[Book Club of California] [Presentation by Carl Wheat] THE HELMET OF MAMBRINO
by King, Clarence
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ binding
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Book Club of California | University of California Press, 1938. Vellum Binding. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. xx, [2], 21, [3] pp. Limited edition, one of 350 copies. As issued, in marbled paper over boards, backed in vellum. Spine gilt is a trifle dulled, but generally a very nice copy.
Originally composed as a letter to King's friend, the "Bachelor of San Francisco," and first published in Century Magazine in 1886, this delightful tale was inspired by Cervantes and his account of Don Quixote's encounter with the legendary helmet of the Moorish king. Prior to this edition, it only appeared in book for in 1904. This copy with an inscription from historian Carl Wheat, author of Mapping of the Trans-Mississippi West to Joe Blumenthal of the Spiral Press, "a fellow member of WOOFFB." Magee, Book Club of California, 55.
Originally composed as a letter to King's friend, the "Bachelor of San Francisco," and first published in Century Magazine in 1886, this delightful tale was inspired by Cervantes and his account of Don Quixote's encounter with the legendary helmet of the Moorish king. Prior to this edition, it only appeared in book for in 1904. This copy with an inscription from historian Carl Wheat, author of Mapping of the Trans-Mississippi West to Joe Blumenthal of the Spiral Press, "a fellow member of WOOFFB." Magee, Book Club of California, 55.
Details
- Seller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8331
- Title
- [Book Club of California] [Presentation by Carl Wheat] THE HELMET OF MAMBRINO
- Author
- King, Clarence
- Format/Binding
- Vellum Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Book Club of California | University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1938
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Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...