Stalin by Lyons Eugene, First Edition (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1940. First Edition. 255 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bookplate from a previous owner and several stamp marks. Complete with all plates. Bright red top edge pages. Publication of 255 pages. Frontispiece. The first and last pages is slightly 'browned'. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and a touch edge worn. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition Hardcover. Summary: "With his sudden descent onto Eastern Europe, Stalin has changed from a remote enigma to a threatening force to be reckoned with in every corner of the world. A man of mystery because inscrutability best suited his policy, Stalin is known to almost no one (*at the time of this book's publication in 1940 - bookseller note). Eugene Lyons is one of the few writers qualified to paint the lurid portrait of this modern 'czar'. Six years of reporting in Russia for the United States make his words ring with the authority of an eye witness. Writing in colorful and convincing prose, Mr. Lyons shows how Stalin nursed his hatreds through the early days of the growth of Bolshevism untile he was able to enjoy his revenge. The dramatic account of the revolution and of Stalin's slow seizure of power of his machinations against Trotsky,and of the way he reduced to serfdom the workers and peasants of Russia will give the reader insight into the apparent paradoxes of Stalinist Russia today. Describing Stalin as a terrible 'triumph of mediocrity,' Mr. Lyons' study will bring readers a timely understanding of the most powerful man in the world today." Eugene Lyons (1898-1985) was born Yevgeny Natanovich Privin in Uzlyany, in what is now known as modern-day Belarus. He immigrated to the United States in 1907 and grew up in the tenements of the Lower East Side of New York City. A fellow traveler of Communism in his younger years, Lyons became highly critical of the Soviet Union after several years there as a correspondent for United Press International. Published: [1940]. J.B. Lippincott Company (United States). First Lippincott Edition, 1940. Some illustrations. 292 pages. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket: Good. This is a vintage item in used condition, rare in dust jacket. Black boards with stamped title information and hammer and sickle device in red ink on front board and spine. Red publisher's ink on top edge. Minor bumping to corners with minor discoloration to black cloth. Former owner bookplate on front interior cover and charming bookseller's stamp (Harry Hartman - Seattle) on first free end paper. Deckle edge. Interior is age-toned, but clean. Dust jacket is unclipped and features original price of $2.50 in lower left corner. DJ displays signs of wear, use, and age, such as tearing, creasing, loss of color, minor scuffing and chipping. Wrapped in protective Mylar.

Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, 255 pages. In Fair condition. Lacks dust jacket. Spine is black with red print. Boards in black cloth with red print. Wear to spine caps and corners, scratches on rear, mild shelf wear, lightly cocked spine. Text block has red tinted top edge. Tanning to endpapers, name in ink on front flyleaf, spine crack at page 80. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1391784. FP New Rockville Stock.

1st edition dust jacket Nice copy octavo 255pp., frontis., b/w pls.,