Political Science

This is the Challenge [William Benton] 1959

William Benton. This is the challenge: The Benton reports of 1956-1958 on the nature of the Soviet threat. Edited by Edward W. Barrett. NY: Associated College Presses, 1958. 254 pages. First edition. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket...

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin: The Untold Story of a Noisy Revolution. Leslie Woodhead. NY: Bloomsbury USA; 2013. 1st edition. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. 304 pages. Revolution. Leslie Woodhead. NY: Bloomsbury USA;...

Ten Days That Shook the World [ML #215, c. 1953].

John Reed. Ten Days That Shook the World. (The Modern Library, No. 215). Foreword by V.I. Lenin, introduction by Granville Hicks. Now classic account of the Russian revolution. Reed, immortalized on the silver screen by Warren Beatty in 1981 (Reds), was...

Two Vintage Russian Dictionaries [1953] Ozhegov, Muller

Dictionary of the Russian Language (Словарь Русского Языка).  Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov (1900-1964) (Сергей Иванович Ожегов) version. Moscow, 1953. State Publishing House of Foreign and National Dictionaries (Государственное Издательство...

The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles [2019]

The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad. Andrei Soldatov, Irina Borogan. NY: Public Affairs, 2019. 384 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover, new condition...

Inside Russia Today J. Gunther [1958]

John Gunther. Inside Russia. John Gunther (1901–1970) wrote a series of sociopolitical works, known as the "Inside" books, of which this is one. He grew up on the North Side of Chicago, was awarded a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of...

Contact on Gorky Street [true espionage]

Contact on Gorky Street. Greville Wynne. NY: Atheneum, 1968. 222 pages. Illustrated. BOMC hardcover in dustjacket in clear Mylar protective cover. Mild edge wear to dj, text about fine. 1 copy only. Greville Maynard Wynne (1919-1990) was a British...

History of Russian-Soviet Journalism. 1917-1932 [RUSSIAN]

Institut mirovoi literatury imeni A.M. Gorkogo. Aleksandr Grigorevich Dementev (editor). Essays on the History of Russian-Soviet Journalism. 1917-1932. (Очерки Истории Русской Советской Журналистики).[Russian Edition] Extensively researched history of...

Journey Among Warriors [Eve Curie]

Journey Among Warriors [Eve Curie]. Eve Curie was the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, the discoverers of radium and Nobel Prize winners. As a news correspondent, her journey begins as the world is mired in war for just over two years, during which...

New Russia [1933]

Jerome Davis, editor. Introduction by Edward M. House. The New Russia: Between the First and Second Five Year Plans. NY: John Day, 1933. First edition. Bibliography, glossary. 265 pages. An attempt on the part of a group of sociologists and economists to...

The Russian Worker

The Russian Worker. Victoria E. Bonnell (Editor). English translation edition of contemporary accounts of working-class life during the final decades of the Russian Empire. Written by workers and other close observers of their milieu, these five...