Translated by James Mabbe (6 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. paperback, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, 96pp.

Hardcover . Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. With 345pp, notes etc , and probably printed about 1900 , in very good condition.HARDCOVER, NO DUST JACKET, NO MARKINGS , VERY GOOD CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Stories from Cervantes translated from the original by James Mabbe. Newly Illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss. 197 pages, some unopened. 10 1/2" x 7 3/4", burgundy cloth with pictorial paper covered boards, gilt printing to spine. Covers are a bit toned with scuffed edges. Contents are complete and bright. Near Very Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First English edition large 12mo in two volumes, published in dark red with gilt and black to front , gilt to spine, gilt page tops, no jackets. Spines dulled bumped and chipped, minimal fading to board fore edges, some speckled marks, sound binding, pages a little darkened with age, very good internal condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [24], 267, [17], 357, [3] pp. Hardcover, bound in early calf. The leather desiccated and cracked, joints split, reinforced along the inside fold. Intermittent largely marginal dampstaining and scattered blemishes. A highly popular novel during the period, many editions published in Spanish, and in French, German, English, Italian, and Latin translation. This English translation by James Mabbe was first published in 1622. [Lib].…

Condition: Very Good. Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Folio (29x20cm) bound in near contemporary leather, neatly re-backed with gilt spine title, tips bumped. Two Parts in 1 Volume, [24], 267, [17], 357pp. Second part has separate pagination and title page dated 1633 with "Printed by R.B. for Robert Allott". Cuttings from 3 old catalogue entries with armorial bookplate "Nicholas Dobree of Guernsey" on front pastedown, old parchment with early MS script used in binding showing at front and back of book, endpapers heavily browned, ownership "J Smith" at top of title, pages throughout crisp & clean but foxed at edges, ownership signatures of Henry Hatcher dated 1637 on back of 2nd titlepage. *Identification of Eliot's Court Press from STC (2nd ed.), 288. The translator James Mabbe (1571/2-1642?) spent years in Spain from 1611 as secretary to Sir John Digby, and in 1622 his friend Edward Blount first published this translation of Alem n's work. In 1623, the same year as this 2nd printing, a poem by Mabbe appeared in the Shakespeare first folio, which was also published by Edward Blount in 1623. The typeface, format and paper of this book are remarkably similar to those of the first folio. Referenced by: STC (2nd ed.), 289. 1 volume. Hardcover.…