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Dead Souls
by Gogol, Nikolai
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition Thus [stated "First Published in The Novel Library, 1948"]. Red cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. Translated from the Russian by George Reavey.; Note by Alan Hodge. Clean text; viii, 469 pages. The dustwrapper is Very Good, unclipped. It shows dome edgewear, with some chipping at the head and foot of the spine, which is slightly darkened. A cute little book. In an archival plastic protector.. Firt Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of 19th-century Russian literature. Gogol himself saw it as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book as a "novel in verse". Despite supposedly completing the trilogy's second part, Gogol destroyed it shortly before his death. Although the novel ends in mid-sentence, it is usually regarded as complete in the extant form.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006212
- Title
- Dead Souls
- Author
- Gogol, Nikolai
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Firt Thus
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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