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Turgenev: His Life and Times
by Schapiro, Leonard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039449640X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394496405
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Random House, New York, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. List of illustrations, preface by author, appendix, bibliography, notes and instincts. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, of Ivan Turgenev, painted in 1846. Between pages 176 and 177 there are 16 pages of black-and-white photography and illustrations. 1/4 brown coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt and metallic copper coloured titles. 3/4 green coloured boards with gilt letters, L & S, embossed to the front panel. Illustrated dustwrapper with green, black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and back strip A biography of Ivan Turgenev, 19th-century Russian writer. The book is not a critical examination of Turgenev's literary output, but, of the man himself – enigmatic and unknown – and the world in which he lived, and the people he knew and associated with. A little softening of the back strip edges with minor ageing of the text block edges. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], X -barf XIII, [4], 2 - 382, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; 039449640 X; 19th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 039449640X. ISBN/EAN: 9780394496405. Inventory No: 0126424. . 9780394496405
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0126424
- Title
- Turgenev: His Life and Times
- Author
- Schapiro, Leonard
- Illustrator
- Photographic and Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039449640X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394496405
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Ivan Turgenev, biography, literature, Russia, 19th-century Biography & Autobiography; 039449640 X; 19th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. Photographic and Illustrations Unbranded ISBN: 039449640X EAN: 9780394496405 Schapiro, Leonard Tu
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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