The land of Shvambrania
Subtitle: a novel, with maps, a coat of arms, and a flag
By: from the Russian of Leo Kassil
Contributors: Glass, Sylvia, tr; Guterman, Norbert, 1900- joint tr
Publisher: The Viking Press
Published: 1935
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Work titles: Shvambranii︠a︡.
First sentence: On the evening of October 11, 1492, Christopher Columbus, after sixty-eight days of sailing, sighted in the far distance a moving light. Columbus sailed straight towards this light and discovered America.
       On the evening of February 8, 1914, my brother and I were serving a sentence in the corner. After twelve minutes my little brother, because he was younger than I, was pardoned. But he refused to leave before the end of my term, and remained in the corner. A few minutes later we made a meditative and realistic investigation of the inside of our noses [sic]. On the fourth minute, having exhausted our noses, we discovered Shvambrania.
       The above is the entire first "chapter" entitled "Discovery."
Description: medium light (tending toward greenish) blue cloth hardcover, oversize printed title on spine THE LAND OF
                                                                                                                                                                                   Shvambrania     5 1/8 in. wide; 7 9/16 in. high; 1 5/32 in. thick including covers
Notes: Translation of Shvambranii︠a︡

"Translators: Sylvia Glass and Norbert Guterman."
Table of contents: title: There is an "Author's Preface" and three "Parts" of 47, 45, and 16 "chapters" the first which is given above. A fourth Part is entitled "IN LIEU OF AN EPILOGUE" with a solitary chapter  entitled "A Chapter on the Globe."; title: IN LIEU OF AN EPILOGUE "A Chaper on the Globe"