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A VANISHED PRESENT THE MEMOIRS OF ALEXANDER PASTERNAK
by ALEXANDER PASTERNAK , Prominent Russian Architect (EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY ANN PASTERNAK SLATER)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151933642
- ISBN 13
- 9780151933648
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Florida , U.S.A.: HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH / HBJ , 1985 Black Cloth Quarter binding with Brown Paper covered boards and red titles to spine, 215 x 145 mm approx. xxiv + 214 pp 24 pp of b/w plates on glossy paper. First American Edition 1st printing 1985. An affectionate remembrance of a Russian childhood and youth- before and after the Revolution by the brother of Boris Pasternak, translated and edited by their neice. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Press review cuttings loosely laid in VG+/ VG (Book-No notable shelf wear or soiling to boards. Previous owner book plate to front paste down with ink gift insc. to free front end paper. No notable defects. Dust Jacket- shelf rubbing with 5 mm approx nick to head at rear spine fold and mild damage to spine gutter to rear panel with a little shelf soiling. Non price clipped.
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- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125144
- Title
- A VANISHED PRESENT THE MEMOIRS OF ALEXANDER PASTERNAK
- Author
- ALEXANDER PASTERNAK , Prominent Russian Architect (EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY ANN PASTERNAK SLATER)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151933642
- ISBN 13
- 9780151933648
- Publisher
- HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH / HBJ
- Place of Publication
- Florida , U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Alexander Pasternak, Prominent Russian Architect , Boris Pasternak, Biography, Russian Social History, Memoirs, A Vanished Present , Books on line Brighton,
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