Discoverers of America: a Wilderness Continent Seen Through the Eyes of the First Explorers
by Norman, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1968 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. xiii, 322 pp, Foreword: The New World, list of b&w illustrations, I. Atlantic Coast Heartland, II. Canada, III. Florida of the Indies, IV. Fort Caroline, V. St. Augustine, VI. Raleigh's Virginia, VII. Lake Champlain, VIII. The Hudson, IX. New England, X. New Netherland, Epilogue: The Frontier, selected bibliography, index. Ex Libris with Owner's Plate on front pastedown. Price clipped with 1 1/4" closed tear to top edge rear panel, minor edgewear and lightly rubbed tips of corners, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brownish-red cloth..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003674
- Title
- Discoverers of America: a Wilderness Continent Seen Through the Eyes of the First Explorers
- Author
- Norman, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- HISTORY NORTH AMERICAN EARLY EXPLORERS 500
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
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- Plate
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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