Road to Volgograd

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. First American Edition (so stated). 8vo: [4],176,[4]pp. Publisher's turquoise cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge stained gold, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust jacket priced $3.95 with correct 10/64 date of publication on front flap. As New and unread, a superb copy without flaw. Gerard A11. From the author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958) and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1959), which both became classic British New Wave films. This is his account of a visit to the Soviet Union, as guest of the Soviet Writers' Union, where Sillitoe was feted as a proletarian writer. His memoir includes impressions of Moscow, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Volgograd (Stalingrad), Irkutsk, Lake Baikal and Siberia. Note: With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.