Christopher Columbus by Salvador De Madariaga - 1939

Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. First Edition. 524 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated frontispiece with pull-out illustrations throughout. Medium cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages are loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Hollis & Carter, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. New Edition. 498 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated foldouts throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

NY, Macmillan Co., 1940. Hard Cover. xi, 524 p., front (port.), fold. maps; 24 cm. Map on lining-papers. De Madariaga's biography, based on "dusty papers", a phrase he uses repeatedly, incorporates many of the knotty issues of Columbus's life into the text, where Morison, just about Madariaga's contemporary, put such matters in his second volume to keep the narrative flow unhindered. Stock#47032. Good+, half-inch nick in top of spine / no dj.

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. New York, 1940. 524 pages, clothbound, very good condition in damaged dust jacket. .

New York, U.S.A.: Christopher Columbus Publishing, 1978. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition of the 1978 republishing from the 1940 edition, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Soft cover, no dust jacket. This collectible, " FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival cover. Nice very clean copy.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This first edition is in good condition without dust jacket. A good clean copy.

Hollis & Carter, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1949. New Edition. 498 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate sunning to spine.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. Hardcover. Good. 1939. First Edition. 524 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and folded illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards.

London: Hollis and Carter, 1949. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: MacMillan, 1940. Book. Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. 524 p. Frontispiece portrait. Two fold-out maps. Maps on endpapers. Extensive notes on text. Bibliography. Index. A scholarly yet readable biography of Christopher Columbus and history of his explorations. Spine faded. Fine..