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CHASING THE THRILL: OBSESSION, DEATH, AND GLORY IN AMERICA'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY TREASURE HUNT
by Barbarisi, Daniel
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- 1st Edition
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- 2021
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- Hardcover
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- 9780525656173
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New York: Knopf, 2021. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, unmarked and pristine. The crazy story of the Forrest Fenn treasure hunt, complete with a cast of over-the-top treasure hunters, a real treasure worth over $1 million, and Forrest Fenn himself with his mysterious motives. 348 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Item Price
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CHALLENGE OF THE UNKNOWN
by Hillary, Sir Edmund, editor
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- 1st Edition
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- 1958
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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1958. Very good+ copy (slightly sunned spine, one bumped corner, otherwise near fine) without dust jacket. A marvelous selection of explorations from Kon-Tiki and the Spirit of St. Louis to Antarctica and the Yeti. A good bedside book. 221 pages including an index and many black-and-white photographs.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs. Item Price
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THE MUSEUM OF JURASSIC TECHNOLOGY: PRIMI DECEM ANNI, JUBILEE CATALOGUE
by Trustees
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- 1st Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9780964721531
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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Los Angeles: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Information, 2002. Fine. Immaculate, without dust jacket as issued. 120 pages. Absolutely fascinating. A tongue-in-cheek presentation of the holdings of this museum, akin to "the private museums of yore," (per Smithsonian magazine). Representative of the "holdings" is the very first object presented: the "horn of Mary Davis of Saughall," a five-inch horn… Read more about this item Item Price
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
by Tide Water Oil Company
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- 1930
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Tide Water Oil Co , 1930. Very good in wraps (some soil on covers, closed tear on last page, edgewear on covers, two-inch separation of folded cover at bottom of spine, but everything is firmly attached). Pictorial 30-page folio-size booklet about the 1927-1930 Byrd expedition. Edition not stated. Tide Water's Veedol oil is prominently featured! Written with a… Read more about this item Item Price
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