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Antique educational volumes from the turn of the century appeal to collectors of vintage textbooks and those seeking classic decorative red cloth bindings.This specific edition features beautiful, dramatic nautical illustrations by artist Charles T. Wrenn.Book Summary
José is a classic realist novel by Spanish author Armando Palacio Valdés, originally published in 1885, that vividly details the harsh, dramatic lives of Cantabrian fishermen. This 1900 edition was produced by D.C. Heath & Co. for their Modern Language Series. It is specifically formatted for English-speaking students learning Spanish, complete with an English introduction, extensive annotations, and a comprehensive Spanish-English vocabulary index at the back.Condition DescriptionCondition: Good / Antique Hardcover
Cover & Spine: The red cloth boards feature crisp black stamping of an oil lamp crest on the front. The boards show typical edge wear and minor rubbing on the back. The spine is noticeably sun-faded but the text remains fully legible.Binding & Page Edges: The binding remains tight and structurally sound for an antique textbook. The fore-edge of the text block is clean with expected, even age-toning.
Interior: The endpapers, title page, and copyright page are clean and free of writing, highlighting, or major tearing. The pages show standard, even age-toning typical of early 20th-century paper.Edition Note: The copyright page explicitly states copyright 1900 by D.C. Heath & Co.
