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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 lives. This book tells of the author's autobiographical experience escaping from a British internment camp in northern India during World War II to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa where he established a strong relationship as a friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama. Seven years later he was forced to flee Tibet when the Chinese overtook the country. It is his experiences during those seven years that give the story it's name. Mr. Harrer was born in 1912 and passed away in 2006 at the age of 93. In 1997 a major motion picture was made based n this book, starring Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer and David Thewlis as his companion, Peter Aufschnaiter.

Size: 0x0x0; [Stated First Edition] Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Faint stains to edges. "The astonishing adventure classic about life in Tibet just before the Chinese Communist takeover. In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet and encounter the Dalai Lama."-Barnes and Noble.

Tarcher, 1997. Hardback in very good plus condition with a near fine dust jacket. 1st Tarcher Edition. 1st printing. full number line. small gift inscription inside otherwise clearn. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Hardback in very good plus condition with a near fine dust jacket. 1st Tarcher Edition. 1st printing. full number line. small gift inscription inside otherwise clearn.

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Good hardcover, no dust jacket. First edition. Little mark on front free endpaper, else clean pages. Light wear to cover, little fray at edge.

Book Club Edition (stated first edition, but book club edition/no price on dust jacket). Published by Dutton, 1954. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with small blind stamp on back cover. Dust jacket is very good with scrape on front panel and edgewear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First printing of first US edition. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Boards lightly nudged at upper corners. Some strips of darkening to endpapers. Front endpage has a (non-authorial) gift inscription, dated 1954. Binding is square and sound. Jacket has a little waviness at the upper section of the front panel. There's some insect nibbling to edges of rear flap, plus a few small chips. One-quarter-inch at the top of rear flap fold. Publisher's original $5.00 price intact on front flap. 314 pages.

1953. Rupert Hart-Davis and The Book Society. 1953. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated and with colour frontis. Wrapper browned worn and torn. Foxing to page edges and prelims. Very slight lean to spine. A sound copy.

CollectibleGood. Stated first edition, 1954 on cloth with red spine black boards. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Without dust wrapper, fading along spine and mild tanning to pages. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

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 .