Karel van het Reve - Lot met 10 publicaties over Rusland [+1] - 1956/2008

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1 History of Russian Literature. From Vladimir the Saint to Anton Chekhov – Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1990 – 521 pp., paperback – 5th, revised edition. – Very nice copy with tight spine; neat name and purchase date in the front.
2 The faith of the comrades. Short overview of the communist worldview - Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1971 - 220 pp., paperback - Nice, neatly read copy of 3rd edition with shelf and handling marks.
3 Lenin really existed – Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1972 – 160 pp., paperback – Nice copy of 1st edition with some thin reading folds in the – faded – spine.
4 Siberian diary – Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1986 – 123 pp., paperback – Very nice copy of 7th edition, tight but faded spine.
5 ‘The novelist Turgenev’ – In: Jan Meijer [e.a.], About Turgenev. Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1956, pp. [14]-24 – 46 pp., paperback – Very nice copy with very light cupboard and handling traces.
6 “Foreword” – In: Andrei Sakharov, My country and the world. Introduced by Prof. Dr. Karel van het Reve. Amsterdam/Brussels: Elsevier, 1975, pp. 7-15 – 108 pp., paperback – Translation E.J. Driessen - Beautiful specimen with very light cupboard and handling traces.
7 “Freud on Dostoevskij” – In: For H.A. Gomperts on his 65th birthday. Amsterdam: House on the Three Canals, 1980, pp. 127-141 – 224 pp. ,paperback – Nice copy with very light cupboard and handling traces.
8 ‘Foreword’ – In: N.V. Gogol, Marriage. A perfectly improbable event in two acts. Translated by Arie van der Ent and Jan Timmers. Introduced by Karel van het Reve, pp. [3]-[5] – Rotterdam: Labberdaan, 1984 – 44 pp., paperback – Beautiful copy.
9 “Afterword” – In: Vladislav Chodasevich, The glass that cannot bear lies. Translated by Marko Fondse. With an afterword by K. van het Reve. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 1985, p. 63-66 – 68 pp., paperback – Nice copy with very light shelf and handling wear.
10 Andrej Amalrik – Uncoveted trip to Siberia – Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1974 – 339 pp., paperback – Translation Jozina Israel and Karel van het Reve. – Beautiful copy of 4th edition with very light case and handling traces, thin reading fold in the spine.
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11 Catalog 79. From the library of Karel van het Reve. Preceded by Knowledge is power by Arnon Grunberg – Leiden: Aioloz, 2008 – [128] pp., paperback – Very nice copy. 67560911 Read more