Memoirs
by Sakharov, Andrei
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394537408
- ISBN 13
- 9780394537405
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A, Knopf, 1990. Stated First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. June, 1990. Translated from the Russian by Richard Lourie. Foreword by Edward Kline. Preface, dated December !989, by Andrei Sakharov. An autobiography by the creator of the Soviet H-bomb, Nobel laureate who gave up his privileges and positions to become the leader of the Soviet dissident movement and a human rights activist. He died December !4, 1989. 618 pp. plus: Epilogue, Appendix A- The 1973 Anti-Sakharov Press Campaign, Appendix B- Statements, Letters, and Articles, Appendix C- The 1984 Hunger Strike, Andrei Sakharov: A Bibliography, Glossary of Names, Index, Acknowledgments. Book, illustrated with many b/w photographs, weighs nearly 3 lb. and may require extra shipping. Black boards feature silver gilt text on spine and ' AS' on front. Base of spine is slightly rubbed. Price clipped DJ is plastic wrapped with slightly darkened spine. Bookseller's Inventory # 071682.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001682
- Title
- Memoirs
- Author
- Sakharov, Andrei
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394537408
- ISBN 13
- 9780394537405
- Publisher
- Alfred A, Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SAKHAROV, ANDREI, 1921-1989. DISSENTERS - SOVIET UNION - BIOGRAPHY. POLITICAL PRISONERS - SOVIET UNION - BIOGRAPHY. HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS - SOVIET UNION - BIOGRAPHY. SOVIET UNION - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT - 1953-
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Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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