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PASTERNAK, B. Doctor Zhivago. Roman. (Russian text). (Par.), Société d'Édition et d'Impression Mondiale, 1959. 2 vols. 295, (2); (4), 299-634, (1) pp. Sm-8° (14,5 x 9,7 cm). Printed on India paper. Owrps. printed in blue with printed "Imprimé en France. Imp. D'Orleans, Paris" on back sides. (Owner's inscription on free endpaper, dated 1979).
Preceded only by a near unobtainable hardcover edition in blue linen covers distributed by the Vatican stall at the 1958 Brussels World Fair (Expo 58). Following the successful distribution of this first thousand Russian-language copies of Doctor Zhivago, the agency decided to fund a second print run. The CIA arranged this printing of the text specifically for circulation within the USSR, as an act of cultural propaganda against the Soviet regime. To this purpose, the format of the present issue might be considered the most perfect of the variant issues seen. The use of India paper makes it the smallest of the 'at least four different formats' noted by Paolo Mancosu in his work 'Inside the Zhivago Storm'. This edition was intended exclusively for the Russian market and specifically designed for smuggling into the USSR. This two-volume miniature lightweight paperback edition (for ease of mailing or concealment) was again funded by the CIA in an edition of 7,000 copies for individuals who would take them into the Soviet Union and leave them for others to discover, and 2,000 copies that would be distributed at the 7th World Festival of Youth and Students in Vienna later that year. Distribution of the miniature version began in April 1959. - Very clean and well preserved set.€ 500
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