[First edition in Russian] Gadfly [Ovod].
by Voynich E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Chamesson, France
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About This Item
Very rare first Russian edition of super popular revolutionary-romantic novel by the writer Ethel Voynich (1864-1960). This is one of the curious cases – "Gadfly" was known in USA and Europe, but the widest popularity this novel had in Russia-USSR. Millions of copies were printed, films, performances were created, the image of the main hero firmly took one of the important places in Soviet mythology.
The translation of the novel "The Gadfly" first appeared as an appendix to the magazine "Peace of God" for 1898 (what the oddity - one of the main revolutionary novels appears in an Orthodox magazine) . The separate edition was in the same year. It was distributed by G. M. Krzhizhanovsky, E. D. Stasova, Grigory Petrovsky, I. V. Babushkin, J. M. Sverdlov, M. Gorky. The "Gadfly" was very important was Soveit leaders - Kotovsky, N. A. Ostrovsky, A. P. Gaidar, M. I. Kalinin, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. The Gadfly was Yuri Gagarin's favorite book!
Contemporary binding , worn binding, loss of spine skin fragments, "fox spots", second-hand stamps on nakhsatz, otherwise good condition. Owner's signature Maslenikov A.G. on the flyleaf.
Very rare, Worldcat indicates one microform in Library of Congress only, no one book copy in the world.
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- Bookseller
- M.B.Rare Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52
- Title
- [First edition in Russian] Gadfly [Ovod].
- Author
- Voynich E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Typ. I.N. Skorokhodova
- Place of Publication
- Sankt Petersburg
- Date Published
- 1898
- Pages
- 149 p.
- Size
- 24 × 15.5 cm.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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