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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: The Reprint Society. Good. Hardcover. 1955. 320 pages. Dj ripped and worn. Text tanned. Ex-library .

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

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

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.

London : R. Hart-Davis, 1954-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.2843 in x 24.3655 in x 15.4822 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover.

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

Rupert Hart-Davis. 1957 Rupert Hart-Davis The Adventure Library No 4 first edition thus hardback; Good ex-library copy, clean, age-mottled page edges, plate has been removed, with fair unclipped but quite worn dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Thus.. 1957.

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. 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

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.

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.

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.

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