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Ferdinand Columbus; trans. Benjamin Keen.
The Life of the Admiral Christopher Columbus by his son Ferdinand.
Published London: Folio Society, 1960 (text previously issued by Rutgers U.P., 1959).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; slipcase, published without a dustjacket; wood veneer on the boards, leather on the spine; coloured tops.
Printers: Butler & Tanner; Grout Engraving Co.; W. & J. Mackay.
Size: 160×258×30mm.
Page count: text 271pp; illustrations 11pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the slipcase on this copy is rather frayed at the corners; the leather part of the book’s binding is somewhat discoloured, and a bit frayed at the edges; looks in generally good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 733g.

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Illustrations: 11 pages, monochrome
Maps & plans: 9

Appendix: Ships of the discovery.
Introduction: 10pp
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: no

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