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Don Quixote de la Mancha

Don Quixote de la Mancha

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Don Quixote de la Mancha

by Miguel de Cervantes

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item

The Clever Gentleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha, written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. It is the most important work to come out of Spain, is considered the first 'modern novel', and is considered by some to be the greatest literary work ever written.


This is a near-perfect copy, designed by George Salter and published by Random House in 1941. It was originally sold in a box sleeve, which has been lost.

It is plain green buckram covers with a red and gold design on the spine. The spine is perfect except for a bit of shelf wear at the bottom. The paper is beautiful.

It is a large heavy book--nearly 3 lbs and 567 pages, illustrated with numerous wood engravings by the German-American artist Hans Alexander Mueller.

It has two flaws. There is what looks like original glue traces on page 14; a production error perhaps. And something, likely water, was splashed on pages 266 and 267.

Other than that, it is a perfect, lovely book.

Because of the weight of this book, the shipping price does not allow for a second to be included.





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
Louise Aird CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
54
Title
Don Quixote de la Mancha
Author
Miguel de Cervantes
Illustrator
Hans Alexander Mueller
Format/Binding
Near Perfect, Minor Shelf Wear
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1941
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Cervantes, Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha, George Salter
Bookseller catalogs
Rare; Southern Europe (Spain, Italy, Greece);

Terms of Sale

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About the Seller

Louise Aird

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia

About Louise Aird

Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.

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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....
Buckram
A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
Shelf Wear
Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...

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