Russia, 1917; The Unpublished Revolution

New York: Abbeville Press, 1989. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 29 cm, 260 pages. Profusely illustrated. Biographical notes on photographers. Select Bibliography. Index. Photography Credits. Foreword by Vitaly Korotich and afterword by Fyodor Vaganov. Small red dot at bottom edge, publisher's postal reply card laid in. Jonathan Sanders is a well-known historian and veteran CBS News Moscow correspondent. He served as Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University and taught courses in Soviet and Russian history and television at Columbia University. The former assistant director of the Russian (now Harriman) Institute, Dr. Sanders then became the Director of the Project on the Russian Future. He is the author of Abbeville's critically acclaimed book, Russia 1917: The Unpublished Revolution. Whereas earlier books drew upon emigre collections, this volume is assembled mostly from photos in Soviet archives. They record the revolutionary year month by month, from the old--a wealthy woman selecting her New Year's tree--to the new--a group of Soviet soldiers marching off under the banner of communism. The author has written a lengthy historical introduction to this product of glasnost, which provides the raw material of that momentous year in Russia's history.