The First Circle
by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander; Whitney, Thoms P. (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/Good+/VG-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+/VG-. Novel set in the scientific research centers of many penal institutions in Josef Stalin's Russia, metaphorically representing Dante's "first circle of hell" where the inmates--scientists & intellectuals imprisoned for crimes against the state--are force to work 580 pages. Translated from the original Russian by Thomas P. Whitney, in 580 pages. A FIRST EDITION, slightly later (Aug.) printing from 1968, (the first year of issue), this hardcover 4to has deep burgundy cloth-covered boards embossed with the publisher's gilt seal to front board & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG-: very clean save for a darker smudge to top outside page edges. Pages creamy white & unmarked except for former owner's name in neat pen to ffep. Binding strong, hinges secure, slight rightward slant. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $10 price intact) is downgraded to Good+/VG- due to spine fading & slight chipping/edgewear; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022307
- Title
- The First Circle
- Author
- Solzhenitsyn, Alexander; Whitney, Thoms P. (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+/VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- RUSSIA PRISON CAMPS PENAL COLONIES USSR INSTITUTIONS SCIENTISTS RESEARCH PRISONERS IMPRISONMENT FORCED LABOR JOSEF STALIN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics/Policy/Presidents/Political Science/International Relations; Fiction / Historical;
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