New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1954. Jacket is scuffed, chipped and torn, top 1" of spinecover is missing. Boards have light edgewear. Pages are clean with no markings in text, binding is sound. Clippings on Tibet are laid in.. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Good condition. (travel, history, biography, tibet) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. First Edition Thus. 320 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange and white boards and gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor sunning to spine. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.
Publisher: New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1954 BOMC
Date published: 1954
Format: Hardcover
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.
8vo. original printed paper wraps (prev. owner's name to first leaf, a little rubbed with slight tear to head cap); pp. xvi (last blank), 288, with 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].
Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Maps. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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