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Cloth, dj, F/VG. 216pp, b/w frontis, near fine copy in a black latex dustjacket. Quite what the publishers were intending by this is unclear.

Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good Cloth First Edition Some chipping to d/j.

Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition (1799-1837) Russian poet and novelist. He was exiled for his political beliefs in 1820, the year in which his folk poem Ruslan and Lyudmila published. The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1822) is his response to the beauty of the Crimea and the Caucasus; and the tragedy Boris Godunov (1826) reveals the influence of Byron. Pushkin's masterpiece was the verse novel Eugene Onegin (1833). Other works include the short story The Queen of Spades (1834) and the historical novel The Captain's Daughter (1836). He died in a brawl fought over his wife, Natalia. Biography. Spine faded.

Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good Hard Cover First Edition Includes bibliography and index.

Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good Hard Cover First Edition Some chipping and rubbing to d/j.

Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good Hard Cover First Edition

Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good Cloth First Edition Biography of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, author of Venus in Furs.

Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Fine Cloth First Edition The first full biography in english of the eponymous hero of "masochism" and author of Venus in Furs. Cartoon frontis of von Sacher-Masoch from the satirical Austrian magazine Wiener-Figaro of 1875. Gilt lettering on spine. Complete with black PVC dustjacket (as issued) designed by Peter Constable Pope.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Rebound in strong library binding.