Search Results: easter island by alfred metraux

Book Club Associates, 1974. Hardcover. Good. 1974. Book Club Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Black and white photographic plates to centre of book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Ferni, January 1978. Hardcover. Good. Firm and unmarked, with light exterior wear.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Fair in Fair dust jacket. Translated from the French by Michael Bullock. 249 pages. Ex-library book with the usual markings. Front hinge cracked at half title page, exposing binding. Rear hinge also cracked, taped by previous owner. Dust jacket price-clipped. Edges rubbed, with several small tears/chips and a 1" tear near upper spine edge. ; Ex-library; 5 3/4 x 8

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. First US Edition. Hardcover.

Ferni, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: BCA (1974). Very good copy with dust wrapper.

Andre Deutsch, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1957. Second Impression. 249 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.

Geneva, Ferni, 1978;. Hardback. Nr fine./ No dj. 324pp with tipped in coloured frontis. & numerous black/white full page illustrations. Translated from the French by Michael Bullock. Quarter leatherette, gold highly decorated covers with red/black circle on front, red/black/gilt on spine. .

BCA, 1974-01-01. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: The Scientific Book Club, 1957. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Boards are marked. Spine is sunned, with bumped ends. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Text is clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Good. Used.

New York:Oxford University Press, 1957. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. A Stone-age Civilization of the Pacific. Translated from the French by Michael Bullock. New York:Oxford University Press. 1957. 249pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Binding is mildly shelf-worn, though there is some sun-fading to the spine, with the gilt faded but still legible. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, though there is some light foxing to the end-papers. Overall, this is a very good copy.

Smithsonian Institution, 1944. first Edition. Disbound. Very Good Condition. 17 pages, 4 plates. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (24 x 16 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Inventory No: 239360..

London: The Scientific Book Club. Good. Hardcover. 1957. 247 pages. Dj worn<br> .

London: Book Club Assoc., 1974. book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear, slight staining rear. 3rd Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

BCA, 1974. 252pp. B/w Plates. Very good hardback in frayed dustcover

Scientific Book Club 1957. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

London:The Scientific Book Club,1957.. Utilizing all the available evidence as well as his own observations during a scientific expedition to the island, Dr Metraux attempts to reconstruct its former civilization and to shed light on the problematic elements of its past and present." Pp.249,6 illustrations in the text,, spotting to endpapers.Red cloth, illustrated d/w edges chipped. G+/G+.

First UK edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. 1957. Dust jacket has small chips to corners and wear at folds, not price clipped. Volume has no interior writing, marking, folds or vandalism. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Notes: While reprints are common true first UK editions are scarce especially in this condition.

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Geneva: Editions Ferni [1978]. (Hardcover) Very good. 324pp. Decorated gold boards with gilt and red decorated black leather spine. Top edge gilt, ribbon page marker, illustrated endpapers, mounted color frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, notes, bibliography. Originally published as L' Ile de Paques. Publisher series: Lost Civilizations. Translated by Michael Bullock. Locale: Easter Island. (History--Ancient, Social History).