The LIfe and Exploits of Don Quixote De La Mancha. In Four Volumes. [Vol. I.]
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra; Charles Jarvis / Translator
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London, England: William Miller, 1810. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5 1/2" X 8 1/2. FAIR /NO DUST JACKET. Vol. I only of four volumes. cxlv, 371 pp. Text unmarked except for name of former owner at bottom of title page. Foxed throughout. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Cervantes, map of Spain folded and bound in, and four full page engraved illustrations in the text. Brown leather boards, scuffed and worn, both boards detached, spine cover missing, only cardboard spine remaining, edges rubbed, corners worn to boards. Text block intact and firm.
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- Title
- The LIfe and Exploits of Don Quixote De La Mancha. In Four Volumes. [Vol. I.]
- Author
- Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra; Charles Jarvis / Translator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Miller
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1810
- Size
- 5 1/2" X 8 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature Fiction Spain In Translation
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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....
- Jacket
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fair
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