Man Changes His Skin
by Jasienski, Bruno - translated from the Russian by H. G. Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: International Publishers, 1936. First Thus . Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good +. 895 pp. glossary of transliterated vocabulary. Blue cloth with red spine titles. Undated, but published one year after first English edition and printed in the U.S.S.R. Spotting to covers, spine cloth sunned, spine ends frayed, prior owner's name on front pastedown, rear hinge cracked, interior clean. "Industrial Novel" revolving around an irrigation canal construction project in Tadzhikistan, and the forces of nature, politics and class struggle that pose threats to the project's completion.
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- Bookseller
- Blum and Rosen Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24887
- Title
- Man Changes His Skin
- Author
- Jasienski, Bruno - translated from the Russian by H. G. Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- International Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Pages
- 895
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
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Ardsley, New York
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