The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation
by SKELTON, R.A., MARSTON, Thomas E., and PAINTER, George D
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Foreword by Alexander O. Vietor. 4to. Orange marbled paper over boards, dust jacket. ix, 291pp. Illustrations (2 foldouts), line drawings. Very good/very good. Later (4th) printing, tight and handsome. Massive study of this still-disputed 15th century world map indicating Viking discovery of North America.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4762
- Title
- The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation
- Author
- SKELTON, R.A., MARSTON, Thomas E., and PAINTER, George D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Colonial Americana;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...