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SOLZHENITSYN
THE LOVE-GIRL AND THE INNOCENT
Penguin Paperback 1974
No missing or torn pages.
The action of this full-length play is set in 1945 in a Stalinist slave-labor camp similar to the one where the author himself served an eight-year term. It is basically a love story of two prisoners: Nemov, the “innocent,” a new prisoner who is unwilling to compromise in order to survive, and Lyuba, a girl who tells him that in the labor camp integrity is a passport to death. He tries desperately to keep his honor and self-respect while she tries to convince him that he must compromise.
The love story is told gradually and intermittently against the background of labor-camp life. The large number of characters on stage, working, arguing and fighting, emphasizes the cruel, unprivate world in which the pair have to live their lives. Finally the “innocent” realizes that if he will share Lyuba with one of the higher-ups, he will then have everything: extra food, a comfortable job and the woman he loves. All he has to do is make that one compromise.
The Love-Girl and The Innocent was accepted for performance in 1962 by the Moscow Contemporary Theatre but was then banned. It has never been performed in Russia, as the author complained in his courageous letter to the Congress of Soviet Writers, reprinted in the Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition of Cancer Ward. Solzhenitsyn’s works have been barred in the Soviet Union since 1966 and he was recently expelled from the Russian Writers’ Union. The publication of Solzhenitsyn’s play in England and America marks its first appearance in print in any language.
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R 50
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SOLZHENITSYN
stories and prose poems
Penguin Paperback
1973
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R 90
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SOLZHENITSYN
CANCER WARD
Penguin Paperback
570 p
1984 edition
No missing or torn pages & no inscriptions.
There is considerable browning of pages.
Otherwise a tight copy.
The Russian Nobelist's semiautobiographical novel set in a Soviet cancer ward shortly after Stalin's death.
One of the great allegorical masterpieces of world literature, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward is both a deeply compassionate study of people facing terminal illness and a brilliant dissection of the cancerous Soviet police state.
Cancer Ward, which has been compared to the masterpiece of another Nobel Prize winner, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, examines the relationship of a group of people in the cancer ward of a provincial Soviet hospital in 1955, two years after Stalin's death. While the experiences of the central character, Oleg Kostoglotov, closely reflect the author's own--Solzhenitsyn became a patient in a cancer ward in the mid-1950s, on his release from a labor camp, and later recovered--the patients, as a group, represent a remarkable cross section of contemporary Russian characters and attitudes, both under normal circumstances and then reexamined at the eleventh hour of illness. A seminal work from one of the most powerful voices in twentieth century literature, Cancer Ward offers an extraordinary portrait of life in the Soviet Union.
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R 290
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
THE FIRST CIRCLE
9th Impression 1971
Fontana Modern Novels
Paperback
Winner of the Nobel Prize 1970
700 story pages
No missing or torn pages &
no inscriptions in the main reading body.
Set in Moscow during a three-day period in December 1949, The First Circle is the story of the prisoner Gleb Nerzhin, a brilliant mathematician. At the age of thirty-one, Nerzhin has survived the war years on the German front and the postwar years in a succession of Russian prisons and labor camps. His story is interwoven with the stories of a dozen fellow prisoners - each an unforgettable human being - from the prison janitor to the tormented Marxist intellectual who designed the Dnieper dam; of the reigning elite and their conflicted subordinates; and of the women, wretched or privileged, bound to these men. A landmark of Soviet literature, The First Circle is as powerful today as it was when it was first published, nearly sixty years ago.
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R 1,799
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Vintage Porthole French Nautical Marine
Yacht
Barometer Thermometer
** In excellent preloved condition & WORKING **
Hard to come by a vintage French dual Barometer Thermometer that works.
I am no expert but not accurate as per Google comparison indoor/outdoor observation of movement of the arms over a period of time.
9mo
11
R 499
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Accent Piece - *Pretty-edgy*
trendy skull decor without the primal skull look.
vintage small antelope head wall décor in a hardly noticeable light pastel pink white.
Hand carved from solid wood, painted & varnished in a very light pastel pink white.
Dimensions approx
37 cm H
17 x 8 cm
500 g heavy
Hanging d-ring attached.
Sml white spot paint variation.
*Repair to one horn - doesn't diminish strength at all-noticeable from the back when held closely, otherwise hardly visible when hung on the wall.
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R 299
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Vintage Hexagonal
Mosaic Moorish Jewelry Box.
Handcrafted Middle Eastern Marquetry Wood Box.
Intricately decorated with Mother Of Pearl inlay and Arab Geometric Patterns in Fruit Wood Walnut Trinket Box.
W/ plush red inner lining.
The outer sides don't have MOP at all but glitter squares.
The top has 3 triangular pieces of what appears to be MOP. The other 3 in the star are..??
The 12 pieces on the outer edges of the hexagon.. I can't be certain too of MOP or shell or faux something..
Dimensions approx
11.5 cm L
10 cm W
4.5 cm H
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R 299
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Vtg 90's
SILVA no. 26 Compass
Made in Sweden
In excellent working preloved condition.
A full-function mirror-sighting compass.
A large mirror with a sighting hole makes light work of accurate bearings.
MM or inch map measuring scales for either metric or imperial use.
Lightweight and compact design.
Perfect for land and sea navigation where accurate sightings are needed.
9mo
10
R 199
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Vintage Pocket Warmer
"Peacock" Giant Size
Made in Japan
Dimensions approx
11 cm. H
7 cm L
2 cm W
Instructions on how to fill the pocket warmer are available at http://hakkin.co.jp
9mo
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R 299
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Vintage Wooden Dutch Clogs
Miniature
14 cm
5.5"
Hanging triangles attached.
Dimensions approx
14 cm L
6 cm H
6 cm W
Hand Paintwork lightly scuffed in parts as depicted in the photos.
Clogs have handpainted pictures and words:
Lucas Bols - 1875
Apparently the oldest distillery in the world.
't Lootsje - "The Little Shed"
(Monument in Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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R 2,799
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Vintage
African Blackwood/Ebony Wood Carving Sculpture.
Contemporary Art of Africa.
The original raw timber left to fashion a beautiful hairstyle.
Stunning & not easy to come by*
It hasn't been overly polished and stained too - quite unusual.
Hand carved from a single solid piece of wood.
Quite a bit of natural cracks have apeared which they often do. It doesn't diminish from the structural quality as its a hard heavy dense wood.
Dimensions & weight approx
36 cm 14.2 " H
10 x 9 cm
7 x 6 cm base
1.1 cm heavy
Vintage Makonde Mpinga Carved African Blackwood/Ebony Sculpture.
Makonde people migrated from East African Coastal Regions of Mozambique & Tanzania taking their art with them wherever they went.
The main differences between ebony and African blackwood lie in their density, hardness, and overall ability to work with. Ebony is denser, less hard, and thus typically easier to work with than African blackwood. Ebony is also known for its tighter grain pattern, which can influence its design work and functionality.
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R 399
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Vintage Drunk Man W Dog Figurine.
German Hobo Man holding on to Light Pole & Dog Figurine.
No shot glasses.
Dimensions approx
27 cm H
14.5 cm L
6.5 cm W
Hang your keys or shot glasses.
Resin Figurines on wood base.
Felt feet - no scratches on furniture.
In excellent preloved condition.
10mo
8
R 3,599
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ASIL ARABIANS II
THE NOBLE ARABIAN HORSES
Hardcover with dustjacket.
ASIL ARABER II
Arabiens edle Pferde
Interior in excellent preloved condition.
No missing or torn pages.
No inscriptions.
Dust jacket has two tears as shown in the photos.
Second Edition
A Documentation edited by the ASIL CLUB
Dimensions approx
28.5 cm H
19.5 cm L
4 cm W
2 kg heavy
Olms Presse
Hildesheim
New York
1980
Photographs by
U. Guttmann
H. Reinhard
H. W. Silvester and others
Forward by Dr. Georg Wenzler
Landoberstallmeister a. D.
10mo
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R 2,499
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Vintage Rare Collectable
Orange Print.
Retro Framed Solid Oak perspex glazed.
Religious/Spiritual Salaah Room Art Décor/ Vintage Mosque Art Décor..
There is a mark running down top to middle-presumably a water mark.
The orange print material has light creases.
The solid dark stain oak frame has light wear.
Dimensions approx
72.5 cm H
55.5 cm L
5 cm W
Approx 3750 grams heavy.
Hanging wire attached.
Mosque of the Prophet (S)
The Prophet's Mosque in Medina
Al-Masjid an-Nabawī
Green Dome Mosque in Holy Medina
Tomb
Mausoleum
Sepulchre
Last Prophet Muhammad - May God's Peace & Blessings be upon him & all Prophets.
Arabic names, titles, appellations of Nabi Muhammad (S) written in black with beautiful flowers in print.
Holy Qur'an verse 9:129 written across horizontally.
Old school look and feel.
Old Ottoman style still features.
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R 299
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Vintage Brass Chairs & Table Miniature Dollhouse Décor.
Dimensions approx
Table :
102 mm Diameter
30 mm H
Chairs x4 :
55 mm W (Depth)
48 mm L
40 mm H
9mo
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R 150
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Unusual hard to come by *
Silver Ceramic Rocket Ship Décor with functional storage compartment.
Dimensions approx
130 mm H
80 mm x 80 mm
There is light wear commensurate with age and use. Silver paint touch ups.
Shiny silvertone ceramic statue decor with storage pocket.
Bring your little one's room to infinity and beyond with this rocket ship décor statue with storage compartment.
The silver finished rocket ship brings a stylish, out of this world look to their space.
You may even want this retro rocket ship statue for your own room.
Place this retro rocket ship on your little ones night stand or dresser and get ready for blast off.
6mo
12
R 1,799
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Vintage Collectable Korean
Black Lacquer
Mother Of Pearl Female Figures
Heart Shaped Jewelry Box.
The interior is fully lined with plush red velvet fabric and a heart shaped mirror.
Approximate dimensions
15.6 cm H
14.6 cm L
4.8 cm W
There is light wear commensurate with age and use.
1970's
Late 20th Century.
10mo
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R 399
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Vintage Collectable
TONI & GUY THINNING HAIR RAZOR.
Razor blades not included.
Made in Japan.
Dimensions approx
17.5 cm L
2.7 cm W
0.8 cm H
* Rare tapered edge design Japan *
10mo
12
R 90
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Freestanding Toilet Roll Holder
Painted Black Wire Art.
5 Toilet Roll Metal Freestanding Holder.
Satin Glossy Black Metal Loo Roll Holder.
Approximate dimensions
68 cm H
21 cm x 21 cm
10mo
12
R 4,999
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Preloved Vintage
Beautiful thick pile 100%
Wool
Chinese Aubusson Rug.
It's a heavy rug weighing approx 5kg.
The carpet dimensions approx
215 cm x 160 cm.
Hand knotted l00% natural wool with a full, thick pile.
It is in a good overall condition. There are natural variation spots in the field from different colours in the weaving process.
The wool has a very nice sheen to it that makes the rug look different shades depending upon your angle of view. Beautiful soft colours and excellent quality craftsmanship.
No holes or repairs.
Very plush and soft pastel to the eye palette with a gorgeous floral design.
Ready to be appreciated.
7mo
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