Little, Brown and Company, 1942. Same date, title & copyright pgs. No additional printing noted.. Hard cover. Very good in poor dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Bookplate glue toning. Slight edge wear. Top and bottom spine ends slightly sun-faded. Fine text pages and maps. Pieces of jacket neatly taped inside book.. Raisz, Erwin (Maps by), and Greene, Bertram (Drawings by).. 1 First edition. 680 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index. Durable red buckram over boards. Front: gold and blue compass. Blue spine title box, gold titles. Blue top page block. Single-volume classic biography of the 15th century sailor-explorer long credited with discovering the New World of the North American Continent, landing in 1492. Author and Harvard historian Samuel Eliot Morison was also a sailor and, as part of his research, made a similar journey aboard facsimile ships, adding to the book's authenticity, the reader's sense of being there with Columbus.

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Librería: Hedgehog's Whimsey Books (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: Alibris.C7070005019
Título: Admiral of the Ocean Sea; A Life of Christopher Columbus
Autor: Morison, Samuel Eliot
Ilustrador: Raisz, Erwin (Maps by), and Greene, Bertram (Drawings by).
Formato/Encuadernación: Hard cover
Estado del libro: Usado - Very good in poor dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Bookplate glue toning. Slight edge wear. Top and bottom spine ends slig
Cantidad disponible: 1
Edición: Same date, title & copyright pgs. No additional printing not
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Editorial: Little, Brown and Company
Fecha de publicación: 1942
Palabras clave: Erwin Raisz, map artist; Bertram Greene, artist; 15th century explorer; New World discovery; Harvard historian-author; Biography; Sea-faring artist;
Catálogos del vendedor: Ships & Boats; Biography; Explorers & Arctic Studies;

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Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.

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