Colin Thubron – Among the Russians – SIGNED First Edition 1983
£85.00
A first edition, first printing of Among the Russians by Colin Thubron, published by Heinemann, London in 1983. A near fine copy signed dated and inscribed in black ink to the front free end paper, toning and foxing to the text block, some shelf wear to lower edge of front board. In a very good price clipped wrapper with fading to the spine bumping to the head of the spine and knuckles of front and rear flap folds.
Among the Russians by Colin Thubron is a travel memoir of his journeys through the Soviet Union in the late Cold War. Travelling by train and foot, he observes daily life, landscapes and quiet acts of kindness beneath an oppressive system. Thubron blends history, politics and lyric description to portray a society marked by fear, endurance and humanity. The book captures ordinary voices while revealing the emotional cost of ideology, isolation, control and hope.
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A first edition, first printing of Among the Russians by Colin Thubron, published by Heinemann, London in 1983. A near fine copy signed dated and inscribed in black ink to the front free end paper, toning and foxing to the text block, some shelf wear to lower edge of front board. In a very good price clipped wrapper with fading to the spine bumping to the head of the spine and knuckles of front and rear flap folds.
Among the Russians by Colin Thubron is a travel memoir of his journeys through the Soviet Union in the late Cold War. Travelling by train and foot, he observes daily life, landscapes and quiet acts of kindness beneath an oppressive system. Thubron blends history, politics and lyric description to portray a society marked by fear, endurance and humanity. The book captures ordinary voices while revealing the emotional cost of ideology, isolation, control and hope.
