Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer (Translated by Richard Graves)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York : Dutton, 1954. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near fine book club edition. Binding square and tight. Internally unmarked. Slight bumping to spine ends and extremities. Jacket very good with minor tears and chipping to edges and extremities. Book of the Month Club identification to front flap and round impression to bottom right of back cover. Still, a very nice copy of this landmark work.
Synopsis
Seven Years in Tibet is an autobiography written by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951. The story takes place during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army moved into Tibet in 1950. It narrates the true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who successfully escaped his British captors in India in 1944 on the third attempt. His escape route led him across Tibet. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, escaped captivity and made his way through the Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet and finally lived for years in Lhasa becoming a tutor to the Dalai Lama. Seven Years in Tibet was first published in Germany before being acquired by Dutton.
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- Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 11840
- Title
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Author
- Heinrich Harrer (Translated by Richard Graves)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 314
- Keywords
- adventure, travel, Himalayas, mountain climbing, World War II
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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