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August 1914; Translated by Michael Glenny
by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374106843
- ISBN 13
- 9780374106843
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. First edition of August 1914 by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Octavo, 622pp. Red cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First American printing, 1972" on copyright page. Top edge blue. In publishers dust jacket, $10.00 on front flap, near fine with some loss of color on the spine. A nice example of this first American edition.
Synopsis
August 1914 is a novel by Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about Imperial Russia's defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia. The novel was completed in 1970, first published in 1971, and an English translation was first published in 1972. The novel is an unusual blend of fiction narrative and historiography, and has given rise to extensive and often bitter controversy, both from the literary as well as from the historical point of view.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1748
- Title
- August 1914; Translated by Michael Glenny
- Author
- Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374106843
- ISBN 13
- 9780374106843
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
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