Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1986. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. A volume from the publisher's Impressions of the USSR series. The book begins with a chapter, The Road to Berlin, which includes a stop at Auschwitz and has 16 pages of related photos (some quite gruesome). Other chapters cover: The Road to Heaven, The Road to Moscow, The Road to the Mountains, The Road to Samakand, The Road to Mamayev Hill, The Road to Babii Yar, The Road through the Forest. The book has much on the Ukraine, and on the history of Russia's fight against the Nazis in WW2, including many historical photos. Bound in the original brown leatherette, stamped in black. From the dust jacket: "Well-known English writer John Summers's ROAD TO SAMARKAND is a documentary account of his journey across the Soviet Union." [i. e. his 1984 second visit -- the first visit was in 1977 when he travelled to Donbas, Kuzbas and Karaganda and described in his book THE RED AND THE BLACK.]. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 168pp. + 40 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 028394
Title: Road to Samarkand
Author: Summers, John
Illustrator: NOT a library discard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket
Edition: 1st ed? (No additional printings listed)
Publisher: Progress Publishers
Place of Publication: Moscow
Date Published: 1986
Size: 168pp. + 40 pages of photos
Bookseller catalogs: Autobiography; Holocaust / Genocide / Shoah;

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