de CERVANTES, MIGUEL S[aavedra]:: DON QUIXOTE de la Mancha

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de CERVANTES, MIGUEL S[aavedra]: : DON QUIXOTE de la Mancha

UK,OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,1981.

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UK(? - states printed in America),8vo HB, no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus.[The text of J.M. Cohen's translation,1950,by permission of Penguin Books Ltd(UK). Illustrations in this edition/volume,by Jose and Luis Jimenez y Aranda,appeared originally in the 1905 R.L.Cabrera edition,Madrid,Spain.Stated Special Edition with editors' introductory message(1981) and Franklin Library Special contents copyright(1979).] NFINE.Dark green,with bright,crisp,stamped gilt panels and titling decorated quarter leather spine/backstrip,over dark green, three-quarter gilt decorated panel+border edged cloth boards,3 raised bands,all edges gilt(aeg),green+white simulated marbled decorative endpapers,grey silk ribbon marker.Contents bright,tight and near pristine - an unread copy? UK,8vo HB+ s/case,1st thus,1-635pp [paginated] includes prologue,52 chapters,profuse b/w full-page illustrations throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] 4pp blanks,half-title page, editor's message for subscribers,b/w illustrated frntis, title page,contents list/table,author's dedication and 2pp blanks at rear. A very attractive,collectable edition of this literary classic of Don Quixote,a gaunt country gentleman crazed by reading books of knight-errantry,setting out to redress the evils of his 17thC world. Setting out to emulate the knights of old, he gets himself some armour (made from pasteboard) and a steed (a broken down nag),and then by getting himself knighted. He goes to an inn,which he thinks is a castle,meets prostitutes whom he thinks are high-born ladies,addresses them and the innkeeper,who is a thief,in language so literary that they cannot understand it,and then seeks to get himself knighted by standing vigil all night over his armour.[JP.] Since April 2013,and again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So, please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK(?)8vo HB,no dw/dj(as issued),1st edn.
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