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Book Condition: Used Near Fine, tight, no owner plate, no writing, clean. 8.5 x 5.9 inch
Jacket condition: DJ is Very Good, some shelf wear, small open tear at top and bottom of spine, top, back left corner has a tear
ISBN: 0070457336 / 9780070457331
Seller: YJS BOXES OF BOOKS

United States
About Item: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1971. McGraw-Hill, English Edition, 01/1971. Blackk cloth over boards, silver lettering. Near Fine, tight, no owner plate, no writing, clean. 8.5 x 5.9 inch/DJ is Very Good, some shelf wear, small open tear at top and bottom of spine, top, back left corner has a tear. Martin Edelweiss grows up in pre-Revolutionary St. Petersburg. His grandfather Edelweiss had come to Russia from Switzerland, and was employed as a tutor, eventually marrying his youngest pupil. The watercolor image of a dense forest with a winding path hangs over Martin's crib and becomes a leading motif in his life. During Martin's upbringing, his parents get divorced. His father, whom he did not love very much, soon dies. With the revolution, his mother, Sofia, takes Martin first to the Crimea, then out of Russia. On the ship to Athens, Martin is enchanted by and has his first romance with the beautiful, older poet Alla, who is married. After Athens, Martin and his mother find refuge in… Read More
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