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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.

NY: E. P. Dutton, 1964 Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Fourth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Out-of-print ex-library book with normal library marks and trappings. Good reading copy with solid spine and boards and clean crisp pages. Richly illustrated with 40 photos and maps..

E. P. Dutton & Company, 1954. First Hardcover Book-of-the Month Club edition with First Edition statement. No dust jacket.
Very good condition, minimal shelf wear along edges and spine. Some gilt loss on front of cover. Text block is clean and tight. Watermark shows on inside of back cover papers. Photographs throughout text.
Nice book club edition.
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New York: Penguin Putnam Inc, 1982. Movie Tie-In. Foreword by His Holiness The Dali Lama. Translated from the German by Richard Graves. Introduction by Peter Fleming. An incredible adventurous twenty-one month trek across rugged mountain and desolate plain to the mysterious heartland of Tibet. It tells of exciting elements of mountain climbing, daring escapes, life in secret, forbidden Tibet and encounters with extraordinary people. Two-page map spread showing author's itinery, and a section of photographs provided. The contents give 17 chapters and an epilogue. Movie photo illustrated card covers. Notation on back page. A extremely clean, bright book.. ISBN: 0-87477-888-3. Eleventh Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Tibet + Travel + Movie Tie in + Mountain Climbing + Brad Pitt + His Holiness The Dali Lama + History + Mountaineering Expedition. Catalogs: Travel.

New York.: E.P. Dutton & Company., 1954. Book-of-the-Month Club printing of stated 1st edition, 1953.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Book has short lightened section, top spine where jacket chipped. Jacket shows creasing along top, small chip at spine end.. 1 Book Club Edition. Red and sealed black cloth over boards, front decorated in gilt line art. Jacket color photo. Text in English, German. 314 p. 22 cm. 40 pages B&W photos, 5 sections & title page. Maps. World travel / Forbidden City of Lhasa / Self-directed education / Autobiographical: Young Austrian mountain climber and skier Heinrich Harrer was in Karachi, India, with the Nanga Parbat reconnaissance group. While awaiting a steamer to Europe, war broke out, and the British detained the mountaineers. Harrer and another escaped after many attempts by the group, and, disguised as East Indian, they spent 21 months making their way over the mountains to Tibet, gaining entrance where no other Westerners had under a guise… Leer más

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. discolouration on front cover. Marks on title page and back end paper. Foxing on closed page edges. The jacket is in poor condition with some scuffing, some large tears and creases plus a little paper loss.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1954. 1st/Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 314, illus., map, weakness to rear board, pencil notation inside front flyleaf, DJ soiled and scuffed: small tears, edges worn. Heinrich Harrer (6 July 1912 - 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. He wrote the books Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959). The author escaped from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his dramatic trek through rugged Himalayan passes to sanctuary in the Forbidden City of Lhasa. In 1948, Harrer became a salaried official of the Tibetan government, translating foreign news and acting as the Court photographer. Harrer first met the 14th Dalai Lama when he was summoned to the Potala Palace and asked to make a film about ice skating, which Harrer had introduced to Tibet. A… Leer más

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1954. 1st/Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good. xv-314, [6] pages. Illustraitons. Map. Ink name on fep Heinrich Harrer (6 July 1912 - 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. He wrote the books Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959). The author escaped from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his dramatic trek through rugged Himalayan passes to sanctuary in the Forbidden City of Lhasa. In 1948, Harrer became a salaried official of the Tibetan government, translating foreign news and acting as the Court photographer. Harrer first met the 14th Dalai Lama when he was summoned to the Potala Palace and asked to make a film about ice skating, which Harrer had introduced to Tibet. A strong friendship developed between the two that would last the rest of their… Leer más

NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1954. First thus. Hardcover Book-of-the Month Club edition with First Edition statement. Published NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1954. 8vo., xv+314pp., illustrated with photographs. Black and red cloth with gilt titles and design. Some dust foxing along top edge of page block. Very good. Trimmed dust jacket flaps laid in. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Verso of title page states first edition but there is a small dot at the lower right corner of the back cover; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; previous owner's name on front end paper; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with forty pages of black and white photographs..

New York : Dutton, 1954. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near fine book club edition. Binding square and tight. Internally unmarked. Slight bumping to spine ends and extremities. Jacket very good with minor tears and chipping to edges and extremities. Book of the Month Club identification to front flap and round impression to bottom right of back cover. Still, a very nice copy of this landmark work.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Split to gutter between frontis and title page. No signatures. A few small bumps to boards. No dust wrapper. ; Date of 1953 on title page. No additional printings listed on copyright page. No mention of the Book Society. Presumed first printing. 288 pages + colour frontis + plates. Blue papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Top page edges dyed pink. Dimensions: 8 3/4" by 5 1/2" by 1 1/8". ; 8vo .

Rupert Hart-Davis. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Hardcover Edition. Binding split with threads exposed. top of spine slightly damaged. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.

Some wear to corners. DJ in protective cover. 1st Edition. xvi + 288 pp., color frontis, b/w photos, map. Translated from the German. First English edition, 4th printing, but done the same year as the 1st printing. Unclipped, price of 16s net on bottom front inside flap. Fascinating account of escape across the Himalayas and of the years he spent in Tibet, by one of Germany's top pre-war mountaineers (first ascent of north face of the Eiger in 1938). Translated from German by Richard Graves and with an introduction by Peter Fleming. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4th Printing.

Dutton. Stated First Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, chips, edge wear.. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1954.

Dutton. Stated First Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1954.