The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Heyerdahl, Thor; By Photographs [Illustrator] - 1996-01-01

Heron Books, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

London: Transworld Publishers/Corgi Books Special 1957 First Corgi Paperback Printing, 1957 Fair complete reading copy.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd,. Very Good/Good. 1950. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket small chunks missing to edges, unclipped price on flap. Original cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Neat name on ffep. Illustrated with photographs on plates. Frontis plate.235 pages clean and tight. This is the story of how Thor Heyderdahl and five other men crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa-wood raft in an extraordinary bid to prove Heyderdahl's theory that the Polynesians undertook the same feat on such a craft over 1000 years ago. .

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1952. The story of a daring voyage by the author and five companions on board a primitive raft from the coast of Peru to the Pacific Islands. Mr. Heyerdahl was convinced that the original Polynesians had come by sea from South America, and to prove that such a voyage was possible at that remote period, he and his party built the Kon-Tiki, similar to the rafts then used, and enbarked on it. A daring enterprise, indeed, and a most fascinating travel book. Orange-gold cloth boards, decoration to front board. No ownership markings. Photographs accompany text. A generous list of illustrations provided. The bottom of front board and spine show some darkening. The illustrated dust jacket remains bright.. Senenteenth Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

George Allen and Unwin, London, 1950. 235 pp including index, b&w photographic plates, top edge tinted, previous owner's name on front end-paper, losses at top of d/j spine, else very good copy in like, illustrated, price-clipped d/j.. 3rd impression May 1950, first published March 1950.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1951. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firmly bound brown cloth boards. Minor scuffing on the spine. Tears and scuffing on jacket.

Heron Books, January 1950. Hardcover. Very Good - Cash/Very Good. *** GERMAN EDITION *** Light rubbing and edge wear to the cover. Still great condition. Unmarked pages. Secure pages, solid binding. Dust jacket has minor surface and edgewear, light bumping to corners and some edge wear to the spine edges. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Switzerland: Edito-Service S.A., Heron Books, by arrangement with George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1970. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. designed by Alexander Baumgartner. Firmly bound, gilt decorated blue artificial leather boards. No jacket.

London, Allen and Unwin illustrated edition - hard cover in dust jacket In 1947 the balsa raft Kon-Tiki set out from Peru. Six men were on board, and the scientific background was to try to prove it was possible, by means of a primitive craft, to cross the seas from South America to the South Pacific Islands. This story recreates the lust for adventure, and dare devil courage of this expedition. 275 x 220mm., pp. 224, map, b/w and full colour illustrations t/out. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE