Random House, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 237 pages, with index. Combined biographical and critical study. 8vo, flecked beige paper over boards with black cloth quarter, gilt lettering and decoration, a bit of wear at the heel, fore-edge rough-cut, faint foxing to top edge, in unclipped DJ with little wear. Extensive notes in pencil by former owner Prof. Ann E. Berthoff on rear end papers, her underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 50 pages - mostly small check marks or asterisks in margin, some notes in pencil in top margins.

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Bookseller: Berthoff Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: AEB-455
Title: Chekhov: A Spirit Set Free
Author: V.S. Pritchett
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0394546504
ISBN 13: 9780394546506
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: SHORT STORIES, PLAYS, 19TH CENTURY RUSSIA
Bookseller catalogs: Literary criticism; Biography; Russian and Soviet literature;

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Berthoff Books sells books previously owned by the late Warner B. Berthoff, Professor of English and American Literature, emeritus, at Harvard University, and members of his family. Some books contain marginalia by Warner Berthoff, the late Prof. Ann E. Berthoff (U. Mass-Boston, English composition and rhetoric), or others, which we aim to describe accurately. Our inventory features English and American fiction and poetry, 20th-century literary criticism, world literature, history, and philosophy. Other categories are history and politics of Australia, Asia, South Africa and the Middle East; intelligence agencies and gnostic beliefs; Russian literature and criticism; and Russian and Soviet history.

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Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...