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Swanljung, Christian; Palen, Lewis Stanton : Men and Monsters

John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, England, 1928

Original publisher's red cloth binding in gray paper dust jacket. Gilt lettering on book spine. Black lettering printed on panels and dust jacket spine (the latter of which is browned). Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. 5 1/4" x 71/2." 315 pages, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece portrait photograph of Swanljung and one black-and-white folding map, complete. Eight additional pages advertising other books in back. Former owner's black-and-white illustrated bookplate tipped in on front pastedown: "Ex Libris, Reynold Boden." Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for the bookplate, a small section on Pages 205-206 that has been torn (all text appears to be present but this part of the leaf is folded over), and slight bumping limited to bottom edge of several pages. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for minuscule darkening along edges and almost imperceptible wear to extremities. Binding is tight. Corners of covers are sharp and not bumped. Dust jacket is clean and intact overall but has browning along spine, slight edge wear, and slight chipping at head of spine. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. No remainder marks. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. "Authored by Christian Swanljung in collaboration with Lew Stanton Palen." This is the gripping autobiographical account by Christian Swanljung (also, Kristian Svanljung; 1892-1964), a Finnish author, about his trials and tribulations in Siberia and Central Asia. Swanljung's story comes at the nexus of historical events such as World War I and the Russian Revolution. Swanljung had moved to St. Petersburg to work as bank clerk and businessman during World War I. However, beginning in the spring of 1918, Swanljung traveled to other places such as Siberia, Mongolia, and Afghanistan. In the fall of 1919, Swanljung joined Alexander Kolchak's army to fight against the Bolsheviks' Red Army. Kolchak's army ultimately retreated from the Urals into Siberia, but Swanljung became injured and contracted cholera. Swanljung subsequently fled from Kolchak's army in December 1919 and hid with the Bolsheviks but was taken as a German prisoner of war in Siberia around 1920. In 1924, Swanljung finally left Siberia through the Mongolian border. Swanljung recounts many episodes from his life during this tumultuous time period in the 1910s and 1920s. Lewis Stanton Palen (1878-1960), who collaborated with Swanljung for this book, was an American author and translator.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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