By Carl R. Proffer

The Hague/Paris: Mouton, 1965.

First edition, first printing.

1967 date printed to the title page.

Volume LXII in the Slavistic Printings and Reprintings series edited by C.H. Van Schooneveld.

Proffer, a teacher and scholar of Russian simile at Indiana University, offers an in-depth comparative analysis, mostly examining similes for meanings, roots, devises and styles used to fashion characters, Golgol's use of judgements, ridicule, language, and more.

Fine in sturdy blue linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing and a half-inch tear to the upper edge of the front panel.

 Octavo; 208 pages; bibliography; index.

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