![]() ![]() Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper. The cover has some light discolouration, and a few small tears, the endpaper partly browned but a very good copy. Above a drawing of a mermaid by his wife Yvonne together with a hearty greeting. those who were created as mermaids from the waist up, and as humans from the waist down! ". Nilsson on the front endpaper (translated): " should have come with us on the journey and taken care of the half-women mermaids we met on arrival, i.e. The dedication is written by Thor to bookseller J.H. The original Kon-Tiki raft is now on display at a museum in Bygdøy (Oslo). It was republished and translated into several languages. Heyerdahl's book about his experience was first published in Norwegian in 1948 and became a best-seller. ![]() Exceptional copy with a dedication by Yvonne and Thor Heyerdahl.The Kon-Tiki was a raft in which the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands in 1947. Advance copy of the first Swedish edition, translated by Bengt Danielsson, member of the expedition. With two maps (one coloured folded) and many photo illustrations. ![]()
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