Three Years

Three Years

A. [Anton] Chekhov

Translator Rose Prokofieva, designed by Venjamin Basov

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House

[1965]

The dust jacket is a wrap-around design boldly rendering buildings, people, and a bridge in yellow, orange, several shades of purple, brown, white, several shades of gray, and black. The author and title is in orange in the street on the front between the buildings and the people's heads. The flaps are plain white with no printing.
The cover of the book is a plain tan linen cloth with an impression of a closed parasol stamped in black, white, and blue. The title is stamped in black lettering on the spine.
The endapapers are plain and the paper is made of wood pulp. The only illustration, which looks like a wood block, is the one on the double title page of Russian and then English. The rest of the text is English.
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Anton Chekhov was a Russian novelist and playwright. He is considered one of the three most important 19th century authors to modernize the theatre. "Uncle Vanya" and "The Seagull" are two of his more recognizable titles. His short stories are also still widely read. This work is from 1895 when he was living in the country and writing panoramas about the Russian peoples.
Chekhov lived from 1860-1904.

Literature

SPECIAL PG3556 .T78 P7 1965

Hardcover book, 6.75 x 4.75 inches

English

This book has another record in the "Beautiful Books" Exhibit Collection.
This book can be seen in the photograph, Display Case 8.

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