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The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de La Mancha. Translated by Peter Motteux. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller
by Saavedra, Miguel De Cervantes
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1941. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of this Edition. First Published in Spain in 1604. Hardcover Quarto In Very Good Condition without Slipcase. Translated by Peter Motteux. Illustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller. Publisher's full green buckram cloth, red label on spine with gilt borders and decoration, gilt titles within. The red is partially rubbed in streaks, gilt titles can still be read. Top edge red tinted. Some edges are lightly rubbed. Sewn binding is tight, solid and square. Endpapers are tanned. Internals are toned, very clean, no markings of any kind. This edition of the "Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote De La Mancha" was designed by George Salter. The type used is Linotype Scotch and the illustrations, which are engraved in wood, are by Hans Alexander Mueller. The book was composed, printed and bound by H. Wolff, New York, using paper manufactured by P.H. Glatfelter Co., and buckram cloth made by the Bancroft Mills." 567 pages. 7 x 10 inches. 1941, Random House, New York.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de La Mancha. Translated by Peter Motteux. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller
- Author
- Saavedra, Miguel De Cervantes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SPAIN HIDALGO KNIGHTS SPANISH LITERATURE SANCHO PANZA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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