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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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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..