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The Story of Cervantes; A Scholar, A Poet, A Soldier, A Slave among the Moors, and the Author of "Don Quixote
by Edwards, Amelia B
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About This Item
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo, [6.5x4.5in]; xii, 240 pp., [2] advertisements, frontispiece, with tissue guard, and five illustrations; Dark green blind stamped covers with gilt lettering and design on spine, all edges trimmed; Some shelf wear to covers edges and corners with darkening of spine, corners bumped, joints splitting at top and bottom of spine, hinges cracked and holding, spine slightly cocked. Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (1831-1892), an English author, artist and Egyptologist, was well known for her travel books and literary fiction and nonfiction works. She also wrote poetry, stories and articles for periodicals. Today she is best know for her work as an Egyptologist and founder of the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882 (later the Egypt Exploration Society.
This book is one of several nonfiction history that Edwards wrote as a result of her travels through Europe. She became enthralled with the story of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) and chose to write a more narrative book about the man and the interesting times he lived in.
This book is one of several nonfiction history that Edwards wrote as a result of her travels through Europe. She became enthralled with the story of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) and chose to write a more narrative book about the man and the interesting times he lived in.
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- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13809
- Title
- The Story of Cervantes; A Scholar, A Poet, A Soldier, A Slave among the Moors, and the Author of "Don Quixote
- Author
- Edwards, Amelia B
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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