Shelfmark
Nd.5.16
Author
Babel ', I (Isaak),
Title
Red cavalry / I. Babel ; translated from the Russian by John Harland.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.
Physical description
254 p. ; 20 cm.
Note
T.p. verso: "the stories in this book first appeared separately in various Soviet papers and magazines. They were published in book form with the title Konarmia in 1923 by the Moscow publishers 'Raduga' and then by the State publishers in 1926. This translation has been made from the third, revised, (1928) edition of the latter publishers."
Provenance
Presented to Eton College by Eugen Millington-Drake in 1938.
Binding
Blue leather half-binding over marbled paper covered boards; gilt lettering on spine; gilt top edge; bound by Best & Co.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: 78.02.
Copy-specific note
Typescript note tipped-in to t.p.: "no signature: author could not be traced".
Copy-specific note
Bound with original publisher's wrappers.
Subject
World War, 1914-1918.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Harland, John illustrator.
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Best & Co. binder.
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng rus
Identifier
B33325