$35 · 1953 NISSO by Pavel Luknitsky – First Edition

NISSO by Pavel Luknitsky. Published in 1953 by Foreign Language Publishing House. A bright, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket has a couple tears (see images in gallery area for example of this). All 654 pages are present, pages 643 to last page has slight separation top half of page. No creases. No owner’s name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated with a portrait of the author on the pre title page (see image in gallery area for example of this). Synopsis (by Goodreads): The novel is set in Tajikistan, describing how Nisso, a freedom-loving mountain girl, was sold to the Khan of Yakhbar but ran away to the Soviet settlement of Siatang.