O. Henry, L. I. Beston, Zh. Merlen and Dzhordzh Froshli

[RUSSIAN DP] Tsena odnogo dollara: (perevod s angliiskogo) [The Price of One Dollar: (translated from English)]

[Munich]: [1946]. Item #1222

14 cm. 54 pages. Text in Russian. Series: Novosti inostrannoy literatury [Foreign Literature News, Issue 2]. Additional works: L. I. Beston, Predatel; Romany Gitlera. Zh. Merlen, Revansh. George Froshli, Shestnadtsat nochei Mistris Orkhard. The cover is intact but shows light wear, with visible creases on the front. The back cover bears a stamp indicating the place of publication: "München 27, Bogenhausen, ..." Very clean internally. As of September 2024, OCLC locates a single copy at the British Library.

Following WWII, Russian DPs in Europe faced harsh conditions in refugee camps but managed to establish a thriving print culture. With limited resources and under military censorship, they produced rare publications that offer invaluable insights into the intellectual and cultural life of displaced persons.

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