Solzhenitsyn, Alexander; Thomas P. Whitney, translator — The First Circle

New York, Harper & Row, 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean but for previous owner's penned inscription, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 580 pp. plus a note about the author. "In 1945, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, then a twice-decorated, 26-year-old Captain in an artillery company in East Prussia, with a university degree in mathematics and physics, was arrested and sentenced to eight years of forced labor for derogatory remarks about 'the man with the mustache.'" Translated from the original Russian by Thomas P. Whitney.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,