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Between Two Worlds: The Life of a Young Pole in Russia 1939-46 Review Copy Inscribed
1987réf. 90319New York: New Republic / Henry Holt and Company 1987. First American Edition. First Printing a review copy with the publisher's publicity letter folded and laid in. Octavo 23.5cm; light grey paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip with titles stamped in silver on spine; map endpapers; dustjacket; viii3111pp. Inscribed by the author at upper half-title page: "For Esther and Izzy my oldest and dearest American friends / with love / Karol / 24.II.87." Toward the lower half-title the author has written addresses and phone numbers for Paris and Rome residences. Gentle sunning to upper and lower board edges tiny stain to right edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $19.95 with light surface wear; Near Fine. A memoir by a Polish student who joined the Red Army in 1941. "This is World War II as it was lived on the other side of what later became the Iron Curtain a saga of passion vodka and melancholy. It is the story of a young Pole coming of age amid the intoxicating seductions of ideology and his sobering encounters with love and war" from front flap. 90319. New Republic / Henry Holt and Company unknown
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