Soviet Progress vs. American Enterprise
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1958. Hardcover. Vg in grey boards/8vo./text clean and bright/126 pp. Russian History. RUS24/5132. Very Good. More about Soviet Progress vs. American Enterprise
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Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
New York: Random House, 1993. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./illus./576 pp. Russian History. RUS13/5092. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia.
New York: Random House, 1997. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Nf/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright, crisp, and clean/398 pp. Russian History. RUS23/5132. Near Fine. More about Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia
Great Rock Musicals
New York: Stein and Day, 1979. Paperback. PROOF OF 1ST EDITION. FIRST APPEARANCE OF "THE WIZ" 8vo. blue paper wrappers with black title to spine and photocopy with publication information taped to front wrapper. Minor fading to spine and front wrapper. Minor rubbing to rear wrapper. Small closed tear to exterior of front hinge. Photocopy of book description taped to interior of front wrapper and front free end page. Interior is clean and bright. 547 pages + allotted blank pages for index. Drama. DRA/041808. Very Good +. More about Great Rock Musicals
Four Years in a Red Hell: The Story of Father Rigney.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1956. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY. Vg/Vg Dj with moderate edgewear/8vo./222 pp. China. CHINA10/5092. Very Good. More about Four Years in a Red Hell: The Story of Father Rigney
The Demonic Comedy: Some Detours in the Baghdad of Saddam Hussein
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998. Hardcover. Mint hardcover in mint illustrated dj; 294 pp. Journalistic Humor. HUM/9262. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More about The Demonic Comedy: Some Detours in the Baghdad of Saddam Hussein
Caste: An Original Comedy in Three Acts
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1867. Paperback. 12mo. Very good in off-white paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. two small chips to top edge of covers and pages. Text is not effected. Else is clean and bright. 44 pages. Drama. DRA512041. Very Good. More about Caste: An Original Comedy in Three Acts
Society: A Comedy, in Three Acts
New York: Robert M. De Witt Publishers, 1865. Paperback. 12mo. Very good+ in off-white paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to think spine. Interior is clean and bright. 42 pages. Drama. DRA1411161. Very Good. More about Society: A Comedy, in Three Acts
More Blunders than One (French's Minor Drama).
New York: Samuel French, No date, circa late 19th century. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in yellow paper wraps with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Minor edgewear to exterior. Interior is clean and bright. 24 pages. Drama. DRA12/3182. Very Good. More about More Blunders than One (French's Minor Drama
The Last Days of Stalin. ADVANCED UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOF
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, (2015). Paperback. ADVANCED UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOF. 8vo. White, blue and green illustrated paper wrappers with white and red title to front wrapper and black title to white spine. Minor bump to head of spine. Else is pristine. Includes Notes and Select Bibliography, 253 pages. RUS/101016. Near Fine. More about The Last Days of Stalin. ADVANCED UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOF
Memoirs.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Hardcover. Mint in a near mint dust jacket (tiny wear on bottom back). 1st American ed. of A-bomb scientist's memoir. 773 pp. Russian autobiography. RUS/8272. Fine. More about Memoirs
Russian Diary.
New York: Walker and Company, 1974. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./179 pp. Russian History. RUS14/5082. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about Russian Diary
Living Off the West: Gorbachev's Secret Agenda and Why it Will Fail
New York: Madison Books, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in fine beige and brown illustrated dust jacket with brown title to front and spine panel. Slight fading to spine panel of dust jacket. Contents bright, crisp and clean. Index, 249 pages. Russian History. RUS8/5112. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More about Living Off the West: Gorbachev's Secret Agenda and Why it Will Fail
Monuments of Ancient Russian Architecture: Cyril-Belozersky Monastery/ Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
Leningrad: Art Publishing House. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Grey illustrated cloth covered boards. No title to exterior. Minor bowing to boards and minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Interior is clean and bright with beautiful black and white photographic illustrations throughout. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. Unpaginated. Russian History. RUS/020718. Very Good. More about Monuments of Ancient Russian Architecture: Cyril-Belozersky Monastery/ Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union
New York: Random House, 1960. Hardcover. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Sunning to spine of jacket. Contents clean and tight. 631 pp. Russia. RUS/8072. Very Good. More about The Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Art of Ballets Russes: The Serge Lifar Collection of Theater Designs, Costumes, and Paintings at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hardford, Connecticut
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997. Paperback. Fine in illustrated paper wrappers with black spine panel titled in white. Clean, bright interior with many color illustrations. 352 pages. Dance / Ballet. DANCE/011817. Fine. More about The Art of Ballets Russes: The Serge Lifar Collection of Theater Designs, Costumes, and Paintings...
Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Hardcover. First Edition. "Viewing Russian history through the bottom of the vodka bottle helps us to understand why the 'liquor question' remains important to Russian high politics even today - almost a century after the issue had been put to bed in most every other modern state. Indeed, recognizing and confronting vodka's devastating political legacies may be the greatest political challenge for this generation of Russia's leadership, as well as the next" (jacket). In illustrated jacket with red spine panel titled in white. Clean and bright. 492 pages. RUS/051019. Fine / Fine. More about Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State
The Last Exodus
New York: Universe Books, 1974. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./432 pp. Russian History. RUS21/5082. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about The Last Exodus
The Red Phoenix: Russia Since World War II.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1961. Hardcover. 1st American Edition. 8vo. Very good in good+ red, white and black illustrated dust jacket with white title to front panel and black title to spine. Minor chipping and creasing to the edges of the jacket as well as 1 pink damp stain to the edge of the rear panel and 3 small closed tears. Dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. Interior is bright and clean. Index, 427 pages. Russian History. RUS16/5132. Very Good in Good + DJ. More about The Red Phoenix: Russia Since World War II
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1st Edition).
New York: Stein and Day, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in very good brown illustrated dust jacket with black title to front panel and white title to faded spine panel. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Interior is clean and bright. 84 pages. Drama. DRA109291. Near Fine / Very Good. More about The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1st Edition
The Merchant of Venice (French's Standard Drama No. LXI).
New York: Samuel French, No date. Circa late 1800s. Paperback. Very good in yellow paper wraps with black title to front wrapper and black title to spine. Minor edgewear to exterior. Text is clean and bright. 63 pages. Shakespeare. SHAKE9/3182. Very Good. More about The Merchant of Venice (French's Standard Drama No. LXI
Candida. A Mystery.
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1906. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Spine faded to light brown. Few very light spots of soiling to boards. Previous owner's name in pen to front free end page. Very light foxing throughout but does not effect the text. 151 pages. Drama. DRA/061212. Very Good. More about Candida. A Mystery
The Four Pleasant Plays
Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1914. Hardcover. Red leather boards in very good condition with intricate gilt border. Corners bumped, Book as been expertly rebacked. Spine slightly faded but gilt bright. Interior bright and clean. 380 pages. Drama. DRA/2123. Very Good. More about The Four Pleasant Plays
Too True to be Good, Village Wooing and On the Rocks: Three Plays by Bernard Shaw
London: Constable and Company, (1934). First Thus. Hardcover. First edition as such. Very good in very good beige dust jacket with brown title to front panel and faded title to spine. Minor chipping to edges of dust jacket and minor browning to spine panel. 274 pages. Drama. DRA1/1292. Very Good / Very Good. More about Too True to be Good, Village Wooing and On the Rocks: Three Plays by Bernard Shaw
The Duenna. A Comic Opera in Three Acts
London: Constable and Co., (1925). First Thus. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. Very good plus in very good dustjacket. Jacket is slightly darkened and has light smudge to front cover. Introduction by Nigel Playfair. Illustrated in color and monochrome collotype by George Sheringham. Contains original text, with facsimiles of first edition title pages, first Duenna playbill (Nov. 1775), programme of Playfair-Sheringham production at the Lyric Theatre (Dec. 1924), Hammersmith. Drama. DRA1/9270. Very Good+ / Very Good. More about The Duenna. A Comic Opera in Three Acts