first edition
1960 · London
by SHOLOKHOV, Mikhail (novel); STEVENS, H.C. (translation)
London: Putnam, 1960. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 399pp. Fine in a Very Good+ price-clipped dustjacket, gently spine-sunned, with a few small moisture spots to same and some rubbing to rear panel. Continuation of the Russian Nobel Prize-winner's story begun in Virgin Soil Upturned (1935) of a collective farm organized under the supervision of the Communist Party in a small Don village. (Inventory #: 34111)