Wild River by Strong (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 212 pp green cloth with gilt title to spine. Hole in cloth to edge of spine, cloth marked and rubbed, corners bumped, inscription to ffep - a reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: G+. First Edition. 12mo. Ex-Boots library with label on front cover and remains of label on rear pastedown. Neat hole punched in spine top. A good copy with minor bumping to dk grey cloth spine top & tail. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

hardcover. First Edition. B006474; 327 pp, edgewear, tears hc, contents good, page edges slight soiled, fair dustjacket,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 4TH PRINTING,SQUARE BOARDS WITH MILD CORNER WEAR,TEXT CLEAN WITH OWNER SIGNATURE,STRONG BINDING,NO JACKET.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of the novel by the American journalist Anna Louise Strong based upon her experiences in the USSR during the 1930s. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the orange cloth boards. Interior is clean and unmarked with a tight, solid binding.

First Edition. WILD RIVER, L-B, 1943, first edition, fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with slight wear at head and heel of dust-wrapper spine. Filmed in 1960. This Nebraska author was at one time the youngest woman ever to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Forrest Orr (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine In Mylar cover. Scarce in dust jacket this fine. Out of print novel about the Dnieper Dam workers. Dust jacket art by Forrest Orr. Binding is cloth boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 212pp. Original green boards with gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to extremities. One small light mark to front board. Internally complete with no missing leaves.

1943, 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 327pp. Minor edgewear and chipping to dust jacket. (Fiction).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "First edition" and "Published November 1943" stated. Year of publication (1943) on title page. Near fine hardback in near fine dust jacket ($2.50). Dust jacket has a light, if not very light crease running from head to heel of spine; and minor, if not trivial wear to corners and edges. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the first UK edition. The book was first published by Little, Brown and Company in the USA in 1943. ***Near fine in green, cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still unusually bright. Extremities hardly rubbed. Corners sharp. No foxing. No inscriptions, but there is an attractive bookplate to the front pastedown, which is covered by the front flap of the dustwrapper. Pages clean and bright. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, priced at 8/6 net on the spine. Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed, creased and browned. Tiny loss and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine of the dustwrapper. Spine hardly browned. Front and rear panels slightly discoloured (being a matt yellow background). ***190 mm x 130 mm. 212 printed pages. ***A novel sympathetic to the Soviet Union, who were our allies in the Second World War, centering around the builders and destroyers of the Dnieper Dam in the Ukraine. ***'Anna Louise Strong (Nov 24 1885 - Mar 29 1970) was a 20th-century American journalist and activist, best known for her reporting on and support for communist movements in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. She wrote over 30 books and varied articles.' [Wiki] ***'In the lower reaches of the Dnieper River, there was an almost 100 kilometres long stretch that was filled with the Dnieper Rapids. During the 19th century, engineers worked on projects to make the river navigable. The Dneprostroi Dam was built on deserted land in the countryside to stimulate Soviet industrialization. Construction began in 1927, and the plant started to produce electricity in October 1932. The station became the largest Soviet power plant at the time and the third-largest in the world. During World War Two, the strategically important dam and plant was dynamited by retreating Red Army troops in 1941, after Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. The tidal surge killed between 20,000 and 100,000 unsuspecting civilians, as well as Red Army officers who were crossing over the river. It was partially dynamited again by retreating German troops in 1943. In the end, the dam suffered extensive damage, and the powerhouse hall was nearly destroyed. Both were rebuilt between 1944 and 1949. [Wiki] ***Uncommon to find in the original 1940s dustwrapper - Gollancz dustwrappers in particular are prone to wear and damage, especially from the 1930s and 1940s. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***.

327 pp. 1 vols. 9vo. First edition. First edition. 327 pp. 1 vols. 9vo. Brick cloth. Boards faintly spotted, else Fine, in Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. dj has some edge wear and minor soiling. Binding tight, no markings D4 3.

First UK edition, first printing. The publisher's retained copy. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very nice near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with the publisher's "Archive Copy" stamp to the title page and with the publisher's "File Copy" stamp to the front paste down are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased original dustwrapper which has the publisher's "File Copy" stamp to the upper panel. Provenance: From the archive of the publisher Victor Gollancz. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.