Search Results: Russian Literature from C L Hawley

Leningrad. Set of 16 large format (8'' x 5.5'') postcards in card wrap-around case. These portraits of Pushkin, each by a different artist, are in a variety of different media and many are in colour. White border to each postcard. Slightly bumped to 2 corners of each postcard but they remain extremely suitable for framing. Card wraps rubbed and bumped. Text on flaps and cards in Russian and English. A delightful set representing the many aspects and ages of Alexander Pushkin. Clean and neat. Generally very good condition. . None. 1987.

525pp.TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Very light internal browning. Slightly bumped to top and tail of spine. Previous owner's name in cyrillic scrript to endpaper. A good, sound copy. Good, sound copy. . 1985.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul,. Hardback. 172pp. A study of Dickens' influence on Dostoevsky that considers Little Dorrit, Barnaby Rudge, The Pickwick Papers, Dombey &; Son,  David Copperfield, Martin Chuzzlewit, The Idiot, The Devils, The Brothers Karamazov etc. Some occasional pencil annotation. Very light edge wear to blue cloth. Some rubbing to edges of dust wrapper which is slightly dulled. Very good copy in like dust wrapper . Hardback. 1973.

Moscow. Paperback. 350pp. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Browned internally. Reading and edge wear. Good, sound copy. . Paperback. 1982.

Canongate. Hardback. 274pp. Canongate Myths series. A reworking of the myth of Theseus by Russina novelist Victor Pelevin. Translated into English by Andrew Bromfield. Very clean and neat. Fine, bright copy in like dw. . Hardcover. First edition. 2006.

Canongate Pub.,. Hardback. 274pp. Canongate Myths series. A reworking of the myth of Theseus by Russina novelist Victor Pelevin. Translated into English by Andrew Bromfield. Very clean and neat. Fine, bright copy in like dw. . Hardcover. First edition. 2006.

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press,. Hardback. 258pp. An in-depth study of the poetry and prose of the exiled Russian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. Moves from the influences of Brodsky's aesthetic (the existentialism of Kierkegaarde and Sestov, and the poetry of John Donne) to an understanding of his later role as a cross-cultural bilingual essayist. Minimal wear. Very clean and bright. Near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. . Hardback. 1998.

USSR. Hardback. 75pp. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Influential nineteenth century satire of Moscow society. Illustrated with occasional black and white line drawings - some full page. Quarter bound in pale yellow cloth with illustrated papers to front board and plain paper to back board. Back board has some biro marks. Some very neat pencil annotation to text. Slightly bumped to top and tail of spine and more significantly bumped to corners. Surface rubbed to papers. A very good copy. Very good copy . Hardback. 1978.

Turkmenistan. Hardback, 8'' x 5'', 399pp. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Internally browned. Laminated boards are clean and bright but bumped to points. A good, sound copy. Good, sound copy. . None. 1987.

Moscow. Hardback. 606pp. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Illustrated endpapers. Very slightly browned internally. Front internal hinge is split up the entire length separating the frontis. from the title page and laying open the spine. The gatherings of the main text are securely bound to each other and securely attached to the back board. A reading copy only. Reading copy only. . Hardback. 1987.

Moscow. 303 pp.TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Short stories by the 19th century Russian novelist. Pale beige cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Bumped to points. Slight mark to front. Internally browned. Good, sound copy. . Hardback. 1973.

New Jersey: The Ecco Press,. Paperback. 331pp. A selection of letters from the nineteenth century Russian dramatist. Edited with an introduction by Lillian Hellman and translated by Sidonie Lederer. Indexed.  A discreet ex-library copy with three neat stamps internally and no other marks. Uncreased spine appears unread. Clean and bright. Light edge wear. Very good, discreet ex-library copy . Paperback. 1994.

Moscow. Hardback. 158 pp. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Light internal browning. Very clean and bright laminated boards are very slightly bumped. Near fine copy. . Hardback. 1986.

London: Merlin,. Hardback. 88pp. Translated from the German. Black cloth with gilt titles. Hint of bumping to tail of spine. Hint of rubbing and hint of fading to dust wrapper. Very good copy in very good dw. . Hardcover. 1969.

Moscow. Hardback. 223pp. TEXT IN RUSSIAN.  Blue boards with gilt title to spine and front and black silhouette illustration to front.  A rather nice black and white woodcut type illustration to frontis and others intermittently throughout text. Bumped to top and tail of spine and corners. Significant bump to bottom edge. Good, sound copy. . Hardback. 1976.

Moscow. Hardback. 847pp + 462pp + 686pp.TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Fiction by the 19th century Russian novelist. Brown boards with gilt and black titles and decoration to spines. Volume 1 has a black and white photographic frontis. Slightly bumped to points. Internally very lightly browned. . Hardback. 1988.

Moscow. 703pp + 583pp 2 volume set. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Both volumes have a photographic frontis. Green boards with gilt titles to spine and small blind embossed design to front. Patterned endpapers. Rubbed and bumped to top and tail of spine and corners. A good, sound set. Good, sound set. . Hardback. 1963.

USSR. Hardback. 414pp. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Quarter bound in beige cloth with brown papers to boards. Previous owner's name in ink to front board. Papers over boards have suffered surface scuffing. Ffep has been removed. Bumped to top and tail of spine and corners. Reading copy only . Hardback. 1978.

Moscow. Hardback. 556pp. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Very light internal browning. Quarter bound in black cloth with papers to boards. Slightly bumped to top and tail of spine. Rubbed to edges of boards/papers. Small area of damage to bottom of title page. Good, sound copy. . None. 1986.