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“THERE WASN’T MUCH FISH, JUST A FEW STRAY BITS OF BARE BACKBONE”: FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF SOLZHENITSYN’S ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH; INSCRIBED BY HIM
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER. [SOLZHENITZYN].
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc 1963.
First edition in English, preceding the first British edition, of the Nobel Prize-winner’s first published work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Mr. Jon Fox A. Solzhenitsyn June 8, 1991.” Accompanied by a photograph of the author signing this book with a business card on which Solzhenitsyn practiced spelling the recipient’s name (completely in his hand), which is also visible in the photograph. Introduction by CBS newsman Marvin Kalb with a special foreword by Alexander Tvardovsky, Editor-in-Chief of Novy Mir, the leading dissident literary journal during the late years of the Soviet Union. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by the Duquesnes. Jacket photograph by Sovfoto. Translated by Ralph Parker. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A nice example, rare and desirable signed and inscribed and with noted provenance.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 95841
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1914; Inscribed by Him
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER (SOLZHENITZYN).
August 1914.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1972.
Early printing of the Solzhenitsyn’s epic novel of Russian history. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design Guy Fleming. Translated by Michael Glenny.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 131734
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First Edition of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Nobel Lecture on Literature; Inscribed by Him
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER [SOLZHENITZN].
The Nobel Lecture on Literature.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1972.
First edition of this powerful Nobel lecture by the author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Small octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed and dated by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the title page entirely in his hand. Translated by Thomas P. Whitney. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138171
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“THERE WASN’T MUCH FISH, JUST A FEW STRAY BITS OF BARE BACKBONE”: FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF SOLZHENITSYN’S ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH; INSCRIBED BY HIM
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER. [SOLZHENTIZYN].
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc 1963.
First edition in English, preceding the first British edition, of the Nobel Prize-winner’s first published work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Anne Roberts A. Solzhenitsyn Dec. 2004.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by the Duquesnes. Jacket photograph by Sovfoto. Translated by Ralph Parker. Introduction by CBS newsman Marvin Kalb with a special foreword by Alexander Tvardovsky, Editor-in-Chief ofÂNovy Mir, the leading dissident literary journal during the late years of the Soviet Union.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 140674
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First Edition of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Oak and the Calf
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEKSANDR I; TRANSLATED BY HARRY WILLETTS.
The Oak and the Calf: Sketches of Literary Life in the Soviet Union.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1980.
First edition of the memoir of one of the great novelists of our time. Octavo, original orange cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Irving Bogen. Author photograph by Eric Bachmann.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 145197
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First Edition of Alexander Solzhentizyn's Stories and Prose Poems
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER [SOLZHENITZYN].
Stories and Prose Poems.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux 1971.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 2030
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Rare First Edition of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER. [SOLZHENTIZYN].
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
London: Victor Gollancz 1963.
First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winner’s first published work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, titles to the front panel, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Translated by Ralph Parker. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142203
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Rare First Edition of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER. [SOLZHENTIZYN].
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
London: Victor Gollancz 1963.
First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winner’s first published work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Ralph Parker. A very sharp example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147134