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The History And Adventures Of The Renowned Don Quixote. 4 Volumes. 141 X 90 Mm. (first Seaparate American Edition]
by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good with no dust jacket
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Philadelphia: Birch and Small. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1811-2. First American Edition. Leather. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. 4 volumes. 141 x 90 mm. Translated by Tobias Smollett. 12mo, contemporary full brown calf, spines ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece to each, front joint split on first and last volume, spine ends chipped, boards scuffed and soiled; contents with intermittent light to moderate browning, pencil scribble in vol. 1, inked ownership signature to front pastedowns. First separate American edition. John Conrad & Co. Published Smollett's translation as volumes X-XIII in their Select Novels series in 1803. Very scarce with only one other copy traced at auction. Philadelphia: Birch and Small, 1811-12 .
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- Title
- The History And Adventures Of The Renowned Don Quixote. 4 Volumes. 141 X 90 Mm. (first Seaparate American Edition]
- Author
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Birch and Small
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1811-2
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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