Kon Tiki Across the Pacific by Raft
by Thor Heyerdahl 1950 First edition
- Used
- Condition
- Shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. all pages intact, some fading to book cover, text is bright and clean. Spine shows sligh/No dj
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, 1950. Stated First Edition, Seventh Printing November 1950. Shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. all pages intact, some fading to book cover, text is bright and clean. Spine shows sligh/No dj. Norwegian ethnologist, zoologist, geographer and scientific explorer, proved his theories, which were met with resistance and criticism in 1947 on his celebrated 'Kon-Tike' expeditionIllustrated with black and white pictures, including a picture of President Truman welcoming the expedition team at the White House Navy blue cloth covers with gilt letteringShelf wear at top and bottom of spine all pages intact, some fading to book cover, text is bright and clean Spine shows slight weakness No dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- YJS BOXES OF BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Kon Tiki Across the Pacific by Raft
- Author
- Thor Heyerdahl 1950 First edition
- Book Condition
- Used - Shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. all pages intact, some fading to book cover, text is bright and clean. Spine shows sligh
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition, Seventh Printing November 1950
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Company, Chicago
- Date Published
- 1950
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...