Rafael Sabatini

COLUMBUS: A Romance

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First American Edition. Hardcover. 430p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Front cover faintly soiled in a few spots. 1" closed tear on rear free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Dustjacket has a faded spine (which is almost always the case), a price-clipped flap, and rubbed edges. Otherwise intact. Item #146236

A historical fiction novel in which Christopher Columbus travels to seek sponsorship from Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, while eluding spies seeking to steal the map of his proposed route to the East. Meanwhile, he finds romance with a gypsy girl.

Price: $45.00