New York: Anchor Books, 2018. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
xxxiii, 544 pp. In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization—in effect a second Russian revolution—which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most.....
New York: Mariner, 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Rear cover faintly rubbed.
386 pp. In 1905 more than seven hundred Russian sailors mutinied against their officers aboard the battleship Potemkin, one of the most powerful battleships in the world. Led by the charismatic firebrand Matyushenko, they risked their.....
New York: Vintage Books, 2008. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
xxix, 813 pp. In Absolute War, acclaimed historian and journalist Chris Bellamy crafts the first full account since the fall of the Soviet Union of World War II's battle on the Eastern Front, one of the.....
New York: Vintage, 1970. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. An exceptional copy.
880 pp. A sweeping, intricate description of Russian cultural history, spanning the pre-Romanov era through six centuries to the reign of Joseph Stalin. Flowing with ease through time and topic — from art to music, literature, philosophy, mythology and.....
London: Thames & Hudson, 1980. Enlarged Edition. Trade Paperback.
Two publisher stickers on rear cover, spine lightly creased and faded, ink name on half-title page.
288 pp. Includes 319 illustrations. The spread of Greek civilization through Europe, into Africa and the Near East began long before the Classical period, long.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Minor general wear.
xvii, 364 pp. Communism's rise and eventual fall in Eastern Europe is one of the great stories of the 20th century. Within this context, the Russian Revolution's role and legacy overshadows all else. In Was.....
New York: The Dial Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some chips and tears, jacket spine faded. Spine head chipped.
xxv, 235 pp. Introduction by George Steiner, translated by Ann Dunnigan. When Bulgakov, a young Moscow philosophy student, joined the Tolstoy household at Yasnaya.....
New York: Vintage Books, 2016. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Minor general wear.
594 pp. In Roosevelt and Stalin, Susan Butler tells the story of how the leader of the capitalist world and the leader of the Communist world became more than allies of convenience during World War II.....
Scottsdale, Arizona: American Collector Press, 1992. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Top edge of jacket bumped, front jacket flap price-clipped. Ink stamps on front endpapers. Related papers laid in.
Gorgeous, well-researched, large art book devoted to collecting contemporary Russian art of all kids, including paintings, lacquerware, icons. Scores of.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges lightly foxed.
xviii, [4], 312 pp. 8vo. Genealogical table, black-and-white photographs. "After the Bolshevik murder of Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra and other members of the Russian royal family in 1918, what became of the Romanov jewels.....
New York: Walker & Company, 2007. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Light edge wear to jacket.
xiii, 416 pp. The extraordinary family story of George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II: they were tied to one another by history, and history would ultimately tear them apart. Known.....
Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine toned with small stain, jacket edges lightly rubbed. Page ridges lightly foxed, ink gift note on half-title page.
ix, 370 pp. Endpapers illustrated with a map of Collin's route. Perry McDonough Collins was the.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Fourth printing. Corners lightly dog-eared, ink name on half-title page, pages toned.
411 pp. The Harvest of Sorrow is the first full history of one of the most horrendous human tragedies of the 20th century. Between 1929 and 1932 the.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Sixth printing. Minor general wear.
viii, 570 pp. "The definitive work on Stalin's purges, Robert Conquest's The Great Terror was universally acclaimed when it first appeared in 1968. Edmund Wilson hailed it as "the only scrupulous, non-partisan, and adequate book.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Kennett, Victor. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket corners lightly rubbed. Boards lightly soiled.
288 pp. With colour photographs specially taken in Russia by Victor Kennett. "The Romanov dynasty, which ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917, included some of the most bizarre, scandalous.....
Chateau de Damigny: Heimdal, 2001. Large Hardcover.
French text. Faint rubbing to rear board.
192 pp. Panzergruppe 1 Kleist spearheaded the operations of Army Goup South during Operation Barbarossa and played a decisive role in the German conquest of the Ukraine. Detailed captions accompany more than 350 photographs.
London: H.L. Hunt and C.C. Clarke, 1825. Half-Leather.
Front free endpaper of first volume removed, spines reinforced with clear tape, frontispiece of first volume lightly foxed.
viii, 341; 370 pp. Navy blue leather spines and corners, light blue cloth boards, gilt titles and rules. Includes fold-out campaign map and frontispiece.....
New York: Robert M. McBride Co., 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with small chips and small tears. Sticker on front paste-down endpaper.
160 pp. "This is the personal story of one of Soviet Russia's most famous performers and trainers of wild animals. In this engaging.....
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1985. Hard Cover.
Jacket edges rubbed.
293, [3] pp. 8vo. Photographic endpapers. Includes section of black-and-white photographs. "In this book, the well-known Soviet historian Natan Eidelman describes Russia's first, aristocratic revolutionaries - the Decembrists, who staged an insurrection in 1825 against Tsar Nicholas I in an attempt.....
Boston: Gambit, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Light edge wear.
286 pp. A 1971 work examining the rise of the USSR as a sea power, with a complete list of the military-grade vessels that were part of the Russian navy.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine base lightly bumped.
x, 305 pp. One of the world's preeminent historians, Marc Ferro is a leading member of the Annales School of France and a recognized authority on early twentieth-century European history. For well over.....
New York: Picador, 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. An exceptional copy.
Beginning in the eighteenth century with the building of St. Petersburg and culminating with the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself--its character, spiritual essence, and destiny. Skillfully interweaving the.....
New York: Penguin Books, 1998. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. A fine copy.
xx, 923 pp. It is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, A People's Tragedy is a profound account of the Russian Revolution.....
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2017. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Third printing. A fine copy.
xi, 364 pp. Stalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dismissed the officials surrounding him as mere yes-men and political window dressing. On Stalin's Team.....
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Edge wear, rear cover rubbed.
670 pp. What the Kremlin wanted during the Cold War and what it was willing to do to get it. Nikita Khrushchev was a leader who risked war to get peace during.....