Richard graves translator (18 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good +. Later Printing (2012). Minor Wear Only.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good clean soft cover with light coverwear/creases, text & photographs clean & unmarked. A fascinating read. Size 5x8 with 318 pages, 4th printing of 1982 soft cover reissue. In 1943, a young Austrian mountain climber, makes a successful escape from an internment camp in India through the rugged Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa and becomes friends with young Dalai Lama. Photographs (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Oversized Hardcover. Condizione: Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 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.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Includes Index Of Names And A Further Reading List. The Book Is Bound In A Canvas Cloth With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Is Slightly Shaken And Has A Small Ownership Sticker On The Front Pastedown. The Unclipped Jacket Is Worn And Has A Few Small Chips And Tears.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: 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. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Slug mark impressed into bottom corner of rear board near spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardcover. Condizione: 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.…

Original Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. First UK edition. Translated by Richard Graves. Signed by both the author and the translator on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Böll has also written a dedication. The boards have slight edge wear but are otherwise unmarked. Browning to the page edges with three dark spots to the fore edges and some scattered dark spotting to the bottom edges. There is light browning to the pages which are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has half inch closed tears at the top and bottom of the rear panel and a little chipping at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corners. There is a one inch closed tear at the top of the rear flap, a crease down the left edge of the front panel and slight discolouration to the rear panel. Jacket illustration by Sax (Rudolph M. Sachs). First printing. Sax, R.M. (Sachs, Rudolph Michael) (illustratore). Signed by Author and Translato.…

[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).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stUSEdition stated of 1953 engl 1stedn. 8vo red & black cloth, & gilt illustrated cloth. binding square & tight. erasure spot on inside front cover, otherwise contents free of markings ow VG/ndj: xv, [1], 19-314 p.; 46 halftone illus., double-page line map in text, photo frontis of Dalai Lama's mother; A classic travel and adventure story by Austrian outdoorsman Harrer (1912-2006), filmed as a documentary in the 1950s. Author was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. He also wrote The White Spider (1959). The author escaped from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his dramatic trek through rugged Himalayan passes to sanctuary in the Forbidden City of Lhasa. In 1948, Harrer became a salaried official of the Tibetan government, translating foreign news and acting as the Court photographer. Harrer first met the 14th Dalai Lama when he was summoned to the Potala Palace and asked to make a film about ice skating, which Harrer had introduced to Tibet. A strong friendship developed between the two that would last the rest of their lives. H was 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. 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. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition stated on the title page. Signed on a laid-in card by the author (see images) A fully Fine unread book with slight browning on the edges of the priced unfaded dust jacket. Dust jacket protected by a clear archival sleeve. Books are poly bagged, bundled in bubble wrap and shipped in boxes. Gift quality. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Printing (October, 1954). A VG 8vo hardcover in NO dj. Signature of H. Harrer and underneath that, Tibetan characters, all in blue ink, on the recto of the initial illustrated title page. Aside from a penciled margin mark or two on a few pages, and a light crease in the last few pages, the contents, 314 pp., with an introduction by Peter Fleming and 40 pages of illustrations, are clean and securely bound. Black boards with gilt decoration on the upper board are quarter bound in pink cloth with gilt spine lettering. The boards have some mild soiling that is only visible from some angles in good light, and the spine is somewhat sunned. NOT an ex-library copy.…

Hardcover. First Edition. Hemingi Chartularium Ecclesiae Wigorniensis, E Codice MS Penes Richardum Graves de Mickleton in agro Gloucestriensi published in 1723. Rare original transcription of the Hemming Cartulary from the 10th Century. The original handwritten transcription burned a few years later making the few printed copies precious. 2 volume set in contemporary 3/4 leather and marble boards. Raised gold titled spines. Fine front space engraving and beautiful chapter head decorated panel and illumination. Measures 8 x 5 inches.Clean supple pages with minor toning, contemporary binding tight as rarely opened, 3/4 leather and marble boards tight and crispPlease contact us about shipping costs for international orders of over-sized books or multi-book sets. We are happy to provide accurate quote prior to purchase. Clean supple pages with minor to.…