Cynics: A Novel
by MARIENHOFF, Anatol; Valdemar D. Bell and Louis Coleman, trans
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First Edition. Small octavo (19.25cm.); original cloth in green pictorial dust jacket, blue top- and fore-edge stain; 237pp. Some wear to jacket extremities, including a few tiny shallow losses at corners; light spotting to jacket spine; Fine in About Very Good jacket. Banned from the Soviet Union until 1988, Cynics was Imaginist poet Marienhoff's second novel, an account of two Russian intellectuals during the Russian Revolution and the subsequent War communism. Scarce in such a nicely preserved dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26634
- Title
- Cynics: A Novel
- Author
- MARIENHOFF, Anatol; Valdemar D. Bell and Louis Coleman, trans
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- War communism Imaginist poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Communism; Soviet Union; Russian Revolution;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
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