The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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DORCHESTER, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hardback. Fair. Routledge, London, Author's Revised Edition, 1850; small 8vo, 110x170mm, two volumes in one, pp 238, 259; steel engraved frontispiece of a fanciful scene of Coilumbus and followers planting a flag somewhere or other; original embossed blue cloth, spine and front board pictorial gilt, all edges gilt; binding dulled and somewhat worn at the edges, both hinges weak, internally generally firm and clean although with the odd mark here and there; dedicatory ink note on the front fly to "Elizabeth Gordon from her affectionate Cousin E.L. Jan'y 18th 1851
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- Bookseller
- Chesil Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000524
- Title
- The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.88 lbs
- Keywords
- Columbus; Spain; America; Caribbean Adventurers & Explorers, Historical, Rich & Famous, "Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)", Spain & Portugal, North America, General
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- Fair
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- Gilt
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