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The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy (Plume)
by Sale, Kirkpatrick
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0452266696
- ISBN 13
- 9780452266698
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Plume/Penguin Group, 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright and clean illustrated wrappers, cover art is a vellum leaf manuscript illuminated recto and verso of "The Atlantic Sea Charts" , designed by Melissa Jacoby. Cover has a whisper of wear to corners. Rear upper corner is creased. Binding tight and square. Former owner brief inscription on first page. Pages 277-284 have a tiny chip to the upper edge, otherwise clean, no markings, no underlining or highlighting. An insightful portrait of Christopher Columbus, of the man, the time and place in which he lived, his explorations and discoveries. This portrayal of Columbus shows him to be a lonely man who never knew or understood his fellow Europeans or the Indians he encountered in the lands he 'discovered'. 453 pages indexed. 6 x 9 inches. 1991, Plume/Penguin Group, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022675
- Title
- The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy (Plume)
- Author
- Sale, Kirkpatrick
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0452266696
- ISBN 13
- 9780452266698
- Publisher
- Plume/Penguin Group
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- COLUMBUS AMERICA, DISCOVERY SPAIN HISTORY, QUEEN ISABELLA
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. American;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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