Doctor Zhivago

by Pasternak, Boris

Doctor Zhivago is a 20th century novel by Boris Pasternak, first published in 1957 in Italy by Feltrinelli after being refused publication in the USSR. A French translation was published by Éditions Gallimard in June 1958, and the English translation published in September 1958 by Collins & Harvill, London, and Pantheon in the US.The novel takes its name from the protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, a medical doctor, and poet. It tells the story of a man torn between two women, set primarily against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. More deeply, the novel discusses the plight of a man as the life that he has always known is dramatically torn apart by forces beyond his control.The plot is long and intricate, with the book being well over 500 pages and including many characters that are referenced using various names. 

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Doctor Zhivago was first published in Italian, in 1957 by Feltrinelli. A French translation was published by Éditions Gallimard in June 1958, and the English translation published in September 1958 by Collins & Harvill, London, and Pantheon in the US.

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London: The Folio Society, 2019. Limited and Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Leonid Pasternak. A new exclusive translation by Nicolas Pasternak Slater (author's nephew). This work is limited to 750 hand-numbered copies signed by the translator, of which this is copy number 154. Limitation label tipped in. Introduced by Ann Pasternak Slater (author's niece). Quarter-bound in navy blue full-grain… Read more about this item
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Collins Harvill, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine. A first edition, first printing published by Collins Harvill in 1958. A near fine book with one neat name and some light shadows to the front endpaper. Some light spotting to the page edge. In a near fine dust wrapper which is unclipped. Corners a little rubbed. With the rare Nobel prize… Read more about this item
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1958
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First UK edition, first impression (Collins and Harvill Press, 1958). Publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Near fine with a touch of spotting to bottom portion of fore-edge and a couple of isolated spots to front paste-down and endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with an area of abrasion to top of… Read more about this item
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PASTERNAK, Boris: Doctor Zhivago: A Novel. New York, Pantheon, 1958. (Originally published in Italy in 1957.) First American Edition. Subject: Novel/Fiction & Literature/Historical Fiction-Russian Revolution, 1917-1921. Hardcover with dust jacket, 559 pp. English translation by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. ("The Poems of Yurii Zhivago" by Bernard Guilbert Guerney.) Book &… Read more about this item
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This is the hardcover stated Pantheon First Edition from November 1958. Other than a name on the flyleaf, both the cover and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. and the pages and binding are tight. This wonderful, impossible-to-find item is available for purchase now! **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS… Read more about this item
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1958
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London: Collins & Harvill. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1958. First English Edition. Hardcover. The first english language edition. Translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. The book is about VG+, dealer note in front in pencil. Sentence underlined on page 17 and 19, and a few pencil marks on other pages. Jacket is about… Read more about this item
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London: Collins Harvill, 1958. A first edition, first printing published by Collins Harvill in 1958. A near fine book with some light spots to the top edge. Some light toning to the endpapers - no inscriptions. Pages a little browned. In a near fine clipped wrapper with just a little rubbing to the extremities and corners. A superb sharp… Read more about this item
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Pantheon, October 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible (VG)/Very Good. Signed. First. VG/VG. First edition of the stellar new translation of Doctor Zhivago. Signed by both Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky on the title page (not a bookplate, no inscription). Unprice clipped jacket with a touch of wear to the corners.
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STATED FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION, ONLY FLAW IS A LIGHT STAIN ON THE SPINE. BOOK IS LIKE NEW EXCEPT THE PREVIOUS OWNERS BOOKPLATE ON THE INSIDE COVER. SLIPCASE HAS A LIGHT STAIN,RUBBING AND WEAR, BETTER THAN VG.
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Doctor Zhivago

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Name Inscribed FLEP, else contents appear as unread, & unblemished in denim blue/red decorated cloth boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear. The only truly great novel to come out of post-revolutionary Russia significantly appears first in translation, without the approval of the Russian Communist Party censorship. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, with "The Poems of Yurii… Read more about this item
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New York: Pantheon, 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. 559p. A red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Small white smudges on front cover. Owner's signature inside. Underlining on several pages. Binding secure for reading purposes. The romance novel that inspired the popular 1965 epic film.
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1959
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Pantheon Books, 1959., 1959. 1st ed. "First American Edition". Illustrations copyright 1959. 780p. Pictorial boards. Numerous full page illustrations. Spine slightly darkened. Small tear top of spine. Gift inscription. Very Good Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Alexander Alexeieff..
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by Pasternak, Boris (tr. Max Hayward, Manya Harari; intro Yevgeny Yevtushenko; illus Veronique Bour)

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London: Folio Society, 1997. 1st. h/b. Fine, Folio edition in brown slipcase, maroon spine with gilt titling.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from… Read more about this item
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by Pasternak, Boris

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1959
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France: Societe d'Edition et d'Impression Mondiale, 1959. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately. 3.75 by 6.675 inches. 634, [6] p. Two volumes in one. Book is in Russian. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some edge soiling. As the United States government was adamant that US involvement in the distribution of… Read more about this item
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1958
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London: Collins and Harvill Press 1958. 8vo. First English Edition. 510 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in jacket. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. Foxing and wear to jacket, with some tears and area of loss. Boards clean, minor bumping and rubbing to extremities. Darkening to top-edge and foxing to fore-edge and endpapers. Ink… Read more about this item
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Doctor Zhivago

by Boris Pasternak

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1958
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1958. H. Very Good. Hardback without the Dust Jacket. Very Good Condition. Light staining due to age but without tears or marks.
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Doctor Zhivago.

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First Edition
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New York Pantheon Books, 2010, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in U.S. of this new translation from Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. -- The translators' notes explain the richness and playfulness of Pasternak's character names. -- Hardcover. Condition: fine, with fine dust jacket. ISBN 9780307377692
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