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The World's Last Mysteries
by Reader'S Digest
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 089577044X
- ISBN 13
- 9780895770448
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Pleasantville, New York, USA: Reader's Digest Association, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Quarto in Fine Condition. Clean brown binding with Aztec Calendar on front, gilt lettered on darker brown spine. Light wear to spine heel, small chip to spine. Tight and solid. Brown endpapers. Internals Fine. Beautiful full colour and b/w illustrations and informative text and descriptions of wondrous places and searches for fabled lands--Atlantis, the land of the Queen of Sheba, the giants of Easter Island, the lost Empire of the Indus Valley, the Incas last refuge, Pyramids of the pharaohs, and many more places to see and explore. 319 pages with index. 8.75 x 11.5 inches. 1978, Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022444
- Title
- The World's Last Mysteries
- Author
- Reader'S Digest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 089577044X
- ISBN 13
- 9780895770448
- Publisher
- Reader's Digest Association
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Keywords
- ATLANTIS ELDORADO QUEEN OF SHEBA STONEHENGE EASTER ISLAND TEOTIHUACAN TOWER BABEL ANGKOR MAYAS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. General;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Fine
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- Quarto
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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