Journals and Other Documents on the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
by Morison, Samuel Eliot (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket Issued
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1963. 417 pp with 7 maps, 1 colour medallion on title spread, 5 double-page colour illust. and 59 bw illust. in text. (illustrations by Lima de Freitas). Eps: Map of the Caribbean Sea. Decorated cloth cover, gilt title on black vignette on spine.Clean. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. Illus. by Lima de Freitas. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003778
- Title
- Journals and Other Documents on the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
- Author
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (Editor)
- Illustrator
- Lima de Freitas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Exploration Columbus History
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