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Don Quixote
by CERVANTES, Miguel De
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG++
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Insel Verlag, 1908. Limited Edition. Hardcover. VG++. Limited Edition 95 of 100 copies. 11.5 x 18.5 cm red morocco with gilt stamped titles and decoration to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut with a double page decorative title page in blue and black to the Volume I pp [I] XV 498[2] and single page decorative titles to Volumes II, pp [II] 573[3] and III pp[II] 282[2]. The spine and decorative title pages were designed by Cark Czeschka. A beautiful limited edition set with just a couple of light scratches to the cover of Volume I and a little pushing to the bottom corners of the lower boards of Volumes I and III. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate, just the occasional very light handling mark and a small Zurich bookseller label on the rear pastedown of volume 1. The green ribbon book marks are a touch frayed at the bottom and the uncut edges are remarkably clean. A lovely set. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Synopsis
Don Quixote, fully titled The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha, is a novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story by creating a fictional Moorish chronicler for Don Quixote named Cide Hamete Benengeli. Published in two volumes a decade apart (in 1605 and 1615), Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202429
- Title
- Don Quixote
- Author
- CERVANTES, Miguel De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Insel Verlag
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Foreign Language|Limited Edition
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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