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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1953. Stated First edition. HC w DJ. PC VG/Fair. Red quarter cloth spine w black boards, gilt titling & decoration bright, edgewear heaviest to tips, light sunning to edges, toning to endpapers, unmarked, binding tight. Clipped DJ heavily worn w nicks/chips, loss, creases, tape repairs, rubbing, now in Brodart. 46 B/W illustrations. Translated by Richard Graves. Intro by Peter Fleming. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. An author's presentation copy of Heinrich Harrer's popular account of his time in Tibet between 1944 and 1951, with a signed letter from Harrer himself. The fifth impression of the first UK edition, published the year after the first impression. Translated by Richard Graves.Tipped in to the half title is a signed letter from Harrer, on the letterhead of his UK publisher, Rupert Hart-Davis. The letter is dated October 1953, and is in Harrer's native German. The letter appears to begin with 'I'm sorry Mr. Laupe!', offers the recipient 'thousands of thanks', and informs Laupe that Hart-Davis is his publisher.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, double page map, and further monochrome photographic plates.Harrer's autobiography covers the escape of Harrer and his companion, Peter Aufschnaiter, from a British internment camp in India, after which they spent several years in Tibet, prior to the Battle of Chamdo and the Chinese attempted to reestablish control over Tibet.It has been said that the book "provided the world with a final glimpse of life in an independent Tibetan state prior to the Chinese invasion.Tipped in to the verso of the front free endpaper is a promotional paragraph advertising the 1956 British documentary adaptation of the work, directed by Hans Niete and written by Heinrich Harrer and Walter Ulbrich.Tipped in to the front free endpaper is the author's biography portion of the dust wrapper rear flyleaf. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Adhesive tape residue and remnants to front and rear pastedown and free endpaper. Excised author's biography from dust wrapper rear flyleaf pasted to front free endpaper, with clipping tipped in to verso of front free endpaper, and author's letter tipped in to half title. Offsetting to tail of dust wrapper front wrap, with edgewear to back strip head, and small chip to head of rear wrap. Rear flyleaf removed. Offsetting from tape to front flyleaf reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright. Place names throughout have been circled in pencil by a prior owner. Very Good

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer.. Octavo, xv, [3], 19-314pp. Black and orange cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to top edge, otherwise fine. Complete with 46 black and white photographs. In the publisher's dust jacket, price-clipped, sunning to spine, with a closed tear along top edge of spine, rear hinge with a closed tear but still attached, a very good example.

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..

Size: 8x5x1; E.P. Dutton and Company; New York, 1954. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, black boards and peach cloth spine with gilt illustration on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/rub marks and discoloration to boards and spine, mild stress crease to spine, white paint stain bottom front board edge and bottom rear board corner, few faint moisture stains to boards/spine, couple of small soiled specks and faded spot top spine, discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers, previous owner ink handwritten name front free endpaper, some age toning to pages, soiling top text block edge and small soiled spot bottom text block corner, moisture stain bottom corner couple of prelims, some scattered foxing to front and back matters, some wear to board corners, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear with a few small tears and chips along edges, spine fade, some sunning to panels/flaps and verso, sloppily clipped bottom front flap, large tear rear turn, moisture stains front panel and verso, some scattered foxing to panels/flaps and verso, Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 314pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

E P Dutton, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by the author on the half title, also with his name in Tibetan script. 314pp., with b/w photos throughout. Some shelfwear along the the bottom, else a Very Good copy in a priced-clipped jacket that has chipping at the top of the spine, and at the corners, and one closed tear near the front bottom corner. Fifth Printing 1968.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition in English. Illustrated with 24 plates in black and white and color. xiii, [ii, map], [i, blank], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent half tan calf, with crimson title labels and marbled sides. Fine. First edition in English. Illustrated with 24 plates in black and white and color. xiii, [ii, map], [i, blank], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Yakusi H53

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. A first edition, first printing published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1953. A near fine book without inscriptions. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with some light rubbing to the spine tips and to the corners. Some light spotting to the rear hinges. With the rare wrap-around band (small loss to the spine panel of the band).

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of Seven Years in Tibet, signed by Heinrich Harrer.. Octavo, xv, [3], 19-314pp. Black and orange cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Light sunning along top edge, transference to endpapers. Offsetting from newspaper article previously laid in at half-title. Frontispiece portrait and complete with 46 black and white photographs. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $5.00 on front flap, sunning to spine, light chipping along top edge, a very good example. Signed on the front free endpaper by the author, in English and Tibetan.

New York: Dutton, 1954. First Edition - American. Signed by the author. Signed twice by Heinrich Harrer; once as “H. Harrer” and again in Tibetan. Illustrated with 40 pages of photographs. Very good with minor offsetting to the endpapers and some slight fading to the spine in a very good lightly used and dust soiled dust jacket with some fading to the spine, but with front panel still very bright. Classic study of the Tibetan religious leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the basis of the film starring Brad Pitt.