The Shaping of North America: From Earliest Times to 1763 by Asimov, Isaac - 1974

London, U.K.: Dobson, 1974. FINE/VERY GOOD+ First Edition, 1st UK Printing. A very handsome and desirable copy of this collectible title: crisp & clean, square & solid, unmarked but for hand-written name on endpaper, no wear to crimson boards or silver spine titles. Excellent clipped DJ, 6.25" by 9.25", 261 pages, table of dates, index, illustrated, maps. This is the first of a 4-volume series on history by the master of science fiction. With remarkable perspective, Asimov examines Europe's age of exploration and the colonization of North America. He explores rivalries and jealousies, and Indian-Colonial relations.. Hard Cover.