THE FIRST CIRCLE-1968 Novel-ALEXSANDR SOLZHENITSYN-Excellent 1st Edition HC w/DJ

Description: Hi! You're looking at an excellent overall condition book which is a classic novel of the prison Gulags of Stalin's Soviet Union written by ALEXSANDR I. SOLZHENITSYN and translated from the Russian by THOMAS P. WHITNEY--the book is a collectible STATED FIRST EDITION and a HARDCOVER with the ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET and is NOT a remaindner copy and NOT price-clipped, with the original $10.00 price in the upper corner of the front inner flap. This book is in excellent overall condition and the book has the back surface of the dustjacket fused to the back cover with a slight pink discoloration on the upper right of the back surface but NO other signs on the front surface and NO musty scent, very slight foxing on the upper page edge, slight dings on the opening tips, a very small crease on the upper corner of p. 240, a small torn out spot on the upper center of the dustjacket, light sunning (fading) on the spine edge, light dings on the spine tips, very small tears on the upper right tip of the front coverand lower left corner of the back cover, a couple of tiny tears and light creases on the upper edge of the back cover, a light ding on the upper right corner of the back cover and just light shelfwear otherwise but no other significant flaws! The book is titled The First Circle and it was written by ALEXSANDR I. SOZHENITSYN and translated from the Russian by THOMAS P. WHITNEY; it was published by Harper & Row, Publishers in 1968 and is a STATED 1st EDITION copy.Moscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is locked away inside a Moscow prison that houses the country's brightest minds. He and his fellow prisoners are charged with using their abilities to sleuth out the caller's identity, and they must choose whether to aid Joseph Stalin's repressive state—or refuse and accept transfer to the Siberian Gulag camps . . . and almost certain death.First written between 1955 and 1958, The First Circle is Solzhenitsyn's fiction masterpiece. In order to pass through Soviet censors, many essential scenes—including nine full chapters—were cut or altered before it was published in a hastily translated English edition in 1968. Now with the help of the author's most trusted translator, Harry T. Willetts, here for the first time is the complete, definitive English edition of Solzhenitsyn's powerful and magnificent classic.A fantastic find, and a beautiful copy of this book!Thanks for looking, and good luck if you're bidding! Also be sure to check out all of my other great books currently listed on ebay auctions--I can combine shipping for multiple purchases!

Price: 15 USD

Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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Book Title: The First Circle

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: Russian

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers

Intended Audience: Adults

Edition: First Edition

Vintage: Yes

Publication Year: 1968

Type: Novel

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Features: Dust Jacket, First Edition

Genre: History

Topic: Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Fiction

Number of Pages: 580 Pages