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1976Best.-Nr. N1468/23Washington: White Lotus Press 1976. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.20. Problems of Communism September-October 1974 Vol. XXIII White Lotus Press paperback
1976Best.-Nr. N1468/28Washington: White Lotus Press 1976. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.30. Problems of Communism September-December 1979-Special Issue Vol. XXVIII White Lotus Press paperback
1976Best.-Nr. N1468/30Washington: White Lotus Press 1976. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.30. Problems of Communism January-February 1981 Vol. XXX White Lotus Press paperback
1976Best.-Nr. N1468/20Washington: White Lotus Press 1976. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.30. Problems of Communism January-April 1971-Special Issue Vol. XX White Lotus Press paperback
2002Best.-Nr. 003401Moscow Russia: Podkova 2002. Hardcover. New/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 003401 Tolstaya Tatiana; Kys' /Slynx; Podkova Moscow Russia 2002. 5945840319. NEW unjacketed hardcover black boards with white lettering pocket-sized format. Post-apocalyptic satire from Leo Tolstoy's great-niece endorsed by Boris Akunin among others. All Russian text. rs-2 517 Podkova hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 002392Frankfurt Germany: Posev 1970. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Covers lt edgeworn scuffed & lt soiled reading crease on spine. Owner stamp inside front cover. Contents clean in tight binding. Last volume in the 6-vol Collected Works containing letters appeals essays media reports meeting minutes and relevant documents pertaining to Solzhenitsyn's struggle to have his work published in the Soviet Union following his exile. Also some literary criticism. All Russian text. 609 for Posev paperback
1981Best.-Nr. 15293Sussex; New Jersey: Harvester Press/Humanities Press 1981. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Mepham John Black cloth boardds with gilt titling on spine. Top corners and bottom edge near spine heel are bumped. 1/8-in. closed tear to rear upper hinge. 1-in. square scar where sticker was removed from pastedown. No indications of ex-library. Binding is sound and interior is unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Ruben David-Hillel Editor. Contents include-- Andrew Collier: Scientific Socialism and the Question of Socialist Values; Martin Barker: Human Biology and the Possibility of Socialism; Timothy O'Hagan: On the 'Withering-Away' of the Superstructures; Russell Keat: Individualism and Community in Socialist Thought; Keith Graham: Illocution and Ideology; Allen Wood: Marx and Equality; G. A. Cohen: Illusions about Private Property and Freedom. Includes Notes on the Authors and an introduction. 'The essays in this volume are devoted to philosophical problems that arise in the context of socialist politics.the political concepts of freedom and equality.analyses of concepts in terms of which communist society has been characterised.the relation between theory and political values.and the analysis of language as social action.' -from the introduction. Harvester Press/Humanities Press hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 0008049Boulder CO: Westview Press 1999. First English language edition. Hardcover. As New/issued without. 8vos; xxxiv 562; ix 389 pages maroon cloth in original shrinkwrap. Not x-library. Scarce. O.P. This English translation contains an autobiography by Mironov which was not in the Russian edition. It details his anti-Marxism philosophy while a student in Leningrad. "The author has assimilated a large body of foreign scholarship primarily "new social history" produced by Anglo-American authors along with a sprinkling of more broadly European economic and demographic history from the 1970s and 1980s which is effectively incorporated into his own very deep empirical knowledge. . The reader does not find in this extensively researched account the standard Soviet answers to specific historical questions. Mironov has abandoned most Soviet cliches though he still assumes that laws of Russian history can be identified based on social science theory and quantitative analysis Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter." "This is a massterful work that provides other scholars with a wealth of useful information while confrontimg them with an argument that compels a response - William G. Wagner." Maps. Westview Press hardcover
2004Best.-Nr. 32482London: Imperial College Press. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 1860944345 . First edition. Fine in printed boards. No dust jacket. . Imperial College Press hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 16320Premier issue. 'Only daily Marxist newspaper in the USA'. Clean covers and interior; appears unread but newsprint has age darkened; remains supple enough for careful reading. 12 pp centerfold newspaper with 12 pp centerfold 'magazine' in center - same size; paged separately. Articles on: Poor People's Campaign and Resurrection City; Vietnam War; peace activism; French politics; Steelworkers and other union activists; taxes; Democrats; Eugene McCarthy; Olympic boycott; james Earl Ray; CP convention. Magazine insert has: interview with Ho Chi Minh; article by Pete Seeger; article on hear transplants; editorial about Israel; movie book TV and theater reviews; much more. Newspaper that followed demise of The Daily Worker and The Worker. Published until 1986 when it merged with People's World to become People's Daily World then People's World which is now an on-line news site. Cf OCLC #41418856. Large folio 24 total pp; illustrated with photos and drawings. Long View Publishing paperback
Best.-Nr. WH254Greenwood 1998. hbk 244pp ISBN: 0275959384 author as donorÕs inscn on fep but book remained unread no dj as issued fine cloth boards text is excellent as new Greenwood 1998, hardcover
Best.-Nr. Ru198-HMacmillan 2000. hbk 8vo. pp xii 267pp ISBN 0333773446 excellent in dj as . Macmillan 2000, hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 010766The University of Georgia Press 1987. Foreword by Telford Taylor. Gray cloth with red lettering on spine. 427 pages. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The University of Georgia Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 88373Philadelphia: Iran Student Association 1983. Two issues in original wrappers. Stapled paper self-wraps covers printed in two colors; 28pp 36pp; illus. Mild foxing at margins else Very Good. Text entirely in English. Organ of the American student arm of the Iranian People's Fedayee Fedai Guerrillas an Iranian guerrilla communist group that opposed both Western capitalism and the 1979 Islamic Revolution the latter chiefly from exile. This group is not to be confused with the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas from which the IPFG split in 1979 citing the former's lack of dedication to the principles of armed struggle. The magazine's contents are a combination of attacks on Iran's "imperialist" Islamic regime and on the foreign policy of the United States which the organization blames for laying the foundation for the Islamic revolution beginning with the CIA coup of 1953. A rare publication from a key period in modern Iranian history before the Islamic Republic had irrevocably consolidated power. This periodical rare; OCLC notes only about five locations for any holdings in the U.S. all for later issues. unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 84083New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. Large Paper Edition. Large Octavo. 26.5cm. Publisher's pale orange cloth titled in black and gilt to front board with red paper title label to spine. xvi; 308pp. Scuffing and bumping to extremities the cloth uniformly faded to a pale diluted pinkish orange with some scuffing and soiling darkening to the spine label and some very light marginal chipping; internally clean black topstain fore-edge untrimmed lavishly illustrated throughout in color and black and white. A strong and handsome copy about very good due to solidity and completeness but with cosmetic external wear. Significantly taller and more bulky than the trade edition likely a deluxe or large paper edition produced from British sheets the pagination differs considerably from the earlier trade edition with several additional color illustrations for example the "Red Angel of Revolution" color plate is here the recto of the photographic frontis and a rather unusual contemporary small format photograph of Leningrad tipped onto one of the plate pages. The paper title label suggests a slipcase although none is present. Unusual rather than scarce with a pretty solid showing in institutions if none in trade. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 82982Impression illegible: Bloc Ouvrier-Paysan 1929. Original lithographed poster 40cm x 120cm ca 16" x 47". Minuscule losses at margins not approaching image; closed tears; impression slightly weak; Very Good professionally backed on linen B/B. An ephemeral work produced for the short-lived Bloc Ouvrier-Paysan Workers & Peasants Party a Communist splinter group which existed in France only from 1929-30. The poster invites white-collar workers including artisans civil servants and pensioners to join the Bloc to save themselves from being crushed under the weight of bourgeois capitalism. The image depicts the bourgeoisie personified in the form of high rents food goods taxes and transportation costs being pulled forward by a horde of civil servants under harness. Copies located at Hoover Institution and the archives of the Department of Correze France; none others in institutional collections or commerce. Bloc Ouvrier-Paysan unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 84362New York: Frederick A. Praeger; For the Mid-European Studies Center of the Free Europe Committee 1955. Revised Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Original black cloth spine over illustrated card wraps. 247pp. Some light wear to the extremities and minor toning to the card wraps; internally clean. A very good strong copy. An analysis of the nature extent and appalling realities of Soviet forced labor camps in Hungary Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria and Poland. This revised edition was expanded in order to include data regarding forced labor camps in Communist China. Frederick A. Praeger; For the Mid-European Studies Center of the Free Europe Committee unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 84363New York: Dial Press; Lincoln Mac Veagh 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Original deep red cloth titled in black to spine with embossed publisher's imprint to front board. Dustjacket. 383pp. Bumped to spine ends with some minor wear to corners some minor darkening to the cloth in places; internally clean fore-edge untrimmed top edge a trifle dusty; in the John Gram dustjacket with some toning to the spine panel shallow chipping and loss to the spine ends intruding upon the author's first name and a short closed tear to the front upper front spine hinge. A good strong copy with some wear. Leonov's novel of Soviet labor centred around the building of an enormous factory; Sotstroy. Gorky provides the preface; the novel was notable at the time as an antidote to the image of the USSR as an enormous generator of plans progress noble artistic and industrial endeavor and a shining beacon of energy. Leonov tends towards a more on the ground depiction of enthusiastic ineptitude paranoia and fanaticism. Bookplate of Alvin Kapusta to front pastedown a Special Assistant for Soviet Nationalities at the US State Department and a notable scholar of the Soviet Bloc whose collections are housed at the Hoover Institution. Dial Press; Lincoln Mac Veagh unknown books
1999Best.-Nr. 84402New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1999. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's red cloth spine over black paper covered boards titled and ruled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. xxvii; 635pp. Very light wear to spine ends; internally clean illustrated throughout; in a clean bright dustjacket. A near fine copy. An academic analysis of the depradations of Stalin's ruling party during the pogroms and cleansings in the few years immediately prior to WW2 compiled from previously secret of inaccessible documents and testimonies. Yale University Press unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 84966New york: Doubleday 1962. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's russet cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 359pp. Light wear to board edges and spine ends; internally clean fore-edge untrimmed; in a clean bright example of the dustjacket with some light marginal wear and fraying to the head of spine. A very good copy. One of two works written about life in the Soviet Union by Kosinski under his Novak pseudonym. Kosinski something of a master of obscuring his own footprints never really accounted for his need to write anti-communist material in the US under an assumed name and it was widely understood that these works were sponsored and commissioned by the CIA although the claim was never substantiated. This copy has one small piece of underlining to the text of the jacket flap where the author's status as "a social scientist" has been emphasised. This title and "The Future is Ours Comrade" both stem from the period when Kosinski was studying at Columbia on a Ford grant. Doubleday unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 84963New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in red to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 282pp. A little light wear to extremities minor bumping to spine ends bright and strong; internally clean topstain red fore-edge untrimmed; in a strong example of the dustjacket priceclipped with some soiling to the white portions and some shallow marginal chipping. A very good copy. Signed by the author to the title page. Walter's assessment of the Russian experiment as it stood in the early 1930's after he had just been granted unprecedented access to administration and infrastructure during a six month tour of the country. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 84959London Boston Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's deep red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 464pp. Clean and bright cloth strong and tight; internally clean and fresh. A near fine copy in dustjacket. An examination of the process by which the Soviets laid the groundwork for post war occupation of Poland providing a step by step analysis. The research is assisted by the data found in a number of contemporary Soviet documents which were smuggled into the West in the early-1970's. Routledge & Kegan Paul unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 82699Stanford: Stanford University Press 1962. First Edition. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publisher's pale slate grey cloth covered boards titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. viii; 279pp. Light scuffing and edgewear minor bumping to spine ends in a bright strong example of the dustjacket with some minor rubbing and chipping to extremities. some sunning and fraying to the spine panel and ends a very good handsome copy with some light wear. Internally clean. Bookplate of Phillip G. Fox to front pastedown clearly a home made design and almost certainly that of Professor Phillip G. Fox of the University of Wisconsin who was a professor of business administration with an almost obsessive interest in slot machines and the mathematics of gambling payouts. The bookplate has been composed as a piece of typewriter art centered on a complex mathematical equation; bookdealers aren't necessarily terribly mathematically adept so the solution will have to be found by the next owner of the book. Packer's preoccupation here is centred around which of the regularly used official methods for interrogating communists and building information on their activities is the most efficient and successful; court trials admisnitrative hearins or Congressional investigations. There is an interesting corollary in that he is compelled to analyze whether or not Communism is in fact subversive but the answer to that shouldn't probably shouldn't get in the way of a good system for governments to control their citizens. Stanford University Press unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 81760Moscow: Tushino Machine Building Plant 1980's. Pasteboard box 44cm x 23cm. Name printed in stark black and white onto a stereotypically minimalist Soviet box all the more susrprising considering this is a toy for children. Light inoffensive wear to the extremities a little rubbing and scuffing to the corners clean and complete. The verso of the box lid contains a plan of the contents with item numbers and small illustrations. Inside the box liner is moulded polystyrene with spaces for the individual components ranging from pressed steel baseboards and wall/hull sections to a set of rubber tyres woven string to simulate hawsers and cables pulleys connecting rods all the necessary tools a bag of nuts bolts and other connector pieces; all mass produced in a fashion that would have even a cursory modern day child safety inspection shutting down the whole plant and issuing a warning that if your children get this for Christmas you might need to count their fingers on Boxing Day. Miraculously complete as far as can be ascertained and with very little sign of use including the plans and construction book which is complex enough to count as aggressively educational and has the original warranty sheet with inspection stamps hand stamped and dated 1992 although the slip dates the set to the 1980's laid in. The introduction to the set in the 62 page instruction book states: "The 'Yunost' contruction set is a game designed in 1944 to introduce children aged 10-15 years to the principles of technical design and construction engineering. Each set of the 'Yunost' construction set contains the most intricate parts intnded for assembling models of various mechanisms machines and industrial structures." Clearly designed as a controlled Soviet alternative to Western toys like Erector Sets Meccano and the like the principles are identical whilst the delivery is rather more tailored to a deliberately educational USSR approach to entertaining children. "Nothing without purpose" seems to have been the guiding tenet of USSR toy production approaches which became notorious for taking an existing Western temptation like Meccano or Lego or GI-Joe and adapting them to the requirements of collective adherence to the improvement of the USSR. To Western eyes a lot of this material looks like the physical representation of the "We have McDonalds at home." meme but whilst Western toy design was aimed as much at keeping kids quiet and out of the way with a side of education the Soviet philosophy seems to have been 'if a child is building a toy crane then he should be learning the principles of load bearing members understanding pulleys and getting an idea of where crane operators fit into the process of industrial engineering' whilst this approach seems to take some of the joy out of play time it also contributed to the Western paranoia that the USSR was basically a cradle to grave enemy factory. Tushino Machine Building Plant unknown books
1919Best.-Nr. 83563Chicago: Jugosl. Medjunarodnog Soc. Saveza 1919. 12mo 17cm. Staple-bound printed pale blue wrappers; 28pp. Mild toning and soil to wrapper edges; expected tanning to text; Very Good. Scarce American Croat translation of Trotsky's Manifesto of the Communist International which had originally appeared in Issue no. 1 of The Communist International the Comintern's theoretical organ. The translator of this edition is unidentified; nor is there any mention of Trotsky as author. Hoover Institution only in OCLC. Jugosl. Medjunarodnog Soc. Saveza unknown books
