Editor Leopold Labedz (23 results)

Condition: Used - Like New. Used - Like New.Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society, that does not warn in time against threatening moral and social dangers - such literature does not deserve the name of literature; it is only a facade', wrote Solzhenitsyn in an open letter to the fourth Soviet writers' congress in 1967.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edgewear and chipping to dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st edition/printing. Very good hardcover in very good- dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise text very good. Corners sharp. DJ has mild to moderate shelfwear. From a personal collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 88 pages. Dionisio Ridruejo "The Victors are Vanquished A Spanish Testament: 1967" / Peter Gay "Three Stages on Love's Way" / Herbert Passin "The Mountain Heritage Pages from a Japanese Norebook" / Stephen Spender "Engaged in Writing (A Short Novel, Part II) / Lionel Trilling "The Person of the Artist" / Leopold Labedz (editor) "From The Other Shore" (The Communist World) / George Barker "Carol" (poem).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First US Edition. Red cloth, bright silver lettering on spine, a biography with 6, parts, 1.Literary Debut, 2, New Troubles, 3. The Struggles Intensifies, 4. Manuscripts Abroad, 5. Expulsion, and 6. Nobel Prize, unclipped dj has a thin strip of sun toning at very edge, 229 pages,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING WITH COMPLETE NUMBER LINE STARTING WITH 1.hardcover edition with d.j. text has NO writing.NOT EX-LIBRARY COPY. HARDCOVER EDITION WITH DUSTJACKET.binding is solid.small stamp along bottom edge.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ships Out Tomorrow!

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good, functional, paperback. Shelfworn but solid.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing. Review Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 432 pages. This is the definitive sourcebook of Poland during and after martial law. Review Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover in dust jacket, 1984, 1st edition/1st printing, clean/tight, No marks, jacket (price intact) has some foxing on the verso (no tears); Fine/Near Fine. We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking.

paperback. Condition: Good. Pages tanned.

First Edition. Library copy - library marks remain. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xx, 235 p. ; 23 cm. Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents: Introduction, by Max Hayward -- Transition from Russian to Soviet literature, by Gleb Struve -- Literature in the NEP period, by Helen Muchnic -- The year of acquiescence, by Edward J. Brown -- The first writers' congress: a second look, by Rufus Mathewson -- The organization writer (1934-46), by Ernest J. Simmons -- Zhdanovism (1946-53) by Walter N. Vickery -- Soviet literature during the thaw, by George Gibian -- The repertoire of the fifties, by François de Liencourt -- The young poets, by Pierre Forgues -- Soviet books, censors and readers, by Maurice Friedberg -- Conflict and change in Soviet literature, by Max Hayward -- Index.Subjects: Geschichte 1917-1962. 1900-1999Russian literature 20th century History and criticism Congresses.Russian literature 20th century. Russian literature 20th century History and criticism ; Congresses.Russian literature 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. Soviet literature History and criticism Congresses. Literature and revolutions Congresses.Politics and literature Soviet Union. Russian literature 20th century. Russian literature 20th century History and criticism ; Congresses. Soviet literature History and criticism ; Congresses.Literature and revolutions ; Congresses. Congresses, Russian. Russian literature 20th century. Literatur.Russian literature 20th century Congresses.Soviet literature. Russian literature History. Russian literature 20th century History and criticism.Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Literature and the revolution Congresses. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Literature and the revolution ; Congresses.Soviet Union Politics and government. 3 Kg.

FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE BUT IS PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

First Edition. Library copy - library marks remain. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xx, 235 p. ; 23 cm. Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents: Introduction, by Max Hayward -- Transition from Russian to Soviet literature, by Gleb Struve -- Literature in the NEP period, by Helen Muchnic -- The year of acquiescence, by Edward J. Brown -- The first writers' congress: a second look, by Rufus Mathewson -- The organization writer (1934-46), by Ernest J. Simmons -- Zhdanovism (1946-53) by Walter N. Vickery -- Soviet literature during the thaw, by George Gibian -- The repertoire of the fifties, by François de Liencourt -- The young poets, by Pierre Forgues -- Soviet books, censors and readers, by Maurice Friedberg -- Conflict and change in Soviet literature, by Max Hayward -- Index.Subjects: Geschichte 1917-1962. 1900-1999Russian literature 20th century History and criticism Congresses.Russian literature 20th century. Russian literature 20th century History and criticism ; Congresses.Russian literature 20th century Addresses, essays, lectures. Soviet literature History and criticism Congresses. Literature and revolutions Congresses.Politics and literature Soviet Union. Russian literature 20th century. Russian literature 20th century History and criticism ; Congresses. Soviet literature History and criticism ; Congresses.Literature and revolutions ; Congresses. Congresses, Russian. Russian literature 20th century. Literatur.Russian literature 20th century Congresses.Soviet literature. Russian literature History. Russian literature 20th century History and criticism.Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Literature and the revolution Congresses. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Literature and the revolution ; Congresses.Soviet Union Politics and government. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A firm straight unmarked book, appears unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£1.50/30s). Edited and with an introduction by Leopold Labedz. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd very small mark, little pushing/bumping to corners (which has resulted in tiny loss), little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, a couple of tiny (approx. 3mms) tears, little patchy browning and a little creasing/rubbing to edges. Boards are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Neat gift inscription and date in pen to front end-paper. Pages are a bit tanned. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Two paperbacks, Vol 26 No 3/4, 213pp+204pp + 4 pages of glossy b&w plates per volume, NOT ex-library. Clean untanned interiors, unmarked text, good binding. Minor faint grubby marks on last pages of Vol.2. Short creases/small indentations to page and cover edges. Covers gently age-toned with shelfworn marks, scratches, moderate rubbing to edges, spine creases (horizontal creases to lower edge of both volumes). -- Contents: PART 1 [38 Articles] / Poland: Self-Occupation and Resistance Part I (Preface; Introduction by Leszek Kolakowski); Past and Present (Wielopolski in 1861; Jaruzelski in 1981; Marx, Stalin, Andropov, Jaruzelski); The State of War (A Polish-Polish Dialogue by Slawomir Mrozek; How to Conduct a Dialogue with the Terrorist by Maciej Poleski; Jaruzelski's War by Michael Sadykiewicz; Colonel Wislicki Speaks); Perceptions and Distortions (An Imperialist Plot by Valeri Kuzavkov; The Dept. of Disinformation at Work by Tomasz Mianowicz; Jaruzelski, Walesa and The Guardian); Solidarity and Resistance (Significance of Solidarity by Timothy Garton Ash; Resistance to Totalitarianism by Aleksander Gella; The Founding of KOR by Jan Jozef Lipski; A Question of Solidarity); Official Voices (The Kubiak Report; A Confidential Assessment of the Situation; Government and its Opponents); Discordant Voices (Past Experience - Future Indefinite; Experience, yes - but what about the Future by Andrzej Bujnicki); Voices of Resistance I (What Next? by Zbigniew Romaszewski; Why You Are Not Signing by Andrzej Zagozda; Theses on Solving an Insoluble Problem by Jacek Kuron; Positional Warfare by Zbigniew Bujak; The Third Possibility by Wiktor Kulerski; Open Letter by Jacek Kuron); Officialdom (The Hair-Styles of Mieczyslaw Rakowski by Leopold Tyrmand; Rakowski and Solidarity; The Government Spokesman); The Church (Polish Church and the Government by Dominik Morawski; Letter to Primate Glemp by Anka Kowalska; Primate Glemp Criticized by the Priests; The Homily of Bishop Tokarczuk; Interview with Cardinal Glemp; Polish Bishops on the Suspension of Martial Law); Glossary // PART 2 [35 Articles] / Poland: Self-Occupation and Resistance II; Life Under Martial Law (The State of War through the Eyes of Children; The Canary by Marek Nowakowski; From Solidarity to Arts Control by Halina Filipowicz; Terror and Revolution: Wajda's Danton; Three Actors Speak Out; Mirage of Economic Reform by J. Krok-Paszkowski; Are Flowers Socialist? by Daniel Passent; The Universities Under Martial Law by M.Kolodziej); One Year Later (Jaruzelski in 1982-3; State of War and Normalization by T.Mianowicz; The Institutionalization of Martial Law; Military Penal Camps; The Balance-Sheet of Persecution); Voices of Resistance II (Letter from a Political Prisoner by E.Kubasiewicz; A Day in the Underground; An Independent Society by D.Warszawski; At the Crossroads by Jan K.; Bujak on Violence; Landscape After the Battle by S.Warecki; Voices from the Underground; Declaration by KOS; Declaration of Solidarity; Declaration of Solidarity: Debate; Three Declarations); The View From History (Early Soviet Designs on Poland by Adam Westoby and Robin Blick; Polish Communists, 1937-1944 by Cezary Baryka; Courier from Warsaw by Jan T. Gross; Two Fatherlands - Two Patriotisms by Jan Jozef Lipski; Paradoxes of Polish Nationalism by K.A. Jelenski; Poland and the Logic of Solidarity by Henry Norr; On Conquest by Czeslaw Milosz); Glossary; Index to Vol.26.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 240pp Presumably the CIA links to this journal were a bit more tenuous by this time.Articles on Italy, Balkans, Germany, Marxism in History - Szamuely, Theodore Draper, Philip Jaffe etc. Monty Johnstone's copy with his pencil notes to the chpter on the Comintern.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ condition. First Editions. London:: Survey, Ltd. / Institute for European Defence & Strategic Studies, 1982. 6" wide by 9" tall. 2 issues, complete. Scarce first periodical printings. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Flat spines. Both issues are entirely devoted to some 65 scholarly articles about Poland under the thumb of General Jaruzelski; including historical background, solidarity and resistance, official voices, discordance voices, the church, life under martial law, voices of resistance, etc. Glossary. Index. POLAND UNDER JARUZELSKI (in) Survey, A Journal of East & West Studies, Volume 26, No 3 (issue 116, Summer 1982) & Volume 26, No 4 (issue 117, Autumn 1982). . First Editions. Trade Paperbacks. Very Good+ condition. 213pp. + 204pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. 1st US Edition. 404 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's label on the ffep> Bound in grey cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Faded and worn around the edges and spine. VG-/- -. Book.

Hardback. Essays on the History of Marxist Ideas. 404pp London 1962. *Includes chapters on East German Revisionism and on Tito. Spine slightly marked.

Wraps. 217 p. Ephemera laid in. Includes an article entitled "Our Pluralists" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Usual library markings. Cover has some wear and soiling.