The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
Four volumes, Leather Bindings, Hardback. First Edition thus of this Bigelow Publishers 1920 Edition. Octavo, black morocco with grey linen boards with gilt-decorated spines, top edges gilt, deckled pages. Volume I: xlii, 445 pp. + viii, Volume II: 484 pp. + x, Volume III: 512 pp. + ix, Volume IV: 508 pp. Very good condition pages, clean, unmarked; endpapers - good, some tanning. Hardback exterior/spine condition differs by volume; vol. III, good with bumps on edges, crown and heel of spine. Other volumes have wear on spine. Please email seller if you would like additional photos. Books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a clean box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Redeemed Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2024MdS10FX4
- Title
- The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
- Author
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bigelow, Brown and Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, classics, Don Quixote, Spain, translated, leather set, leather binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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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