Author: Godfrey Blunden
Title: A Room on the Route
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work of fiction by Godfrey Blunden, inspired by his time as a journalist in the Soviet Union, in a nicely illustrated unclipped dust wrapper. First UK Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This is a work of fiction by Australian author Godfrey Blunden, set in wartime Moscow at the same time that the author lived there as a journalist. In this novel, events from 1942 to 1943 are retold through the eyes of a variety of character, with individuals from different ends of Russian society. As the world around them unravels, the one thing that remains the same is the narrator's faith in the original idea of communism.Godfrey Blunden (1906-1996) was an Australian journalist and author. In 1942, he travelled to the Soviet Union where he covered the fighting and sent his correspondences to the London Evening Standard. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Minimal edge wear and bumping to boards. Very light spotting to text block. Dust wrapper is smart, with light age-toning particularly to the reverse of wraps. Closed tears along the bottom joints of the wraps. A few spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins of text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: A Room on the Route Godfrey Blunden No More Reality Soviet Union Godfrey Blunden None
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Title: A Room on the Route
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work of fiction by Godfrey Blunden, inspired by his time as a journalist in the Soviet Union, in a nicely illustrated unclipped dust wrapper. First UK Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This is a work of fiction by Australian author Godfrey Blunden, set in wartime Moscow at the same time that the author lived there as a journalist. In this novel, events from 1942 to 1943 are retold through the eyes of a variety of character, with individuals from different ends of Russian society. As the world around them unravels, the one thing that remains the same is the narrator's faith in the original idea of communism.Godfrey Blunden (1906-1996) was an Australian journalist and author. In 1942, he travelled to the Soviet Union where he covered the fighting and sent his correspondences to the London Evening Standard. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Minimal edge wear and bumping to boards. Very light spotting to text block. Dust wrapper is smart, with light age-toning particularly to the reverse of wraps. Closed tears along the bottom joints of the wraps. A few spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins of text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: A Room on the Route Godfrey Blunden No More Reality Soviet Union Godfrey Blunden None
Price: GBP 65.00 = appr. US$ 92.82 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 810D33
- Book number: 810D33
See more books from our catalog: Modern Fiction