Columbus Christopher: First Edition (96 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SOFT COVER IN NEAR FINE CONDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing; dj w/unclipped price; 315 pages w/no markings, lite ruffling of the last few pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine book and jacket. . Translated by Cecil Jane. Ninety illustrations from prints and maps of the period.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No dust jacket. Reproduction of log kept by Columbus as he 'discovered' the New World. Foreword by Luis Marden and 50-page Prologue describing the log, Columbus and the ships and their navigation. Epilogue considers voyage theories, crews of the ships, Columbus' previous voyages, his death etc. 252 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £10.60. Full of illustrations. Previous owner's name on inside cover page and remnant of price label. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The anthropological account of Columbus' discovery of the Americas'The Admiral was quite certain that they were near land . He promised to give a silk doublet to the first sailor who should report it'No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators. Collects the accounts that provide a narrative of the author's voyages in the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. As New, Clean Bright, No Names Or Marks, Dj Is New As Well In Appearance, No Wear Or Marks, Gift Quality.

Black hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 336pp.

VGD. VGD.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clipped DJ in archival cover. Clean, no writing, no marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No DJ as Issued. 1st Edition. A lovely, tight, clean hardcover in near fine condition; faint shelf wear. No dust jacket, as issued. We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine --. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+++. First Edition. Herer is a report written about 500 years ago by Columbus the discoverer, enough to send your imagination soaring. This edition contains a facsimile of the Latin print of 1494 furnished with four wood-cut reproductions, two map reproductions of Mercator about 1569 and a short Columbus bio. Translated into English by Dr. Heinz Kornfuehrer. 48 pages. Illustrated end papers. Dust jacket has some light wear; publisher cut about 1/8" too short for book -- could be inherent to the entire publishing. Book has ever-so-slight bump at lower corner tips. Lovely copy overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. X-library with stamps and pocket. Signed by illustrator- just his name on title page. Unpaginated. Very good in vg dust jacket with one sticker on lower spine. Robert Sabuda (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated. Price clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps with moderate wear to the edges; pages dusty with light age toning; interior otherwise clean.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st. Columbus and the Age of Discovery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Label on spine chipped, book moderately worn.

First Edition. The story of the Paramount Pictures film with colour stills from the film. Bookplate of Holmes collector to fep. A few light creases and rubs but VG.

printed wrappers. Condition: Good. First edition. Octavo, pp. 92-200, untrimmed, top cover detaching Eighteen plates of facsimiles of letters by Columbus which had been exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition. Issued as the second publication of the Field Columbian Museum, being Vol. 1, no.2, by the Museum, and edited by the Honorary Curator of the Columbus Memorial. In all, 32 parts, including the Will of Columbus. "Some of his letters have never been printed. Several had never been translated into English until the preparation of this Monograph -p100.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover with black boards no dust jacket, First Edition, 800gms, 569 pages, blank endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout, dust jacket is missing, boards show mild shelf wear and soiling, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight clean square book with nameplate to front pastedown; in bright DJ with a half-inch corner tear. Ninety illustrations from prints and maps of the period; 227 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The daily record of the Voyage of Discovery to the New World based on the personal account of Columbus written from 1492 to 1493. Correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, very good first edition/second printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Like new hardcover. New York: De Capo Press, 1970. Reprint of 1930 edition printed by Argonaut Press. 347 pp. that include modern maps illustrating Columbus' voyages. One gatefold map. No markings on pages. Ships fast with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine SLIPCASE. 1st Edition. FIRST Edition THUS. A AS NEW volume in a NEW/MINT red cloth slipcase (with a FLAWLESS large 'Belly-Band' ). Volume is bound in linen with a leather spine; Foot of spine leather has a 1/2" scuff else immaculate. Illustrated with several color maps and many drawings, letters, all being facsimiles of documents held in the New York Public Library Rare Manuscript Department (i.e. Barcelona Letter of 1493). A fabulous historical record. Approx. 12 " x 13" wide. Great reference material. Over sized volume. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice two-volume set in slipcase; larger-format.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. original simulated leather hardcover, folding map, 347 pages, a fine clean copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B118.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1960. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No dust jacket, as issued. 1st Edition. First English language edition thus, two hardback volumes in a slipcase, 1992. Clean and tightly bound with fine contents. Volume One has a small 1/4" tear at the spine head, otherwise fine. The slipcase has a single surface scuff on the back, otherwise fine. International shipping and domestic Priority Mail may require added postage charges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 2 volume boxed set. A fine set in slipcase.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The anthropological account of Columbus' discovery of the Americas'The Admiral was quite certain that they were near land . He promised to give a silk doublet to the first sailor who should report it'No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators. Collects the accounts that provide a narrative of the author's voyages in the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The anthropological account of Columbus' discovery of the Americas'The Admiral was quite certain that they were near land . He promised to give a silk doublet to the first sailor who should report it'No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators. Collects the accounts that provide a narrative of the author's voyages in the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…