Kon-Tiki; Across The Pacific By Raft
by Heyerdahl, Thor; Lyon, F. H. (Translator)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: Rand Mcnally & Company, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bce (Book Club Edition). Illustrated With Photographs. Includes Index. The Book Is Bound In Dark Blue Cloth With Gilt Stamped Lettering And Designs On The Spine. Blind Stamped Polynesian Mask On The Front. Map Endpapers. The Book Has Minor Wear With A Light Bump To The Upper Front Corner. "50" Written On The Ffep. The Jacket Has Light Wear And A Few Short Tears. Toned Spine.
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- Seller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 047292
- Title
- Kon-Tiki; Across The Pacific By Raft
- Author
- Heyerdahl, Thor; Lyon, F. H. (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rand Mcnally & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 304
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Exploration - Travel; Ethnology - Polynesia; Pacific Ocean; Ethnology; Polynesia; Heyerdahl, Thor - 1914-2002. Australia & Oceania
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...