A. The New World - The First Pictures of America..., by Stefan Lorant, published 1946. This is a fascinating history of the first French and English settlements on eastern North American seaboards from eyewitness accounts including those of John White and Le Moyne. Heavily illustrated in b/w and color with the water colors of John White (1585), de Bry's engravings of the Virginia and Florida settlements, and excerpts from Thomas Hariot's New Found Land of Virginia (1588). 292 pp., index, bibliography. First edition, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, NY. Hardbound in beige linen with gilt title and illustration on front cover. Includes pictorial dust jacket protected by mylar. Condition: Contents are very good with minor toning along the sheet edges and dust jacket. Covers are also very good. (B+)

B. The Discovery of North America, by W.P. Cumming, R.A. Skelton, and D.B. Quinn, published 1972. This extensive textual history, profusely illustrated, covers early explorations across the Atlantic to 1633. It is an important reference for any library. 304 pp. with 370 plates, 75 in color. Hardbound in black cloth with gilt titling on front cover and spine and an illustrated dust jacket protected by a Mylar sleeve. Condition: Clean, bright, near fine. (A)

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