REMINISCENCES OF LEONID ANDREYEV. By Maxim Gorki. Translated from the Russian by Katherine Mansfield and S.S. Koteliansky
by Gorki, Maxim
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.. 1928.. Very good. - Octavo, black cloth-backed gray boards titled & decorated in gilt on the spine. The covers are slightly stained and the corners lightly bumped. The binding is ever so slightly cocked. 84 & [1] pages, with the publisher's device printed in maroon on the title page. The contents are near fine. <p>Limited edition of 400 copies printed under the direction of Frederic Warde at the printing house of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2592
- Title
- REMINISCENCES OF LEONID ANDREYEV. By Maxim Gorki. Translated from the Russian by Katherine Mansfield and S.S. Koteliansky
- Author
- Gorki, Maxim
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
- Date Published
- 1928.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; MEMOIR; BIOGRAPHY; REMINISCENCES; LEONID ANDREYEV; MAXIM GORKI; RUSSIAN LITERATURE; LIMITED EDITION; FINE PRESS; CROSBY GAIGE; FREDERIC WARDE; WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE; KATHERINE MANSFIELD; S.S. KOTELIANSKY; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Fine
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