Sevastopol and The Cossacks. A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852
by Tolstoi, Count Lyof N
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1888. This volume contains two of Tolstoi's works: the "Authorized Edition" of "Sevastopol," (translation by isabel F. Hapgood) and the "Authorized Translation" of "The Cossacks" (translation by Nathan Haskell Dole) bound together. Uncommon. A Near Fine copy of the First American Edition. Navy blue cloth binding with gilt titling on spine and front cover. The cover has the Russian double eagle in gilt. Clean text; 262 pages and 350 pages. Decorative endpapers; there is a list of Tolstoi's works opposite the Title Page. Previous-owner label on the FPD; different previous-owner signature on reverse of the FFEP. Tiny bit of rub, small black spot on front cover; gilt on spine somewhat dulled. Really quite a nice copy. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004331
- Title
- Sevastopol and The Cossacks. A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852
- Author
- Tolstoi, Count Lyof N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
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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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