Miguel de Cervantes; Martin Jenkins — Don Quixote

London, Walker Books Ltd, 2009. Hardback. A very pleasing copy of this brightly illustrated retelling of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, signed by the illustrator. Signed by the illustrator to the title page. Illustrated throughout with numerous colour images. A fantastic retelling of the Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes, a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. The plot revolves around the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility, a hidalgo from La Mancha named Alonso Quijano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant. Retold by Martin Jenkins, a British conservation biologist and children's writer. Illustrated by Chris Riddell, a South African-born English illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Chris Riddell. Fine/Fine.