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Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, Two volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's tan morocco with gilt lettering on burgundy spine labels. Paneled spines. Some darkening to leather on spines and along edges. Some scattered spotting to leather. Interior pages clean. Top edge of textblocks gilt, though somewhat faded. Featuring 21 color plates by E. McKnight Kauffer. Lacking slipcase. Shelved in Case 9 3/4. 1374018. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: Edition ltd. to 1475 copies printed by University Press, Cambridge on handmade paper, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 502; vi, 549; frontispieces and illustrations in color produced by the Curwen Press; spines slightly darkened, a few natural spots on the covers, else a very good set in the original full natural niger, maroon morocco labels on spines, wanting the publisher's slipcase. This is the last Nonesuch book to be stenciled at the Curwen Press. "The paper is perhaps the most attractive ever used by the press [and] the frontispiece to the first volume I esteem to be the finest of any modern book that I know" (Francis Meynell in The Nonesuch Century). Ransome, p. 171.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$496.27 + shipping
Description: Motteux' translation revised anew (1743) & corrected, rectified and filled up in numberless places by J. Ozell who likewise added the explanatory notes from the best editions in English & Spanish. Reprinted with twenty-one illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. In two volumes. Pp. x+502+[2](blank, colophon)+vi+550 (last colophon), 21 coloured plates, black & white decorative initials, title pages printed in red & black, section headings printed in red; demy 8vo; full natural Niger morocco with gilt lettered red leather title labels, the boards faded and slightly spotted (as often), tiny snag to top fore-corner of upper board Volume I, the bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised same volume, the boards of Volume II slightly sprung; top edges gilt on the rough, others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedowns, edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1930. Edition limited to 1475 numbered sets. McKitterick 70. *Lacking the slipcase. The text is from the seventh edition of Motteux's translation. Peter Motteux died in 1718 and his translation was revised by J. Ozell. The illustrations were printed with grey outline, then stencilled with colour by the Curwen Press.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Don Quixote de la Mancha" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. London: The Nonesuch Press, [1930]. 2 volumes, 8vo. 21 color illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Publishers tan morocco, raised bands, morocco spine label gilt lettered, edges uncut (some darkening to spines). LIMITED EDITION, number 867 of 1475 copies of Peter Motteuxs 1743 translation produced on Casinensis handmade paper from a fine press. Nice set.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$661.69 + shipping
Description: London: The Nonesuch Press 1930. 8vo. Orig. full pigskin. Spines with raised bands & morocco titling labels slightly darkened. T.e.g. other edges uncut. With 2 col. frontisps. and 19 full-page col. plates by E. McKnight Kauffer. Edition limited to 1475 copies this being No. 229. Fine.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Price: US$672.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Full tan morocco, two Volumes, unread Please see photos as part of condition report 1930 1st Edition (Thus) , DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha By Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra Translated by J.Ozell Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern novel and "the first great novel of world literature". A 2002 poll of around 100 well-known authors[b] voted it the "most meaningful book of all time", from among the "best and most central works in world literature" Illustrated By: E. McKnight Kauffer Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: The Nonesuch Press, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 1051 ISBN: Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha or, in Spanish, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (changing in Part 2 to El ingenioso caballero don Quixote de la Mancha). A founding work of Western literature, it is often labelled as the first modern novel and one of the greatest works ever written. Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world and the best-selling novel of all time. SKU: BTETM0002167 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Seller: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$786.50 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, number 210 of 1475 copies; 2 vols, 8vo; 21 colour illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, very occasional light dampstaining to fore-edge; publisher's niger morocco, spotted and faded as always, red morocco labels with gilt lettering, top edges gilt, others uncut, light spotting to fore-edge, otherwise a very good example. An excellent example of the Nonesuch edition of Don Quixote, with delightful colour illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Dreyfus 70.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom