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Book Condition: Used Near fine
Seller: Eternal Return Antiquarian Bookshop

United States
About Item: New York: The New Review, 1966. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. CHUKOVSKAYA, Lydia, [Sofia Petrovna] in 2 volumes of / The New Review (#83 & 84), New York, June and September 1966. Vol 1 (#83): TP + 1 leaf = contents + [5] - 304; vol 2: (#84): TP + 1 leaf = contents + [5] - 304. 2 Volume octavo. FIRST EDITION thus in wrappers. This edition is the first published in the United States, in Russian, with the corrected title from The Deserted House to Sofia Petrovna; It was released in two parts in subsequent issues (June and September, 1966) of / The New Review (Novy Zhurnal #83 & 84). The book was not published in Russia until 1988 amidst Glasnost (Wikipedia). With the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, and his subsequent denunciation by Nikita Khrushchev, Chukovskaya reexamined the work, edited out a no-longer-relevant introduction, and sought publication in 1962. CONDITION: Very good in original wrappers. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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