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Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World
by Gorbachev, Mikhail
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060390859
- ISBN 13
- 9780060390853
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one.. Hard cover in very good condition with navy blue cloth boards, gilt spine lettering and gilt facsimile signature of author on front board. Dark gold colored end papers. Text block clean & tight with no markings, writings, underlining noted. Small, less than quarter inch, closed tear to side edge of page 245. Dust jacket in very good condition showing only ghost of shelf & edge wear. 254 numbered pages. * From the book, ""The purpose of this book,"" says the author, ""Is to talk without intermediaries to the citizens of the whole world about things that, without exception, concern us all. I am convinced that they, like me, worry about the future of our planet.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000120
- Title
- Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World
- Author
- Gorbachev, Mikhail
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060390859
- ISBN 13
- 9780060390853
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- World politics, Soviet Union - Politics and government, Soviet Union - foreign relations, Mikhail Gorbachev
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; History of Russia; Politics & Government;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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