1st ed. The Faraway Years Paustovsky 1946 Паустовский Далекие годы Повесть

Paustovsky, Konstantin. Distant Years (Dalekie gody): A Tale of Childhood and Youth, 1946. In Russian

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1st ed. The Faraway Years Paustovsky 1946 Паустовский Далекие годы Повесть
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Paustovsky, Konstantin. Distant Years (Dalekie gody): A Tale of Childhood and Youth, 1946. In Russian

$70.00

Паустовский, К. Г. Далекие годы: Повесть о детстве и юности.
Рисунки Б. А. Дехтерева.
Москва—Ленинград: Детгиз, 1946.
331 с.: ил.; 20 см.
Твердый переплет.
Тираж: 30 000 экз.
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Paustovsky, Konstantin. Distant Years (Dalekie gody): A Tale of Childhood and Youth.
Illustrations by B. A. Dekhterev.
Moscow—Leningrad: DETGIZ, 1946.
331 p.: ill.; 20 cm.
Hardcover.
Print run: 30,000 copies.

A first edition of the opening volume of Konstantin Paustovsky's celebrated autobiographical cycle A Tale of Life, published in 1946. This book, Distant Years, recounts the author's childhood and youth, setting the stage for the subsequent five books that would complete the epic. The edition is notably illustrated by the esteemed artist Boris Dekhterev. Published in the immediate post-war period with a substantial print run, this volume marks the beginning of one of the most beloved literary memoirs in Russian literature, offering a deeply personal lens on the twilight of the Russian Empire and the dawn of the Soviet era.

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