Russian Banned Books Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Collected Works in Six Volumes, 1970 For Sale

Author: Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
Title: Sobranie sochinenii v shesti tomakh [Collected Works in Six Volumes: With Supplementary Materials on the Nobel Prize, Bibliography, and the “Solzhenitsyn Case”]
Publication: Frankfurt: Posev, 1970

Description:

The first collected edition of Solzhenitsyn’s works, assembled at a time when he was being censored and persecuted by Soviet authorities. It provides an in-depth look at his literary legacy, including One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Cancer Ward, and The First Circle, along with his plays, short fiction, and essays. The final volume presents crucial materials on Solzhenitsyn’s 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature, a bibliography of his works, and Soviet documents related to the so-called “Solzhenitsyn Case.”

Volume I – One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Stories (1970) – 307 pages: portrait.
Volume II – Cancer Ward (2nd edition, 1971) – 592 pages.
Volume III – The First Circle (Chapters 1–47) (2nd edition, 1971) – 408 + [4] pages: portrait.
Volume IV – The First Circle (Chapters 48–87) (2nd edition, 1971) – 409–806 pages.
Volume V – Plays, Stories, Articles (2nd edition, 1971) – 271 pages.
Volume VI – The Solzhenitsyn Case, Nobel Prize, and Critical Articles on the Author’s Work (2nd edition, 1971) – 400 pages.

Publisher’s cloth bindings with gilt lettering, housed in dust jackets. The dust jackets show wear, with creasing, minor tears, and chipping along the top edges. Foxing and moisture stains are visible, particularly on volumes 1, 2, and 5. Despite this, the spines remain intact and legible.

Seller ID: 1366

Subject: Dissident Literature, Russian, Soviet (USSR), Tamizdat (abroad-publishing)

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