Isbn: 9780688103965 - lords of sipan: a true story of pre-inca tombs, archaeology, and crime (45 risultati)

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Condizione: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Quarter Cloth. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Clean text, tight binding, minor edge wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Various (Photographs) (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1992. South America, Native Americans, Archaeological theory. William Morrow. 256p. very good boards and good+ dust jacket 7/23.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Minor wear to page edges and corners. Dust Jacket included and in fair condition. Hardcover.Cover clean.Binding tight. P/O's name in pen on first page otherwise, No writing, highlighting, or marks in text. From the estate of a smoker.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine-. First Printing, # String. 256pp. Illustrated color plates, chapter head illustrations. Photos sent on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. 1st edition/1st printing. Minimal wear.

Hard Cover. Condizione: As New. Near Fine. First Edition, Second Printing. No remainder marks. NON price-clipped dust jacket [$ 25.00], minimal display indications. Pages [256 including index] clean, unmarked. Illustrated with one 8-page section of color photographs and B&W drawings throughout. Navy boards, blue cloth spine, white lettering. Decorated endpapers. All books are in my smoke free & climate controlled shop and will have qualities and/or flaws described. Domestic & international shipping includes tracking information. Various Photographers & Artists (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. First Printing. Dustjacket is lightly rubbed and has sticker residue on the front and back. .

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. clean covers and text-dj in clear mylar wrap-color photo section-b/w end paper drawings.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. DJ Near Fine (price clipped). 1st Printing. A true-crime adventure story tells of Dr. Walter Alva's experiences in Peru as he struggled to excavate and protect the pre-Inca treasures at the lost tombs of the Lords of Sipan from looters and smugglers. 256pp. Size: Large Octavo. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Like New. May have some shelf wear from being out in store. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd printing. 256 pages, color photos. Dust jacket with some edge-/shelf-wear, small tear to front cover. Rear flap creased. Interior very clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. blue & light blue 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (#1 in # line). illustrated endpapers. decorative title pg. 256p. glossy 8 pages of glossy full color plates. b&w maps &illustrations. sources & notes. index. archaeology. ancient history. true crime. art history~ In January 1987, archaeologist and museum curator Dr. Walter Alva was asked to examine a collection of strange artifacts found in the home of a poor grave robber on Peru's remote north coast. The subsequent police inquiry traced the cache to an ancient pyramid at Sipan, where looters had plundered a royal tomb of a little~known civilization called the Moche. This ransacking of the New World's richest archaeological discovery devastated Alva, who had been conducting a ten~year crusade to protect Peru's monuments of the past. What he did not know was that the looted artifacts had already been smuggled out of Peru and into England for re~transport to Los Angeles, where they would be sold to wealthy art collectors and dealers. At Sipan itself, the police, fearing for his safety, were demanding that Alva abandon his search for objects the looters might have missed. His own colleagues were also urging him to leave, believing he was wasting precious resources on an excavation doomed to failure. In the midst of this crisis, Christopher Donnan, the world's most respected Moche scholar, arrived with much~needed cash, supplies, and encouragement, along with the news that the precious artifacts were already in the hands of collectors and dealers. Donnan's information proved correct, for in the months to come, looted artifacts reached the hands of Los Angeles Museum of Art trustee Ben Johnson and Nobel Prizewinning physicist Murray Gell~Man. In fact, many of the objects would soon go on display at the prestigious Santa Barbara Art Museum. Meanwhile, U.S. Customs agents had begun an investigation into the smuggling operation, and in March 1988, their unprecedented seizure of pre~Columbian antiquities sent shock waves through art world. When reports of the raid reached Peru, Alva was having a celebration of his own. The pyramid at Sipan was not the burial place of a single Moche lord but was, like the Valley of Kings of ancient Egypt, a necropolis containing many lords. At least three tombs, richer in gold and silver than any other site excavated in the Americas, remained intact. To protect their discovery, Alva and his men put down their shovels and picked up guns, confronting the looters and winning their support. Police and Customs agents, however, were much less successful in their efforts to gain the return of the stolen artifacts. A controversial U.S. court decision resulted in the forfeiture to Peru of only 250 of the nearly 3,000 precious objects seized by the police. But an important precedent was set, serious questions were raised about private ownership of national treasures, and the first conviction in U.S. history for smuggling pre~Columbian art was obtained.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Index, Bibliographical References And Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With One Quarter Light Blue Cloth Over Dark Blue Paper. White Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Bumping To The Upper Corners. Printing Flaw On Page 254 And 243. (Vertical Smudge Line). The Unclipped Jacket Has Light Wear With No Chips Or Tears. …

Hardcover w/DJ. Condizione: Good/Good. First Edition. New York, NY: William Morrow & Co. Good/Good. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 256pp., Shelf wear; corners of cover bumped, spine lightly bumped; very light foxing on page edges; original price intact; pages clean and unmarked. . Color Plates (illustratore). …

Very good in lightly edgeworn, lightly rubbed dust jacket. First Edition hardbound Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:46:58 AM.