Russian Life in the Interior, or The Experiences of a Sportsman

by Turgenev, Ivan Tourghenieff

$4,200 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1855. The first English language edition of Turgenev's first major publication, a collection of 25 short stories or sketches concerning rural life in Russia, and in particular, the relationship between landowners and their serfs. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth ruled in blind and decorated in gilt. Very Good. Light lean to binding, spine faded, cloth worn at corners and spine ends.

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