The Incredible Incas and Their Timeless Land
by Loren McIntyre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0870441779
- ISBN 13
- 9780870441776
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1975. Early Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. A very good plus, early printing in a very good dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt llama on cover and gilt title stamping on spine. Foot of spine softly folded. Binding is sturdy and square. Machu Picchu endpapers Previous owner's name on second leaf. profusely illustrated and painstakingly documented. Color plates throughout. Dust jacket showing 1/2 loss on rear left corner, small tears and wear at top and bottom of jacket. Octavo. 200 pp. Loren McIntyre (March 24, 1917 May 11, 2003), was an American photojournalist who worked extensively in South America. His photographs and writing appeared in National Geographic and hundreds of other periodicals. He has numerous books to his credit, including The Incredible Incas and Their Timeless Land (1975), Exploring South America (1990), Amazonia (1991), and Die Amerikanische Reise (2000) -- Alchetron
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 995
- Title
- The Incredible Incas and Their Timeless Land
- Author
- Loren McIntyre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0870441779
- ISBN 13
- 9780870441776
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- inca, peru Machu Picchu, South America, native americans, first peoples
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America & Mexico;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
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