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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

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer very good condition hardcover in good dust jacket from Dutton, 1954

Pan, London, 1956. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. List of illustrations in photograve, preface and introduction by author stop between pages 136 and 137 there are 14 pages of photography stop colour photographic paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Heinrich Harrer, already a famous mountaineer and Olympic ski champion, was caught by the outbreak of World War II while climbing the Himalyas. Being an Austrian, he was interned in India. On his third attempt, he succeeded in escaping from the internment camp and fled into Tibet. After a series of experiences in a country never crossed before by a Westerner, Harrer reached the Forbidden City of Lhasa. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and acquired a greater understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans. He became friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese invasion. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Reading creases and sunning to the back strip stop tanning of the text block edges and pages with foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book along with the verso of the book covers. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 267, [5 – further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Tibet; Tibet; Biography & Autobiography. Dewey Code: 951.5042092. Inventory No: 0288583. .

Pan Books, 1956. Paperback. Good. 1956. This Edition. 267 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographs. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

1953-01-01. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. in x in x in. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of pages due to age.

Pan, 1974. Reprint. Paperback book. Fair/No jacket. Cover stained, creased and scuffed around the edges. Pages tanned and water mark at bottom right hand page through the book. For more information on our condition gradings, see Terms of Sale below.

QPB. good. REL-B-O

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.