Russia, Soviet Union, Etc. from Books of the World

New York: Random House, September 2012. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 639 pages. A masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of… Read more about this item

Kaunas, Lithuania: Naujasis Lankas, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. No remainder mark. Not from a library. 327 pages. A collection of memories of sixteen Lithuanians, exiled to Siberia in their infancy or childhood - young victims of Stalin's genocide. 327 pages.

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clipped, otherwise clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xxiii + 509 pages. This secret policeman's memoir contains explosive material. The atomic bomb secrets… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, May 1982. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. First printing review copy laid-in with publisher's press release. Appears unmarked. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxx + 466 pages. Examines how the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations manipulated the 1960-1963 Congo crises and… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1990. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 423 pages. The son of the late Soviet leader offers a portrait of his father's life and political career, focusing on the years 1964-1971.

London: Picador, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 360 pages. Lev is a man who has come down in the world. Formerly a Russian biological weapons scientist, he is now a… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, June 1990. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Reading wear to corners and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 131 pages, chiefly color illustrations, 11.125 x 16.125 x 0.5 inches. First published by Sovietsky Khudozhnik Publishers, Moscow, 1989. Introductory articles by Alexander Yegorov and Victor Litvinov; translated from the Russian and with… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, March 2011. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. August 2012. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 356 pages. The most closely-guarded secret of the Cold War is about to be exposed - the identity of a SIXTH member… Read more about this item

London: Allen Lane, November 2019. Hardcover. First Edition / first printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight shelfwear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 346 pages. Contents: "I think we have a problem" -- Project Bangor -- The charlatan --… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket scuffed and stained with short tears at hinges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 564 pages. An account of Lenin's impact on the… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton, 1982. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket with very slight shelfware. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Documents the espionage career of Pyotr Popov, the first agent recruited by the CIA within the Soviet Intelligence Service. Inland with a clipping… Read more about this item

Moscow: Publishing House "Soviet Russia", 1976. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Securely bound with two clean staples. Covers clean and bright, though lightly rubbed. Not from a library. 64 pages. Illustrated with color photographs.

New York: Pantheon, July 1980. Trade Paperback. Glued binding. First American Edition (stated). Fine. Very slight wear to spine corners, otherwise As New. Interior pristine. Covers clean and crisp. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 173 pages. Revolutionary orator, writer, politician, prisoner, historian, organizer of the Red Army, military tactician, Lenin's… Read more about this item

New York: Free Press, October 1994. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior Pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Prior owner's name to top and fore-edge. Light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxxix + 529 pages. The special assistant to Boris Yeltsin radically alters… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books, March 2008. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 496 pages.

New York: New American Library / Signet, May 1960. Mass Market Paperback. 26th printing. Signet 451-E9647. $2.95. Very Good+. Interior tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight and tight with slight crease to lower half. Covers clean and bright. Corners sharp. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 446 pages.

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, November 2002. Hardcover. Full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Tiny scuff to spine, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 304 pages. Robert Littell's brilliant first book. A.J. LeWinter is an American scientist, for years an insignificant cog in America's complex defense… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin / Philomel Books, October 2013. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 384 pages.

October 1978. New Dell Edition. Second printing, September 1979. Very Good. Interior unmarked but lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight with a light crease. Edgewear. Dog-ear crease to lower rear corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 285 pages. Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past the fail-safe point,… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, September 2007. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / second printing per number line. Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Remainder mark. RFID to rear paste-down. Seems unread. xxii + 658 pages. This book redefines the founding era of the United States. As the 1790s began, America was struggling to survive at home and abroad, and the… Read more about this item