Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak, 1959
Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak. Translated from the Russian by Max Heyward and Manya Harari. With a particularly striking dustjacket design.
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Published by The Reprint Society, London, 1959. First edition thus, but first published in 1958 in this English translation by Wm. Collins and Co. Ltd., London.
Very good overall - a paper covered hardback with gilt, in black and red cover design. Cover is crisp and sharp. Dustjacket is very good, with a little wear to edges and light soiling to rear.
Text is bright and soundly bound, but with age spotting to edge of text block and a few light spots to endpapers. With loose Publisher's advertisement for another publication included. Sprayed colour edge to top of text block, as issued.
Text in English.
Prelims + 472pp
Weight approximately 424g (unpacked).
Dimensions: approximately 191mm high x 131mm wide x 25mm deep.