Search Results: journals and other documents on the by morison samuel eliot

NY: The Heritage Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The cover shows some edgewear with rubbing. The binding is sound. There is age toning inside the covers. A bookplate is pasted inside the front cover. No slipcase.

The Heritage Press, NY, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Lacks slipcase. Spine a bit darkened, covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 417 pp.

New York: The Heritage Press (1963) 418 pp. Original pictorial blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine darkened. Comes in original slipcase. Illust. w/ color and b/w drawings, and maps. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Lima De Freitas. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Heritage Press, 1990. Fine in near fine publisher's slipcase with some sunning to opening edges and a light scuff.. Tuquoise cloth.

The Heritage Press, 1963. Fine. NY: The Heritage Press, c1963. 417pp. index, illustrated Lima de Freitas. lg. 4to. owner's signature on front paste-down, else fine hardcover in slipcase.

New York: Heritage Press, 1963. first thus. Hardcover. Good +. 9 x 12 in. Pictoral cloth boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers rubbed with a few minor spots. MIld wear to corners and spine ends. Spine bright. Binding tight. Some spots to upper text edge, a few tiny spots to pictoral endpapers. Text very clean. Hist. RGR.

New York: Heritage, 1963. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 417 pages. 4to, decorated blue cloth, publisher's slipcase (cloth spine a bit faded and spotty, slipcase lightly worn). New York: Heritage Press, (1963). A very good copy.<br/> <br/>

Heritage Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. Owner inscription to front free-endpaper. Housed in publisher slipcase.; 417 pages .

Heritage Press:, 1963. 417 pages, illustrated by LimaDe Freitas. FINE HARDCOVER, FINE SLIPCASE.. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket.. Illus. by Lima De Freitas. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. #725/1500, Signed on the colophon by the artist Lima de Freitas, whose illustrations have been hand-colored by the studio of Walter Fischer. The black slipcase has scuffs, two dents on the spine, remnant of round sticker. The blue buckram boards with black embossed inset illustration of Columbus and leather spine label are darkened on the spine. Interior is in fine condition. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

Easton Press. 1990. Hardcover. Full leather with gilt stamping, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon bookmark. Small scrapes in page edge gilding, else as New, clean and tight. .

The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. #28/1500cc, signed by illustrator Lima de Freitas. Slipcase not included. Top corner of front cover is bumped and other cover corners are lightly worn. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 31 x 23 cm. Quarto. 417 pages. Blue cloth with embossed stamp tom cover. Limited to 1500 copies signed by the artist, Lima de Freitas, this being copy number 851. Some fading to the spine and rubbing to the endlabel. Some spotting to the foredges. First page is wavy. The previous owner's bookplate is on the 2nd page. Laid in monthly letter. No slipcase.

New York, NY: Heritage Press, 1963. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. Lima de Freitas (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated pale green boards w/gilt spine lettering/VG; strong & sound w/rubs to edges, corner tips and surfaces; showing light discoloration. DJ/None as Issued. Slip-case/None. Maps to endpapers. American historian, Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887 - 1976) authored several works on maritime history. Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, one of which was for "Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus" (1942), which was followed by a briefer biography, "Christopher Columbus, Marine (1955). Researching for these two books, Morison found trustworthy translations of primary source materials were scant, and therefore made translations of his own or had new ones made. This volume is an anthology of selected from those translations, and are, for the sake scholarship integrity, intentionally literal. The documents begin those… Read More

New York : The Heritage Press, 1963 Illustrated pale blue cloth boards with black blocked title slip and gilt titles to spine in publisher's blue cloth covered slip case. 290 x 220 mm approx. Maps to end papers, xvi + 418 pp Illustrated with 5 double page spread black and two colour printed + 65 b/w drawings in the style of wood cuts + Medallion head of Columbus to title by Lima de Freitas. The maps to end papers are also by the same artist and redrawn from two sections of Juan de la Cosa's world map of 1506. 7 other line maps in text all as per the Heritage Club Sandglass flyer for the book loosely laid in. VG in Near Fine slip case (Book- a little colour rubbing to extremities including spine edges, slight tanning of end paper maps in gutter- probably a reaction to the glue/ mull. No previous owner name or insc. No other defects. Slip Case - very clean with no defects).Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Due to the weight of this tome… Read More

The Easton Press As new. A beautiful volume from The Easton Press. Finely bound in full luxurious leather with gold embossed decoration and gold gilt edges. Raised spine bands in the traditional method of fine bookbinding. With silk moire fabric endpapers and permanently bound-in satin ribbon page marker. Printed on fine archival acid-free paper. See photo(s). We recently acquired another large collection of Easton Press titles. Search our listings using "Easton Press" in the publisher field for other titles.. Full-Leather. Fine. Illus. by Lima De Freitas.

Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1963. 417 pp with 7 maps, 1 colour medallion on title spread, 5 double-page colour illust. and 59 bw illust. in text. (illustrations by Lima de Freitas). Eps: Map of the Caribbean Sea. Decorated cloth cover, gilt title on black vignette on spine.Clean. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. Illus. by Lima de Freitas. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Fine. Blue linen with embossed cover and leather spine labels gilt on a black field, large 4to., xvi, 417, (1) pages, double page color and monochrome vignette illustrations by Lima De Freitas. One of 1,500 numbered copies. Letter and notice loosely inserted. A fine copy in a fine Slipcase.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11x8x1. De Freitas, Lima. Signed by illustrator. Limited edition, #890 of 1500 copies. Includes publisher's slipcase. Signed by illustrator and hand-numbered on limitation page. Slipcase a bit rubbed. 1963 Large Hardcover. xvi, 417 pp. Translated and edited by Samuel Eliot Morison. Maps on endpapers, reproductions of historical engravings throughout, illustrations by Lima de Freitas. A record of letters, maps, and other documents associated with Christopher Columbus's life and career in exploration.

Easton, 1990. Special 500th Anniversary Edition. Full red leather, decoratively gilt. Fine. Illustrated by Lima de Freitas.