CHEKHOV: STORIES
by ANTON CHEKHOV
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/N/A
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
See photo 5 for Contents.
It is dark red leather (or leatherette, I'm not sure) with an ornate gold design on the cover and spine. There is a bound-in yellow silk bookmark. There are many original black and white illustrations by Janina Ede, including one of the author. No shelfwear.
It is in mint condition, except that the previous owner did a poor job of removing his bookplate, which was on the front endpaper. So you'll have to put your own bookplate on that page, to cover the space where his was.
Other than that, it's perfect. Gorgeous book.
Synopsis
From his teenage years in provincial Russia to his premature death in 1904, Anton Chekhov wrote thousands of letters to a wide range of correspondents. This fascinating new selection tells Chekhov's story as a man and a writer through affectionate bulletins to his family, insightful discussions of literature with publishers and theater directors, and tender love letters to his actress wife. Vividly evoking landscapes, people, and his daily life, the letters offer revealing glimpses into Chekhov's preoccupations-the onset of tuberculosis, his dual careers as doctor and writer, and his ambivalence about his growing reputation as Russia's foremost playwright and author. This volume takes us inside the mind of one of the world's greatest writers, and the character that emerges from these pages is resilient, generous, charming, and life enhancing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 618
- Title
- CHEKHOV: STORIES
- Author
- ANTON CHEKHOV
- Illustrator
- Janina Ede
- Format/Binding
- Perfect, in Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heron Books
- Place of Publication
- Switzerland
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Russian Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Story Collections; Russia;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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