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The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote de la Mancha.
by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor-Fair./No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Miller Place, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Worthington Co., 747 Broadway, 1888. Green cloth, black decorative stamped cover and spine. Poor-Fair./No Dust Jacket. From the translation by Motteux. With 16 original illustrations by L. Hopkins. Franklin Edition. 610 pages. Rare, hard-to-find edition. The Cervantes Collection at the Cushing Memorial Library and Archive (Texas A&M) has the 1881 and 1885 Worthington editions. This edition is mentioned in the catalog of editions of Cervantes' work for the Barcelona Central Library's 400th birthday commemoration in 1947. Text and illustrations complete and readable. Photos available upon request. Multiple flaws: ffep removed, front hinge cracked, numerous areas of damp and water staining, inked owner's name, backstrip well worn and wrinkled, red stain along front cover hinge, page edges dirty.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monkey House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2533
- Title
- The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote de la Mancha.
- Author
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth, black decorative stamped cover and spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor-Fair.
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Worthington Co., 747 Broadway
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Frank McDonald
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Monkey House Books
Biblio member since 2010
Miller Place, New York
About Monkey House Books
Monkey House Books is a mail order, used book dealer located on New York's Long Island. We offer quality used books in a variety of categories at reasonable prices. A home-based business managed by a lifelong bibliophile, Monkey House offers personalized assistance and friendly customer service. For the holidays, or anytime, we provide gift wrapping and recipient shipping upon request. We ship within 24 hours of receiving payment, and packages are wrapped and boxed using recycled/reused materials.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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