The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 1949

Ann Arbor, MI: Borders Classics (2006), 461pp, abridged ed., light shelfwear.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x4x0. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First edition, thus. A new translation from the Spanish, with a critical text based upon the First Editions of 1605 and 1615, and with Variant Readings, Variorum Notes, and an introduction by Samuel Putnam. Chipping across the crown, thus very good in a fragile, fair dust jacket, with several splits along the edges, both the front and back panels separated at the spine.

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1887. Hardcover. Volume 2 only of a 4-volume set presenting the great novel by Spain's Cervantes. The translator, John Ormsby, has rendered this work into English, and has provided numerous explanatory footnotes along with the text. --- A compact copy, in blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations to cover and spine along with gilt spine titling; TEG (top edge gilt). Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- An excellent copy: tightly-bound and unmarked, but with small tear to paper at gutter near front of book.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; vii, (2), 439 pages .

Franklin Library, 1976. Leather Bound. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Franklin Library, 1976. Leather Bound. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Bottom end of front exterior hinge shows sign of cracking, otherwise binding tight and secure. Light scuffing and smudging across boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Franklin Library, 1976. Leather Bound. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The text block includes illustrations. Moiré end pages; all edges gilt; silk page-marker attached to binding. Full leather binding. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Cassell and company, 1953., 1953. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Viking. 1949. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. .

The Folio Society, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. 1961. No edition stated. 441+473 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Grey, green and blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in a 2-volume set. Lithographs by Jose Narro. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. . Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.