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First Voyage of Christopher Columbus Burnham, Smith
Viking Press 1992 New York, New York, U.S.A. 0670840513 / 9780670840519 Hard Cover Very Good with no dust jacket
4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Laminated boards fresh and clean. Name of FO in ink on ffep. New bookplate will be supplied to completely cover this. Otherwise fresh and clean. Large fold-out map at rear. This fictionalized picture book considers Columbus's first voyage from the point of view of a young unnamed sailor who is there solely because he needs a job. As the brief text describes the trip, the sailor's fearful and disgruntled thoughts are heard, with the recurring admission that, `` `I do need the job.' '' Meanwhile, the ink-and-watercolor illustrations filled with cartoonlike figures depict life aboard ship and on land. All are framed with a border of tiny ships and mermaids. A fold-out map shows the complete voyage and parts of North and South America and western Europe. On many of the pages a portion of the map is shown so that readers can identify the location of the ships at that time. On the whole, the paintings are appealing and occasionally humorous, but cannot compensate for the weakness of the text. While historical information is included, the book is primarily fiction, but not much happens. The main character neither knows nor cares what is going on around him and, as a result, it is hard to care about him. Steve Lowe's selections from The Log of Christopher Columbus (Philomel, 1992) provide a dramatic first-person account of the voyage without making it seem like just another day's work.
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8.50 USD
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The Making of Our Country Burnham, Smith
John C. Winston 1926 Philadelphia Hard Cover Good with no dust jacket
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Dark blue boards with gold embellishment on cover, gold lettering. Slight soil to cover; frayed at one corner. Mellow interior. Illustrated with 334 engravings in black and white, 51 maps, and 8 color plates.
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8.00 USD
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