Mikhail Bulgakov Translated Russian Michael (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. Illustrated by (dj design) William Belcher (illustrator). First American Edition. [light shelfwear only, spine very slightly turned, thin black line (remainder mark) on bottom edge of text block; the jacket has a few small edge-tears and nicks, and is lightly sun-tanned along the spine]. A late satirical novel by Bulgakov, written in 1936 but first published in Russia in 1965 (a quarter-century after the author's death), telling "in fictional form what might well have happened when he set out, at the start of his writing career, to dramatize one of his own novels for the two outstanding geniuses and tyrants of the Moscow theater -- Konstantin Stanislavski and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, the men who created and ran the famous Moscow Art Theater, [and who] became legends before they died, alternately worshiped and feared by actors, playwrights, playgoers." In particular, the novel "is aimed squarely at debunking the great Stanislavski," and grew out of Bulgakov's own (frustrating and distinctly non-fictional) experience with Stanislavski, related to the staging of his plays "The Days of the Turbins" and "The Cabal of Hypocrites.".

Soft Cover. Condition: Poor. Poor condition. Heavily worn cover/spine with tanning/fading/marks/creases/scratches/scuffs. Foxing/staining to textblock edges. Dark tanning to pages. Text readable.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in near fine plus, if not fine dust jacket ($7.95). Book has three very light pin-head sized coffee-colored spots on fore-edge of block. Dust jacket may have trivial, if not barely noticeable age-toning and trivial wear to corners and edges. Only trivial additional signs of ag/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket, primarily to eges of block.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Jacket design by Kenneth Farnhill (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, two long closed tears to top of largely white jacket, corners slightly rubbed and bruised with tiny loss. Price clipped, some faint spotting to page fore edges, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 320pp. Bulgakov's classic tale of love and war in Russia in the best translation by Michael Glenny. He began writing prose with 'The White Guard' in 1924 (previously he had written for the theatre), partly published in 1925, first full edition 1927-1929 in Paris. In Kiev during the Russian Civil War the Turbin household is sanctuary to a ragtag, close knit crowd of friends and family. As the brothers prepare to fight for the White Guard, friends charge in from the riotous streets amidst an atmosphere of heady chaos, quaffing vodka, keeling over, taking baths, playing guitar, falling in love. But the new regime is poised and in its brutal triumph lies destruction for the Turbins and their world. The novel is powered by that distinctively Russian mix of wild hilarity and desperate heartache. There are deeply wrenching moments, terrible family losses and brilliantly staged war scenes that encapsulate the horror of Russia's turbulent, blood drenched history. The civil war was a very cruel one, on both sides. The Whites killed 100,000 Jews in organised pogroms. White cossacks dragged Red prisoners over the ground with lassos. The Reds had little to learn from them, they massacred complete villages. Priests were speared on poles, and on the bodies of White officers were tied cages with rats, the cages were then heated so that the rats gnawed their way through the bodies. The real victims were, of course, the civilians. Red and White terror cost millions of lives. Famine and disease spread. And, as if the civilians had not enough to fear from the White and the Red armies, they had to be on alert for each other too, plunderings, killings, robberies and even cannibalism were reported. Between 1918 and 1923 the civil war cost about 15 million Russian lives.This story throws light on the smallest part of an epic, horrifying drama involving all that life holds, hope, love, fear and death. Bulgakov's (1891-1940), most famous novel and a twentieth century comic masterpiece is 'The Master and Margarita' on the havoc caused by the Devil's visit to Moscow. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Alexis Jawdokimov (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, second impression, published later the same year. Some edge wear and a couple of short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, Not price clipped (£1.50) although corner of front inside flap clipped not touching price, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 445pp. Bulgakov's classic satire in the best translation by Michael Glenny, now very scarce in this early impression. 445pp. Bulgakov died in 1940 and this was his most famous novel on the havoc caused by the Devil's visit to Moscow. Although it was written in the 1930s it remained unpublished until 1966. A twentieth century comic literary masterpiece, supposed to have inspired the Stones' 'Sympathy for the Devil'. Very scarce in this vg+ condition, even in this second impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First U. K. Edition of this translation. Very good+ copy in very good+ dust jacket. (Previous owner's name inked at head of front end-paper. Couple spots of foxing. Rear end-paper has a vertical crease as does the flap. One page corner creased in text. Mild discoloration to title at spine.1"-inch tear and pea-size attendant tear at base of rear panel of jacket. A few other smaller edge tears. ) (445pp. ) By consensus the preferred translation. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 445 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Alexis Jawdokimov (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, spine slightly faded, some creasing to inside front flap, some faint spotting to page fore edges, not price clipped (30s), previous owner's name to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 445pp. Mikhail Bulgakov's (1891-1940), classic satire in the best translation by Michael Glenny, now very scarce in this first impression. Bulgakov died in 1940 and this was his most famous novel on the havoc caused by the Devil's visit to Moscow. Although it was written in the 1930s it remained unpublished until 1966. A twentieth century comic literary masterpiece, supposed to have inspired the Stones' 'Sympathy for the Devil'. Very scarce in this vg+ condition.