Search results for: 'PASTERNAK, Boris'
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PASTERNAK, Boris (trans.); SHAKESPEARE, William. [Hamlet.]
[Moscow : 1941
First edition, first printing, of Pasternak's translation of Hamlet. By the early 1930s socialist realism was enforced as the only officially sanctioned form of literature, resulting in Pasternak withdrawing from publishing his own writings, and instead turning to translation, where he produced translations of Goethe, Schiller, Keats, Shelley, and several... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 135615
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PASTERNAK, Boris, (trans.); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Faust.
[Leningrad] : 1953
First edition of Pasternak's Russian translation of Goethe's masterpiece, presentation copy inscribed to a close friend and fellow poet, "to one of the most interesting people and the best poets of the present times, Simon Chikovani, with love and devotion, B. Pasternak, 9 February 1954", on the front free endpaper.
Chikovani (1902-1966) was... Learn More£9,750.00Stock Code: 132166
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PASTERNAK, Boris. Doctor Zhivago.
Milan : [1959]
First Feltrinelli edition in Russian (the third overall), first printing, issued in the very attractive and distinctive dust jacket designed by Ampelio Tettamanti (1914-1961), matching that of the first edition, published in Italian by Feltrinelli in 1957.
Doctor Zhivago was deemed unfit for publication within the Soviet Union due to certain... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 134123
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PASTERNAK, Boris. The Blind Beauty.
London : 1969
First UK edition, first impression, of the play Slepaya krasavitsa, left unfinished on Pasternak's death. It was first published in the US earlier the same year. Learn More£50.00Stock Code: 99216
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PASTERNAK, Boris. Doctor Zhivago.
London : 1958
First edition in English, first impression, of Pasternak's classic novel. First published in Italy in 1957, the original manuscript had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union in the same year. It was an immediate success and has been adapted to screen a number of times, most famously in the 1965 film adaptation staring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, and... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 131737