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The MacMillan Company, 1938. Hard Cover - Good/Good - Chipping and price clip to dust jacket otherwise book is tight with light wear - Illustrated - 195 pages.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Macmillan, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 7th printing..

NY: Macmillan. VG+ book, no DJ. FINE text. Minor edgewear, spine lightly sunned. 1938. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

New York.: The Macmillan Company., 1939. 2nd printing.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Near fine save for minor mustiness.. Lufkin, Raymond (Illustrations by).. 1 195 p. Green durable cloth over boards. Gold drawing compass icon and titles, front; spine titles; Green artful end papers. 22 cm. Title page art. Historical fiction set in 16th century Antwerp. Hollanders were at war with Spain, and in the first chapter, a fine Pen&Ink full page illustration shows Godfrey climbing a rope aboard the ship The Dartmouth, escaping trouble at the print shop where he was working. He was dressed as a cabin boy.

Macmillan Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, very good green cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) with gilt letter and decoration shows soil at page edges, name and date at top of half title page and touch of shelf wear to covers. 195 pages with illustrations and illustrated endpapers by Raymond Lufkin. Still a solid copy of this look at the Antwerp, Belgium printer.

NY/London: Macmillan, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover. 7th printing. Text clean. Illustrated. Remainder mark on bottom outer edges of pages. Slight spine twist.

New York: Macmillan Company. Very Good+. 1938. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some beginning toning to the edges of the text block. "Plantin was a prolific printer and prosperous entrepreneur, publishing more than 40 editions of emblem books. His most important work is considered to be the Biblia Regia (King's Bible) , also known as the Plantin Polyglot. Facing increasing pressure and turmoil in the Netherlands, Plantin needed to find a patron that would not fall victim to claims of heresy or being a Protestant sympathizer. In spite of clerical opposition, Plantin was encouraged by King Philip II of Spain, who sent him the learned Benito Arias Montano to lead the editorship. " "Morning that was blithe and red in the month of June, 1576, in the reign of our gracious lady,… Read More

New York: Macmillan Company. Very Good+. 1938. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some beginning toning to the edges of the text block. "Morning that was blithe and red in the month of June, 1576, in the reign of our gracious lady, Elizabeth, Regina, came slanting across the City of London." .

New York Macmillan, 1938, hardcover. Seventh printing 1967. Historical fiction. -- Hardcover. Conditon: very good minus (light soil top-edge; red dot bottom-edge; owner gift note) with very good dust jacket.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Raymond Lufkin. 195 pages, hardcover. Gilt lettering and compass motif to front panel. With eleven black-and-white illustrations by Raymond Lufkin. Bumping, light fading and marking to spine. Light blue toning to top text block edge. Mild yellowing to rear endpapers. Unmarked. A tight copy.  Record # 951446

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1967. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 194 pages. Seventh printing. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Raymond Lufkin. Fictional tale of this early printing house.

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1967. cloth. 8vo. cloth. (xii), 194 pages. Fifth printing. The dust jacket has been loosely inserted at the rear, which is separated into panels and chipped at edges, else a near fine copy. Illustrated by Raymond Lufkin. Fictional tale of this early printing house.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The At the Sign of the Golden Compass - A Tale of the Printing House of Christopher Plantin in Antwerp, 1576.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Foreman Press, 2012. Paperback. New. 204 pages. 8.40x5.40x0.70 inches.

The Macmillan Company. Minor rubbing. No DJ as issued. Prior owner signature. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1938.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York : Macmillan, 1967.. 8vo. 194 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Green cloth covered boards with gilt illustration. Dust Jacket Very Good. In protective Mylar wraps. B&W plates throughout. Scarce.From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.

New York: MacMillan & Co LTD. Good in Good dust jacket. 1943. Hardback. 195, Price clipped/presentation copy, signed by author/green jacket with red and black illustration of printing house on front w; White lettering on front and spine/jacket in mylar/tears at top and bottom spine/bookplate on front end page .