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Warsaw: Ksiazka-I-Wiedza, [1950]. No edition stated. 8vo (8 1/4 x 6 inches; 210 x 150 mm), 238 pages, in black boards (hard cover).
A former U.S. intelligence officer maintains the Western powers aren't doing enough to rid Germany of Nazi influence in the immediate aftermath of World War II. He also criticizes anti-Soviet bias of U.S. military and government officials.
CONDITION: A few small ink smudges on preliminary pages, presumably from an ink stamp to the title page. Some light sunning to page edges. The unclipped dust jacket has some edge wear and a few nicks and chips. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket.

New York: SRT Publications, 1949. First Edition, First Printing.
Brochure opposing the North Atlantic Pact by the editor of the American monthly, Soviet Russia Today. "The Pact divides the world for war instead of uniting it for peace," Jessica Smith says, urging Americans to oppose the pact, which established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches; 138 x 214 mm), 48 pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover).
CONDITION: Edge wear and rubbing to wrappers, bottom right corner of front wrapper creased, resulting in creasing to all subsequent pages, shadow of newsprint once laid between pages 18 and 19 but pamphlet text still easily readable. A nearly Very Good copy.

[Paris]: USIS/Ambassade des États-Unis, [1959]. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong 16mo, 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, (160 x 130 mm), 19, [1] pages in stapled white wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled and showing a little edge wear, interior pages clean and bright. A Very Good or better copy.Text of an address by President Dwight Eisenhower on March 16, 1959, about the growing crisis in Berlin. French text, issued by the U.S. Information Service and the U.S. Embassy in Paris. The Soviets had demanded Western forces pull out of West Berlin, a demand rejected by the U.S., Britain, and France.In his speech, Eisenhower says that the crisis was provoked by the Soviet Union and that the West must confront Soviet imperialism. "We shall continue to exercise our right of peaceful passage to and from West Berlin," he says. "We will not be the first to breach the peace. It is the Soviets who threaten the use of force to interfere with such free passage. We are ready to… Read More

New York: Boni & Gaer, Inc., 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 207 x 140 mm), 230 pages, in gray boards, in an unclipped, printed dust jacket.
SIGNED by Lester Cole on a preliminary page. Cole (1904-1985) was a screenwriter and one of the Hollywood Ten, men who refused to answer questions in Congress about their alleged Communist affiliations. The book, sympathetic to the Ten, tells their story. Foreword by Thomas Mann. SCARCE SIGNED.
CONDITION: Some rubbing to boards, very light toning to page edges, light soiling to top and bottom edges. A Very Good copy in an unclipped dust jacket that has some nicks and tears as well as heavy soiling, especially to the rear panel, and fading to spine.