Piasetski (Sergiusz) Lover of the Great Bear
£450
London, Routledge, [1938].
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s 6d with small stamp above price ‘Overseas Edition’.
A semi-autobiographical novel about Polish–Soviet border smugglers in the interwar period, depicting violence, camaraderie and outlaw culture along the Eastern frontier. The work attracted some controversy in later years as some of the details were proven either embellished or fabricated, made more complicated still by the author’s potential involvement in espionage.
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A very good copy; jacket with a little minor rubbing but overall very good.
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