THE CONQUEST AND SETTLEMENT OF THE ISLAND OF BORIQUEN OR PUERTO RICO by OVIEDO Y VALDES, Capt. Gonzalo Fernandes de - 1975

Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with light spotting. Jack and Irene Delano. Folio (7-1/2" x 12") bound in imported natural vellum-backed scarlet buckram boards with a gilt design. Translated and edited by Daymond Turner. Illustrated with drawings by Jack and Irene Delano including 8 full-page four-color serigraphs silk-screened from the originals by Pava Prints of San Juan. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Of a total edition of 2000 copies SIGNED by both artists on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.C." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, this copy belonged to Gordon Carroll who was in charge of the club's operations in the 1970s when it operated out of Avon, CT. This appears to be the only English translation of this section of Oviedo's HISTORIA GENERAL dealing with Puerto Rico. Monthly Letter laid in.