Joseph Stalin

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a historian of Russia whose works have been published in twenty-seven languages. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar was awarded the History Book of the Year Prize at the 2004 British Book Awards. Potemkin: Catherine the Great’s Imperial Partner was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper and Marsh Biography prizes in Britain. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, novelist and television presenter, Montefiore lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa... Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday. 1958. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ has a chip to top of spine - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. 267pages.. The story of Poland's partial evolution from USSR control following the death of Stalin. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Hutchinson & Co.. 1974. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good in Very Good [price-clipped] Dustjacket. DJ now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xxi, 482 pages. A portrait of the man as well as the politician and dictator. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Newnes, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. New Edition. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Minor tanning to pages with front endpaper missing and heavier foxing and dog-eared pages throughout. Minor foxing to text block edges and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends.

Never read. As New. Index. Text unmarked. Spine tight. Pages aged

New York.: Alfred A. Knopf., 1994.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo.. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin Books. 2008. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. An excelllent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xxxviii, 739 pages. Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin. Those who shaped the political system became, very frequently, its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. The Whisperers recreates the sort of maze in... Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson. 1989. Octavo Size. Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Excellent condition - as new. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 164 pages. In 1934 a gunman killed Sergei Kirov, heir-apparent to Josef Stalin. The elimination of this powerful figure gave Stalin free rein to dominate Soviet policy. A careful examination of this important point in the history of the Soviet Union and Stalinism by... Read more about this item

New York University Press, 1990. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Columbia University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Macmillan. 2003. Very Good condition. 280 pages. An examination of Robert Mugabe dictatorship and the nature of modern tyranny. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Trade Paperback.

1st printing. Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; light dust spotting on text block edges; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. 8vo, 389 pp; index, biblio; illustrated. This is a new, unread book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0679422072 . "The first full-scale account of Joseph Stalin's personal vendetta against Soviet Jews. Drawing on newly opened archives and on his own experiences in the USSR of the early 1950s, the investigative journalist-lawyer Arkady Vaksbergs reveals the genesis and evolution of the Communist leader's..." (DJ). Ships same or next business day. Book is lightly bumped at head and tail ends... Read more about this item

NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned, owner name on front . free endpaper.. 1931. Third Printing. Hardcover. Five pages of photographs. Black cloth binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 421 pages .

New York: Random House, 1975. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 595p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Bottom corners bumped; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is crinkled at the corners and has some bits of paper stuck to the back panel; otherwise intact. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2005. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 292 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.