Institute of Fools
by Nekipelov, Victor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0374177031
- ISBN 13
- 9780374177034
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980, hardcover, xxviii-292 pp, First Edition in English, First printing stated, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear, remainder mark to top edge of text block. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, sticker shadow to upper right corner, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-known poet and activist relates his own story of incarceration, for anti-Soviet activities, in the Serbsky Psychiatric Institute. Appended are an informal transcript of Nekipelov's trial (68 pp), 14 pages of Notes to the Appendix, Bibliography, Index of Names. ISBN 9780374177034
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7599
- Title
- Institute of Fools
- Author
- Nekipelov, Victor
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition in English, First printing stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374177031
- ISBN 13
- 9780374177034
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Penology; Political prisoners; Psychiatric hospitals; Russia; Russia. Russian Empire. Soviet Union. Former Soviet republics; Social Science
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