And Quiet Flows the Don
by Sholokhov, Mikhail
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 4 vols. Brown cloth boards, titles in black on spine, facsimile signature of Sholokhov on front board. Bindings secure, spines straight, corners solid. Water damage inside Vol 1, staining about half of the inside of the front board, the frontispiece, and a couple of blank pages. Does not reach title page or text block. Smaller water stain at lower edge of back board and in crease between final few pages. Again no evidence of staining to text block. No damp staining to other volumes. Wear to dust jackets, but each volume does have its jacket. Seldom seen in all four volumes, more seldom still with all four volumes in jackets. . Hardcover. Good+/Good. 12mo.
Synopsis
And Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don (1934) is the first part of the great Don epic Tikhiy Don (Тихий Дон, literally "The Quiet Don"), written by Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov. It originally appeared in serialized form between 1928 and 1940. The English translation of the first half of this monumental work appeared under this title in 1934.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033393
- Title
- And Quiet Flows the Don
- Author
- Sholokhov, Mikhail
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Moscow
- Keywords
- Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian Literature, And Quiet Flows the Don,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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