1899 Famous Discoveries by Land and Sea / Blackie buy & Son, London / Illustrated Antique Book / Columbus, Cortez, Raleigh, Pizarro
In good condition here is an antique copy of Famous Discoveries by Land.
buy In good condition here is an antique copy of Famous Discoveries by Land and Sea. Published by Blackie & Son, London. Undated but with a prize bookplate on the front paste down dated 1899. With four black and white illustrations.
Contents: The New World and Christopher Columbus; Mexico and Hernando Cortez; Peru and Francisco Pizarro; Canada and Jacques Cartier; Sir Walter Raleigh and Guiana; How Don Ferdinando de Soto With Six Hundred Spaniards Conquered the Land of Florida; Bougainville, The French Navigator at Tahiti; Africa and Mungo Park.
Inside the pages are in good condition with spotting to the endpapers and then just sporadically in the text. With tanning and spotting to the closed outside edges. Has the above-mentioned bookplate on the front paste down but no other writing or markings of previous ownership. All four of the black and white illustrations are present as called for.
Dark red cloth covered boards have decoration to the front and spine. With an Art Nouveau feel. The front and back are in top condition with very little sign of wear, just some rubbing to the corners. The spine has faded slightly and there is mild rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. The gilt titles are lovely and bright.
Your antique copy of Famous Discoveries by Land and Sea will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged with tracking and insurance. I am always happy to add a gift card with a message to the parcel if desired.
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H 19 cm x W 13 cm, 256 pages, 0.55 kg. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. (There are just a very few countries which I am unable to ship to).
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