New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2001. Fine. xvii, 424 p.; 24 cm. (9.25 inches). Paperback with illustrated front cover. Includes epilogue, afterword, and acknowledgments. "The first state in history to be based explicitly on atheism, the Soviet Union endowed itself with the attributes of God. In this book, David Satter shows through individual stories what it meant to construct an entire state on the basis of a false idea, how people were forced to act out this fictitious reality, and the t... more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. First Edition. Fine/near fine. viii, [2], 570 p.: 24 cm. Red cloth spine with black-printed title; red paper over boards. Multicolor dust jacket. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. A major revision of the author's classic work on Stalinism, drawing on material not previously available. "Both a leading Sovietologist and a highly respected poet, Conquest here blends profound research with evocative prose, providing not only an authoritative account... more information

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London: J. Read, 1739. Hard Cover. Very Good +. 3 volumes: x, [22], 350, [32] p.; [8], 354, [30] p.; [8], 409, [23] p., 13 leaves of plates (most folded), including 3 folded maps, 2 portraits; 21 cm. (8vo). Full calf (rebacked); boards are speckled. Gilt-tooled spine titles; gilt- and blind-tooled spine decoration. Gilt-tooled border on each board. Title pages printed in red and black. Volumes 1 and 2 have frontispiece portraits signed T. Spendelowe. Includes a list of subscribers in vol.1. Errata... more information

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Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998. Fine/fine. xxxiv, 654 p.: 4 double-page maps, 1 full-page map, 4 full-page illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt-printed spine title; blue paper over boards. Color illustrated dust jacket. Includes note, bibliography, and index. First Edition, 2nd Printing. ISBN 0-674-40347-9 In this outstanding book, Robert Service is the first historian "to use the mass of material that has become available in the documentary collections, memoi... more information

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Wiesbaden, Ger.: Otto Harrassowitz, 1963. Very Good. 156 p.; 25 cm. Brown paper covers printed in dark brown. Series: Veröffentlichungen des Osteuropa-Institutes München, Bd. 19. An interesting collection of 22 reports about Russia sent by the Bavarian embassy in St. Petersburg, from June 1852 to Feb. 1871. Entirely in German. In Very Good Condition: one small ink mark on front cover; ink notations on a few pages; otherwise clean and tight; upper corners slightly creased. ... more information

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New York: Edward B. Marks Music, 1939. Very Good +. Compiled, edited and with English lyrics by Olga Paul and G. Bronsky. 47, [1] p.: music; 30 cm. Illustrated cover printed in red and black. Contains lyrics in English and Russian to 17 songs with piano accompaniment. In Very Good+ Condition: spine and upper edge rubbed; pages are clean and tight. This edition of this pre-World War II Soviet songbook is extremely scarce. ... more information

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