[TURGENEV] TURGÉNIEFF, Ivan S.

Liza [Home of the Gentry]

New York: Holt & Williams, 1872 [1873]. First American Edition. Reissue. 12mo (17.5cm). In light tan cloth binding for the Leisure Hour Series, stamped in black on boards and spine; white endpapers printed in red with series ads; [1-7] 8-318pp; list of titles opposite title page, and publisher's ads on endpapers. Pencil inscription to flyleaf of Ella Francis Lithgow. A straight copy, with stamping on lower board mostly worn away, some minor soiling to cloth at spine, head and tail rubbed; somewhat loosened, front hinge largely cracked, rear hinge with 1-inch crack, one or two minor pencil marks in text: Good. Final leaf of gathering 3 (pp.71-72) neatly replaced, potentially a cancel. The most widely read of Turgenev's works during the 19th century, now better known as Home of the Gentry. The first English-language translation was printed in London in 1869; the first American edition was issued in 1872 with the Holt imprint. LINE, ETTLINGER & GLADSTONE Turgenev 9.

Price: $100.00

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