Price: US$119.75 + shipping
Description: Pages slightly tanned. Contents are clean and tight. Corners slightly bumped. Cover edges slightly worn. Small thumb print on outer page edges. GOOD. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.
Seller: GloryBe Books & Ephemera, LLC, Deforest, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: PRIOR OWNER'S BOOKPLATE ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER. THE BOOK HAS SOME CORNER AND BOTTOM EDGE WEAR. THE CLEAR PLASTIC DUST JACKET HAS LOST SOME LETTERING AND HAS SOME LOSS AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE AND BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE FRONT. DESPITE THE FLAWS, STILL EYE CATCHING ON THE OUTSIDE AND HAS NEAR PRISTINE TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Salvador Dali. 1946, first or early edition. Red cloth boards, scuffed, illustrated, with gilt title on black spine. Partial plastic dust wrapper with faded yellow text.
Seller: Secret Bookshop, Johannesburg, GAUTE, South Africa
Price: US$162.44 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Translated from the original Spanish by Peter Motteux. xviii, 588pp, with 10 full colour, double page, water colour illustrations by Salvador Dali, and other Dali line drawings in text. Green cloth covered boards (boards rubbed at edges and around spine joints, faded, a little rounded at spine tips). Ex Library with usual markings on endpapers and discrete stamp on title page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Quixote's ill-considered, farcical exploits pair perfectly with Dali's fantastical water colours. An notable edition of an important classic tale. 12mo.
Seller: BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$166.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo, red & black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, full-color illustrative plates, 587 pp. Very Good, with light edgewear. Bright, crisp illustrations. Photographs gladly provided upon request. Illustrated, Salvador Dali, Art, Don Quixote. ynsli
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$170.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean, tight copy in a very good dust jacket. Very Light wear to extremities. Previous owners inscription. Clothbound in green with black title squares to the front cover and spine with the title in gold gilt. First edition; 1946. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout by Salvador Dali. Text is clean and bright. Top of pages edged in blue. In a protective plastic cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
de Cervantes, Miguel & Motteux, Peter (transl.). Don Quixote de la Mancha. Modern Library, 1946.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated Modern Library in scarce titled glassine. In quarter gold lettered black cloth with illustrated red paper over boards. Painted upper edge faded to a dark gray. In-text b/w illustration and beautiful double page full color illustrated plates from Dalí throughout. Book remains in good+ condition; original binding is intact and square, and interior free from notation. Boards are worn around outer edge, revealing board along the bottom. Tips frayed. Slight toning from age. A moisture stain in the spine corner of upper edge of t.b. has bled lightly through to top of gutter throughout interior. This does not appear to alter any illustrations or text. Sparse foxing to fore edge of t.b. Glassine cover is in fair condition; scuffed and dirtied over surface, titling is cracked and lettering on rear panel mostly worn away. Crown and fold ends are chipped.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Orange red cover with illustration to front and a black spine with gilt title. Nice overall condition with mild cover wear, clean pages and a secure binding. About 7-1/2 x 5 with 587 pages. Scarce. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
Seller: Rose City Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Don Quixote by Cervantes. The Illustrated Modern Library, 1946, First Edition Thus. Bound in decorative boards with gilt spine and an acetate dust jacket with printed text on front. Ten Absolutely gorgeous full page color illustrations by Salvador Dali. The book is in very good condition. Binding tight and solid, gilt on spine perfect, boards nice and bright, slight shelf wear to top spine and extremities. Contents are clean and bright with no writing in text. Amazing illustrations! The all-important glassine or acetate dust jacket is very good - complete with several tears and chips. Printing on dust jacket is bright with some rubbing to the text. These dust jackets are usually missing and when present usually torn and exhibiting drastic wear. This is a gorgeous example! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Don Quixote by Cervantes. The Illustrated Modern Library, 1946, First Edition Thus. Bound in decorative boards with gilt spine and an acetate dust jacket with printed text on front. Ten Absolutely gorgeous full page color illustrations by Salvador Dali. The book is in very good condition. Binding tight and solid, gilt on spine perfect, boards nice and bright, slight shelf wear to top spine and extremities. Contents are clean and bright with owner signature on ffe and first title page. Amazing illustrations! The all-important glassine or acetate dust jacket is very good - complete with several tears and chips. Printing on dust jacket is bright with some rubbing to the text. These dust jackets are usually missing and when present usually torn and exhibiting drastic wear. This is a gorgeous example! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.