Letters to Olga: June 1979-September 1982; Translated from the Czech with an Introduction by Paul Wilson
by Havel, Vaclav
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0394547950
- ISBN 13
- 9780394547954
- Seller
-
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First American Edition. [8], 397, [5] p.; 24 cm. Brown cover with gilt spine and cover titles. Illustrated dust jacket. Czech playwright Vaclav Havel (1936-2011) wrote these letters to his wife, Olga Splichalova (1933-1996), while imprisoned for his actions in support of the Czech human rights movement, Charter 77. He later served as the final president of Czechoslovakia, from 1989 until its dissolution in 1992, and then as the first president of the Czech Republic, from 1993 to 2003. Book is in Near Fine Condition: red remainder mark on top page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: creased and chipped at ends of spine; otherwise, clean and bright.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009735
- Title
- Letters to Olga: June 1979-September 1982; Translated from the Czech with an Introduction by Paul Wilson
- Author
- Havel, Vaclav
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394547950
- ISBN 13
- 9780394547954
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
Terms of Sale
Classic Books and Ephemera
If the item is not as described, the buyer must contact us within 72 hours of their receipt of it. We will refund the full amount with the costs of return shipping within 24 hours of receipt of the item.
About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
Biblio member since 2006
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
About Classic Books and Ephemera
We have a large stock, focusing primarily, but by no means exclusively, on 16th- to mid-19th-century books in English, French, and German in the fields of history, travel, and the arts, and children's books; late 19th- and early 20th-century military prints and postcards; and manuscripts, deeds, maps, and printed ephemera of all periods and disciplines.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...