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London: Secker & Warburg. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. 1st U.K. edition. Hardcover. [a couple of tiny spots on top edge of text block, no other significant wear; jacket just lightly rubbed]. Novel about a young man in the Baltics who is caught up in the passions and events of the Russian Civil War between the White Russians and the Bolsheviks that broke out following the October Revolution of 1918. Originally published in French in 1939, it was filmed by German director Volker Schlöndorff in 1976 (the film's title was "Der Fangschuß"). .