Heinrich Harrer Richard Graves Peter (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1953 4th impression Rupert Hart-Davis hardback; Good+ condition, just name crossed out inside front cover, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

Condition: Very Good. Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. 0.00220462.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer,Translated from the German by Richard Graves,with an Introduction by Peter Fleming, 6th Impression,1953, Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, Printed in Great Britain by Western Printing Services Ltd, Hardback, has slight fading to covers and spine, Dust jacket, has fading,yellowing and slight wear to jacket, All pages appear present, Pages are yellowing, All illustrations appear present as listed,with some yellowing to illustrations,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback 1954. 6th impression. 22x14.5cm. xiii+288 pages plus plates. All the listed plates & maps are in place. SPINE IS FADED & HAS SURFACE SCRATCHES. Clean & very tight book. Front end paper has an inscription dated 1972. No other inscriptions. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner, securely boxed in cardboard, ref f8668.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first book club edition of this fascinating work concerning the Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer's experiences in Tibet. The first book club edition of this work, published in the same year as the true first edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Heinrich Harrer (1912-2006) was an Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant. This work is an autobiographical travel book, based on his experiences in Tibet, during a fascinating period of history between 1944 and 1951. It covers his escape from a British internment camp during the Second World War, and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army began the 1950 Battle of Chamdo, when the Chinese attempted to reestablish control over Tibet. Illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean apart from spotting to the fore edge and to the first and last couple of pages. Dust wrapper is bright but spotted to the spine and chipped to the upper extremities, with a closed tear to the rear of the wrap. Very Good. book.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: missing. Book Club Edition. Unmarked hardcover. Missing dust jacket. Lightly penciled price and initials on upper front flyleaf. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club report.

[Central Asian Travel] Adventure Library Edition, first reprint. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Illustrated with double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titled red label to spine. Contents clean, covers bright, gently sunned to spine. A near fine copy without jacket. The extraordinary story of the Austrian mountaineer and Olympic sportsman's escape from wartime captivity in British India, his journey into Tibet, and his seven years' stay there between 1946 and 1952. Having been invited to stay in Lhasa, he eventually became a government employee, and even tutored the young 14th Dalai Lama for a time. The introduction is by the Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE, a British explorer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, who had undertaken an epic solo journey across Asia in the 30s. From the Fleming archive assembled by bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. Original prefect bound softcover with moderate wear. Inside there is dog-earing. Some penciled notation. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall in FAIR condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 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: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. E.P. Dutton and Company; New York, 1954. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, black boards and peach cloth spine with gilt illustration on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/rub marks and discoloration to boards and spine, mild stress crease to spine, white paint stain bottom front board edge and bottom rear board corner, few faint moisture stains to boards/spine, couple of small soiled specks and faded spot top spine, discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers, previous owner ink handwritten name front free endpaper, some age toning to pages, soiling top text block edge and small soiled spot bottom text block corner, moisture stain bottom corner couple of prelims, some scattered foxing to front and back matters, some wear to board corners, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear with a few small tears and chips along edges, spine fade, some sunning to panels/flaps and verso, sloppily clipped bottom front flap, large tear rear turn, moisture stains front panel and verso, some scattered foxing to panels/flaps and verso, Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 314pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some wear to corners. DJ in protective cover. 1st Edition. xvi + 288 pp., color frontis, b/w photos, map. Translated from the German. First English edition, 4th printing, but done the same year as the 1st printing. Unclipped, price of 16s net on bottom front inside flap. Fascinating account of escape across the Himalayas and of the years he spent in Tibet, by one of Germany's top pre-war mountaineers (first ascent of north face of the Eiger in 1938). Translated from German by Richard Graves and with an introduction by Peter Fleming.

[Central Asian Travel] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH (without 'The Book Society' to imprint). Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 288. With 12 double-sided black and white photographic plates, a double-page sketch-map, and a colour photographic frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge red. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 16s. Edges a little spotted otherwise a fine copy in a bright wrapper with very light wear to spine ends. Shows extremely well. The extraordinary story of the Austrian mountaineer and Olympic sportsman's escape from wartime captivity in British India, his journey into Tibet, and his seven years' stay there between 1946 and 1952. Having been invited to stay in Lhasa, he eventually became a government employee, and even tutored the young 14th Dalai Lama for a time. The introduction is by the Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE, a British explorer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, who had undertaken an epic solo journey across Asia in the 30s. From the Fleming archive assembled by bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within).