Translator harrer (24 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. First THUS. Crisp, unread, unmarked copy. A few light stains on half-title page. 8vo. 276pp.

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.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read if at all.

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: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. embossed decorated boards have light wear along edges. edges of pages have light wear. mylar-covered dust jacket has large chip missing at head of spine and rear upper edge, light chipping at foot of spine, some creases and lighter creases.…

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.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 64 pages. German language. 9.49x7.44x0.32 inches. In Stock.

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.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 96 pages. German language. 8.03x0.43x10.31 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 160 pages. German language. 6.06x0.59x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. German language. 9.06x7.60x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 238 pages. Dj worn. Water staining on dj.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 40 pages. German language. 9.57x0.79x11.73 inches. In Stock. Rioux, Jo (illustratore).

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

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 390 pages. 7.75x7.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

paperback. 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.…

[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. …

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. An impressive mountaineering book by Heinrich Harrer, with illustrations. A third impression, in English, translated from the original German by Hugh Merrick.This work provides an insight into rock climbing and mountaineering, telling the story of Eigerwand and the steep and difficult north face of the Eiger.Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman and geographer who was a member of the four man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North face of the Eiger.With forty one pages of illustrations, including a folding plate.Collated, complete.In the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally lovely with a mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some creasing to the extremities and a small 5mm closed tear to the head of the spine. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustratore). book. …

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.…