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MONTIFIORE, SIMON SEBAG: : YOUNG STALIN

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2007.

ISBN 9780297850687.

UK,heavy 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. Neat,ink written owner name+year date (2007) inscrptn to top fore-edge corner,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around white background with subject monochrome portrait photgraphic illustrated front+rear dw/dj  panels; front panel with capitalised,red-lettered title,and capitalised,black-lettered author name; similarly coloured+lettered title+author repeated to spine/backstrip,along with thumbnail portrait from front to its middle/centre,rear panel with subject full-length monochrome portrait photograph and critics' red+black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases to head of spine,a few tiny indents to front facing gutter's fold.crease but without any penetration to board beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,a red+yellow striped headband,and clean plain red endpapers - owner name+year date excepted.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xxviiipp+2-397pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table, illustrations list/table,Stalin family tree, double-page b/w map + 2 other b/w maps,an Introduction,List of characters,Notes,a Prologue,Pts 1-5 comprising 10,15,7,5,and 6 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,32pp contemporary b/w autobiographical,biographical photographs and b/w contemporary b/w illustration reproductions etc. in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp100/01,pp164/65, pp228/29 anf pp292/93 respectively,a page of Stalin's Names,Nicknames,Bylines and Aliases, Acknowledgements,Source Notes,a 9pp Select Bibliography and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and to the rear,6pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness.              Stalin,like Hitler,remains the very personification of evil but also one of the creators of today's world.Now,in an enthralling biography that reads like a thriller,Simon Sebag Montefiore unveils the shadowy,adventurous journey of the Georgian cobbler's son who became the Red Tsar. What makes a Stalin? Was he illegitimate? Washis mother a whore or a saint? Was Stalin a Tsarist agent or Lenin's chief gangster? Was his most notorious heist planned during his stay in London? Was he to blame for his wife's death? If he really missed the 1917 Revolution, how did he emerge so powerful?  Born in poverty,scarred by his upbringing, exceptional in his studies,this charismatic but dangerous by was hailed as a romantis poet and trained as a priest but found his mission as fanatical revolutionary.He became the mastermind of bank-robberies,protection-rackets,arson, piracy and murder yet he was,uniquely,part-intellectual,part-brigand.Surprisingly,he is also revealed as a scandalously prolific lover,leaving a trail of mistresses,(varying from schoolgirls to noblewomen) and illegitimate children.                                        Here is the arch-conspirator and escape-artist whose brutal ingenuity so impressed Lenin that he made Stalin (with Trotsky) his top henchmen. The paranoid underworld of Joseph-Conrad style terrorism was Stalin's natural habitat. Montefiore shows how murderous Caucasian banditry and political gangsterism,combined with pitiless ideology,qualified Stalin to dominate the Kremlin - and create the USSr in his flawed image.                                        Based on massive research and astonishing new evidence in archives from Moscow to Georgia, 'Young Stalin', companion and prequel to bestselling,prizewinning 'Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar',is a chronicle of the Revolution,a pre-history of the USSR - and an intimate biography: this is how Stalin became Stalin. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item - just over the 1Kg default shipping/P+p quote,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!         N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,heavy 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

MONTIFIORE, SIMON SEBAG: : YOUNG STALIN

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2007.

ISBN 9780297850687.

UK,heavy 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. Neat,ink written owner name+year date (2007) inscrptn to top fore-edge corner,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, wrap-around white background with subject monochrome portrait photgraphic illustrated front+rear dw/dj panels; front panel with capitalised,red-lettered title,and capitalised, black-lettered author name; similarly coloured+ lettered title+author repeated to spine/backstrip,along with thumbnail portrait from front to its middle/centre,rear panel with subject full-length monochrome portrait photograph and critics' red+black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases to head of spine,a few tiny indents to front facing gutter's fold/crease but without any penetration to board beneath.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean, sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,a red+yellow striped headband, and clean plain red endpapers - owner name+year date excepted UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xxviiipp+ 2-397pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,illustrations list/table,Stalin family tree,double-page b/w map+2 other b/w maps,an Introduction,List of characters,Notes,a Prologue,Pts 1-5 comprising 10,15,7,5,and 6 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,32pp contemporary b/w autobiographical,biographical photographs and b/w contemporary b/w illustration reproductions etc. in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp100/01,pp164/65,pp228/29 anf pp292/93 respectively,a page of Stalin's Names,Nicknames,Bylines and Aliases, Acknowledgements,Source Notes,a 9pp Select Bibliography and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and to the rear,6pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness. Stalin,like Hitler,remains the very personification of evil but also one of the creators of today's world.Now,in an enthralling biography that reads like a thriller,Simon Sebag Montefiore unveils the shadowy,adventurous journey of the Georgian cobbler's son who became the Red Tsar. What makes a Stalin? Was he illegitimate? Was his mother a whore or a saint? Was Stalin a Tsarist agent or Lenin's chief gangster? Was his most notorious heist planned during his stay in London? Was he to blame for his wife's death? If he really missed the 1917 Revolution,how did he emerge so powerful? Born in poverty,scarred by his upbringing,exceptional in his studies,this charismatic but dangerous boy was hailed as a romantic poet and trained as a priest but found his mission as fanatical revolutionary.He became the mastermind of bank-robberies, protection-rackets, arson, piracy and murder yet he was,uniquely,part-intellectual, part-brigand.Surprisingly,he is also revealed as a scandalously prolific lover,leaving a trail of mistresses, (varying from schoolgirls to noblewomen) and illegitimate children. Here is the arch-conspirator and escape-artist whose brutal ingenuity so impressed Lenin that he made Stalin (with Trotsky) his top henchmen.The paranoid underworld of Joseph-Conrad style terrorism was Stalin's natural habitat.Montefiore shows how murderous Caucasian banditry and political gangsterism,combined with pitiless ideology,qualified Stalin to dominate the Kremlin - and create the USSr in his flawed image. Based on massive research and astonishing new evidence in archives from Moscow to Georgia,'Young Stalin',companion and prequel to bestselling,prizewinning 'Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar',is a chronicle of the Revolution,a pre-history of the USSR - and an intimate biography: this is how Stalin became Stalin. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item - just over the 1Kg default shipping/P+p quote,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,heavy 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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