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The Awakening [The Resurrection]
by Tolstoi, Count Leo (1828-1910)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Street & Smith, 1900. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Pasternak, Leonid (1862-1945) father of Boris Pasternak. Grey cloth over boards, title and author image stamped in gilt and maroon onto upper board, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (7-7/16 inches tall), pp. 317, all edges trimmed, top edge gilt, author portrait frontis, title page printed in black and red, 4 illustrations [5 inc. frontis]. Volume with cover illustration lightly rubbed, wear to spine ends, spine tilt, small 1/2" piece missing at bottom of one leaf. Page 15 has a few lines taken from a letter written in French - pertaining to the story - neatly translated into English underneath. First published in Russia in 1899 and later translated by William E. Smith, this was the last novel written by Tolstoy.
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- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 511
- Title
- The Awakening [The Resurrection]
- Author
- Tolstoi, Count Leo (1828-1910)
- Illustrator
- Pasternak, Leonid (1862-1945) father of Boris Pasternak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Street & Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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