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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. introduction by Burt Silverman, and index. The text is illustrated with 8 pages of black-and-white photography and illustrations of Rudolph Abel, between the years 1954-1957. Black textured coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Red coloured tint to the top text block edge. Photographic dustwrapper, with red and white background with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. On the rear dust wrapper panel is the author and Burt Silverman. The story of the activities and trial of Colonel Rudolph Abel, whose real name was Vilyam Genrikhovich Fischer, who at the time of his arrest was one of the highest ranking Russian agents ever to be captured in America. He was eventually traded for captured U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and slid into anonymity and myth. The man who gave the introduction to the book, Burt Silverman, was is his friend for more than…
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Abel
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Alexander Dolgun's Story: An American in the Gulag
by Dolgun, Alexander & Watson, Patrick
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Collins/Harvill, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 370 pp., coloured dustwrapper. The author was born in New York and was the son of American engineers who took jobs in Russia during the depression, was arrested in 1948 on a Moscow street and held for the next 24 years. This is the story of how he survived imprisonment and torture. The author was released from prison camp in 1956 and the general amnesty for political prisoners and was kept under severe KGB surveillance in Moscow to 15 more years. He was at last, in 1971 allowed to leave Russia. This is his story. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; Russia; ISBN: 0002621509. ISBN/EAN: 9780002621502. Inventory No: 0201920. . 9780002621502
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The Cathedral Folk
by Lyeskov, Nikolai
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The Bodley Head, London, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. (8) 3-439 pages (3), translator's note. Bottle green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. " 'The Cathedral Folk', -- his best long novel, -- was published in 1872, and ranks as the most noteworthy picture of the Russian priesthood." -- From the translator's note page 5. Bumping and a slight rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Minor rubbing to the book panels and fading to the backstrip. Browning to the text block edges and of the internal text. Browning, offset tanning and some handling marks to the endpapers and first few pages. First English Translation. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Russia; 19th Century; Inventory No: 0110849. .
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Half a Life and Other Stories
by Bulychev, Kirill
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Macmillan, New York, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Paul Lehr -- Cover Art. introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. Dark yellow cloth 1/4 spine and 3/4 mustard coloured boards with metallic blue writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Paul Lehr, with white and black writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Seven stories from a Russian Science Fiction author, Who at the time of publication, was not well known outside of his home country. Very slight bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelf wear evident to the lower edges of the book. one inch tear top left hand corner of the front panel of the dustjacket which previous owner has "repaired" with archival sticky tape. This is the First USA Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Paul Lehr -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1…
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KGB ; The Inside Story of Its Foreign Operations from Lenin to Gorbachev
by Andrew, Christopher & Gordievsky, Oleg
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Sceptre, London, 1991. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: maps. 848 pages, includes chapter notes, bibliography, index, list of abbreviations, and appendices. Starting with a history of the Czarist origins in the 15th and 16th centuries, through to 1989, this book offers both the comedic and the tragic. A secondhand copy with reading creases to the spine and signs of handling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Russia; Espionage; Russia; History. ISBN: 0340553464. ISBN/EAN: 9780340553466. Inventory No: 0267708. . 9780340553466
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Memoirs of a Soviet Ambassador:Tthe War 1939-1943 translated from the Russian by Andrew Rothstein
by MAISKY, Ivan (Mikhailovich) pseudonym of LYAKHOVETSKY, Ivan Mikhailovich 1884 Jan 19 - 1975
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Hutchinson of London, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Preface by author, and index. Light grey coloured end pages. Black coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "The fifth volume of Mr Maisky's memoirs demonstrates once again what a considerable asset the soviet union had in their Ambassador in London, especially in the war years. It was fortunate for this country, too, that the strained course of Anglo-Russian relations, after the signing of the German-Russian pact in 1939 should have been smoothed by a man who knew and wished Britain well. By one of the ironies of history, however, the warnings sent to Moscow by the British government through Mr Maisky on the imminent attack by the Nazis on Russia were ignored by the Kremlin." -- front fold over blurb. The front end of the text block has been stained by a liquid,…
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The Old Country
by Aleichem, Sholom
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Crown Publishers, Inc, New York, 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. foreword by translator and glossary. Pale blue coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with black and pale brown coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. These stories were first published in Yiddish in the late 19th century. They deal with a world that no longer exists except between the covers of Sholom Aleichem 's works and such plays as "Fiddler On the Roof" (which incidentally was based upon the stories within this book). Bumping to the backstrip corners and rubbing to the book corners. Light browning to the text block edges and internal text. Light handling marks to the endpapers. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and browning is also present to the rear dustwrapper panel. There is…
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The Red Republic; A Romance of the Commune
by Chambers, Robert W
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, London, 1922. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. acknowledgement. Red coloured boards with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book is showing its age. Corners of the book are bumped, rubbed and slightly frayed. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. The major damage to the book has been flecking, which has caused loss of colour to the cloth, particularly the spine of the panel and the first 0.25" of the front panel, but there is damaged on all surfaces. Browning and staining to the paper edges. Offset tanning and faint foxing to the endpapers. Foxing to the pages. Bleeding of the cloth colour has happened to the first few top paper edges. Bottom paper edge is deckled, and is slightly creased and soft. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 310 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category:…
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The Russian Peasant: and Other Studies (in two volumes)
by Maynard, John [Sir Herbert]
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Left Book Club ( Gollancz ), London, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 512 pages, including index. One book published in two volumes, minor bumping of the corners of the boards, the usual browning of the edges of the pages. Previous owner's name and address written on the copyright page, otherwise in very good order given the age and type of paper used. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Russia; Inventory No: 0211971. .
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Shcharansky; Hero of our Time
by Gilbert, Martin
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Macmillan, London, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XX, 468 pages, last page blank, includes appendices, bibliography, maps, index compiled by the author. 55 black-and-white photographs in three spreads. Minor handling marks to the edges of the text block, and a couple of light scratches to the jacket, slight darkening of the edges of the text block from exposure to light, and fading of the spine for the same reason. "Based on contemporary documents, eyewitness testimony and Shcharansky's own letters from prison, Martin Gilbert's book relate Shcharansky's activities before his arrest, gives a detailed account of his interrogation and trial, and follows his courageous struggle in prison and labour camp to maintain his morale, despite illness and privation." -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture…
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Macmillan, London, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XX, 468 pages, last page blank, includes appendices, bibliography, maps, index compiled by the author. 55 black-and-white photographs in three spreads. "Based on contemporary documents, eyewitness testimony and Shcharansky's own letters from prison, Martin Gilbert's book relate Shcharansky's activities before his arrest, gives a detailed account of his interrogation and trial, and follows his courageous struggle in prison and labour camp to maintain his morale, despite illness and privation." -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No damage to describe. Clean tidy copy, with matching dustwrapper.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Judaica; Russia; ISBN: 0333395042. ISBN/EAN:…
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Shcharansky; Hero of our Time
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Macmillan, London, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XX, 468 pages, last page blank, includes appendices, bibliography, maps, index compiled by the author. 55 black-and-white photographs in three spreads. Minor handling marks to the edges of the text block, and a couple of light scratches to the jacket, slight darkening of the edges of the text block from exposure to light. "Based on contemporary documents, eyewitness testimony and Shcharansky's own letters from prison, Martin Gilbert's book relate Shcharansky's activities before his arrest, gives a detailed account of his interrogation and trial, and follows his courageous struggle in prison and labour camp to maintain his morale, despite illness and privation." -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity…
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Stalingrad
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Viking, London, 2010. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. List of illustrations, introduction and preface by author, list of maps, to appendices, references, source notes, select bibliography and index. Photographic end pages, both different, though both show the devastation and harsh conditions of the Stalingrad siege. The text is illustrated with four inserts, of eight pages each, of black-and-white photography. Charcoal coloured cloth covered boards with black embossed illustration to the front panel and black and white coloured titles the back strip. The front edge of the slip case has a photograph of fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad, the other panels are of a black colour. A compulsive narrative of the harrowing siege that was the psychological turning point of World War II, drawn from sources never-before seen by Western scholars. In June 1941, German forces swept across Soviet territory in an offensive that finally brought them within twenty-five miles of Moscow.…
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