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History of the Conquest of Mexico,  With a Preliminary View of the Ancient  Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, in  Three Volumes

History of the Conquest of Mexico, With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, in Three Volumes

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History of the Conquest of Mexico, With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, in Three Volumes

by Prescott, William H

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Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown. Good with no dust jacket; Boards have minor wear, owner bookplates (Fanny . Hazard Bond) on front pastedowns, foxing, musty.. 1851. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Xxxiv, 488 pp, 509 pp, 531 pp. All three volumes uniformly bound in three-quarter dark brown pebbled leather with marbled sides and matching endpapers. Four raised bands on each spine with titles stamped in gilt. Top edges gilt. Each volume contains a frontispiece engraving (Hernando Cortes, Montezuma) with tissue guard. Map of Mexico in Volume One. The 1843 first edition of this title was Number 51in the Grolier Club's 1946 exhibition and publication, One Hundred Influential American Books Printed Before 1900. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller
Old Saratoga Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
40499
Title
History of the Conquest of Mexico, With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, in Three Volumes
Author
Prescott, William H
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards have minor wear, owner bookplates (Fanny Hazard Bond) on front pastedowns, foxing, musty.
Edition
Eighth Edition
Publisher
Charles C. Little and James Brown
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1851
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
MEXICO, Mexican History, Cortez
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Latin America & the Caribbean;
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May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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