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The Double Reckoning of Christopher Columbus: 3 August - 12 October 1492
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The Double Reckoning of Christopher Columbus: 3 August - 12 October 1492 Hardcover - 1992

by Hyett, Barbara Helfgott

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Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author. Grey cloth, foil titles on spine, blind-stamped decoration on front board, xxv 107, [2] pp, map. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Inscribed by author to legendary Minneapolis bookman J. Harold Kittleson on title page, date 30 Sept. 1992. An invitation to the event with Kittleson's handwritten comment is laid in along with a newspaper clipping from the same date. From the DJ: "Intrigued by the mystery that still surrounds Columbus, Hyett has written 47 poems that enlarge on the entries in his Diario, the journal he presented to Ferdinand and Isabela of Spain on his return from what he called the 'First Voyage of Discovery.' Prefacing each poem with an excerpt from this journal, Hyett provides her own 'double reckoning.'" The title is derived from a journal entry in which Columbus states: "Today I made 60 leagues at 10 Roman miles an hour. But I decided to reckon less, so that if the voyage should be long, the men will not become afraid. I recorded 48 leagues for them. For myself, I'll keep a secret, accurate reckoning." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 16 cm.
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  • Title The Double Reckoning of Christopher Columbus: 3 August - 12 October 1492
  • Author Hyett, Barbara Helfgott
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 107
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press, Urbana & Chicago
  • Date 1992
  • Bookseller's Inventory # LIPO00001
  • ISBN 9780252018664 / 0252018664
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.56 x 6.39 x 0.65 in (21.74 x 16.23 x 1.65 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects America - Discovery and exploration -, Columbus, Christopher - Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91028062
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

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