Columbus
by Sabatini, Rafael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original fine red publisher's cloth with very good dust jacket. Tear to front cover (no loss) and chipped corners at head and fo
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First American edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original fine red publisher's cloth with very good dust jacket. Tear to front cover (no loss) and chipped corners at head and foot of spine. First American edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Romance and intrigue in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. Set at the time of the discovery of the New World, this chronicles the fictional romance of Christopher Columbus with the mysterious Spanish lady Beatriz Enriquez. Unknown to Columbus, Beatriz is a spy sent by the Venetian Doge to steal the map master cartographer Toscanelli gave to Columbus that shows the way to the New World.
One of Sabatini's final novels, set against a lush historical backdrop familiar to many readers.
One of Sabatini's final novels, set against a lush historical backdrop familiar to many readers.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312479
- Title
- Columbus
- Author
- Sabatini, Rafael
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original fine red publisher's cloth with very good dust jacket. Tear to front cover (no loss) and chipped corners at head and fo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Popular Literature | Love & Romance | Rafael Sabatini
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