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Smoke. A Russian Novel
by Turgenieff, Ivan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Company Publishers, 1872. First published in America by Holt & Williams in 1872; this is a Very Good (Minus) copy of a printing from the same year by a different publisher. [there was no copyright protection at this time.] A scarce title. Green ribbed cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. The front cover is blindstamped with "Aster Prose Series." Clean text; frontis engraving of the author, 291 pages. Textblock bright and unfoxed. However, several leaves in the front have been reinforced with a linen tape. Spine has faded to brown, with rub to head and foot; the gilt, however, remains bright. Light wear to the covers, with some darkening to the outer edges. In an archival plastic protector.. Early Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006366
- Title
- Smoke. A Russian Novel
- Author
- Turgenieff, Ivan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell and Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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