The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521
by Bernal Diaz Castillo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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NZ$29.42NZ$22.06
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About This Item
The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521 by Bernal Diaz Castillo. Edited from the only exact copy of the original MS. (and published in Mexico) by Genaro Carcia. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by A. P. Maudslay. Part of the Broadway Travellers series, edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power.
Hardback, 1936, illustrated, published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 596 pages + viii and 4-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo. Measures around 8 7/8" by 5 7/8" by 1 7/8". Red cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some sunning/discolouration to spine and patchy discolouration to boards. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Binding quite firm. Page edges a little browned, scuffed and slightly marked but quite clean. Page surface clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-503
- Title
- The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521
- Author
- Bernal Diaz Castillo
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Pages
- 596+
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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GN Books and Prints
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Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Marginalia
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