Thor Heyerdahl – The Kon-Tiki Expedition – First Folio Society Edition 1996
£50.00
A first Folio Society edition, first printing of The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl, published by The Folio Society, London in 1996, with introduction by Tim Severin, translated by F.H. Lyon, with photographic illustrations throughout. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, oatmeal cloth bound boards with Kon-Tiki mask to front panel, brown titling to the spine, with cartographic pictorial endpapers, text blocks are bright and crisp. In brown paper bound slip case with gilt Kon-Tiki mask.
The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl recounts his daring 1947 journey across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft. Aiming to prove that ancient South Americans could have settled Polynesia, Heyerdahl and his crew sailed over 4,000 miles from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands. Battling storms, sharks and isolation, the expedition tested both theory and endurance. The book blends adventure, anthropology and natural history, capturing the spirit of exploration and sparking world-wide fascination with Heyerdahl’s theory.
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A first Folio Society edition, first printing of The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl, published by The Folio Society, London in 1996, with introduction by Tim Severin, translated by F.H. Lyon, with photographic illustrations throughout. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, oatmeal cloth bound boards with Kon-Tiki mask to front panel, brown titling to the spine, with cartographic pictorial endpapers, text blocks are bright and crisp. In brown paper bound slip case with gilt Kon-Tiki mask.
The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl recounts his daring 1947 journey across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft. Aiming to prove that ancient South Americans could have settled Polynesia, Heyerdahl and his crew sailed over 4,000 miles from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands. Battling storms, sharks and isolation, the expedition tested both theory and endurance. The book blends adventure, anthropology and natural history, capturing the spirit of exploration and sparking world-wide fascination with Heyerdahl’s theory.
