Miguel de Cervantes - 3 Don Quixote editions printed in New York - 1923-1928






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Three English-language editions of Don Quixote printed in New York, published in 1923, 1925 and 1928, in good condition.
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1.- The Adventures of Don Quixote. Translated and Abridged by Dominick Daly. With eight illustrations in colour by Stepehen Baghot de la Bere. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. [i-ii], iii-viii, [1-2], 3-264 pp. Color frontispiece. Color illustrations. 19,5 x 14 cm. Blue cloth with gold spine lettering, black lettering on front board, black decorations, color illustrated endpapers.
This translation first published London: A. & C. Black, 1905, with 12 illustrations
2.- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra edited by William Dean Howells. New York and London; Publishers Harper & Brothers, 1923. [i-iv], v-xxvi, [xxvii-xxviii], 1-933, [1-3*] pp. Frontispiece. 21,5 x 14,5 cm. Red cloth with gold lettering. Frontispiece titled “Don Quixote de la Mancha” signed William Nicholson. Publishers’ advertisements. Printed pictorial bookplate of David Dickson Stansbury attached inside front cover.
3.- The Life and Exploits of that ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Charles Jarvis. With Sixteen Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1925. Half-title: Don Quixote. [i-vii], viii-xiv, [i-ii], [xv], xvi-xxii, [1], 2-614 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 23 x 16 cm. Red cloth with gold lettering and decorations, illustrated endpapers. A reprint of the version first published London: Bliss, Sands & Co., 1897 with the illustrations listed on the second pp. The “Life of the Author” is extracted from Gregorio Mayans y Siscar’s “Life of Cervantes”.
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1.- The Adventures of Don Quixote. Translated and Abridged by Dominick Daly. With eight illustrations in colour by Stepehen Baghot de la Bere. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. [i-ii], iii-viii, [1-2], 3-264 pp. Color frontispiece. Color illustrations. 19,5 x 14 cm. Blue cloth with gold spine lettering, black lettering on front board, black decorations, color illustrated endpapers.
This translation first published London: A. & C. Black, 1905, with 12 illustrations
2.- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra edited by William Dean Howells. New York and London; Publishers Harper & Brothers, 1923. [i-iv], v-xxvi, [xxvii-xxviii], 1-933, [1-3*] pp. Frontispiece. 21,5 x 14,5 cm. Red cloth with gold lettering. Frontispiece titled “Don Quixote de la Mancha” signed William Nicholson. Publishers’ advertisements. Printed pictorial bookplate of David Dickson Stansbury attached inside front cover.
3.- The Life and Exploits of that ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Charles Jarvis. With Sixteen Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1925. Half-title: Don Quixote. [i-vii], viii-xiv, [i-ii], [xv], xvi-xxii, [1], 2-614 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 23 x 16 cm. Red cloth with gold lettering and decorations, illustrated endpapers. A reprint of the version first published London: Bliss, Sands & Co., 1897 with the illustrations listed on the second pp. The “Life of the Author” is extracted from Gregorio Mayans y Siscar’s “Life of Cervantes”.
