Nadezhda Mandelstam
Hope Abandoned.
Atheneum, 1974. First edition. Translated by Max Hayward. 0689105495 xii/687 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in black cloth with stamped gilt lettering to spine and top of text block tinted red. Book is fine condition, with firm binding, clean and bright interior. Dust jacket displays wear at edges, with creasing and small(closed) tears. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
Sequel to "Hope against Hope" (1970), a memoir focusing on the years spent with her husband Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), with the second volume describing the author's life after his death.