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Fathers and Sons A Novel Translated from The Russian with The Approval of The Author
Turgenef, Ivan Sergheievitch and Eugene Schuyler (Trans.) · New York
- Author
- Turgenef, Ivan Sergheievitch and Eugene Schuyler (Trans.)
- Date
- 1867
- Place
- New York
- Publisher
- Leypoldt & Holt
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 12mo.(4.5" x 6.75") Ex-Library from Virginia's Miners' Union Library. First English Edition. Full rust/red cloth covers with gilt printer's colophon to upper left of upper board, rear blank. Spine with gilt title towards head. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, Spine lightly sun-darkened, head and foot of spine chipped with loss and fraying, evidence of library label to foot of spine. Covers lightly rubbed in places. Bookplate of library to front pastedown with other library stamps and notations to title page and others. Several signatures proud, attached loosely and not even with text block fore-edge, spine slightly cocked. Overall, a decent book.
- Format
- Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (/tʊərˈɡɛnjɛf, -ˈɡeɪn-/ toor-GHEN-yef, -GAYN-; Russian: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf]; 9 November [O.S. 28 October] 1818 – 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. His first major publication, a short story collection titled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism. His novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
- Category
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Record
- S.I.7735
First English Edition. 12mo.(4.5" x 6.75") 1867. New York: Leypoldt & Holt Ex-Library from Virginia's Miners' Union Library. Full rust/red cloth covers with gilt printer's colophon to upper left of upper board, rear blank. Spine with gilt title towards head. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, Spine lightly sun-darkened, head and foot of spine chipped with loss and fraying, evidence of library label to foot of spine. Covers lightly rubbed in places. Bookplate of the library to the front pastedown with other library stamps and notations to the title page and others. Several signatures proud, attached loosely and not even with text block fore-edge, spine slightly cocked. Overall, a decent book.
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (/tʊərˈɡɛnjɛf, -ˈɡeɪn-/ toor-GHEN-yef, -GAYN-; Russian: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf]; 9 November [O.S. 28 October] 1818 – 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. His first major publication, a short story collection titled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism. His novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
Condition
Good
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