Books to build an Empire - 1965 - John Parker (USA)

John Parker - Books to build an Empire : A Bibliographical History of English Overseas Interests to 1620 - Amsterdam, N. Israël, 1965 - 1st edition - VIII+290+1 fold-out hors texte map - Hardcover: linen binding with straight spine, with gold printed spine, with the original dust jacket, with one fold-out map - 16x24,50cm - Very good copy (book): light discolouration of both endpapers, text block completely clean, (dust jacket): traces of wear and use on the edges and cover, small tears on the head and tail of the spine (taped).

•      John Parker (USA) was curator of the James Ford Bell Collection at the University of Minnesota Libraries. This lot is a book about books.
•      The James Ford Bell Library is a special collection of the University of Minnesota Libraries located on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus. It is named for its first donor and patron James Ford Bell, founder of the General Mills Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collection consists of some 40,000 rare books, maps, manuscripts, broadsides, pamphlets and other materials documenting the history and impact of international trade and cultural exchange in the pre-modern era, before ca. 1800. (Source: Wikipedia)

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