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Admiral of the ocean sea : a life of Christopher Columbus / Samuel Eliot Morison ; maps by Erwin Raisz, drawings by Bertram Greene
by Morison, Samuel Eliot (1887-1976)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Pennsylvania, Franklin Center: The Franklin Library (1978), 1978. Franklin Library Limited edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked leather with gilt decorations to front board. The Classic Franklin Library design. Raised bands. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Marble endpapers. All-edges-gilt. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 688 pages; Description: xxiv, 688 p., [2] fold. leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Columbus, Christopher. Explorers --Spain --Biography. America --Discovery and exploration --Spanish. Notes: ""Notes from the editors"" (22 p.) inserted. Includes index. Series: The 100 greatest masterpieces of American literature.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215014
- Title
- Admiral of the ocean sea : a life of Christopher Columbus / Samuel Eliot Morison ; maps by Erwin Raisz, drawings by Bertram Greene
- Author
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (1887-1976)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Franklin Library Limited edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania, Franklin Center: The Franklin Library (1978)
- Date Published
- 1978
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