ANTIQUE SET OF THREE VOLUMES TITLED: "THE LIFE AND VOYAGES of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS; AND HIS COMPANIONS" BY WASHINGTON IRVING. THEY ARE THE KNICKERBOCKER EDITION; AUTHOR'S REVISED EDITION; AND WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. THEY WERE PUBLISHED BY G. P. PUTNAM AND SON, NEW YORK, 1868. VOLUME 1 HAS 497 PAGES; VOLUME 2 565 PAGES; AND VOLUME 3 634 PAGES---ALL GILT EDGED ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE. NOTE: THERE IS EVIDENCE ALL THE PAGE EDGES WERE ORIGINALLY GILT EDGED---INTENDED TO BE. SEE PICTURE GALLERY FOR DETAILS.
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