Freitas Lima De Illustrator (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: As New. New York, 1964; illustrated tan cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; brown slip case with corner of back strip chipped; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; Sandglass laid-in; interior clean and unmarked; 285 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Edition, First Thus. 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 establishing Columbus' birth date through the four voyages mades. Illustrated with map and woodcuts, with a convenient Chronology. Excellent primary resource. Strong copy less slip-case. Lima de Freitas (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, one of 1,500 copies. SIGNED by de Freitas on limitation page at rear of text. Red painted top edge. Minor wear to cloth joint ends and spine tail of covers. Slight scratching to textblock edges. Mild soiling to upper fore edge of textblock. Faint toning to margins of leaves. VG. Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Limited edition, 931/1500. Quarto, xxiii, 376 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good minus slipcase. Slipcase in silver paper with grey paper title label on rear panel; edge wear, shelf wear. Spine is brown with green paper title label. Boards quarter bound with brown burlap to spine and green cloth to boards. Text block has brown tinted top edge. Illustrated: b&w text drawings, color plates. Signed in ink by the illustrator on the limited edition page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in column ND-QC. 1402157. FP New Rockville Stock.…