Memoirs 1925 - 1950 by George F. Kennan - 1967

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1967. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Memoirs of ambassador to Russia during WWII. Tight and clean copy with minor wear and yellowing pages. Dust jacket has some chipping and tearing along spine and edges. Two tape repaired tears along top edge.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, (1967). Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decorations to covers, 583 pp. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with edgewear. From dust jacket: This book is the personal and professional record of one of America’s most distinguished diplomats, George F. Kennan. On his graduation from Princeton in 1925, moved perhaps by the example of his distant cousin George Kennan, who wrote the classic work on Siberia, the younger George prepared to enter the Foreign Service. After a short exposure to diplomacy in Germany and on the Baltic Coast, the young consul felt so inadequate that he was about to resign. His career was salvaged when the State Department registered him as a student of Russian at the University of Berlin, and here he began to acquire his knowledge of and insight into the Russian character which were to serve him so well. It has been Mr. Kennan’s destiny to be posted repeatedly at the threshold of crises. His… Read More

Little Brown, Boston, 1967 and 1972, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo, hardcover, memoir of Russian diplomat from 1925 to 1950. Near fine in good dj. 583 pp. including index. Evolved policies for dealing with the Russians after WW II, played a role in the Marshall Plan, drew up blueprint for peaceful settlement for central Europe, 25 years of diplomatic service is herein.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. 583 pages. Thick 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering, d.w. (edgeworn, spine toned). Boston: Little, Brown and Company/Atlantic Monthly Press, (1967). Pages lightly toned.<br/> <br/>

Boston: Little Brown, 1967. First. hardcover. very good/very good(-). 583 pages. Thick 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (price clipped, spine sunned, edgeworn). Boston: Little, Brown, (1967). Very good in a very good(-) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

Boston: Atlantic Monthly/Little,Brown, 1967. Dark red boards the titles in bright decorative gilding to the front and spine.A book club copy well cared for the red jacket shows some chaffing at the edges and a couple of small closed tears.. First Thus. Decorative Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.