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Taras Bulba: A Story of the Dnieper Cossacks
by Gogol, Nicholas [Nikolai]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of this translation of Gogol's 1835 novel about Cossack warriors living on the Ukrainian Steppe. Translated by B.C. Baskerville. Octavo, 7.5 x 5.25 in.; xii, 295pp. Red publisher's cloth, blind stamped on front board, with brownish-black titles stamped on spine; lacking a jacket. Water exposure has caused some dye bleed to the base of the spine and the bottom corners of front and rear panels. Mild non-penetrating damp stains to the textblock base and bottom fore-edge, which also shows a small portion of pinkish dye bleed. Else a strong very good or better, snugly bound and internally clean and unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001881
- Title
- Taras Bulba: A Story of the Dnieper Cossacks
- Author
- Gogol, Nicholas [Nikolai]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Walter Scott Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Dividing Line Books
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Ridgewood, New York
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