Columbus: The story of Don Cristóbal Colón Admiral of the Ocean and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources
by LANDSTRÖM, Björn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1966. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and emblem, slipcase with color pictorial label. 207pp. Extensive illustrations (most color), maps, pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Slipcase lightly edgeworn and sunned. A tighty and handsome first edition of this outstandingly illustrated gathering of primary source material.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38722
- Title
- Columbus: The story of Don Cristóbal Colón Admiral of the Ocean and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources
- Author
- LANDSTRÖM, Björn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Nautical;
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Sunned
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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