first edition Paperback
1959 · Moscow
by Chivilikhin, Vladimir
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1959. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 160 pages of text. Original paperback binding is moderately sunned on the spine, with minor shelfwear. Illustrated by numerous photographs, and a fold-out map. The text is clean and unmarked. No date of publication listed, but circa 1959. First edition in English. Story of three Soviet surveyors tracing the route of a prospective railway in the backwoods of the Eastern Sayans in South Siberia. It is based on the diary of Alexander Koshurnikov, head of the expedition.. (Inventory #: 014020)