A Russian Journal - 1st Edition/1st Print
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1948. 220pp/illus. This book features the writing of John Steinbeck with 70 photographs by Robert Capa. Accompanied by one of the world's most famous photographers, Steinbeck met the Russian people face to face. Book is informal and without political bias - he tells us how they live and what they think. First edition in the rare binding with grayish-green cloth and light grayish, brown spine. Clean and bright. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Capa, Robert. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Synopsis
A Russian Journal was written by John Steinbeck and illustrated by photographer Robert Capa as the two traveled through the bloc countries of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War era, shortly after the Iron Curtain fell across Eastern Europe. The journey, intended for a report with the New York Herald Tribune, recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants of the region (from Moscow and Stalingrad – now Volgograd – to the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus). This literary and photographic record of life under Joseph Stalin's rule is now regarded as a valuable historical document.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006770
- Title
- A Russian Journal - 1st Edition/1st Print
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Illustrator
- Capa, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Russia Robert Capa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russia/Soviet Union;
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