Half-Way to the Moon: New Writings from Russia by BLAKE, Patricia; HAYWARD, Max (editors) - 1964

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1964. First US Edition. Hardcover. A first American edition of this collection of writings from Russia which appeared in Russia in the 1960s. Includes stories such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "Matryona's Home" and the title story by Vasili Aksyonov; as well as many other stories and poems. Edited by Patricia Blake and Max Hayward, with an introduction by Ms. Blake. Rendered into English by various translators. --- In terra cotta cloth-covered boards with cover titling in white, spine titling in black. Book wrapped in black dust jacket. --- With creases to the fore-edges of the first few leaves, a couple of spots of soiling to cover and a little loss of spine titling, else a sound, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 276 pages .