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London: Weidenfelf & Nicolson , 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. London: Weidenfelf & Nicolson , 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Very Good/Very Good. Translated from the Russian by David Gurevich, this is the first full biography of Boris Yeltsin, and a rare glimpse inside the Soviet power structure, by two acclaimed ex-Soviet journalists. Few political leaders have so electrified the world in recent years as Yeltsin: the first Kremlin dissident and the first democratically elected leader in Russia's thousand-year history. Even before the abortive coup of August 1991, he was constantly in the news for his history-making moves, his battles with Gorbachev and his flamboyant personal life. In part political thriller, in part cutting-edge analysis, this is the book that must be read to understand what Yeltsin and the Russian Commonwealth have in store for us. Size, 24 x 16cm, 320 pages, 8 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library… Read More

Boston: G.K.Hall, 1991. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good/good. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Good/Good. The wartime biopic of George Bush (Snr.), printed in LARGE TYPE. Bush enlisted in the Navy, aged just eighteen, right after the Pearl Harbour attack. He would go on to become a naval aviator, piloting his Avenger torpedo-bomber in action against the Japanese. A story told in vivid and compelling style. Size, 24 x 16cm, 256 pages, 4 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Tan cloth boards in good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, good+: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: Chatto & Windus , 1991. First English language edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Insightful biography of the ex-Soviet leader. Translated from the German by Peter Tegel. Size, 24 x 15.5cm, 260 pages, 6 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpapers neatly removed, some library markings. Black cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, good+: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.