Island of Death
by Wolff, Werner
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: J.J. Augustin, 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Tall octavo, black cloth covered boards. [iv], 228pp. Illustrated with tipped in frontispiece photograph and 62 black and white phootographs. Also diagrams and drawings of hieroglyphs, devices, symbols and digs. A tight, internally clean, fresh and unmarked volume with faint sunning at board edges. Dust jacket front panel and foldovers laid in to front. A near fine volume without dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03754
- Title
- Island of Death
- Author
- Wolff, Werner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- New York: J.J. Augustin, 1948.
- Keywords
- PACIFIC, ETHNOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ART, HIEROGLYPHIC, EASTER ISLAND, WOLFF, STATUE, CULTURE, ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY, ETHNIC, RITUAL, RELIGION, MYTH, MYTHOLOGY, STONE, SCULPTURE, MONUMENT, TOTEM, GENERAL
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...