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Thor Heyerdahl Aku-Aku - The Secret of Easter Island

Thor Heyerdahl

Aku-Aku - The Secret of Easter Island


Rand McNally, 1958.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Chicago / New York / San Francisco, Rand McNally & Company, 1958. Octavo. 384 pages. Stated "First printing, July, 1958." Original Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket . Price of $6.95 on front flap of jacket. Some shelf wear and ...

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$24.99

 

Peter Matthiessen At Play in the Fields of Lord

Peter Matthiessen

At Play in the Fields of Lord


Random House, 1965.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Random House. New York [1965]. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light shelf- wear, including chips and tears to edges of jacket. See images.

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$32.99

 

S. Thompson Journal of John Gabriel Stedman

S. Thompson

Journal of John Gabriel Stedman


Mitre Press, 1962.
The Mitre Press, 1962. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.K.Edition. A little spotting to edges of pages. Jacket has some chipping & soiling. Owner’s inscription on a free end paper. Not price clipped. 437 pages...

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$14.99

 

Thor Heyerdahl Kon Tiki

Thor Heyerdahl

Kon Tiki


Rand Mcnally, 1950.
Rand Mcnally & Co, 1950. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Later Printing, "B" on copyright page, Totemic design Blindstamped on front cover. Maps on front and rear end-papers. Price clipped DJ is a rubb...

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$24.99

 

Elspeth Huxley The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

Elspeth Huxley

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood


Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987.
ILLUSTRATED Weidenfeld & Nicholson, New York, 1987. Hardcover. Pelizzoli, Francesca (illustrator). First illustrated edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to extremities. Owner’s inscription on a free end paper. Stated “...

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$19.99

 

The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of 70 Grand Operas

The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of 70 Grand Operas


Victor Talking Machine Company, 1912.
FOURTH EDITION, ILLUSTRATED Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, NJ, 1912. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Sixth edition. 8vo. Cloth. 375 p. Black and white photographs and illustrations. A collection of stories and descriptions of the fam...

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$39.99

 

William Perkins Three Years in California: William Perkins' Journal of Life at Sonora, 1849-1852

William Perkins

Three Years in California: William Perkins' Journal of Life at Sonora, 1849-1852


University of California Press, 1964.
With an Introduction and Annotations by Dale L. Morgan and James R. Scobie. 424pp. Photographic illustrations from early drawings and lithographs, facsimile of the original journal, etc. Appendix and index. Perkins arrived in California in 1849, went t...

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$24.99

 

Peter Matthiessen Under the Mountain Wall

Peter Matthiessen

Under the Mountain Wall


Viking Press, 1962.
FIRST EDITION. Viking Press, New York, 1962. 8vo, xvi, 256pp, xxxii pp. 1-27 & 280-85 photos by the Matthiessen. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Good-. Originally priced at $7.50. Original black cloth boards. Wear to jacket, including a few sm...

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$34.99

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