The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
by Cervantes, Miguel De
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG++/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1908. Four Volume bound in thick brown cloth with paper labels on spine. Top Edge Gilt. Translated from the Spanish by P.A. Motteax. Thirty-Six engraved plates by Ad Lalauze with tissue guards. Tight, clean set -- looks quite handsome on the shelf. From the library of Walter Geer, Jr. (the author) with his neat signature in fountain pen on each ffep. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket. Illus. by Ad Lalauze.
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- abookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007843
- Title
- The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
- Author
- Cervantes, Miguel De
- Illustrator
- Ad Lalauze
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- John Grant
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Spanish Literature; Quixote
- Bookseller catalogs
- Zzzwork;
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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