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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.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis. Good. Hardcover. 1953. 288 pages. Dj ripped and worn. .

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

E. P. Dutton, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pan Books. Paperback. Good - Cash. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. The spine is creased. Cover has creases. Two p/o stamps inside. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

R. Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. Sixth Impression. 288 pages. Photographic dust jacket with red lettering over blue cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Front endpaper missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine. Clipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners. Notable foxing and tanning to spine, with minor soiling to DJ.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. Fifth impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. Colour frontispiece. 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. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

E P Dutton, January 1954. Hardcover. Good - Cash/Good. General reader wear to the corners, edges, and cover. Corners have been bumped a bit. The pages show some general reader wear as well. The book is in good condition with some normal reader wear. The dust jacket has some surface rubbing, edgewear, and creases. Small chipping to the edge of the dust jacket. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

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.