The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery
by Colum, Padraic
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1940. Tales of Atlantic travel & discovery, using Prince Henry as a framing device; including Atlantis, Irish stories of Maelduin & Saint Brendan, Viking explorer Eric the Red; Columbus, Ponce de Leon; John Smith's Virginia; the naming of the continents after Amerigo Vespucci. Nicely illustrated by Jones in color & b/w. Later printing: "Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1925. Reprinted May, 1940.", 1940 on title page. Hardcover, full turquoise cloth, gilt titling, black & gilt decoration. Shows very light wear; jacket rubbed with minor edgewear. Text clean; [2], viii, [2],188 pages; line drawings, 3 color plates, as called for; illustrated endsheets.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Wilfred Jones. 5¾" by 7½".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- t0733
- Title
- The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery
- Author
- Colum, Padraic
- Illustrator
- Wilfred Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Atlantis, Mael Duin, St. Brendan, Eric the Red, Vikings, Mythology, Adventure, Illustrated Books
- Size
- 5¾" by 7½"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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