Author: SOUTHEY, ROBERT (TRANSLATOR); SUSSAN, RENE BEN (ILLUSTRATIONS)
Title: The Chronicle of the Cid
Description: New York: The Heritage Press, 1958. Hardcover. ISBN: 140371715X. An illustrated Heritage Press edition presenting tales of Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar, or 'El Cid,' the legendary Spanish knight dating to the Eleventh Century. Translated from the Spanish by Robert Southey, with an introduction by V. S. Pritchett and with striking color illustrations by René Ben Sussan. Includes a glossary at rear of volume. --- In grey and orange cloth-covered boards decorated with swirly patterns, and in dark red paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass leaflet laid in (NY, no. VI: 23). --- A clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy but with conspicuous sunning to spine & prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Incidental sunning & soiling to structurally sound slipcase. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; xxxiv, 196 pages. Very Good .
Keywords: >>Illustrated Classics >>Fine Bindings
Title: The Chronicle of the Cid
Description: New York: The Heritage Press, 1958. Hardcover. ISBN: 140371715X. An illustrated Heritage Press edition presenting tales of Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar, or 'El Cid,' the legendary Spanish knight dating to the Eleventh Century. Translated from the Spanish by Robert Southey, with an introduction by V. S. Pritchett and with striking color illustrations by René Ben Sussan. Includes a glossary at rear of volume. --- In grey and orange cloth-covered boards decorated with swirly patterns, and in dark red paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass leaflet laid in (NY, no. VI: 23). --- A clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy but with conspicuous sunning to spine & prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Incidental sunning & soiling to structurally sound slipcase. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; xxxiv, 196 pages. Very Good .
Keywords: >>Illustrated Classics >>Fine Bindings
Price: US$ 18.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 89218
- Book number: 89218