The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote

The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don QuixoteMiguel Cervantes, Fourth Edition, London, 1770, finely bound, four volumes $1500. 00 4 volumes. Published in 1770 in London this edition is still many years prior to the first American edition of 1810. Beautiful Engraved plates. (12mo) 16. 5x10 cm (6. 5x4") later brown half calf and cloth, spines ruled and lettered in gilt. Illustrated with twenty eight copper engraved plates designed by Hayman. Fourth edition. These volumes of Don Quixote are

The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau First edition

First Printing $300

Part of Faulkner’s Snopes Trilogy of books along with The Hamlet and The Mansion

The dust jacket has a couple of creases

First Printing $65

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The book is sturdy and clean with a small owner’s name on the top of the front free endpaper

text block edges stained red

Overall a choice copy of this very rare first edition first state in complete unrestored collectible condition

Many copies of the first edition dust jacket have a brown sun damaged spine

One chip (quarter inch by eighth inch) to the dust jacket front fold

Scott Fitzgerald First edition