The Oak and the Calf - Tapa dura

Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked full leather. The classic Franklin Library design. Raised bands with gilt tooling to spine. Gilt decorative tooling to panels. All edges gilt. Silk textured endpapers. 'Notes from the editors' supplement loosely inserted. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 550 pages; Description: 550 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Series: First edition society. Subjects: Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. (1918-2008) -- Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography. Notes: Translated from the Russian by Harry Willetts.