Books

1st Edition/1st Printing-Vol. 3 of trilogy-parts V-VI-VII- Katorga; Exile; Stalin No More. SIGNED and inscribed on half-title page: " For Dan Maren, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, August 1981". Signed by author but inscribed by another hand (assume assistant or wife). Sent to author for signing while he lived in Vermont. Two 3/4" scrapes to front board edge and DJ fore-edge. $16.95 price intact. DJ lightly rubbed and has tape repair at scrape area; and some spine sunning. Also includes laid-in the original Feb 1993 copy from New York Times Book Review of speech Solzhenitsyn wrote for honor of receiving metal of honor from the National Arts Club entitled "The Relentless Cult of Novelty and How It Wrecked the Century". Includes laid-in a Time Magazine tribute article to Solzhenitsyn by Radhika Jones. Also includes laid-in the original New York Times obituary for author. Also comes with a unsigned VG hardcover copy of 1st US Printing of book by Solzhenitsyn's first wife Natalya Resetovskaya entitled "Sanya: My Life with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn". Note: No International orders for this item. Very scarce signed copy by Nobel Prize winning author. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

The Gulag Archipelago is a three-volume, non-fiction work by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn that was first published in 1973. It covers the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system. The extensive work combines historical research, Solzhenitsyn's own experiences as a Gulag prisoner, and the testimonies of other inmates to describe the brutalities of the Gulag.