The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (In Slipcase)
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933. Decorative Boards. Very Good. Enric C. Ricart. A solid example of the 1933 1st thus, complete in 2 volumes and slipcase. #957 OF 1,500 COPIES ISSUED SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ENRIC C. RICART at the limitation AND "PRINTED ON GUARRO PAPER BY OLIVA DE VILANOVA IN BARCELONA". Both volumes tight and VG in their patterned dark and yellow boards over red cloth, with mild darkening along the spines and a very small closed tear along Vol. 1's spine crown. Quartos, deckled fore and bottom-edges, wonderful etched illustrations throughout by Enric C. Ricart. The 2 volumes housed within a Good only example of the publisher's printed slipcase, with the top panel missing and light wear along the bottom-edges and at the foot of the spine. Still though, presentable and very functional in its protection of the 2 volumes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19460
- Title
- The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (In Slipcase)
- Author
- Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
- Illustrator
- Enric C. Ricart
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- rare editions of Don Quixote, rare Liited editions Club titles, rare signed limiteds
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...