore-edge of dustjacket. Several creases to top third of rear dutjacket panel. Protected in mylar. An autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951 during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet in 1950.

Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The First English edition (first printing). 8vo. xiii, 288pp. Blue pebbled boards lettered in gold at the spine. With a colour frontispiece, one double-spread map and twenty-fine black and white photographs, mostly full-page or double-spread. A little fading to the publisher's top edge stain, and a little spotting to the edges and endpapers. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little spotted and chafed at the natural folds, and with some nicks, creasing and several tiny fractions of loss from the upper edge..

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1993. Hardcover. Fine, lacking the cotton sleeve and teak boards, but in a specially made Fine red clamshell box with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Heinrich Harrer. Quarto (9" x 13"), bound in pure Bure white silk imported from India with a Tibetan good luck charm blindstamped in the center of the front cover. With a special introduction by the Dalai Lama for whom Harrer became the unofficial secular tutor when the Tibetan spiritual guide was fourteen. Copy #88 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Harrer who also contributes six photogravures produced from his original negatives. A map of Harrer's Tibetan journeys is laid in loosely, as issued, as well as the Monthly Letter.

Geneva: Edito-Service S.A. / Heron Books Dist, 1957. Reprint edition. Signed by the author, Heinrich Harrer, once as “H. Harrer” and again in Tibetan. Also signed by the actor Brad Pitt who portrayed Harrer in the 1997 film, “The next best thing, Brad Pitt.” just beneath Harrer’s signatures on the half-title. Illustrated. Bound in full dark blue leather with elaborate decorative gilt-stamping to the spine and front board. Very fine copy enclosed in a handsome custom cloth clamshell box. Classic study of the Tibetan religious leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the basis of the film starring Brad Pitt, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, co-starring David Thewliss, BD Wong, and Mako.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1993. Hardcover. Fine with the maroon cotton sleeve, black cloth ties, and teak boards. Heinrich Harrer. Quarto (9" x 13"), bound in pure Bure white silk imported from India with a Tibetan good luck charm blindstamped in the center of the front cover. With a special introduction by the Dalai Lama for whom Harrer became the unofficial secular tutor when the Tibetan spiritual guide was fourteen. Copy #270 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Harrer who also contributes six photogravures produced from his original negatives. A map of Harrer's Tibetan journeys is laid in loosely, as issued.