Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
by Tolstoi, Count Lyof N
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886. 1st Am. HB. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, gilt Imperial Russian Eagle on front cover, 8vo., 381 pp., decorative end papers, top edge of text block brown. Translated from the Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood. First American edition of the memoirs of the early life of Tolstoi. Spine faded, edge wear top and bottom of spine, some soiling of covers. Owners name ffep, frontis portrait of author lacking tissue guard. Page starting part three, Youth, creased. Book condition Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BA3212
- Title
- Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
- Author
- Tolstoi, Count Lyof N
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Am
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1886
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- 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...