New Russia's Primer - Story Of The Five-year Plan by M.; translated by Counts, George S.; Lodge, Nucia P. Ilin

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. VG review copy. 1931. Laid in note from publisher. Red binding, black lettering. Binding rubbed. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. Hardcover. Very good; a bit of edge chipping to board edges; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.. 8 vo, red textured boards with black lettering on front board and spine; map of Russia in 1928 pinpointing generating plants, metal industries, and fuel throughout the country. Very interesting b/w illust. of workers and industries throughout; 162 pp. This was written for use in Russian schools for students from 12-14 with the objective of acquaint children with the Five-Year Plan of construction launched in October, 1928. It explains the "planned economy and social planning. The final chapter is titled "New People" which is supposedly a "fragment from a book to be written 50 years hence." One illustration depicts houses before the revolution in which "...even roaches refuse to live." The is an absolutly unique publication.