New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1964. BCE. Hardcover. A comprehensive guide to the life of the ruthless leader of the Russian Revolution, who led his forces through the subsequent Civil War and later oversaw the birth of the Soviet Union. With a section of black & white photos, holographs and endpaper maps of Saint Petersburg and of Russia, and an introduction by the author. Back matter includes end notes, bibliography, index and more. --- In a full-size book club edition. In black cloth-covered boards with facsimile signature of Lenin on cover in gilt, spine titling in gilt and orange. Cover features image of Lenin. --- A clean, firm copy though with soiling to textblock edges. Fair only dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges and some rubbing, else intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 672 pages .

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Seller: Bluebird Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 80812
Title: The Life and Death of Lenin
Author: PAYNE, Robert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
Edition: BCE
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1964
Bookseller catalogs: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; >>European History;

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Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....