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Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village
by Schmemann, Serge
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679438106
- ISBN 13
- 9780679438106
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U. S. A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. Includes Illustrations Credit, Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Tan Paper Over One Quarter Brown Buckram. Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Minor Wear. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Wear And A Tiny Scuff At The Upper Front Flap Fold.
Synopsis
Serge Schmemann has served as the New York Times bureau chief in Moscow, Bonn, and now Jerusalem. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for his reporting on the reunification of Germany. Born in France to a family of Russian émigrés, he came to the United States in 1951 and was raised here. He and his wife have three children. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043841
- Title
- Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village
- Author
- Schmemann, Serge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679438106
- ISBN 13
- 9780679438106
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 350
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Osorgin Family; Kol't?s?ovo (Kaluzhskai?a? Oblast', Russia) - History; Russia (Federation) - Kol'tsovo (Kaluzhskai?a? Oblast'); Russia - 1801-1917 - History; Russia - 1917 1991 - History. Historical, Russia & the Former Sovie
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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