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The Kon-Tiki Expedition

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Item Details

Description

By Raft across the South Seas'

Translated by F. H. Lyon.

Pictorial dust-jacket with title [some wear].

Publishers red cloth with black title to spine.

A very nice copy.
Publisher

The book Club., London

Author

Thor Heyerdahl

Date Published

ca.1960

Binding

Hardcover with pictorial dust-jacket

Condition

Good

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