This is an 1851 printing of the 1847 First Edition. Half-bound in tan polished calf over textured tan cloth. The title in gilt on tan labels; the author and vol. number in gilt on black labels -on the spines. Four raised bands tooled in gilt. Corners softly bumped. Scratches on the top compartments with some rubbing wear. Beautiful feathered marbled edges and endpapers. Frontis of Vol. I Francisco Pisarro is clear with the slightest tan transfer from tissue guard. Frontis of Vol. II Pedro De La Gasca, Viceroy of Peru, has some darker tan transfer from tanned tissue guard. There is occasional light foxing, predominately in the margins, in both volumes. Small number-146 -stamped in red on the half title pages. Otherwise the books are clean and unmarked and bindings are firm. Vol. I-527 pp ; Vol.II-574 pp. A very old and handsome set. Seller Inventory # ABE-1677680699742

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Title: History of the Conquest of Peru with a ...

Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York

Publication Date: 1851

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, based in Brunswick, Maine is a non-profit corporation that exists solely to assist the Curtis Memorial Library in its many activities, principally through fundraising by the sale of used books. Operating through a retail outlet located at 200 Maine St. in Brunswick and through its on-line sales activities, Curtis Friends operates only with volunteers from the local community and sells only those books donated by its constituents. Curtis Friends has been in existence for several decades.

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23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, ME, 04011, U.S.A.

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