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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.

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.

E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. USED Good/No Jacket. Translated by Richard Graves.

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. 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.

1954 Dutton hardcover stated 1st edition. Slight tilt to spine, No dj (although back flap is laid in), sunning and slight fraying on cover, staining on eps, pastedowns and some pages, light tanning, else text clean, binding tight.

1954 Dutton hardcover stated 1st edition . Slight tilt to spine, No dj (although back flap is laid in), sunning and slight fraying on cover, staining on eps, pastedowns and some pages, light tanning, else text clean, binding tight.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Fascinating account of escape across the Himalayas in WII and the years he spent in Tibet, by one of Germany's top pre-war mountaineer's (first ascent of north face of the Eiger in 1938). Translated from German by Richard Graves and with an introduction by Peter Fleming. Second impression in the same year as the first edition. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine, 288pp with faded red page top edges and b/w illustrations. Top edges of covers and foot of spine a little faded and page edges and prelims foxed. Page edges yellowed. But text bloc otherwise clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:093002. Second Impression. Cloth. G+/N/a. 14x22cm.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis and the Book Society, 1953 8vo. original blue boards gilt (rubbed and bumped, some marks and stains, 'The Book Society' bookplate; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi (last blank), 288, with 26 plates & a map. A good reading 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]. . First Thus. Hard Cover. G+/No Jacket.

UsedGood. 1954 Dutton. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket is missing. Cover shows wear. Tight binding. Pages unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

1954 Dutton. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket is missing. Cover shows wear. Tight binding. Pages unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

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.

Boston: E.P. Dutton, 1954. Book Club. Hardcover . Good/Fair. Octavo in tattered, torn & heavily worn jacket. Squash cloth colored spine with black cloth covered boards with gold tooled illustration. Two circular water marked stains to rear black cloth. Tanned end papers front and back. Book of the Month club selection. Upper right corner of front board chipped esposing the tan cardstock beneath the cloth. [314 pages]

New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pale red 1/4 cloth, black cloth-effect boards, lettered/illus. in gilt. Text block edges slightly tanned, otherwise essentially as issued, though lacking dust jacket. Stated 1st ed. xv,314 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates..

Size: 9x6x1; Unmarked decorated hardcover no jacket. 40 pages of photographs. Stated First edition.

Labyrynth Press, 2007. 1st ed VG in VG dw. over 500 pages, autobiography covering Before, During and After "Seven Years in Tibet", includes expeditions to Tibet, Bhutan, Peru, Ecuador, Eiger, Carstenz Pyramid

1954 Dutton hardcover stated 1st edition. Slight tilt to spine, No dj (although back flap is laid in), sunning and slight fraying on cover, staining on eps, pastedowns and some pages, light tanning, else text clean, binding tight.

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 as an advance team for an important one to follow. With patience and skill, Harrer becomes a confidant of the youthful Dalai Lama, Buddhist religious leader of Tibetans. He engineers projects and introduces a few sports. Details of Tibetan life are abundant herein through 1950 when Harrer returned to Europe.

Dutton, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 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

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.

1954 Dutton. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket is missing. Cover shows wear. Tight binding. Pages unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1954. first American edition, first printing; 314 pp., original gilt stamped illustrated black boards & red cloth backstrip (hardcover), very good in a worn dust jacket; jacket has the $5.00 price. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

E.P. Dutton and Company, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Good hardcover. NO dust jacket. Discoloration along spine. Foxing on edges. Pages lightly tanned, otherwise clean pages. First edition, 8vo, 314pp.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. near fine in vg jacket, in fresh mylar cover; mild soiling/edgewear to jacket else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first thus in the Adventure Library

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Toned pages. Foxing on page fore edges. Dust jacket has mild wear on the edges and small chips on the top spine end. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover First Edition,Sixth Printing. The book condition is Good. The dust jacket condition is Good.

Size: 9x6x1; Unmarked decorated hardcover no jacket. 40 pages of photographs. Stated First edition.

South Yarra, Vic. Leicester : Labyrinth ; Cordee, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 511 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Harrer, Heinrich 1912-2006. Explorers — Austria — Biography. Tibet (China) — Discovery and exploration — Austrian.

Size: 0x0x0; Toned pages. Foxing on page fore edges. Dust jacket has mild wear on the edges and small chips on the top spine end. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Hardcover First Edition, Sixth Printing. The book condition is Good. The dust jacket condition is Good.

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes: Good hardcover. NO dust jacket. Discoloration along spine. Foxing on edges. Pages lightly tanned, otherwise clean pages. First edition, 8vo, 314pp.

Leicester: Labyrynth Press, 2007. 1st edition. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 511pp., col. pls., maps, index, Signed by Simon Walliss on verso of title-page