1492: THE YEAR OUR WORLD BEGAN
Written by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
Stock no. 1831205
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st thus 2011. Almost very good condition.

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single, fateful year: the way power and wealth are distributed around the globe; the way major religions and civilisations divide the world. Events that began in 1492 even transformed the whole ecological system of the planet. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w illustrations and maps. vi and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9781408809501. Covers show reading wear. Text block is browned and foxed. Foxing throughout, mainly bleeding from text block to margins.

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO
Written by William H. Prescott; Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
Stock no. 1830275
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. With a Preliminary View of The Ancient Mexican Civilization and the Life of The Conqueror Hernado Cortes. Attractive green pictorial cloth with gilt title and highlights. Colour illustrations & b/w text illustrations. Top edge green. xxx and 723 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and bumped at one open edge.