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The Thaw
by EHRENBURG, Ilya
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1955. First American edition. 230pp., xxxi. Blue textured-paper boards; gilt spine titles. Boards moderately sunned, irregularly to rear; toning to textblock edges; adhesive offsetting to gutters. About very good in a like jacket, shallowly clipped at all corners but with original "$3.50" price present; wear to spine ends, with some insect loss along bottom edge and flap hinges. Nonetheless, presents well. First edition of this significant novel by Ukrainian-born writer Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967), after whose title the Khrushchev Thaw period of Soviet history was named. Translated by Manya Harari, and with at rear a supplemental essay on the novel, "The Death of Art," by Russell Kirk.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002577
- Title
- The Thaw
- Author
- EHRENBURG, Ilya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Regnery Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Dividing Line Books
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Ridgewood, New York
About Dividing Line Books
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