Highway of the Sun
by Von Hagen, Victor W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
-
Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, small blind-stamped decoration on cover. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Tiny previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with 32 photographs and four maps. 320 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, has piece missing at base of rear panel (approx. 2" x 3" triangle), general edge wear, not price clipped; still attractive in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The rediscovery of the centuries-old road system which extended throughoutthe fabulous Inca Empire for over 10,000 miles..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31681
- Title
- Highway of the Sun
- Author
- Von Hagen, Victor W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Duell Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- ANCIENT HISTORY, INCA EMPIRE, ARCHAEOLOGY, ROYAL ROAD OF THE INCAS, SOUTH AMERICA, VICTOR W. VON HAGEN, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; South America;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.