HEINRICH HARRER SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET TRANS. BY RICHARD IN SOUTH AFRICA

Harrer left Lhasa in advance of the Chinese army in December .  Harrer's memoir, Seven Years in Tibet, has been translated into 53 languages, with more than four million copies sold.  In October , a motion picture based on his book, starring Brad Pitt as young Heinrich Harrer, was released by Tristar to major box-office success.  Seven Years in Tibet, the book, again soared on best-seller lists around the world. Rupert Hart-Davis Blue hardback with dustcover, well-binded, age spots mostly to end pages, 288 pages, wear and tears to edges of dustcover with inscription on first page.