STALIN'S SECRET WAR (First edition - second printing)

Nikolai Tolstoy

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Language: English

Published by Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, London WC1, 1982

0224016652 / 9780224016650

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A second printing of the true first edition, with 'First published 1981, Reprinted 1982' on the printer's page. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright and the boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of the spine slightly creased, otherwise no serious creasing or bumping to the edges of the boards. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges slightly marked, with some foxing to the top edge. slightly creasing a few pages. Internally also very good with no ownership inscriptions. Pages clean with no internal foxing, with some small edge creases to the top corners in a few places (please see scans). The illustrated endpapers show the Location of Forced-labour Camps in the Soviet Union. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the publisher's printed price 0f £12.50 net on the front flap. The dustwrapper is complete, with no chips or tears, just some light rubbing and creasing at the edges. No fading even to the sun-sensitive colour on the spine. Dustwrapper bright. ***463 pages including a section of Notes, and an extensive Index at the back of the book. 242mm x 160mm. ***'Count Nikolai Dmitrievich Tolstoy-Miloslavsky FRSL (born 23 June 1935), better known as Count Nikolai Tolstoy, is a British historian and writer. He is a former parliamentary candidate of the UK Independence Party and is the current nominal head of the House of Tolstoy, an aristocratic Russian family.' (Wiki) ***'Drawing on much new evidence, as well as analysis of that which is already known but overlooked, Nikolai Tolstoy examines afresh the mainsprings of Soviet policy, both internal and external, in the dangerously critical years between 1938 and 1945'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A second printing of the first edition of this study of Stalin and the and Soviet policy during the Second World War, in very good condition. We also have a first printing of the true first edition listed on ABE, which has a revised design to the spine of the dustwrapper (see comparative scan). ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

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Title
STALIN'S SECRET WAR (First edition - second printing)
Author
Nikolai Tolstoy
Publisher
Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, London WC1
Publication year
1982
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0224016652
ISBN 13
9780224016650
Edition
First Edition
Printing
Second Printing
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First Editions, History & Military, World War Two (Second World War)

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