A Voice from the Chorus

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First English Language Edition. Octavo (22cm); blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; [xxiv],[4],5-328pp. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light sunning to spine ends and board margins, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Muriel Nasser, unclipped (priced $10.00), lightly tanned, with 1" tear and 0.5" tear to lower rear panel, and light creases to flaps; Very Good+.

First published in Russian (1973), with portions of this translation first released in American Review, this collection is based on letters from Russian writer and Soviet dissident to his wife from 1966-1971 when he was being held in succession during the Sinyavsky-Daniel trial. [86720].