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Up from Serfdom: My Childhood and Youth in Russia, 1804-1824
by Nikitenko, Aleksandr; Jacobson, Ms. Helen Saltz [Translator]
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Yale University Press. hardcover. Nikitenko, Aleksandr : Up from Serfdom: My Childhood and Youth in Russia, 1804-1824. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2001. First edition/First impression. Jacobson, Helen Saltz [Translator]. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's black cloth spine (with gilt lettering and ornamentation), dark gray paper boards. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain red endpapers. Xxviii pp prelim material, 228 numbered pp. Foreword (by Peter Kolchin), translator's notes, acknowl, maps, 19 chaps, translator's epilogue, notes, glossary, index. B&w maps, images throughout. Condition notes: Binding tight and square; foxing, lightly, to top edge; spine ends rolled. Unclipped Dj shows numerous small chips/tears/folds. Interior lovely and bright, one turned down corner, else excellent. We read much about Russian serfdom in, e.g., Turgenev and Tolstoy - here's another perspective. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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- Title
- Up from Serfdom: My Childhood and Youth in Russia, 1804-1824
- Author
- Nikitenko, Aleksandr; Jacobson, Ms. Helen Saltz [Translator]
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0300084145
- ISBN 13
- 9780300084146
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- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- This edition first published
- 2001
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rolled
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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