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First printing, shelf worn dust jacket. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

Leicester, U.k.: Labyrinth Press, 2007 The dust jacket has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned. 511 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

The dust jacket has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned. 511 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

United Kingdom: Labyrinth Press, 2007. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper, b&w and coloured illustrations, 511pp.

The full autobiography of one of the world's most well known adventurers. Heinrich Harrer, traveller, explorer and mountaineer led one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century. He famously spent Seven Years in Tibet (published in 1953 and made into the film starring Brad Pitt in 1997) and was tutor, mentor and a lifelong friend of the Dalai Lama. He made the first ascent of the notorious North Face of the Eiger (told in his book The White Spider) and summited unclimbed peaks in Alaska, the Himalaya and South America. In this dramatic autobiography he brings to life all of his adventures, from growing up in a small mountain village in Carinthia, to the early days of climbing in the Alps, his success on the Eiger in 1938, through his time in Tibet, to his later expeditions. Looking back in his 90's on a long life full of adventures, Harrer candidly recounts his meeting with Adolf Hitler and his flirtation with the Nazi regime in the late 1930's. He reviews his time in Tibet and reveals many never before disclosed details.He chronicles his later expeditions that include the first ascent of Carstenz Pyramid in New Guinea, exploration of the Amazon with King Leopold III of Belgium and ethnological research and travels to remote parts of Asia, South America and Africa. This book brings to life his incredible life, much of which is little known outside his standout achievements. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

511 pp, index, b/w and colour photos. dj has light rubbing and edgewear.

South Yarra: Labyrinth Press, 2007 F/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper priced £25; pp. 512 (last blank), with illustrations & maps. A fine copy. Flatsigned on half-title by the editor and publisher of the English language edition, Simon Walliss. First published in German in 2002.. Signed by Editor. First English. Hard Cover. F/F.

F/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper priced £25; pp. 512 (last blank), with illustrations & maps. A fine copy. Flatsigned on half-title by the editor and publisher of the English language edition, Simon Walliss. First published in German in 2002.

512 pages. 9.45x6.65x1.85 inches. In Stock.