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Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha: Charles Jarvis (Translator)
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Unjacketed
- Seller
-
Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Circa 1900 hardcover as pictured. A handsome volume that has seen moderate use but remains very readable. Translation by Charles Jarvis. Binding is intact. Red cloth boards embossed with black and gold stamping are lightly soiled with gently bumped corners. Head and tail bands. Text block with gilt edges. Patterned endpapers. Front hinge is cracked and has been repaired with cloth tape. Rear hinge is cracked. Text appears clean and unmarked. Includes many illustrations by Tony Johannot. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. OD4
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2782
- Title
- Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha
- Author
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Illustrator
- Gustave Doré and Tony Johannot
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Doré Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John E. Potter
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- undated
- Pages
- 786
- Size
- 6 x 9
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gustave Doré. Cervantes. Don Quixote
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic lit;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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