1942 Yh

[A]⁸ B-D⁸ E¹².

[1-4] 5-86 [+2].

Crown 8^o: 7¼" × 5", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 11(+1)pt. Baskerville; halftone illustrations

B.L. copy at 12840.r.68, missing 12/2007; Date, 1942, is from Curwen's index. Other B.L. Catalogue entries show: Gaidar, Arkady Petrovitch, pseud., i.e. Arkady Petrovitch Golikov; Timur and his squad; a story by Arkadi Gaidar retold, Copyright Novosti Press Agency Publishing House. shelfmark: B.L. X990/195/11

No copy traced with publisher's casing as issued. Perhaps never deposited with B.L.

Arkady Gaidar died 26/Oct/1941. The character Timur is partly based on the author's son. Timur enrolled in the Great Patriotic War and died on active service in the Ukraine, commemorated by a public statue in Kanev.

• Baskerville
• Baskerville, 11pt.
• Gaĭdar, Arkadiĭ, 1904–1941 IMDb
• Pilot Press, London
• Transatlantic Arts Company, London and New York