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

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.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, April 1991. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Quarter-bound in purple linen with purple papar sides, gilt lettering to spine, title blind-stamped to front cover. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Spine straight and tight, head bumped. Corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed, light wear to top edge, particularly at spine and corners. Red "P"… Read more

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

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

Totowa, New Jersey: Allanheld, Osman & Co., 1980. Hardcover. Second Printing, 1981. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Dust stains to top edge. Jacket has fading to spine and a half-inch tear at top of front hinge. Not from a library. No remainder… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. October 2001. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Dust stains to edges and jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 383 pages.

New York: Scribner, October 2008. Hardcover. First American Edition / full number line. Quarter-bound in black cloth over boards with red paper sides; title in silver to on spine. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Lower corners bumped. Rubbing and edgewear to jacket. No tears, creases or folds. Not from a library.… Read more

New York: Kodansha International, May 1997. Trade Paperback. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. xvi + 431 pages. Peter Hopkirk reconstructs the conspiracy between the Germans and the Turks to unleash a Muslim holy war against the British in India and the Russians in the Caucasus and describes the exploits of the secret agents on… Read more

Boston - Toronto: Little, Brown and Company / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1967. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Book plate to FFEP. Text block pristine. Spine straight and tight. Shelf and reading wear to jacket with small tears along edges, jacket spine faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 583… Read more

New York: Harper & Row. Hardcover. 1971. First Edition. Sewn binding. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior unmarked. Chipping and tears to top edge of jacket. See photo. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 288 pages. The Romanov dynasty, which ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917, included some of the most bizarre, scandalous, violent… Read more

New York: Thomas Dunne Books. Hardcover. November 2004. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Bright red cloth over boards with gold lettering to spine. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Black remainder dot to top edge. Rubbing and light edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. Not clipped. xxiv + 422… Read more

New York: New American Library. Trade Paperback. October 1977. Fifth printing. Very Good. Interior tanned, but unmarked. Spine creased. Rubbing and reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 754 pages, [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Anarchist, journalist, drama critic, advocate of birth control and free love, Emma Goldman was the most… Read more

New York: HarperCollins. Hardcover. 1995. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Foxing along edges. Light rubbing to jacket. Black remainder mark to bottom edge. Not from a library. Not clipped. 356 pages. Draws on CIA sources to trace the career of convicted… Read more

Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press and Institute with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, September 1989. Trade paperback. First paperback printing / full number line. Near Fine. Foxing to edges, otherwise Fine. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Cover clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped.… Read more

York: Pantheon, March 1979. Trade Paperback. Revised Edition (First American Edition), fourth printing. Near Fine. Original bookstore price stamp to half-title page, otherwise interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Chips and scratches to cover and a one-inch dog-ear to top, front corner. See photo. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 172 pages. Lenin is the key… Read more

Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press, April 2010. Hardcover. Hoover Institution Press Publication, 579. First printing (stated) / full number line). As New book in an As New jacket. No remainder mark. xx + 191 pages. How the world's first socialist state went terribly wrong and why it was likely to veer off course. Told through the story of two of Stalin's… Read more

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, April 2003. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Light shelfwear to cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 550 pages. The extraordinary story of the CIA's arming of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. After… Read more

New York: Ballantine Books. Mass Market Paperback. Eleventh U.S. printing, August 1982. Very Good+. Interior lightly tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Dog-ear to rear cover. Light wear to edges and corners. 433 pages. A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers… Read more

London & Washington, DC: Chatham House / Brookings Institution Press, August 2015. Trade Paperback. Full number line. Fine. Interior pristine other than a single dog-ear. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Cover clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. The Russian annexation of Crimea was one of the great strategic shocks of the past twenty-five years. For many in… Read more

New York: Custom House, October 2, 2018. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in an As New jacket. Light cup stain on front board (unnoticeable under jacket), otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 431 pages. The truth about Vladimir Putin's covert attempt to destroy Hillary Clinton… Read more