{"product_id":"batrov-alexander-our-friend-jose-nash-drug-khose-stories-illustrated-by-v-bogatkin-first-edition-1951-in-russian","title":"Batrov, Alexander. Our Friend Jose (Nash drug Khose): Stories \/ illustrated by V. Bogatkin. First edition, 1951. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eБатров, Александр Михайлович. Наш друг Хосе : рассказы \/ рисунки В. Богаткина. Первое издание.\u003cbr\u003eМосква - Ленинград : Детгиз, 1951. 64 с., ил. ; 22 см.\u003cbr\u003eИллюстрированный издательский переплёт. Тираж 30 000 экз.\u003cbr\u003eПереплёт хороший: потёртости и мелкие сколы по корешку и уголкам. Блок хороший: полный, на одном развороте - пятна от гербария (отпечатки засушенных листьев\/цветов).\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eBatrov, Alexander. Our Friend Jose: Stories \/ illustrated by V. Bogatkin. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow - Leningrad: Detgiz, 1951. 64 pp., illustrated ; 22 cm.\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated publisher's boards. Print run of 30,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBoards good: wear and small chips at the spine and corners. Text block good: complete; one opening with staining from pressed plant material (herbarium marks).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1951 by Detgiz, the State Children's Literature Publishing House, \"Our Friend Jose\" is a collection of six short stories by Alexander Batrov depicting the lives of working-class and poor children in Spain, the United States, Italy, England, and Ceylon. The book belongs to a distinct genre catalogued in Soviet library guides of the period as \"Struggle for Peace: The Condition of Children in Capitalist Countries,\" alongside works such as Agniya Barto's narrative poem about a young African American boy's first encounter with segregation. Written and published during the opening years of the Cold War and the Korean War, the collection dramatizes international proletarian solidarity: the title story follows a Spanish cabin boy aboard the steamer \"Pollux\"; \"Маленький Чарли\" and its companion piece follow American schoolchildren organizing to help a Chinese sailor, Chan, return home to \"People's China\" against the interests of a profiteering merchant; \"Юнга Пьетро,\" set near Catania, follows young Italian partisans disarming soldiers; and \"В доках Лондона\" and \"В Коломбо\" extend the collection's geography to British and Ceylonese dockworkers' children. Illustrated throughout by V. Bogatkin, whose black-and-white drawings render period urban settings from Chinatown storefronts to Mediterranean harbors with considerable narrative detail, the volume is a representative and now scarce artifact of early Cold War Soviet children's publishing. It is of interest to collectors of Soviet propaganda literature, Cold War material culture, and the history of children's book illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44620563906602,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_0144.jpg?v=1785154547","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/batrov-alexander-our-friend-jose-nash-drug-khose-stories-illustrated-by-v-bogatkin-first-edition-1951-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}