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Rand McNally, 1953. 1st edition, 1st American printing.. hardcover. good, no dust jacket. thick, tall 8vo. xiv+821pp. 82 plates of which 8 are in color. 5 color maps of which 2 are fold-out. brown cloth w gilt titles on spine. ex-library with usual library faults. corners bumped. light fraying to cloth at spine edges.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, 6" damp stain to spine and front cover else a solid copy.

Stockholm,1952,Forum,821 s., illustrationer i sv/ och planscher i sv/ och färg, 3 st utvikbara kartor, klotband, 19,5 x 25,5 cm.,Blekt rygg, lös i bindningen,.,Gott skick.,

London: Allen & Unwin, 1952. 1st edition. Very Good. large octavo. orig. cloth 821pp., col. & b/w pls. & ills., maps, frontis., bibliog., index, Ex-library o/w VG

Stockholm: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth, gilt, some white lines. Bookseller's sticker inside cover, minor foxing on the front endpaper, and former owner's name, dated and one word on the front free endpaper. Contains 90 plates and 11 maps. xv, 821pp. This book proposes the cultural diffusionist model, backed up by Heyerdahl's own travels from South America to the Tuamoto Islands using a hand-built raft..

London George Allen, 1952T. hardcover. Good. 2.4016 in x 15.4331 in x 11.3780 in. Hardcover.\r\nModerate to heavy wear to the dust jacket.\r\nMinor cover wear.\r\nClean unmarked text. \r\nTight binding.\r\n \t

London George Allen. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1st edition, 1st printing. Moderate wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. No dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Company, 1953 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xv (i), 821 pp, list of 90 b&w illustrations, abbreviations in captions to illustrations, list of maps, fold-out map, Introduction: The Polynesian Problem; Part I. Polynesia and the Old World; Part II. Polynesia and Northwest America; Part III. The Road Through Hawaiki; Part VI. The Complexity of Polynesian Origins; Part V. Traces of Caucasian-Like Elements in the Pre-Inca Peru; Part VI. Ston Human Statues and Megalithic Cult-Sites; Part VII. Botanical Evidence of Polynesian Routes; Part VIII. Appendix: Some Ethnological notes on the Fauna; Part IX. Polynesia and South America: Some Inherited Analogies; X. Myths and Memories; literature cited in the text, index. Not Price Clipped. 1/2" to 3/4" chipping along bottom edge spine dj with an addition small chip to bottom front panel fore-edge corner, and lightly age-toned text block edges. Clean, tight and… Read More

1952. South Pacific, South America. George Allen and Unwin Ltd.London. Good+ cloth, no dust jacket. Slightly shaken front hinge 821p. Please allow for additional overseas postage

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. EX-LIBRIS. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

George Allen & Unwin,London,1952. 4to.pp.xv + 821+ 90 b/w plates,11 maps,index.original brown clothvery Good in chipped dust wrapper. Heavy Book may require extra postage.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1952. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 7.5". Not Stated . Smart first edition of this extensive study of the Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947. The first edition of this work, following Thor Heyerdahls' successful book on his experiences during the expedition titled The Kon Tiki Expedition, first published in 1948, where he tells of his travels across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa tree raft. With this expedition Norwegian writer Heyerdahl wanted to show, by using only the materials and technologies available to those people at the time, that people from South America could have reached Polynesia during pre-Columbian times. This extensive book is a study behind this theory. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ninety full page plates, some in colour, well as further illustrations in text. With six of eleven coloured folding maps loosely inserted. From the library of Lord Raglan, Fitzroy John Somerset. Raglan"s great-great-grandfather was Field Marshal Fitzroy… Read More

Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag / George Allen & Unwin, London, UK 1952. First Edition. 1st Printing. 821 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Cover on bottom of spine has tears. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Native American::General Histories History::Australia/Oceania 6038L

1952. Stockholm, 1952. 4to. Wrappers with a few tears. XV,821 pp., 90 plates, textillustr. a. maps. First edition.

Chicago, Rand McNally & Comp., (1953). 4to. Modern cloth. With 11 maps and 90 plates. XV,821 pp.Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002), Norwegian ethnologist, zoologist, geographer and scientific explorer, proved his theories, which were met with resistance and criticism in 1947 on his celebrated 'Kon-Tike' expedition. 'The question to be dealt with in the present work is that of the complex origins of the Polynesian people, the easternmost islanders of the Pacific' (Introduction).

1952. Stockholm, 1952. 4to. Orig. full cloth. XV,821 pp.., 90 plates, textillustr. and maps. First edition.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. With jacket (which has pictorial design of a Rapa Nui / Easter Island statue to front). 821 pp. B/w plates throughout. Map plates, including fold-out. Book near as-new. Beautifully clean. No inscriptions or foxing. Jacket has some general wear / edge-chipping, but is bright and sound in removable protective sleeve. FINE / VG

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1952. Dust jacket in poor condition, most of spine missing, sellotape repairs to edges, brown cloth covered boards stained in places, binding cocked, black/white photograph of stone statue at Tiahuanaco, Bolivia to frontispiece, pp clean and tidy, unmarked, folded maps in good condition, black/white photographs and diagrams throughout, binding sound.. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards. Good/Poor. 8vo Thick.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1952. 1st. Hardback. Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1952, with unclipped jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket has been laminated to the boards with some light rubbing to edges. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - small set of initials to front end-paper upper rh corner; tanning to page-ends but text, illustrations and maps (some folding) bright and clear throughout. This book is both large and heavy. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1952. Printed in Stockholm, Sweden. 821 pages. 7 1/2 in x 10 in. Frontispiece illustrated with black and white plate of a Stone Statue at Tiahuanaco, Bolivia. Illustrated in text with b/w and color plates and 11 maps, including some fold-out maps. Pages clean, good condition. Previous owner's name on ffep, otherwise endpapers clean. Cover coming loose at endpapers. Brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges very lightly worn. Boards lightly scratched. GOOD+. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good+.