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Published by Pan, 1956
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1956 Pan first, spine creased, page edges tanned, cover has some foxing. A repaired 1.5cm tear to the edge of the front and a shorter one to the rear.
Published by Elek Books Ltd, 1954
Seller: Rons Bookshop (Canberra, Australia), Canberra, ACT, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Beige/green cloth cover, no jacket. This book looks at the exciting and adventurous life of English explorer Mitchell-Hedges who, along with his adopted daughter "Sammy", is credited with 'finding' the famous/infamous 'Crystal Skull' or sometimes referred to as 'The Skull of Doom'. **The book has tanning.**.
Published by Elek Books Ltd, London, 1954
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping, and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, some slight browning to spine and back jacket, back cover slightly damp cocked, not price clipped (18s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg copy for its age. 255pp, map endpapers. The amazing career and adventures of Mike Mitchell-Hedges (1882-1959), adventurer, traveler, fabulist, and writer. Mitchell-Hedges is principally known for the discovery of the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull which he supposedly found with his adopted daughter Anna Mitchell-Hedges (Le Guillon) in Lubaantun, Belize. However, he made no record of the skull until the late 1940s which was around the same time a crystal skull was auctioned off by Sydney Burney at Sotheby's in 1943. Controversies continued when identical measurements were found between Sotheby's skull and Mitchell-Hedges' skull, leaving the authenticity of this artifact questionable at best. Mitchell-Hedges' crystal skull was retained in the possession of his adopted daughter until her death in 2007. Prior to her death, the skull was only shown to the public periodically, making it hard for the skull to be accessed and tested for authenticity. However, since Anna's death the skull has been examined thoroughly and despite many previous claims, the skull has been dated as post Columbus era. Based on microscopic evidence, the skull's tool markings are a result of modern equipment and not of tools found in ancient Maya sites. Mitchell-Hedges is said to have inspired the film character Indiana Jones. A very scarce book with jacket.
Published by Little, Brown and Co, Boston, Toronto, 1955
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard cover. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. 1st Americian Edition. 278pgs. Book is clean and tight, jacket has some edge wear, at the spine the jacket is missing small pieces about 1/4th inch and a small tear at the top edge about 1 inch, some chips at the edges, not price clipped. 1st American Edition. jacket is good+.