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An Ancient World Preserved: Relics and Records of Prehistory in the Andes
by ENGEL, Frederic Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0517518740
- ISBN 13
- 9780517518748
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. Translation by Rachel Kendall Gordon. Small 4to. Yellow cloth spine with copper lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 314pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. A tight and handsome first edition of this chronicle of Engel's 12 years and 30,000 miles spent excavating and analyzing numerous pre-Columbian cities.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39970
- Title
- An Ancient World Preserved: Relics and Records of Prehistory in the Andes
- Author
- ENGEL, Frederic Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517518740
- ISBN 13
- 9780517518748
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Native American; Ancient World;
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