Search Results: Soviet Union from Bytown Bookery

Greenhill Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 1853672467 . Green hardcovers / gilt titles to the spine. First Edition. A Fine+ book a solid binding, pages are bright & unmarked. There is a small name of the previous owner on the front free end paper and a name plate on the back of it. The DJ is in Near Fine condition. A black & white photo / illustration section. Notes and indexed. "Based on the memoirs, letters and journals of the participants, this is the tragic and horrifying story of the retreat from Moscow as told by the men who survived. Paul Britten Austin has produced a modern epic from the words of heroes long gone." ; 9.51 X 6.41 X 1.71 inches; 488 pages; Box 6 .

Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0684827166 . Black /red hard covers, in Very Good+ condition. Tight, bright, unmarked with light spine end bumping. Maps, notes and indexed. The DJ is unclipped, very good+ with light cover scuffing and edge wear. ; 1.1 x 9.9 x 6.9 Inches; 272 pages .

Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Very Good+ in Poor dust jacket. 1999. Trade Paperback. 1853262714 . Oversize Trade Paperback in great condition. Clean & tight with a little wear on the edges. "Tolstoy's great novel, one of his last works of fiction, tells the story of a harmless flirtation that gradually develops into a destructive passion: the love affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky." ; 1.89 x 7.8 x 4.96 Inches; 813 pages .

St Martins Pr. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. 0312048238 . Blue hardcovers with silver titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. "Set in Moscow in 1980, Yevtushenko's Ardabiola (1984) describes the mind of young student, with a shaven head and striking blue eyes, who has just completed his masters' thesis on plants. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 123 pages .

London, England: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Textured. 0241102715 . Black textured boards with silver titles to the spine. Light spine end bumping and edgewear. A tightly bound copy with a bright & unmarked interior. Bibliogrpahy, notes and indexed. The DJ is unclipped, price on the back cover, rubbing to the spine edges and cover edges. "The Soviet Spy network set up after Hiroshima and exposed by the Russian traitor Igor Gouzenko." ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 236 pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. Cloth. 0374106843 . Brillian orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Clean text and a solid binding. Book Club Ed. The DJ has some minor edgewear and scuffing, but no tearing. "Solzhenitsyn's epic of World War I and the roots of the Russian Revolution. He provides a sweeping look at a society that is trapped by a disastrous war, ruled by an ineffectual tsar, and on the brink of enormous changes that will affect the entire world. Mingling actual characters--Lenin, Tsar Nicholas and his family--with fictional ones, Solznehitsyn vividly dramatizes a crucial moment in Russian history. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 622 pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0374106843 . Brilliant orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Spine bumping with a clean text and a solid binding. Book Club Ed. The DJ has some minor edgewear and scuffing, one small tear on the front spine hinge. " Paste down & end-papers show maps of 'The Battle Area Of Tannenberg 1914.' " Solzhenitsyn's epic of World War I and the roots of the Russian Revolution. He provides a sweeping look at a society that is trapped by a disastrous war, ruled by an ineffectual tsar, and on the brink of enormous changes that will affect the entire world. Mingling actual characters--Lenin, Tsar Nicholas and his family--with fictional ones, Solznehitsyn vividly dramatizes a crucial moment in Russian history. "; Book Club Edition; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 622 pages .

Harpercollins. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0060168900 . Grey hard boards / black cloth spine / red lettering to the spine. Stated First Edition. In very good++ condition with light spine end bumping. Tightly bound with a pristine interior. Small pieces of tape on the paste down. The DJ is unclipped, bright, glossy with light shelf wear and some suning to the spine. "This quickly written account of events between August 18 and 22, 1991 does not merely repeat the news accounts of what happened but offers an inside interpretation of why the coup occurred (reactionary forces were unable to break away from the past) and why it eventually failed (necessary popular support never developed). Lessons learned were the need to continue on course of constitutional and democratic reform. Finally, Gorbachev discusses the Union of Sovereign States he had proposed and the needed economic union. Through the soul-searching reflection emerges a man committed to… Read More

Castle Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0785814043 . A Near Fine black hardcover book with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. A name plate from the previous owner on the ibside of the front free end paper. The DJ is also in Near Fine condition. "This book captures the tension and excitement of one of the most harrowing events in history. From the drama in the command posts to the plight of the infantry and armor in the mud and snow, the author illuminates the titanic struggle that was the pivotal battle of World War II." ; B&W Photographs; 9.06 X 6.30 X 1.34 inches; 294 pages; Box 3 .

Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394520556 . Blue hard boards / dark blue cloth spine / gilt lettering on the spine. Spine ends have some bumping and moderate wear. The interior is clean & bright with a solid binding. On the DJ there is some browning from age. A tear on the front flap hinge. ; Book Club Edition; 0.5 x 9.3 x 1.3 Inches; 378 pages .

Penguin Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1990. Trade Paperback. 014013879X . Trade Paperback in good condition. A good reading copy with a solid biniding, no interior markings. ; Remainder; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages .

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Mass Market. 0345300882 . Mass Market Paperback in very good condition, squared, well-bound with an unmarked interior. Spine creasing with edgewear, small tear on the back cover edge. "Arkady N. Shevchenko was the highest-ranking Soviet defector ever: he was Under Secretary-General of the United Nations at the time. Moreover, his book was a sensational number one best seller, highly acclaimed throughout the media, and even serialized in Time Magazine." ; 1.2 x 6.8 x 4.1 Inches; 503 pages .

Ecco. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060501367 . Green / black hard covers, this copy is in fine condition. A First Edition, First Printing copy, (number line). The DJ is unclipped with light cover wear. "Ken Kalfus's mesmerising novel is about two events that become milestones in the history of the modern media: the death of Tolstoy and the murder of Lenin. One yound filmmaker was there. The story begins in 1910, as Leo Tolstoy lies dying in Astapovo, a railway station in provincial Russia. "; 1.09 x 9.26 x 6.44 Inches; 295 pages .

Glenview, Illinois: Scott Foresman. Very Good. 1972. Trade Paperback. B002BPMS7U . Trade Paperback, very good, tightly bound, underlining to many pages. Spine crease and edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .

New York: Aldine Transaction. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Trade Paperback. 0202241564 . Trade Paperback in very good condition. Tightly bound with a bright & unmarked interior, the covers have wear to the edges and spine hinges. In very good condition. ; 1.5 x 9 x 6.1 Inches; 761 pages .

Vintage Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Paperback. 0394713729 . A smaller sized Trade paperback in very good condition. Tightly bound with an unmarked interior, wear to teh cover extremites and light scuffing. "One of America's leading anthropologists offers solutions to the preplexing question of why people behave the way they do." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 238 pages .

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1988. Trade Paperback. 0393306518 . Trade Paperback in very good++ condition. Tightly bound with a bright, unmarked interior. Light wear to the cover edges. "An engrossing account of the mutual nonaggression treaty signed by Hitler and Stalin in 1939, and the historical events it produced. Here readers will be able to view the dramatic story of the circumstances behind the signing, and twenty-two months later, the breaking of this notorious pact." ; B&W Photographs; 1.9 x 9 x 6 Inches; 687 pages .

Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. Trade Paperback. 0847694089 . Trade paperback in Near fine condition. Very light rubbing to the covers and some edgewear, bright, tight & clean. "Debating the Origins of the Cold War examines the coming of the Cold War through Americans' and Russians' contrasting perspectives and actions. In two engaging essays, the authors demonstrate that a huge gap existed between the democratic, capitalist, and global vision of the post-World War II peace that most Americans believed in and the dictatorial, xenophobic, and regional approach that characterized Soviet policies." ; Debating Twentieth-Century America; 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.7 Inches; 208 pages .

Vintage. Very Good. 1998. Paperback. 0679751513 . Trade paperback in Very Good condition, tightly bound and unmarked with cover wear, a crease to the front cover. "In this absorbing eyewitness account, Michael Dobbs takes readers on a tour of the collapsing communist world, from Tito's funeral to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square, from the breaching of the Berlin Wall to the sight of Boris Yeltsin riding a tank through the streets of Moscow." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 502 pages .

London, England: BBC Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. 1st Edition. Paperback. 0563202726 . Bright red covers, gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition, a solid binding with bright, clean pages. There is a blind stamp with the previous owner's name on it. The DJ is unclipped, in Fine condition and is protected by a clear plastic cover. "This book provides a history of events in Eastern Europe in the four decades since the Soviet takeover. "; 9 X 6.20 X 0.90 inches; 192 pages; Box 31 .