Great Britain: Jarrold and Sons Ltd, Norwich, 1971. Quarto. Dark purple cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine and cover. Some rubbing to the head of the spine. Water damage to the boards affecting a two inch triangle-sized portion of the front and back tail of the spine. In a dust jacket which has not been price clipped. Jacket has a closed tear and a small chip at the head of the front cover. Water damage has also affected the dust jacket, however it is not visible from the exterior of the book. Internally, the book is fairly clean, however the hinges have been impacted by the water damage. A readable copy of a very interesting title. Petr Sadecky was born in Czechoslovakia in 1943 and raised by a Communist who was a deputy-director of a Prague secondary school. A filmmaker and lecturer, he was allowed to travel freely in the Soviet Union because of his interest in films. Sadecky's growing discontent with Communism continued to crystallize. On a "visit" to West Germany in 1967, he at last successfully smuggled out the material upon which this book was based. 1971

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Bookseller: Aquila Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 143929
Title: Octobriana and the Russian Underground
Author: Sadecky, Petr
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jarrold and Sons Ltd, Norwich
Place of Publication: Great Britain
Date Published: 1971
Keywords: Soviet Union|Czech|Prague|Progressive Political Pornography|Ukraine|Films|Filmmaker|USSR|Communism|Russian Underground|Russia

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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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....
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tail: The heel of the spine.