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![ALLEN, ERIC [RETOLD BY] - The Incredible Adventures of Don Quixote](http://www.worldbookmarket.com/images/books/10027/002027.jpg)
ALLEN, ERIC [RETOLD BY] The Incredible Adventures of Don QuixoteLondon, Faber and Faber. 1958, First Thus. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: David Knight. Publishers original mustard yellow cloth with gilt lettering to red panel on spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, minor small chipping to top of spine, closed tear to back panel, light staining to back panel grubby surfaces however now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. 168pp. profusely illustrated with magnificent b/w drawings throughout text. Light foxing to page edges when closed otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. A beautiful collectors copy. The immortal Knight of the Rueful Countenance rides again on his hilarious quest for come what may in this new version of the great Spanish classic retold for children by Eric Allen, author of the Pepe Moreno books. Anxious to do good to all, the courtly, lovable knight-errant succeeds only in stirring up trouble wherever he goes. Nor do the endeavors of Sancho Panza, his fat clownish squire, do anything to make the situation less laughable. Very Good/Very Good.
Offered for AUD 45.00 = appr. US$ 35.87 by: Eccleston Books & Curios - Book number: 002027
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