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Cradle of Gold: The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu
by Heaney, Christopher
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0230611699
- ISBN 13
- 9780230611696
- Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Photographs and Maps. Bound in charcoal boards with spine titles stamped in gilt. First edition (stated), with the full number line present. A concise account of Hiram Bingham's explorations for Yale University 1909-1915, followed by an account of the controversy surrounding the artifacts' return to Peru. The boards show a faint darkening along the lower edges. No wear to the book or the dust wrapper, which is entirely clean. All contents clean, tight and unmarked; jacket in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Friendly Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124967
- Title
- Cradle of Gold: The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu
- Author
- Heaney, Christopher
- Illustrator
- Photographs and Maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0230611699
- ISBN 13
- 9780230611696
- Publisher
- Palgrave MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- INCA PERU SPAIN ARCHAEOLOGY RUINS ANDES YALE EXPLORATION PEABODY MUSEUM LUIS VALCARCEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History; Archaeology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska
About Friendly Used Books
We have been selling books for over 40 years. For many years we had a B&M shop. We now exclusively sell online. We are conservative graders.
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- Gilt
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Number Line
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- Jacket
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