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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1954 BOMC, 1954. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 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.

Pan Books, 1956. Paperback. Acceptable. 1956. This Edition. 267 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Brown and yellow staining to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Pulling to covers. Paper covers have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Some curling to corners. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Some scuffing to edges. Book has a rolled spine. Book has a slight forward lean.

Pan Books, 1956. Unabridged edition. good. 1st Pan GP40 1956 edition paperback good condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

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.

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.

Pan Books, 1956. Paperback. Acceptable. 1956. First Pan Edition. 267 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Pulling to covers. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Some curling to corners. Slight tearing to spine ends. Some scuffing to edges.

Pan Books Ltd, 1956. Paperback. Acceptable. 1956. First Edition Thus. 267 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographic plates to centre of book. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to bottom edge of rear cover. Wear marks overall.

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

United Kingdom: Pan Books Ltd, 1956. Paperback. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Travels into Tibet around the time of its invasion by the Chinese. Introduction by Peter Fleming. Translated from the German by Richard Graves. Unabridged. Pan Books Ltd 1956. illus 267 + 5pp adverts pb covers rubbed, spine creased, pages browned, previous owner's signature, fair

Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Previous owners inscription on front endpage Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.

Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall; Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall.

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Book club edition. 314pp. Translated by Richard Graves. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Dampstain on bottom page corners, spine slightly cocked, good only lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: E.P Dutton, 1954. First American Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. First edition, so stated. black paper covered boards with a red cloth spine. In unclipped dust jacket (price present). 314 pages. Black and white photos throughout. First American edition of this classic memoir, recounting the author's experience in Tibet after escaping an English prison camp during World War II. FAIR/GOOD condition. Unfortunately, the dust jacket has been laminated, preserving forever the heavy chipping, tearing and creasing along the extremities, as well as lost to the jacket. This also includes old tape repairs, general toning, minor soiling and staining. minor soiling, staining and discoloration to the book covers. Moderate fading to the spine. Previous owners' name on the inside front cover. Dampstaining present in the gutters of the pages of photographs, as well as along the foredge of the title page.

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1954. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Octavo, 5.6 x 8.5 in., pp. 314. Illustrated with forty pages of black and white photographs. Black cloth boards over red cloth spine. Gilt line-sketch of Potala Palace to cover; gilt title to spine. Previous owner's name, dated 1954, to front pastedown. Bit of fading to top and bottom of spine. Light age-toning to pages. Rubbing to edges and light rubbing to cover of dustjacket. Chips to top/bottom edges, top of spine, and rear fore-edge of dustjacket. Several creases to top third of rear dutjacket panel. Protected in mylar. An autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951 during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet in 1950.

Norwalk: Easton, 2004. Limited. hardcover. fine. Illustrated with some b/w photos. 329 pages. 8vo, full gilt-stamped brown leather, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (2004). A fine copy, signed by the author on preliminary page and with certificate of authenticity included.

Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The First English edition (first printing). 8vo. xiii, 288pp. Blue pebbled boards lettered in gold at the spine. With a colour frontispiece, one double-spread map and twenty-fine black and white photographs, mostly full-page or double-spread. A little fading to the publisher's top edge stain, and a little spotting to the edges and endpapers. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little spotted and chafed at the natural folds, and with some nicks, creasing and several tiny fractions of loss from the upper edge..

Easton Press. Very Fine; Sealed in Publisher's Wrap. Still in publisher's original wrapping. A scarce handsome brown full leather Collector's Edition of Harrer's classic book, signed by the author on the signature page. Originally published in 1953. 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. Reportedly David Thewlis is banned from ever entering China because of his role in this movie. In fine brown leather with gold gilt cover designs and page edges, moire silk endpapers and bound-in silk bookmark. Still in the original shrinkwrap and includes the publisher's note card and Certificate of Authenticity from Easton Press. Parrish Books guarantees all signatures as authentic.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition in English. Illustrated with 24 plates in black and white and color. xiii, [ii, map], [i, blank], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent half tan calf, with crimson title labels and marbled sides. Fine. First edition in English. Illustrated with 24 plates in black and white and color. xiii, [ii, map], [i, blank], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Yakusi H53

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of Seven Years in Tibet, signed by Heinrich Harrer.. Octavo, xv, [3], 19-314pp. Black and orange cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Light sunning along top edge, transference to endpapers. Offsetting from newspaper article previously laid in at half-title. Frontispiece portrait and complete with 46 black and white photographs. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $5.00 on front flap, sunning to spine, light chipping along top edge, a very good example. Signed on the front free endpaper by the author, in English and Tibetan.

New York: Dutton, 1954. First Edition - American. Signed by the author. Signed twice by Heinrich Harrer; once as “H. Harrer” and again in Tibetan. Illustrated with 40 pages of photographs. Very good with minor offsetting to the endpapers and some slight fading to the spine in a very good lightly used and dust soiled dust jacket with some fading to the spine, but with front panel still very bright. Classic study of the Tibetan religious leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the basis of the film starring Brad Pitt.

Geneva: Edito-Service S.A. / Heron Books Dist, 1957. Reprint edition. Signed by the author, Heinrich Harrer, once as “H. Harrer” and again in Tibetan. Also signed by the actor Brad Pitt who portrayed Harrer in the 1997 film, “The next best thing, Brad Pitt.” just beneath Harrer’s signatures on the half-title. Illustrated. Bound in full dark blue leather with elaborate decorative gilt-stamping to the spine and front board. Very fine copy enclosed in a handsome custom cloth clamshell box. Classic study of the Tibetan religious leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the basis of the film starring Brad Pitt, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, co-starring David Thewliss, BD Wong, and Mako.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1993. Hardcover. Fine, lacking the cotton sleeve and teak boards, but in a specially made Fine red clamshell box with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Heinrich Harrer. Quarto (9" x 13"), bound in pure Bure white silk imported from India with a Tibetan good luck charm blindstamped in the center of the front cover. With a special introduction by the Dalai Lama for whom Harrer became the unofficial secular tutor when the Tibetan spiritual guide was fourteen. Copy #88 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Harrer who also contributes six photogravures produced from his original negatives. A map of Harrer's Tibetan journeys is laid in loosely, as issued, as well as the Monthly Letter.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1993. Hardcover. Fine with the maroon cotton sleeve, black cloth ties, and teak boards. Heinrich Harrer. Quarto (9" x 13"), bound in pure Bure white silk imported from India with a Tibetan good luck charm blindstamped in the center of the front cover. With a special introduction by the Dalai Lama for whom Harrer became the unofficial secular tutor when the Tibetan spiritual guide was fourteen. Copy #270 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Harrer who also contributes six photogravures produced from his original negatives. A map of Harrer's Tibetan journeys is laid in loosely, as issued.