Glory
by Vladimir Nabokov
- Used
- Condition
- Near Fine, tight, no owner plate, no writing, clean. 8.5 x 5.9 inch/DJ is Very Good, some shelf wear, small open tear at top and bottom of spine, top, back left corner has a tear
- ISBN 10
- 0070457336
- ISBN 13
- 9780070457331
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About This Item
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1971. McGraw-Hill, English Edition, 01/1971. Blackk cloth over boards, silver lettering. Near Fine, tight, no owner plate, no writing, clean. 8.5 x 5.9 inch/DJ is Very Good, some shelf wear, small open tear at top and bottom of spine, top, back left corner has a tear. Martin Edelweiss grows up in pre-Revolutionary St. Petersburg. His grandfather Edelweiss had come to Russia from Switzerland, and was employed as a tutor, eventually marrying his youngest pupil. The watercolor image of a dense forest with a winding path hangs over Martin's crib and becomes a leading motif in his life. During Martin's upbringing, his parents get divorced. His father, whom he did not love very much, soon dies. With the revolution, his mother, Sofia, takes Martin first to the Crimea, then out of Russia. On the ship to Athens, Martin is enchanted by and has his first romance with the beautiful, older poet Alla, who is married. After Athens, Martin and his mother find refuge in Switzerland with his uncle Henry Edelweiss, who will eventually become Martin's stepfather. (wiki). ID #856 McGraw-Hill, English Edition, 01/1971. Hardcover,215 pages,8.5 x 5.9 inch.
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- YJS BOXES OF BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 602
- Title
- Glory
- Author
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Format/Binding
- Blackk cloth over boards, silver lettering
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine, tight, no owner plate, no writing, clean. 8.5 x 5.9 inch
- Jacket Condition
- DJ is Very Good, some shelf wear, small open tear at top and bottom of spine, top, back left corner has a tear
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- McGraw-Hill, English Edition, 01/1971
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0070457336
- ISBN 13
- 9780070457331
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BC-WE #856 bx46 ID #856
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