The Discovery of America: with some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest (Two Volumes, Complete)
by Fiske, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston and NY: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1892. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spines, t.e.g., fore-edges deckle. xxxvi, 516; (i-map), xxi, 631, (4-adverts) pp. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece in Volume One, two fold-out B&W maps, additional in-text maps, plates, tables, drawings and reproductions. Fold-out map as frontispiece in Volume Two, as well as one additional fold-out map with numerous additional maps, plates, tables and other illustrations. Includes Appendix and Index.. Former owner's small address labels on feps, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. . B&W Illustrations and Maps. 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26777
- Title
- The Discovery of America: with some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest (Two Volumes, Complete)
- Author
- Fiske, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and NY
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- History, American History, First Edition, Spanish Conquest, Ancient North America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Adventure;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Round Table Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Gilt
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