Russian And Soviet History from Berthoff Books

Crane Russak, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. 109 pages, with bibliography. Preface by Prof. Menachem Amir. Profile of the late-Soviet ruling strata, written half a decade before the USSR's demise. Trade paperback, scant wear, spine sunned, small nick in front cover, very faint foxing to top edge. Pages unmarked.

Collier Books, 1969. Soft cover. Good. 349 pages, with index, select bibliography. Pre-history of the Russian Revolutions, from Radishchev's social criticism and the Decembrists, through utopian socialism, populism, late-nineteenth century terrorist movements. Mass-market paperback, shelf wear, stain on spine, 1/2" chip at heel, crease to top corner of back cover, small ink marks on fore-edge, a few pages… Read more about this item

The Universal Library (Grosset & Dunlap ), 1965. Soft cover. Very Good. 486 pages, with Bibliography and Index. 1971 printing of 1965 edition, book first published 1961. The book touches on the influences of Schiller, Ogaryov, Schelling, Saint-Simon, Hegel, George Sand, the 1848 revolutions, Slavophiles, and Westernizers. Trade paperback, decorative pattern on inside covers, wraps worn/rubbed/creased, binding supple.… Read more about this item

Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. 216 pages, with Bibliographical Essay, Index. Covers 19th-century movements, from the Decembrists through populism and nihilism, and the first two decades of the 20th century on the eve of the Russian revolutions. Trade paperback, wraps shelf-worn, rubbed along spine. Name of former owner written on half-title along with notes,… Read more about this item

International Publishers, 1952. Soft cover. Very Good. 32 pages, with Explanatory Notes. Includes "Leo Tolstoy as a Mirror of the Russian Revolution." 5-3/8" x 8" pamphlet stapled in light-weight card wraps, age-toned, staples rusty, old price in pencil on front cover and stamped on back, foxing to edges extends onto page margins and front cover in a couple… Read more about this item

Grove Press, 1955. Soft cover. Good. 305 pages, with pronunciation guide to names of the characters in the novel. E-27 - an early book in Grove's Evergreen Books series. In Turgenev's last novel, published 1877, the protagonists are Russian revolutionary populists. Trade paperback, creases to spine and corners, shelf wear, rubbing along spine, front cover slightly separated but… Read more about this item

E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1962. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 174 pages plus front matter/introduction of 66 pages. Introduction by the translator. Autobiographical essays by 19th century Russian writer most famous as a literary critic from what he called the "organic" school, as against the "logical" criticism of Belinsky, Chernyshevsky, et al. Mass-market paperback,… Read more about this item

J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 227 pages. Two prefaces by author - to the first (1964) and second (1971) editions. Cover 5-1/4" x 8", back cover lower left corner is torn off to a diagonal depth of 1/4"; coffee stains on back cover/spine top and bottom. Light underscoring and marginalia on approximately 70… Read more about this item

Carnegie Moscow Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. 340 pages. Cover 5-5/8 x 8-7/16, very slight edgewear. Two pages have small creases at top corner (accidental, not dog-eared from marking). Binding tight, text clean and unmarked.

Social Sciences, Nauka, 1996. Soft cover. Good. Issue #1 only, 192 pages. Periodical in thick paperback form, wraps in good condition with creases to front. Social Sciences was founded in 1970 as a quarterly of the USSR Academy of Sciences, shifting to the Russian Academy of Sciences after 1992. It contains English translations of articles and book reviews… Read more about this item

Social Sciences, Nauka, 1992. Soft cover. Good. Single volume, double issue, 272 pages, periodical in thick paperback form, wraps rubbed and creased, edges and pages age-toned. This double issue of Social Sciences was published in the first full year during which the Soviet Union no longer existed, but it went to press in August 1991. It still reads… Read more about this item

Da Capo Press, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Originally published in 1969, this edition with "new introduction by the author" - 1985. 635 pages, with index. Cover 6" x 9", crease in front cover, slight wear to corners. Dedication page slightly torn and creased at top. Tight, text is clean and unmarked.

Social Sciences, Nauka, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. 4-issue set, approx. 305 pages each, periodical in thick paperback form, wraps in good condition with coffee stain to front of #1, crease to bottom front corner of #2, chip to heel of #4. Volume XXII of Social Sciences was issued in the year in which the Soviet Union ceased… Read more about this item

Social Sciences, Nauka, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. 4-issue set, approx. 320 pages each, periodical in thick paperback form, wraps in very good condition with a couple of creases to corners and fraying to the heel of issue #2. Volume XXI of Social Sciences was issued in the last full year of existence of the Soviet Union. The… Read more about this item

Brookings Institution, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 733 pages, with index. 8vo, binding tight. Previous owner's name on ffep. Text clean and unmarked.

Transaction Publishers, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 264 pages. Cover 6-1/4" x 9-1/4", cloth bound dark blue with white lettering on spine, in DJ showing very minimal handling and the mark of a previous price sticker on the back. Binding tight. Text clean and unmarked. Published 12 years after the break-up of the Soviet Union… Read more about this item