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The Poetry of Boris Pasternak 1914-1960
by Boris Pasternak, tr. George Reavey
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- Paperback
- Condition
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Capricorn Books (G.B. Putnam), 1960. Soft cover. Good. 257 pages. Selected, edited, and translated by George Reavey with an essay on the life and writings of Pasternak. Reavey knew Pasternak for 30 years. His essay, "Boris Pasternak: The Man, the Poet and the Theorist of Beauty", comprises the first 100 pages of this edition. Also included is Pasternak's speech "On Modesty and Boldness", at the Writers' Plenum in Minsk, 1936. Mass-market paperback, spine sunned, small chips to crown and heel, light wear and soil to wraps, edge and page margins age-tanned, foxing to top edge and inside covers. Name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff and date July 1960 written on title page, his underscoring and/or marginalia on eight pages - one in the intro, seven in the speech. Newspaper clipping of photo of Pasternak is laid in.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WBB-1106
- Title
- The Poetry of Boris Pasternak 1914-1960
- Author
- Boris Pasternak, tr. George Reavey
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Capricorn Books (G.B. Putnam)
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- RUSSIAN POETRY, SOVIET UNION, WRITERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Biography; Russian and Soviet literature;
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Our standard domestic shipping rate is for USPS Media Mail shipments weighing up to 2 lb. Books are packaged in bubble-pack envelopes or a cardboard box with moisture protection. International shipping rates are for packages weighing up to 2 lb (0.9 kg). Heavier or oversized items may incur a shipping surcharge, which will be stated to the buyer before finalization of the transaction. Shipping charge may be reduced on some books weighing less than 1 lb to U.S. addresses. International Priority shipping charges may be reduced on books that fit in a USPS small flat-rate box. International Standard (First-Class Package International) shipping charges may be reduced for a second or more books if the total package weight does not exceed 2 lb. Shipping speeds are estimates based on carrier delivery times and cannot be guaranteed. If your order will pass through Customs, please expect a delay. Any applicable Customs duties or brokerage fees are the responsibility of the buyer.
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Berthoff Books
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
About Berthoff Books
Berthoff Books sells books previously owned by the late Warner B. Berthoff, Professor of English and American Literature, emeritus, at Harvard University, and members of his family. Some books contain marginalia by Warner Berthoff, the late Prof. Ann E. Berthoff (U. Mass-Boston, English composition and rhetoric), or others, which we aim to describe accurately. Our inventory features English and American fiction and poetry, 20th-century literary criticism, world literature, history, and philosophy. Other categories are history and politics of Australia, Asia, South Africa and the Middle East; intelligence agencies and gnostic beliefs; Russian literature and criticism; and Russian and Soviet history.
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