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Pan, London, 1956. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. List of illustrations in photograve, preface and introduction by author stop between pages 136 and 137 there are 14 pages of photography stop colour photographic paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Heinrich Harrer, already a famous mountaineer and Olympic ski champion, was caught by the outbreak of World War II while climbing the Himalyas. Being an Austrian, he was interned in India. On his third attempt, he succeeded in escaping from the internment camp and fled into Tibet. After a series of experiences in a country never crossed before by a Westerner, Harrer reached the Forbidden City of Lhasa. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and acquired a greater understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans. He became friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese invasion. Creasing of…
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Seven Years In Tibet (Pan Books)
by Harrer, Heinrich (Graves, Richard  Translator)
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Seven Years In Tibet (Pan Books)
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Pan, London, 1956. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. List of illustrations in photograve, preface and introduction by author stop between pages 136 and 137 there are 14 pages of photography stop colour photographic paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Heinrich Harrer, already a famous mountaineer and Olympic ski champion, was caught by the outbreak of World War II while climbing the Himalyas. Being an Austrian, he was interned in India. On his third attempt, he succeeded in escaping from the internment camp and fled into Tibet. After a series of experiences in a country never crossed before by a Westerner, Harrer reached the Forbidden City of Lhasa. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and acquired a greater understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans. He became friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese invasion. A little…
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Trans-Himalaya -- discoveries and adventures in Tibet in 2 Volumes
by Hedin, Sven
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Macmillan's Colonial Library, London, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 900 g; XIV, 442, 8, & VIII, 450, 8 pages, in 2 volumes both with blind stamped decoration to the top left of the front panel and gilt titling to the front panel and the spine. There are 4 photographs in each volume and occasional decoration. Traces of foxing to the preliminary few pages of volume 2. Both volumes front edges are untrimmed, as are the bottom edges. These 2 volumes were marketed for sale only in India and the British colonies. There is a ownership inscription on the half title page of volume 1. This is a complete set, -- "it is my intention to collect in a 3rd volume of all the material for which there is no room in Trans-Himalaya." Page X volume 1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped…
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Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, during the Years 1844-5-6 By M. Huc. Translated from the French by W. Hazlitt. Illustrated with Fifty Engravings on Wood
by Huc, (M.) Evariste R
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National Illustrated Library, London, No date. Second Edition. Full Maroon Morocco Gilt. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 800 g; in two volumes, each with frontispiece and illustrated title pages, text illu strations, folding map. Two volumes, uniformly bound in full maroon Morocco gilt, with all edges gilt, dentelles decorated in gilt; memorial book plate on upper paste downs (each faintly offset on two free endpapers) (WILLIAM HENRY LUND, b. 1846, St. Peters Island, PEI; d. 1924, PEI.). Upper hinge volume I tender, corners a trifle rubbed, tiny scratch to lower right-hand corner of front board of volume I. Truly a lovely set. No publication date, but appears to be printed in the late 1890s Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Travel; Tibet; History -- Nepal; China; Inventory No: 0219384. .
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