Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1965. Fine condition in a Fine clear plastic dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. Previous owner's bookplate on pastedown endpaper. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh and crisp. A publication from the James Ford Bell Collection in the University of Minnesota Library. Limited to 750 numbered copies; this being #283. Translated from the Spanish, with background essay and commentary, by Charles E. Nowell. From the front matter: "Early in 1503, one Juan de Ayala, recently of Hispaniola (Haiti) but then in Spain, addressed a letter to his sovereigns, Ferdinand and Isabella. Written in the rather difficult script of the early sixteenth century, it consists of four pages of text, to which are appended three more pages containing a price list of everyday goods imported from Spain as they then sold in Hispaniola. The main body of the letter contains a brief introduction and twenty-three paragraphs, mostly short, filled with complaints about the conditions on the island and suggestions for their reform. Ayala... asks the rulers to send him back there in a position of authority to make the changes..." Two-tone binding (brown boards and yellow cloth) with printed paper spine label and decorative motif on the cover. Complete with clear plastic dust jacket.. First Edition, Limited to 750 copies. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (viii), 93pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 019075
Title: A Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella, 1503
Author: Nowell, Charles E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine condition
Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition, Limited to 750 copies
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Place of Publication: Minneapolis
Date Published: 1965
Size: 8vo. (viii), 93pp
Keywords: Voyages and Travels.
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