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THE DEFENCES OF NORUMBEGA AND A REVIEW OF THE RECONNAISSANCES OF COL. T.W. HIGGINSON, PROFESSOR HENRY W. HAYNES, DR. JUSTIN WINSOR, DR. FRANCIS PARKMAN, AND REV. DR. EDMUND F. SLATER [AND] A LETTER TO JUDGE DALY
by HORSFORD, EBEN NORTON
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. iv,84 pages. Frontis, 7 maps [including double page and foldouts], 15 plates. Bevelled green pebbled cloth with cover titles in gilt. Folio. Corners bumped, ding to front edge, large light discolored stain to rear board, stain and discoloration to front board along spine edge. Textblock square, binding tight. Some soiling and foxing to lower margins of a number of pages, otherwise clean. Author believed that the Vikings discovered America, settling in the mythical city of Norumbega near what is now Cambridge Massachusetts. A beautifully illustrated book with excellent maps.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76153
- Title
- THE DEFENCES OF NORUMBEGA AND A REVIEW OF THE RECONNAISSANCES OF COL. T.W. HIGGINSON, PROFESSOR HENRY W. HAYNES, DR. JUSTIN WINSOR, DR. FRANCIS PARKMAN, AND REV. DR. EDMUND F. SLATER [AND] A LETTER TO JUDGE DALY
- Author
- HORSFORD, EBEN NORTON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Vikings, Norumgega, Discovery of America
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