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Paperback. 1989. Moscow 1989. *The text is reprinted from the first Soviet publication as it appeared in Novyi Mir, January to April 1988. Owner's name on end-paper, otherwise a very good copy .

In two volumes. Paris. Societe d'Edition et d'Impression Mondiale 1959. 634c. SKUalbae90c09ee2a79c2d.

The third edition of Pasternak's novel (after the appearance of the Michigan and Milan editions), reportedly financed by the CIA and published by Boris Filippov under a fictitious imprint in early May 1959. In their recent book on the complicated publishing history of the novel, The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Books, Peter Finn and Petra Couvée write: "The CIA attempted to create the illusion that this edition of the novel was published in Paris by ascribing publication to a fictitious entity that was called the Societe d'Edition et d'Impression Mondiale. Some of these copies were subsequently distributed by the NTS (National Alliance of Russian Solidarists) the militant Russian émigré group in Germany, another measure to hide the CIA's involvement, although the agency's released records don't mention the organization." Printed both as a single volume and a two-volume set, this edition is a reduced-size reproduction of the Mouton version and… Read More