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Seven Years in Tibet Hardcover - 1953

by Harrer, Heinrich


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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.

First Edition Identification

Dutton New York published a 1st edition, 1st print in 1954 as a hardcover. Publisher's salmon-colored cloth with black Tibetan image on front cover and lettered in black on the spine. Illustrated with 40 pages of photographs. The original dust jacket features a picture of Tibetan monks and a $5.00. The Book of the Month Club edition published shortly after the first edition does not have the $5.00 price stamp. 


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  • Title Seven Years in Tibet
  • Author Harrer, Heinrich
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1976 reprint
  • Publisher HarperCollins Distribution Services, Frogmore, St Albans
  • Date 1953
  • ISBN 9780246637451
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Seven Years in Tibet ... Translated from the German By Richard Graves. With an Introduction By Peter Fleming.

by Harrer, Heinrich

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London: Granada, 1979 F-/F-. 8vo. original brown boards gilt in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed); pp. xvi (last blank), 288, with a map. A near fine 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]. . Sixth Impression. Hard Cover. F-/F-.
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