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Stalin: Man of Contradiction
by Kenneth Cameron
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1871048060
- ISBN 13
- 9781871048063
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$53.21A$37.25
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About This Item
Stevenage, Herts, UK: The Strong Oak Press, 1989 The Strong Oak Press, Stevenage, Herts, UK. 1989. Hardcover. First Edition by Strong Oak. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant bumping to head, tail, and lower front tip. DJ: Near Fine; light rubbing to panels. Brown paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 203 pp 8vo. The author tries in this book to give a balanced view of Stalin to offset the monstrous one that currently in vogue. To do this the author attempts such an evaluation, emphasizing the contradiction between Stalin's political thinking and is metaphysical philosophizing, between his great practical achievements, and is failures as a Marxist theorist. This book traces his career from his young days as a romantic poet in his native Georgia to his firm conduct of the war against Nazi Germany. The book examines his early revolutionary career, his international policies, and Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin. A clean Very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016209
- Title
- Stalin: Man of Contradiction
- Author
- Kenneth Cameron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1871048060
- ISBN 13
- 9781871048063
- Publisher
- The Strong Oak Press
- Place of Publication
- Stevenage, Herts, UK
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Joseph Stalin, communism, communist Russia, Russian revolution, Nikita Khrushchev, Nazi Germany, World War II, Cold War, Marxism, Lenin, linguistics controversy,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Cold War;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Offset
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- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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