The Men Who Found America (First Printing)
Language: English
Published by Edward Stern & Co, Philadelphia, 1909
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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158 Pp. + Eight Full Color Plates, Including The Earliest Plates By Shrader, Later Head Of Faculty At The Otis Art Institute From 1919 To 1949 And President Of The California Art Club From 1924 To 1930 And Again In 1934 . Green Cloth, Gilt And Black Lettering And Illustration. First Printing,1909 (Also Later Reprinted By Barse & Hopkins With The Same 1909 Copyright Date, Later By Grosset & Dunlap. A Children's History Of European Exploration In The Western Hemisphere In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries. Although The Title Refers To A Finding Of America Which Is A Concept That Would Have Been Of The Greatest Surprise To The Inhabitants Who Were Found, The Book Is Otherwise Remarkable For Its Great Evenness Of Discussion Of Explorers And The Natives, A Children's Basic History. The Book Is Clean, Hinges Solid Although Front Hinge Cracked, Gilt And Black Lettering Bright And Complete With No Rubbing To Gilt Sky On Front Cover, Touches Of Rubbing Right At Corners, Two Previous Owner's Gift Inscriptions On Front Endpaper Dated In 1910 And 1916.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Men Who Found America (First Printing)
- Author
- Hutchinson, Frederick Winthrop
- Publisher
- Edward Stern & Co, Philadelphia
- Publication year
- 1909
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Color Plates By E. Roscoe Shrader And Herbert Moore, Decorations On Every Edge Of Every Page By Edwin J. Prittie.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Childrens Books 1901-1950
Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
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