assignment utopia de eugene lyons (19 resultados)

Brossura. Condición: discrete. Prefazione e traduzione di Mario Monterisi. Cm.20,8x13. Pg.VIII, 492. Brossura editoriale. 400 gr.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 658 pages, indexed. The book's printer's imprint states it is a first edition (fifth impression), presumably first British edition, as 1937 is the commonly offered date for the first American one. The jacket is chipped at the edges, which also duffer from closed tears; there is minor loss to the head and tail; a very small section between pp 341 to 384 are bumped towards the head; the pages are lightly tanned. Else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. "Eugene Lyons (July 1, 1898 - January 7, 1985), born Yevgeny Natanovich Privin ), was a Russian-born American journalist and writer. A fellow traveler of Communism in his younger years, Lyons became highly critical of the Soviet Union after several years there as a correspondent of United Press International. Lyons also wrote a biography of President Herbert Hoover." (wikipedia).

Unknown. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. n.d. but no statement of reprint so assumed a UK First Printing. Original quarter bound boards, title to spine. Off setting to end pages, else clean tightly bound. Original jacket present, light fade to spine and rear panel. Loss to fold at front edge else complete.

Book condition: A very well-preserved copy, with sturdy boards and minimal wear; the spine is straight and strong, retaining much of its original gilt brightness, and the binding is tight and secure, with clean and unmarked pages exhibiting only slight toning to the edges. Free of odors or major defects. Not ex-library or price-clipped.George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London (Bombay, Sydney),1937. First British Edition. Octavo (approx. 21cm x 14cm), ix, 658 pages + index. Bound in original publisher's grey cloth boards blind-stamped design, blue lettering to spine and upper board. Book details: A seminal eyewitness account of Stalin's Soviet Union by journalist Eugene Lyons (1898-1985), who served as United Press correspondent in Moscow from 1928-1934. Initially sympathetic to the Revolution, Lyons documents his disillusionment amid the First Five-Year Plan, collectivization, show trials, censorship, and famine. This anti-totalitarian classic influenced George Orwell's 1984 (notably the phrase "Two Plus Two Equals Five" from Lyons' chapter). Scarce British edition, issued concurrently with the American Harcourt, Brace first. A solid, attractive copy suitable for collectors.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Fourth Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 658 pages ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Lyons, Eugene 1898-. Lyons, Eugene 1898-1985. Journalists ; Biography. Journalists ; Correspondence. Communism Russia. Communism. Journalists. Travel. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Reprint. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Previous owner name to ffep. Good DJ with some edge wear, tears and faded spine. Tape repairs.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Seventh printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Aesthetic fraying at the top of the spine, but the binding remains structurally sound. Erstwhile owner's signature on front endpaper; interior pages with text absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK EDITION.

8vo. Pp: ix, 658. First UK Edition, no dust jacket as issued. Publisher's original red boards with gilt at spine. Publisher's stain at top. Good plus. Contents are mostly clean, aside from some marks and underlining in pencil throghout the text. Binding is sound, aside from some looseness at preliminary pages. Boards are a little soiled and rubbed, with a somewhat sunned spine.

Fourth Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 658 pages ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Lyons, Eugene 1898-. Lyons, Eugene 1898-1985. Journalists ; Biography. Journalists ; Correspondence. Communism Russia. Communism. Journalists. Travel. 1 Kg.

ix, 658p., eighth printing, originally published in 1937, black cloth hardcover boards. Signed and inscribed by the author to a friend dated April 11th, 1938. Lacking dustjacket, corners lightly bumped,slight hint of foxing on fore-edge, on the last three blank pages is a neatly pencilled in cursive what appears to be an unsigned book review, but not from Lyons' perspective and dated a few months before his gift inscription. Overall in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. RARE 1ST EDITION! No other seller has the UK First Edition. The copyright page states 'First Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1937', but below this states, 'Printed in the United States of America'. There's no mention of Harcourt, Brace & Co, and on the spine there's only HARRAP with the publisher's logo. Otherwise it's similar to the American 1st Edition. pp.ix, 658 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine (slightly sunned - lettering still visible). NOT FROM A LIBRARY and indeed completely clean from any former owner markings.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; Fifth Printing. 658 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Tears to top of spine joints have exposed the binding. Inner hinge cracked. Binding sound. Spine cocked inward. Rubbing to covers and page exterior edges. No markings on text. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Brown cloth boards are Very Good with some corner bumping and wear along head and tail of spine. No DJ. Hinge is cracked between back board and textblock but still attached. Fourth printing, Nov. 1937. Copy of letter is pasted down on back of front board. Letter is from the Indiana University Foundation, dated Nov. 5, 1948, and presents this copy from the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, Ernie Pyle, to the 1948-1949 designated Ernie Pyle Scholar at Indiana University. Text is clean and bright with very light age tanning. Binding is good. book.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Octavo, ix, 658 pages. In Good minus condition. Lacks dust jacket. Spine is blue with silver print. Boards in blue cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, small stains on front panel, mild shelf wear. Text block has tinted top edge. Tanning to endpapers, tanning to pages 154-155 from inserted bookmark. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1391782. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. From the library of and signed by, "Norman Thomas who was an American Presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America" Wikipedia. Cracked inner hinges, all pages intact and well-attached, solid boards with bumped and rubbed edges and corners, unmarked pages throughout, protected in mylar. Stated 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Brown/brick red cloth over boards with light wear, light soil, rub. Edgewear, a few small ripples to top edge of rear board, Wear and some tiny tears to spine extremities. Two soft creases to head. Wear to joints. Top corners mildly rubbed, bottom corners bumped. Toning to endpapers/pastedowns and owner's bookplate to front pastedown. At Title page, gutter with staining and split starting from bottom (approx. 1/2"). Soil to text block edges. DJ fair, with general wear, edge wear, tearing, some large, some paper loss. Intact. Images can be provided upon request.