374pp, paperback in light card printed covers. 12mo. Covers are toned and crease, rubbed around edges, sunned over a spine with reading cracks, back cover curling. Previous owner's name on first leaf, dated 1971. Internally generally clean, neat and tight. The final (blank) pages and rear cover are water damaged. A good working/reading copy.
Alexander Bek was a Soviet writer and novelist. Volokolamsk Highway was written in 1944 and tells of the real events in October 1941 during the Battle of Moscow. Although an important Russian novel it has been out of print in English for decades. Hard to find.
