Paris: Hachette & Cie. 1909. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 7.5". Gustave Dore. A very smart new illustrated edition of the Spanish epic novel Don Quixote in the French language. French language. Illustrated with frontispiece twenty-four full page images and many in-text figures. The Spanish epic novel of Don Quixote considered a founding work of Western literature and the first modern novel it is one of the most translated works in the world. The plot follows the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility Alonso Quijano who reads so many chivalric romances that he looses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant and serve his nation. Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra an Early Modern Spanish writer regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. Illustrated by Gustave Dore a French printmaker illustrator painter comic artist caricaturist and sculptor. This book was awarded to Arthur Taylor from the Grammar School in Macclesfield. Taylor was a second lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War. Unfortunately the last his family heard from the Red Cross was that he was wounded in Germany and had been taken as a prisoner of war. In the original orange cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the edges of the boards. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning to the extremities. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Hachette & Cie. hardcover
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Dit boek hardcover is onderdeel van de TREDITION CLASSICS serie. De makers van deze serie zijn verbonden door hun passie voor literatuur en gedreven met de bedoeling om alle publieke domein boeken weer gedrukte vorm beschikbaar te mak hardcover
Bookseller reference : ria9783849543020_inp ISBN : 3849543021 9783849543020
Editions des deux coqs d'or. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket French. Front hinge cracked. don quixote classics adventure literature Editions des deux coqs d'or unknown
Paris: Delagrave 1936. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 13" by 10". René Giffey. A very scarce abridged children's edition of Cervantes' renowned novel 'Don Quixote' edited by Paul Lefevre-Geraldy and copiously illustrated throughout by Rene Giffey This work is in the original French. With sixteen charming coloured plates by the renowned French artist illustrator of books and magazines and comic book writer Rene Giffey. Giffey is commonly cited as one of the most prolific artists of the first half of the twentieth century as well as a prolific author of a vast range of works in his fifty-year career. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding picturing Don Quixote's humourous attack on a windmill that he believes to be ferocious giants. With 'Huitieme Mille' eighth thousand to the title page. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelfwear to extremities. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine and slight creasing to spine. The odd light mark to boards. Internally generally firmly bound with plate facing page 8 detached but present and plate facing page 58 partially detached to gutter. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed Delagrave hardcover
Paris : Impr. et libr. Hachette 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth backed pictorial boards. Windmill with Don Quixote and Sancho on front. Hardcover. Good cover. Clean unmarked pages. 72 p. Color illustrations. Paris : Impr. et libr. Hachette hardcover
Editorial Juventud 1950. Hardcover. Good/NONE. Blue cloth covers with gilt illustration and lettering on the spine. Contains some markings outside of the text block and a sticker on the front flyleaf. The pages are yellowed and the edges are foxed. No dust jacket. The corners have a slight curl. The spine is separated from the binding but the binding is secure. There is discoloration to the top edge and on the spine. Editorial Juventud hardcover
Der Kinderbuchverlag. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. 2nd edition. German edition. Classic Fiction Books in German Der Kinderbuchverlag unknown
Barcelona Spain: Galaxia Gutenberg 2004. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Two hardcover volumes in bright dust jackets housed in a cardboard slipcase. ALL TEXT IN SPANISH. 1.368 and 1.454 pages. Clean set. DUE TO WEIGHT DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Record # 386700 Galaxia Gutenberg hardcover
Bookseller reference : 386700 ISBN : 8481093947 9788481093940
Pentru Literatura Universala 1965. Used. 1965; Romanian Edition of Don Quijote de la Mancha 2; For more details please contact me Pentru Literatura Universala unknown
Pentru Literatura Universala 1965. Used. 1965; Romanian Edition of Don Quijote de la Mancha 1; For more details please contact me Pentru Literatura Universala unknown
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