Poor People by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1917 Boni Liveright leatherette binding Classic Russian Literature rare books
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This is a good smaller hardcover bound in leatherette cover. 1917 Boni Liveright. This copy is good inside and out. The inside pages only have very light natural tanning from age and are good and clean. The binding is still tight and straight. It is bound in black leatherette, flexible cover and the cover is also good BUT back cover showing shelf wear rubbing several spots, see photo. Modern Library BL logo in gold front and gold title lettering along spine. Modern Library logo design front and back endpapers. Smaller size book designed to be carried around in pocket or purse for reading anywhere. 12 mo book size or 4.5" x 7" with 252 pages.
Boni and Liveright was founded in 1917 and produced "pocket books" of the great classics for average readers to be able to afford them. The leatherette flexible bindings were produced from 1917-1929. Subsequently, bindings were changed to cloth and later hardcover or "buckram" bindings.
This is Poor People by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Poor People or as published in Russian, Poor Folk, was the first novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, written between between 1844 and 1845. The novel is written in the form of letters between the two main characters, Makar and Varvara, who are poor third cousins. The novel examines the life of poor people, their relationship with rich people, and poverty in general.
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