THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: Translated from the Russian by R. Ainsztein

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author's greatest work, this novel is set in Russia during the opening months of World War II. Simonov (1915-79) was a Soviet author and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for this war poem "Wait for Me" (1941). Octavo: 552 pp. Original black cloth binding, with silver-stamped titles. Light bumping to the tips. The dust jacket is a bit edgeworn, with a few neat tape reinforcement to the verso; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78242)