Virgin Soil Upturned
by Mikhail Sholokhov, translated by Stephen Garry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nr Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Putnam and Company, 1957. Reprint of First Edition . Hardcover. Nr Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Striking cream illustrated dust-jacket, a little chiped at spine head otherwise clean and bright, not price-clipped. Book bound in black cloth with title in gilt on the spine, unmarked, clean bright and square. Internally also unblemished, appearing unread, near invisible dust mark to the bottom corner of the closed page edge. A beautiful copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037332
- Title
- Virgin Soil Upturned
- Author
- Mikhail Sholokhov, translated by Stephen Garry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nr Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint of First Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
David's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2022
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
About David's Bookshop
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- First Edition
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