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The New York Times Magazine, April (Apr.) 19, 1953 - Infamous 'Purger' Lavrenti Beria, Master of Russia's Secret Police
by Schwartz, Harry; Johnston, Eric; Commager, Henry Steele; Ward, Barbara; Hinton, Harold; Gould, John
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
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About This Item
New York: The New York Times & Arno Press, 1953. Book. Illus. by Hoertel, Bruce; Sharp, William; Cruickshank, Allan D.; Falk, Sam; Tames, George; NNeuwirth, Morris; Michel, Sally; Little, Tom; Giblan, Naiad. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 80 pages. Features: Lovely color fashion ads; United States Lines ad features photos of tennis player Bobby Riggs and his wife, Adrian Conan Doyle, Princess Olga Koudacheff, Lord Ismay and Ed and Pegeen Fitzgerald; Lavrenti Beria, master of Russia's secret police, poses again as the people's champion against his rivals; Cover photo of Ike in huddle at White House; Asia's Wars (two pages of photos); Where to Cut the Federal Budget?; John Peter Zenger and his role in establishing America's Freedom of the Press; Shakespeare's Hold on People; Benny Goodman - Apostle of Swing; Senator William Langer of North Dakota is Judiciary's "Wild Bill"; What happens when a City Yokel (Columbia Professor) Buys a Farm in Maine; Photos of how Presidents Get Away From it All; Edna Wallace Hopper (Miss Floradora) - Then and Now; Lovely photos of Contemporary Victorian Fashions; Photos of Modern Houses of Varied Design by Grover Chapman, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harry E. Ormston and Charles M. Goodman; Helen Keller is featured in an ad for CYMA Swiss watches; Lovely Lucky Strike ad features lady in floral motif; How Should Peerless Americans address British Peers?; Drive to raise $10 million for new aquarium in Coney Island; and more. Pages brittle and chipped at edges. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202G3994
- Title
- The New York Times Magazine, April (Apr.) 19, 1953 - Infamous 'Purger' Lavrenti Beria, Master of Russia's Secret Police
- Author
- Schwartz, Harry; Johnston, Eric; Commager, Henry Steele; Ward, Barbara; Hinton, Harold; Gould, John
- Illustrator
- Hoertel, Bruce; Sharp, William; Cruickshank, Allan D.; Falk, Sam; Tames, George; NNeuwirth, Morris; Michel, Sally; Little, Tom;
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The New York Times & Arno Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- The New York Times Magazine, April 19, 1953 - Asia's Three Wars color fashion ads; United States Lines ad features photos of tennis player Bobby Riggs and his wife, Adrian Conan Doyle, Princess Olga Koudacheff, Lord Ismay and Ed and Pegeen Fitzgerald
- Bookseller catalogs
- Covert Operations;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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