Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus.
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. illus., one folding. tall 8vo, full brown leather. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. Fine. More
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. illus., one folding. tall 8vo, full brown leather. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. Fine. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1942. Frontis., and other b/w illus. 680 pages. Thick 8vo, brown cloth. Boston: little Brown, 1942. Very good. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1942. Numerous maps, charts and illustrations. 2 volumes. Thick 8vo, red cloth with blue spine labels, battered and spine darkened; bottom of cloth spine of volume I darkened. Boston: Little Brown, 1942. First Edition. From the library of Dr. Saul Jarcho with his ownership signature in each volume. Dr. Jarcho underlined in ink some pages in volume II. A few of the underlined pages are chipped on the edge of the top margins. Some upper right corner..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Illustrated in black and white. Frontispiece. 2 volumes. Vol I: 712 pages. Vol II: 758 pages. 8vos, yellow cloth, blue spine, slipcase. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Near fine--sunned at the spine-- in a near fine slipcase. Vol I: The Northern Voyages: A.D. 500-1600. Vol II: The Southern Voyages: 1292-1616. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Illustrated. xvii + 758 pages, thick 8vo, cloth, d.w.; ownership signature front free endpaper, dust wrapper price clipped, lightly rubbed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: New York City Board of Education, 1958. Public Schools of the City of New York. 4to, original red cloth, d.w., ex-lib, otherwise very good. New York: New York City Board of Education, 1958. More
London: West India Committee, 1938. Plates, folding genealogical chart. 157pp. 8vo, blue cloth, spine ends lightly worn, corners bumped, spine and edges of covers moderately rubbed, cloth lightly soiled. London: Published for the Institute of Jamaica by the West India Committee, (1938). First Edition. Good. Letters from Dr. Francis Rigby Brodbelt, a physician, and his family, to his daughter, Jane Gardner Brodbelt. Dr. Brodbelt and his family lived in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Many of the letters concern the Brodbelt's life..... More
New York: Knopf, 1980. 228 pages, 8vo, black cloth, lightly edgeworn d.w. New York: Knopf, 1980. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Knopf, 1970. 8vo, burgundy cloth, edgeworn d.w. New York: Knopf, 1970. Very good in very good dust wrapper. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974. Archeological Society. Illus. 58pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1974). More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1949. Illustrated in black and white. 222 pages. Small 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. (torn at bottom edge, sunned, and edgeworn) New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1949. A near fine copy-- pages toned, with light wear at spine ends-- in a very good dust wrapper. Scarce. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. Illustrations by Leon Helguera. More
Boulder: East European Monographs, 1986. Illustrated, maps. xii + 378 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; minor bump to the lower front corner. Boulder: East European Monographs, 1986. First Edition. A fine copy. Eastern European Monographs, No. CXCIX. More
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. Fordham UP, 1992. vg Presentation copy. Also includes parts on Adolph Esmit and Gabriel Milan, both Governors of St. Thomas. More
Mapes Monde, 1991. Illustrated. 176 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Mapes Monde, (1991). First American edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Scribner, 1887. Illustrated with wood cuts. 8vo, tan pictorial cloth; (spine a bit sunned and ends slightly worn), all edges yellow. New York: Scribner's, 1887. First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Rouen: Francois Vaultier, 1678. 267pp. + 1 page from the publisher. 24mo, 18th century or early nineteenth century 1/2 calf with gilt spine and marbled boards, head of spine and edges of corners very lightly worn, several pages cropped on top margin, bottom margins throughout are lightly soiled, later annotations on margins of title page, preface, and page 266., bottom margin lacking on last page of text, with a slight loss to letters in two words of the publisher's ad..... More
38pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946. vg. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Illus. 484pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (Cambridge): Cambridge University Press, (2004). Fine. More
London: Albion Press, 1805. Beautifully illustrated with 8 plates, a folding map of Haiti, a folding plan of the city of Cap Francois, and a facsimile. xxiii, errata, 467, 9 page index and 3 pages of advertisements, deckled edges. Scattered foxing with the maps heavily browned. Thick 4to, handsomely rebound in 3/4 black morocco, red leather spine labels. (London): Albion Press, Printed: Published by James Cundee, 1805. First Edition. Very good (+). Internally a tight and bright copy. Among the..... More
New York: Arco, 1969. Illustrated in black and white. 219 pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (edgeworn and rubbed). New York: Arco, (1969). First Edition. Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Translated from the French by Robert B. Cross. Photographs by Odette Mennesson-Rigaud. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1969. Illus. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. heavily foxed, cloth lightly soiled, light foxing to endpapers. New York: Vantage Press, (1969). First Edition From the library of Jose Ferrer. Inscribed by the author, "Para Mr. Jose Ferrer artista de Puerto Rico y del mundo. Cordialmente, Antonio L. Rivera". T. River is the pen name of Antonio L. Rivera. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1959. 8vo, original blue boards, ex-lib. Garden City: Doubleday, 1959. More
488pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Doubleday, 1947. vg. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, N.Y.: Scribner's, (1963). More
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