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Hardcover, green cloth lettered in gold, in original yellow dust-jacket with small bust of Columbus on cover. 543pp., Appendicies, Index. Illustrated with tables and map. First edition, first printing. A collection of essays by various scholars focusing on the role of the Italian presence in the formation and development of countries in North America, South America, and Australia. Some essays were previously produced for the Columbus People Symposium, while nine are original and appear here for the first time. Small closed tear to rear dust-jacket flap clear tape repaired on verso and nearly invisible. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh copy, no writing, no high-lighting, no marking of any kind. An as new copy in a virtually as new dust-jacket. As new in fine dust-jacket.