Miguel de Cervantes - Two illustrated editions of Don Quixote, printed in Boston and New York - 1922-1928






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Two illustrated editions of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, with color illustrations by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis (1922) and Herman I. Bacharach (1928), in English, Good condition.
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1.- The Story of Don Quixote by Arvid Paulson and Clayton Edwards. With illustrations in color by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. New York: Frederick A, Stokes Company Publishers, 1922. Half-title: The Story of Don Quixote. [i-iv], v-xiv, [xv-xvi], 1-341 pp. Color frontispiece. 24 x 18,5 cm. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. Frontispiece and 9 full-page color illustrations, listed, captioned and signed by the artist. Title-page matter in fancy frame.
2.- The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Adapted by Edwin Gile Rich. With illustrations by Herman I. Bacharach. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. Half-title: The Adventures of Don Quixote. [i-viii], [1-2], 3-287 pp. Color frontispiece, Color illustrations. 24 x 18 cm.Yellow cloth with black lettering, illustrated endpapers. First published (with different illustrations) New York: Small, Maynard & Co., 1921. Frontispiece and 5 full-page plates, captioned and signed by the artist. Inscribed on half-title “My precious Grandson. | Read this amusing book with “Auntie,” under the cooling shade of a spreading sheltering tree. Your budding sense of humor will | cause ripples of smiles on your dimpled face, for Don Quixota is a funny man. Grandfather. June 1, 1930”
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1.- The Story of Don Quixote by Arvid Paulson and Clayton Edwards. With illustrations in color by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. New York: Frederick A, Stokes Company Publishers, 1922. Half-title: The Story of Don Quixote. [i-iv], v-xiv, [xv-xvi], 1-341 pp. Color frontispiece. 24 x 18,5 cm. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. Frontispiece and 9 full-page color illustrations, listed, captioned and signed by the artist. Title-page matter in fancy frame.
2.- The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Adapted by Edwin Gile Rich. With illustrations by Herman I. Bacharach. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. Half-title: The Adventures of Don Quixote. [i-viii], [1-2], 3-287 pp. Color frontispiece, Color illustrations. 24 x 18 cm.Yellow cloth with black lettering, illustrated endpapers. First published (with different illustrations) New York: Small, Maynard & Co., 1921. Frontispiece and 5 full-page plates, captioned and signed by the artist. Inscribed on half-title “My precious Grandson. | Read this amusing book with “Auntie,” under the cooling shade of a spreading sheltering tree. Your budding sense of humor will | cause ripples of smiles on your dimpled face, for Don Quixota is a funny man. Grandfather. June 1, 1930”
