Men Against Time: Salvage Archaeology in the United States
by Silverberg, Robert
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Macmillan, 1967. Hard Back First Edition Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. 202 pages. Amazing prehistory finds at construction sites--a crew drilling a gas well in Wyoming call in archaeologists who find a complete mammoth skeleton and a stone knife used by an Ice Age man--and many more, as archaeologists race against time to find unearthed relics of the past. Illustrated with photographs. Pictorial cloth binding, clean and unmarked with lightly rubbed edges and corners. Tight and solid. Brownish stain on fore edge of page block. Internals clean and free of markings, no creases. Jacket is unclipped, clean on front, rubbed, with edgewear, closed tear on upper front edge and rear lower edge, tear of upper front corner, back side greyish. 202 pages with index. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Macmillan Co., Publishers, New York, 1967.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014419
- Title
- Men Against Time: Salvage Archaeology in the United States
- Author
- Silverberg, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CONSTRUCTION SITES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS; PREHISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGY; ASWAN DAM; ARTIFACTS; BURIAL MOUNDS; ICE AGE; NEW MEXICO; MISSOURI RIVER BASIN; POTTERY; PUEBLOS;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology, Paleontology;
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