NO RESERVE Tibet.- Harrer (Heinrich) Seven Years in Tibet, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to joints and spine ends, still a near-fine copy, original wraparound band, 1953; and a scarce framed picture of Harrer with the Dalai Lama in Tibet, 1985, signed by both, v.s. (2)

⁂ Photograph with rare signatures of Harrer and the Dalai Lama, who remained lifelong friends after meeting in 1948. After his famous ascent of Eiger in the Alps, the Austrian mountaineer and geographer later became a salaried official of the Tibetan government during his travels, translating foreign news and acting as the Court photographer. He met the 14th Dalai Lama and soon became his personal tutor, and a strong friendship developed between them.