BOTCHARSKY, Sophie; PIER, Florida. The Kinsmen Know How to Die. New York: William Morrow. 1931. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in orange to the spine and upper board, in the evocative dust jacket designed by Paul Wenck. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, very gently pushed at tips, the binding tight and square, the topstain bright. The contents clean throughout with a little offsetting to endpapers. The dust jacket unclipped ($3.00 net) and complete, some small nicks and rubbing to corners and tips with tape repairs to verso. Two small but noticeable closed tears to front panel edges, but nevertheless scarce and more so in the jacket. Published simultaneously in England under the tweaked title, They Knew How to Die.
A moving and visceral account of the fortunes of the Russian soldiers in the First World War, through the eyes of a Red Cross nurse who worked tirelessly to keep them all alive. The detailed volume follows the action from the outbreak of war, the German attack on Warsaw, the first poison gas attack, the grim retreat from Warsaw, and winds up at the February Revolution. Botcharsky’s intriguing collaboration with the American-born playwright, Florida Pier, produced only this volume, and it’s not known how the pair met. The Paul Wenck dust jacket, as with all of his work, elevates the book.
BOTCHARSKY, Sophie; PIER, Florida. The Kinsmen Know How to Die. New York: William Morrow. 1931. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in orange to the spine and upper board, in the evocative dust jacket designed by Paul Wenck. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, very gently pushed at tips, the binding tight and square, the topstain bright. The contents clean throughout with a little offsetting to endpapers. The dust jacket unclipped ($3.00 net) and complete, some small nicks and rubbing to corners and tips with tape repairs to verso. Two small but noticeable closed tears to front panel edges, but nevertheless scarce and more so in the jacket. Published simultaneously in England under the tweaked title, They Knew How to Die.
A moving and visceral account of the fortunes of the Russian soldiers in the First World War, through the eyes of a Red Cross nurse who worked tirelessly to keep them all alive. The detailed volume follows the action from the outbreak of war, the German attack on Warsaw, the first poison gas attack, the grim retreat from Warsaw, and winds up at the February Revolution. Botcharsky’s intriguing collaboration with the American-born playwright, Florida Pier, produced only this volume, and it’s not known how the pair met. The Paul Wenck dust jacket, as with all of his work, elevates the book.
