Edited Columbus (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 347 pages, 5 maps, 7.5"x 10", a Fine hardback (tan imitation leather with gilt lettering against brown labels so no dust-jacket called for). A book first published thus by Argonaut Press in 1930 [9060727037].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Hardback, cloth. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Morton Sale (illustrator). First Edition. Good Afternoon Children: Wireless stories and plays from The Children's Hour, edited by Columbus, illustrated by Morton Sale Hardback, undated but circa 1932, stated first edition, illustrated, published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 267 pages. Measures around 6 1/2" by 9 1/2" by 1 1/2". No dust jacket. Orange cloth binding, grey lettering and pictorial detail to front board and spine. Marking and scuffing to binding. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped corners. Slackness to binding, cracking to inner hinges with netting exposed. Page edges browned, scuffed, foxed and otherwise marked. Child's extensive doodling to endpapers and pastedowns, with previous owner names to front free endpaper and half-title page. Some marking to page surfaces and some generally neat colouring-in by child of line drawings. See pictures for further information. Circa 1932. n.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Dustjacket. LCC: 935848.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 54 pages with 5 photographic pages of original leaves. Includes Reproducción del texto original español impreso en Barcelona (Pedro Posa, 1493). Transcripción y reconstitución del mismo, con notas críticas. Historia del impreso y de su influencia en la Historia Universal by Carlos Sanz. Folio (14" x 10") bound in original pictorial wrappers. Columbus's letter on the first voyage is the first known document announcing the results of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus that set out in 1492 and reached the Americas. The letter was ostensibly written by Columbus himself, on February 15, 1493, aboard the caravel Niña, while still at sea, on the return leg of his voyage. A post-script was added upon his arrival in Lisbon on March 4, 1493, and it was probably from there that Columbus dispatched two copies of his letter to the Spanish court. The letter was instrumental in spreading the news throughout Europe about Columbus's voyage. Almost immediately after Columbus's arrival in Spain, printed versions of the letter began to appear. A Spanish version of the letter (presumably addressed to Luis de Santángel), was printed in Barcelona by early April 1493, and a Latin translation (addressed to Gabriel Sanchez) was published in Rome around a month later (ca. May 1493). The Latin version was swiftly disseminated and reprinted in many other locations Basel, Paris, Antwerp, etc. still within the first year of his arrival. In his letter, Christopher Columbus claimed to have discovered and taken possession of a series of islands on the edge of the Indian Ocean in Asia Columbus was not aware that he had stumbled upon a new continent. He described the islands, particularly Hispaniola and Cuba, exaggerating their size and wealth, and suggested that mainland China probably lay nearby. He also gave a brief description of the native Arawaks (whom he called "Indians"), emphasizing their docility and amenability, and the prospects of their conversion to Catholicism. However, the letter also revealed local rumors about a fierce man-eating tribe of "monsters" in the area (probably Caribs), although Columbus himself disbelieved the stories, and dismissed them as a myth. The letter provides very few details of the oceanic voyage itself, and covers up the loss of the flagship of his fleet, the Santa María, by suggesting Columbus left it behind with some colonists, in a fort he erected at La Navidad in Hispaniola. In the letter, Columbus urges the Catholic monarchs to sponsor a second, larger expedition to the Indies, promising to bring back immense riches. (wikipedia) Condition: Edge wear with some tears, soiled else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lima De Freitas (illustrator). A very good copy of the Heritage Press edition, with slipcase and Sandglass pamphlet laid in. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. Slipcase in very good condition, with minor wear/rubbing to the slipcase, but no splitting at the seams. One 1" intact surface tear at base seam of slipcase: unobtrusive. A sharp copy. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.].

Condition: FINE. 1970. Originally published 1930 by Argonaut Press. Handsomely bound Large hardcover. Faux leather. Tan with brown labels for gilt lettering. Light blue publisher's stain to top edges. Five maps. 347pp. Index. The Journals of His First and Third, and the Letters Concerning His First and Last Voyages, to Which is Added the Account of His Second Voyage Written by Andre Bernaldez. FINE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. De Freitas, Lima (illustrator). xv, 417 pages illustrations 31 cm Bibliography included in Abbreviations used in introductions to documents and in footnotes (p. xvi) Box number: SP0066.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. De Freitas, Lima (illustrator). xv, 417 pages illustrations 31 cm Bibliography included in 'Abbreviations used in introductions to documents and in footnotes' (p. xvi) Box b12.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD +. No Jacket. LIMA DE FREITAS (illustrator). 1st Edition. SOLID & VERY CLEAN, NO MARKINGS. MOST UNIQUELY ILLUSTRATED. SOUGHT AFTER WORK FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES. OVERSIZE FOR POSTAGE. FURTHER SCANS ON RQUEST, THANKS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. 9 x 12 in. Paper boards. English edition. Two volumes in their slipcase. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like near new on all points. Slipcase is excellent, very clean with no wear. Hist. RGR.

Publisher's original illustrated laminated card wrap covers. 4to 11'' x 8ĵ'' xxii, 787, vi [pp] ISBN 0306808714. Monochrome illustrations, charts and maps throughout. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

First edition (stated) hard back binding in publisher's original vivid orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains 267 printed pages of text with 4 full-page single-sided colour plates as called for, small monochrome illustrations throughout. 'This book belongs to' filled-in, couple of small fox splashes to the rear pages. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper which was protected in brown paper, now removed, with only small tears to the spine ends, priced 5/-, spine not faded or discoloured. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

[90-6072-111-X] [1970]. (4to) Fine. 347pp. Tan leatherette. Facsimile of the London 1930 edition. 5 maps. Edited by Cecil Jane. Publisher series: Argonaut Press 9. (Travel, Travel and Adventure).

4to [31 x 23 cm]; xvi, 417, [ii] pp, color frontis, double page color plates from paintings, numerous other fine illus by de Freitas, maps including endpaper maps, chronology, index. original cloth with embossed black leather medallion, gilt title lettering on leather spine label, plate with light rippling in margin, else near fine & clean in original very good lined slipcase with original title label. original clear dj. An attractively produced and well-illustrated work by one of the great nautical experts and author of several books on Columbus including his Admiral of the Ocean Sea, a standard work on him. Included with this copy is the original prospecutus for this book anouncing the forthcoming publication, as well as the 4 page Monthly Newsletter of the LImited Editions Club describing this book, and giving some interesting background to its publication and on the editor Morrison. The prospectus states the colored plates are hand colored by pochoir at the Walter Fischer Studios. A picture of this book is available on request.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Yvette Jenkins and Josclynne Grier. Slim quarto. 36 [4] pp. Stapled wrappers. Stamp of Detroit's Shrine of the Black Madonna Book Store on the first page. Modest wear, faintest tanning at the edges of the front cover, and lower stapled just a bit pulled through, sound and just about near fine. A charming trade catalog, illustrated with drawings of different designs (with a bit of information on their African heritage) and pattern samples, entire pages printed in a vivid pattern, and two photographic images of models. Nine pages in the rear are dedicated to "The art of headwrapping," followed by an order form for fabric and another Col-Bob book about African-American hairstyles.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 424 pages. 8.40x5.50x1.10 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.