Tai Ki, To the Point of No Return
Published by . Boston, Little, Brown and Company, [1976], First edition in English.
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaHorizon Books
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 1998
Condition: Used
£ 6.92
Quantity: 1 available
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8vo [24 x 17 cm]; [x], 276 pp, plus 84 pages of color illustrations from photos, maps, plans of ship, map endpapers showing route. original cloth, dj (short tears but not price clipped), bookplate on endpaper, near fine in vg dj. Eight men sailed an authentic replica of a 2,000 year old Chinese junk to prove that ancient mariners once voyaged from east Asia to Central and South America. Translated from the German original with excellent illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request.
Seller Inventory # A6828
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Tai Ki, To the Point of No Return
- Author
- KNOBL, Kuno, Arno Dennig;
- Publisher
- . Boston, Little, Brown and Company, [1976], First edition in English.
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Travel - Pacific & Australia
Horizon Books
Toronto, ON, Canada
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 1998
Shipping rates from Canada to U.S.A.
| Item | 6 to 35 business days | 3 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 17.17 | £ 38.08 |
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We buy and sell rare, antiquarian and out-of-print books related to Travel & Exploration, Gardening and Natural History. We are always interested in purchasing libraries, collections and individual books of merit in our specialties. We have been selling books on the Internet since 1993. We also sell antique prints at our Web Site http://www.horizonbook.com/prints.html
Specialty
travel, voyages, exploration, gardening, landscaping, horticulture, natural history, plant hunting, botany, Africa, middle east, Latin America, Central America, ornithology, entomology, mammals, Asia, China, Japan, India, polar, Arctic, Antarctic, Pacific travel, islandsSeller's business information
Horizon Books
ON, Canada
Terms of sale
All books are as described with any major defects noted. If you have any questions about condition, please email us directly (errolp@horizonbook.com). You can also request a picture of any book. Prices are in US funds, shipping/insurance extra, we ship world-wide & securely wrap and pack all books. There is no handling charge and shipping is at cost. We ship by post office, UPS, FedEx, etc. Payment by US check on US bank, US international money order, Paypal, credit card via a secure server (do not email cc details), or wire transfer to our bank. Cheques from Canadian banks accepted at the current rate of exchange. GST charged only to Canadian addresses. All customer information is fully secure & confidential. We have been selling books on the Internet since 1993, specializing in rare & out-of-print Travel & Exploraton, Gardening, Natural History books.
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