History of the Conquest of Peru by PRESCOTT, William H - 1957

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. In this famous work of history, William H. Prescott describes the civilization of Peru and the Inca Empire and how they were conquered by the Spanish under Francisco Pizarro starting in 1532. "The Conquest of Peru" was first published by Harper & Brothers in 1847. With brighly-colored illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson, and with an introduction by Samuel Eliot Morison. Sandglass leaflet laid in (New York, no. XII: 21). --- In grey quarter cloth and off-white paper-covered boards bearing Jackson's illustrations on front and back. Titling in red on spine & red topstain. Volume housed in red paper-covered slipcase. --- With a little soiling to covers and spine, else a clean, unmarked and bright copy. Slipcase with chafing at extremities but is structurally undamaged.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; lii, 504 pages .