{"product_id":"gvasalia-mose-on-the-path-of-the-chamois-archvebis-bilikze-stories-first-edition-tbilisi-1957-in-georgian","title":"Gvasalia, Mose. On the Path of the Chamois (Archvebis bilikze): stories. First edition. Tbilisi, 1957. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eგვასალია, მოსე. არჩვების ბილიკზე : [მოთხრობები] \/ რედაქტორი გ. ნატროშვილი ; მხატვარი ა. ვეფხვაძე.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : გამომცემლობა \"საბჭოთა მწერალი\", 1957. 233 გვერდი ; 21 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eყდა - მოხატული ქაღალდის საბურავი შავი ტილოს ზურგით, წინა ყდაზე ხის ჩუქურთმის სტილის ილუსტრაცია (მთის ხეობა). ტირაჟი 3 000 ც.\u003cbr\u003eყდა - კარგი: კუთხეები და ზურგის თავ-ბოლო ცვეთილი, საფარი ქაღალდზე მცირე ლაქები და გაცვეთა. ბლოკი - ძალიან კარგი: მტკიცე, სუფთა, ტექსტი სრული.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGvasalia, Mose. On the Path of the Chamois : [stories] \/ editor G. Natroshvili ; illustrator A. Vepkhvadze. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Sabchota Mts'erali\" Publishing House, 1957. 233 pp. ; 21 cm.\u003cbr\u003eBoards with pictorial paper over black cloth spine, front board with a woodcut-style illustration of a mountain gorge with river and forest. Print run of 3,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBinding good: corners and spine ends rubbed, minor staining and wear to the pictorial paper covering. Text block very good: firm, clean, text complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA first edition collection of stories by the Georgian writer Mose Gvasalia, a native of the Senaki district of western Georgia, gathering nine pieces centered on mountain and rural life: the title story \"On the Path of the Chamois,\" together with \"The Well of the Cliffs,\" \"Master of the Spring,\" \"The Shepherd's Hut,\" \"Abragi\" (a story of a Caucasian highland outlaw), \"The Soldier,\" \"The Herdsman,\" \"The Owl,\" and \"The Acacia.\" The collection belongs to the substantial body of mid-century Georgian prose devoted to highland and forest life, hunting, and the customs of mountain communities in Svaneti, Racha, and the western Georgian highlands, a genre in which closely observed natural description is interwoven with village and pastoral narrative. Issued in a modest print run of 3,000 copies with a distinctive woodcut-style cover illustration of a wooded mountain gorge, the volume is representative of Soviet Georgian trade publishing of the 1950s aimed at a popular readership with an interest in nature writing and highland ethnography; it will appeal to collectors of mid-century Georgian prose and regional Caucasian nature literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44585434153002,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_8662_4bb02b96-3581-4b12-8971-1380f048e57c.jpg?v=1784210186","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/gvasalia-mose-on-the-path-of-the-chamois-archvebis-bilikze-stories-first-edition-tbilisi-1957-in-georgian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}