And Quiet Flows The Don
1934 (First UK edition, First impression in April).
Putnam
, London, England
Obviously very scarce as a first edition and impression from April 1934, the wonderful patina of age is very obvious as the novel in four volumes traces the lives and struggles of the Cossacks of the Don River Valley during the First World War, the Russian Revolution and the terrible Russian Civil War for the White armies against the Red Bolsheviks. Originally published in a Soviet magazine in 1928-1932 and then 1940. This is regarded as a major epic of Soviet literature and is one of the very first works of Soviet literature to be translated into English. A great example of a true classic that is arguably one of the most significant works of the 20th century.
$3,100.00
Specifications
| Author | Sholokhov, Mikhail |
| Publisher | Putnam |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1934 (First UK edition, First impression in April) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1929 (Russian) |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | IV |
| Pages | 755pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in dark grey cloth with corner and spine edge bruising, though the slightly shaken spine with title still remains very firm with no lean, plus there is only very slight edge toning with no flecking original foxing and a classic original black and red unclipped dust wrapper with a Cossack profile that is showing some wear with a closed tear to upper left corner and spine plus edge chipping and minor age yellowing now needing a dust wrapper backing paper and is also protected in clear archival covering. |
| Overall | For a well loved first impression the text is extraordinarily clean, undamaged and unmarked. |