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Taras Bulba. A Historical Novel of Russia and Poland
by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevitch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Troy, New York: Nims & Knight, 1889. Gogol wrote this historical romnce in the 1830s; itwas first published in America by Crowell in 1886; this is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing from three years later. Dark blue cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; frontis engraving of Gogol; ;xxv, 208 pages.Translation from the Russian and Preface by Jeremiah Curtin. Very light wear to the margins; the spine has darkened, but the gilt remains perfectly bright. Two family bookplates on the front paste-down, assumed to be Charles Wesley Rooks, a state senator in Tennessee. A solid copy that presents very well. In an archival plastic protector.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006363
- Title
- Taras Bulba. A Historical Novel of Russia and Poland
- Author
- Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevitch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Nims & Knight
- Place of Publication
- Troy, New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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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.
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- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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