Books:Slavic Literature:Literature from ZH BOOKS

Sofia: Knigo-Lotos, 1948. Softcover. Presumed first Bulgarian edition (OCLC lists only a 1970 edition); 5 1/2 x 8; pp. [3], 8-189, [3]; blue pictorial wraps; age-toning and some creasing along margins of covers; small cuts and rubbed spots to tips of spine; front hinge a bit weak; handwritten note to last page; portrait frontis; illustrated with beautiful woodcuts; overall… Read more about this item

Moscow: Khudozhestvennaia Literatura, 1967. Hardcover. First edition thus; 6 x 8; pp. [4], 5-389, [3]; embossed black cloth over boards; gilt decoration to front cover; pictorial DJ; small rubbed spots to corners; minor foxing to page edges and margins of first few pages only; illustrated in red and black; about near fine- condition. Jacket with few cuts and chips… Read more about this item

Moscow: Progress, 1965. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. [4], 5-255; beige cloth over boards illustrated in brown and black; minor fading and age-toning to spine; very light forward slant to spine; very good to near fine.A beautiful edition of John Steinbeck's classic on his road trip across the United States.

Warsaw: Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy , 1972. First edition; 5 x 7 3/4; pp. [2], 5-545, [3]; original off-white cloth over boards; purple and black title and decoration; pictorial DJ. Very minor wear to corners and tips of spine; 3 small rubbed spots to edge of first free page; near fine. Jacket with chips along edges; closed vertical cut to… Read more about this item

Sofia: Durzhavno Voenno Izdatelstvo, 1969. First edition; 4 x 5 1/2; pp. [4], 7-166, [1]; original red wraps with abstract b&w decoration; closed cut to tail of spine; few crease lines to corners; internally clean; good to very good.Appropriately titled: "The Hour of Redemption," the book is a beautiful example of the propaganda fiction of the 1960s in Bulgaria.… Read more about this item

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Khudozhestvennoi Literatury, 1948. Second printing; 5 x 8; [2], 3-263, [1]; brick-red cloth over boards; beige and blue title and decoration; minor wear to corners; last few pages a bit brittle; stamp of "Russian American Society of San Francisco" to title page and fore-edge; overall very good or better condition.Viktor Nekrasov was a Soviet journalist, writer,… Read more about this item