First American edition, limited and signed issue. A touch of rubbing at the black portion of the spine, else fine in lightly rubbed fine slipcase. Issued without dustwrapper. Copy number 32 of 200 numbered copies Signed by the author, Russian exile, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and a major figure in the political and social dissolution of Communist Russia. A surprisingly small limitation for a book likely to be in high demand at the time of publication.