BULGAKOV M.A. (1891-1940) Master i Margarita: roman [The Master and Margarita: A Novel]. 2nd pocket edition. [Frankfurt am Main]: Posev, [1974].

498, [2] pp.; 15 x 10.5 cm. Publisher’s burgundy flexible leatherette binding, gilt-stamped on the upper cover and spine. Very good condition. Occasional minor soiling to the binding. The novel was first published in the USSR in the journal ‘Moskva’ in 1966-1967 (nos. 11 and 1 respectively), with numerous censorship cuts and editorial alterations. In 1967 the first uncensored edition was issued in Paris by YMCA-Press; in 1969 a Frankfurt am Main edition presented the text in a unique form, with the censored passages set in italics. A pocket-format edition in leatherette binding.