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Description: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner's, NY
Date Published: 1901
Description: Very Good. Translated from the Russian (fifteenth edition, 1901) by Isabel F. Hapgood. First edition thus. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and paste-down, minor shelf wear, else very good in blue decorated cloth. No dust jacket. read more
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00496 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y.
Date Published: 1901
Description: Good. Ex Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. No Jacket. 15th Edition. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Hard Cover, Good, decorated boards, spine faded, some gilt on cover is worn off, edges have moderate wear, inside front cover hinge has one inch split, binding is tight, billed in stamp an owner's stamp is on inside front, stamped "discard" on title page; translated by Isabel F. Hapgood. read more
Binding: Book
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons NY
Date Published: 1901
Description: Good. No DJ. 15th ed., author's authorization in facsimile after title page. Translated from the Russian by Isabel Hapgood. Collection of Gorky's short stories including the title story and Konovaloff (1896) The Khan and His Son (1896), The Exorcism (1896) Men With Pasts (1897), The Insolent Man (1897) Varenka Olesoff (1897), Comrades (1897). 485 pp. Lightly shaken, some wear to cover. Lovely decorative art in center of front cover. Bumped corners and front hinge cracked. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901, New York
Date Published: 1901
Description: Very Good. Literature Decorative Cloth. Very Good. First American Edition. Literature. Translated from the Russian ( Fifteenth Edition) 1901 by Isabel F. Hapgood blue/red boards slight rubbed, spine bumped, frontis of author, 485 pgs ads rear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ayer Co Pub
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780836942323ISBN:0836942329
Description: Acceptable. Unless specifically noted to the contrary, item may contain library markings; 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780548292501ISBN:0548292507
Description: New. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Charles Scribners, 1901
Description: Very good (neat owner's signature on ffep). out of print, scarce Gorky item. Illustrated designer's cloth. Illustrated by frontispiece photo portrait. first edition. Binding is cloth. read more
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner, New York
Date Published: 1901
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Authorized edition, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood; bound in dark blue buckram with decorated front panel and spine; front hinge starting to separate; frontispiece of Gorky; 8 short stories first published 1896-1897; 483pp. First U.S. edition of this title. read more
Edition: A reprint of the 1901 translation by Isabel F. Hapgood
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1906
Description: Cloth a little worn; very good copy. 8vo, original decorated blue cloth, white lettering. Frontis portrait. ¶ Signed by Gorky on the recto of the frontis portrait: “ M. Gorky [in Cyrillic] Staten Island. Yrs. truly. ” The inscription almost certainly dates from a tour Gorky made in 1906 of Europe and the United States, attempting to raise money for the Bolshevik newspaper Novaya Zhin. read more
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