Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them. Pp. [vi]+298, printed endpapers, literary works cited; demy 8vo; pictorial papered boards, the spine extremities slightly rubbed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper; Sort of Books, London, 2004. First U.K. edition. More
A Russian writer's travels in Italy and the United States. Translated from the Russian, and with an introduction by Elias Kulukundis. Pp. 192; dust wrapper; Jonathan Cape, London, 1964. First English edition. *Nekrasov's first novel "In the Trenches of Stalingrad" won the Stalin Prize in 1947. More
Translated from the French by Sandra Smith. With an Introduction by Patrick Marnham. Pp. xiv+160(last blank); dust wrapper; ribbon marker; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Chatto & Windus, London, 2007. First edition thus. *Born in Kiev in 1903, Irene Nemirovsky's family fled the Russian Revolution for France, where she became..... More
Translated by R. S. Townsend. Pp. x+318(last blank)+8(publisher's catalogue), patterned endpapers; cr. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top edges brown; dust wrapper, a trifle foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London..... More
Translated by R. S. Townsend. Pp. x+318(last blank)+8(publisher's catalogue), patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top edges; red dust wrapper, edges lightly split; bookplate and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1945. Reprinted. Everyman's Library..... More