History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella
by PRESCOTT, William Hickling
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press. Near Fine. 1967. Hardcover. William Hickling Prescott's landmark work of Spanish history first appeared in 1837 and is presented here in a handsome Heritage Press reprint edition. Edited, and with a preface, by C. Harvey Gardiner, with eye-catching color illustrations by Lima De Freitas. With brightly colored map of Spain at endpapers. Sandglass leaflet not present. --- With De Freitas color portraits of the subjects on paper-covered boards, backed in olive quarter cloth with titling in gilt on red spine block. Volume housed in De Freitas illustrated paper-covered slipcase. --- An about-Near Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound, bright and lacking noticeable damages. Good-only, structurally sound slipcase with considerable soiling & a few small tears to paper covering.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxiv, 294 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87804
- Title
- History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella
- Author
- PRESCOTT, William Hickling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; >>European History;
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Littleton, Colorado
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- Fine
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