Lot of 2: The Story of Magellan/A Life of Christopher Columbus 1938-42 HC DJ

Item Details:

• Title: Conqueror of the Seas: the Story of Magellan
• Author: Stefan Zweig
• Publisher: The Viking Press, Inc. & The Literary Guild of America
  
• Copyright: 1938
  
• Edition: Unstated
  

Item Details:

• Title: Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus
• Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
  
• Copyright: 1942
  
• Edition: Unstated

Condition:

• Books are in acceptable to good condition
• Both books have dust jackets that have some damage: staining, soiling, closed and open tears, creasing, and sunning
  • Conqueror's dust jacket has been price clipped, has pencil script, and has more extensive staining
• Covers have varying degrees of damage
  • Conqueror has moderate damage: extensive soiling, foxing, shelf-wear, and staining
  • Admiral has little some damage: soiling, staining, and shelf-wear
• Both books are cocked
• Both text blocks have foxing, staining, soiling, and colored tops that have been faded due to time
• Both books have discoloration and soiling in the pastedowns and free-ends
  • Conqueror has pencil script on front free-endpaper
• Both books have slightly yellowed due to age
  • Conqueror has some water stains on pages, and a pasted book plate on the title page
    
  • Pages are otherwise clean, intact, and legible
• Bindings are intact