Third Path by Novak Joseph (5 results)

1st edition. viii, [2], 359, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Kosinski, born in Poland, in the late '50s, migrated to the United States with few resources, but he received a Ford Foundation grant to enroll in the sociology graduate program at Columbia University in New York. While he was there he wrote two books about life in the Soviet Union, The Future Is Ours, Comrade (1960) and No Third Path (1962), publishing them under the pseudonym of Joseph Novak and later giving conflicting explanations as to why he did so. The books depicted life under Communism in a negative light, and allegations, never corroborated, later suggested that they were financed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)." [Encyclopedia ⢠com]. VG+ (square & tight/usual age-toning to paper)/VG (average wear). Tomato-red cloth binding with black stamped spine lettering. Red dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Dust jacket is slightly chipped; 359 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Kosinski's second book of nonfiction published under this pseudonym. Review copy, with a small publication slip tipped in on the bottom of the front end paper. Kosinski has written a four-line quote from Marcel Proust atop the front end paper, and below that, a warm contemporary INSCRIPTION. Fine in about fine red dw with a vertical crease on the front panel near the spine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean reddish-brown cloth with black title on spine. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover has a few small closed edge tears. Text tight, clean & intact. An authentic picture of the workings of the Soviet system. A lengthy inscription by the author dated January 11, 1962. Soviet Union; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 359 pages; Signed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's russet cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 359pp. Light wear to board edges and spine ends; internally clean, fore-edge untrimmed; in a clean, bright example of the dustjacket with some light marginal wear, and fraying to the head of spine. A very good copy. One of two works written about life in the Soviet Union, by Kosinski under his Novak pseudonym. Kosinski, something of a master of obscuring his own footprints, never really accounted for his need to write anti-communist material in the US under an assumed name, and it was widely understood that these works were sponsored and commissioned by the CIA, although the claim was never substantiated. This copy has one small piece of underlining to the text of the jacket flap, where the author's status as "a social scientist" has been emphasised. This title and "The Future is Ours, Comrade" both stem from the period when Kosinski was studying at Columbia on a Ford grant.