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Poor Folk. Translated from the Russian of F. Dostoievsky By Lena Milman
1894004432Boston & London: Roberts Brothers & Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1894. First published in 1846 this is the great Russian writer's first book an epistolary novel dealing with the effects of poverty. This is a Very Good Plus copy of the First American Edition published in the same year as the English version. A scarce title. Blue/gray cloth binding decorated on the front cover with a drawing by Aubrey Beardsley which is also reproduced on the Title Page. Gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; xvi 187 pages with eight pages of publisher adverts in the rear. The Preface is by the Irish "realistic" novelist George Moore. Very mildly bumped really just a touch. Darkened on the spine and around the margins. There is a contemporary bookplate on the front paste-down; the endpapers have some tears that have been repaired with paper tape. First American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Roberts Brothers & Elkin Mathews and John Lane Hardcover
Quercus Rare Books · États-Unis400,00 $US≈ 338,44 €
