Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow,, 1939
Seller: Antiquariat Knut Ahnert Berlin, Berlin, Germany
30 S. m. 4 Abb. (incl. Titel), 1 Bl., Kl.-8°, OBr. m. farb. Einbandzeichnung v. B.Schwartz.
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow, 1939
Seller: Joe Orlik Books, Manchester, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 27.69
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pictorial semi-gloss card covers, stapled, 4 photos pp32. Soviet propaganda published for the New York Worlds Fair 1939. Design: H Klering a German actor, director, voice actor, graphic designer and author. He joined the Communist Party and went into exile in the Soviet Union in 1931, returning to Germany in 1945. Author Pyotr Fedorovich Krivonos After completing seven years of schooling, he apprenticed as a mechanic in a locomotive depot. From 1926 to 1929, he attended a vocational school in Slavyansk. In 1929 he began working as a steam locomotive driver in the Slavyansk depot of the Donetsk Railway. He joined the Communist Party in the same year. In 1935, he initiated a movement on railway transport by increasing boiler pressure, which resulted in a doubling of technical speed to 46-47 km/h. His followers became known as the "Krivonosovtsy." Condition Near Fine marred by inscribed number to front cover top edge and a little sun fade to front cover right hand edge. Page block tight, bright and clean. Sharp edges and corners.
Published by Foreign Languages, Moscow, 1939
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada
Photo's (illustrator). soft covers, stapled, in fine condition.
Publication Date: 1939
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
US$ 34.61
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Add to basketPaperback. 31pp 4 plates, 12mo card covers, Moscow 1939. Loosely inserted is a 12-page Russian-English railroad vocabulary. Slightly worn.