About this title: Recounting his 20-year fascination with the Inca, Thompson offers this look at his expeditions into Bolivia and Peru in search of ruins. THE WHITE ROCK is full of vivid descriptions of the local terrain and fauna, explanations of Incan history, and photographs and maps illustrating his incredible journey. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Overlook Pr
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781585673551ISBN:1585673552
Description: Very Good. Size: 8vo; Type: Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) Uncorrecred Proof. Light wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. read more
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. Overlook Press, 2003, Trade Paperback edition. Near Fine condition (slight crease to lower right front corner; otherwise Fine). read more
Edition: 1st ed., 2nd pt
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Overlook, Woodstock, NY
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781585673551ISBN:1585673552
Description: Book: Very Good. DJ: Very Good. 8vo. 316 pp. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4. Green boards with qtr black cloth, blind embossed on front and stamped in silver on spine. Black and gray dj with white printing. No noticeable wear. read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781585673551ISBN:1585673552
Description: As New in Fine+ dust jacket; Remainder mark at the bottom, DJ with slight shelf wear. 1585673552. 9.34 x 1.26 x6.32; 316 pages; This book took 20 years to research and write. Hugh Thomson, excited and awed upon hearing that an ancient Peruvian city named Llactapata, was found and then lost again to the jungle, sought out to satisfy his curiosity. In his research into this and other ancient Peruvian cities, Thomson finds and recounts for us the history and nature of the Incas, the decline of a ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix, London
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780753813584ISBN:0753813580
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 342pp. Chronology. Glossary. Select Bibliography. Notes & References. Index. Paperback in good/ very good condition, light edgewear. Three sections of photographs. 'a moving and meticulously researched account of the Inca people's rise, conquest of a continent, and tragic annihilation by the conquistadors of the 16th century' read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
Date Published: 2001
Description: F+/F+. 8vo. original green textured paper boards in dustwrapper; pp. xx (last blank), 316 (last blank), with illustrations & endpaper maps. A very fine copy. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. 1st US Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. Includes dust jacket. read more
Description: Hardcover Book is in Very Good condition: clean cover, clean pages (no text markings), clean page edges (no remainder mark). Ships with bar coded label for faster delivery! . read more
Edition: First Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Overlook Press, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781585673551ISBN:1585673552
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket: Slight edge wear to dust jacket. read more
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