In the Gunsight of the KGB: The Story of One Man's Spectacular Escape Across the Most Heavily Guarded Border in the World
by Ushakov, Alexander A
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394562844
- ISBN 13
- 9780394562841
- Seller
-
Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. xii, 274 pp. Bound in half black cloth over black boards, in red dust jacket printed in yellow, white and black. Near Fine, crisp copy, in Near Fine dust jacket. Tight copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Garnet Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000383
- Title
- In the Gunsight of the KGB: The Story of One Man's Spectacular Escape Across the Most Heavily Guarded Border in the World
- Author
- Ushakov, Alexander A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394562844
- ISBN 13
- 9780394562841
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Refugees Biography Dissidents SOVIET UNION KOMITET GOSUDARSTVENNOI BEZOPASNOSTI
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
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Garnet Books
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Crisp
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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