Shcharansky: Hero Of Our Time
by Gilbert, Martin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670814180
- ISBN 13
- 9780670814183
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1986. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First US Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. The young Soviet Jewish activist and "refusenik" Anatoly B. Shcharansky gained his freedom in February 1986 after nine years in prison and labor camps. This is his biography, a remarkable tale of a fearless young man who risked his life to help others. It also sheds light on the nature of the Soviet system at that time. 58 historical Illustrations. Clean, solid volume in blue half cloth binding with gilt titles, blue paper-wrapped boards; tight and solid, square with sharp corners. Bottom edges rubbed; rear board has small mark on the bottom edge on the cloth; not for resale stamp on top edge and on title page-doesn't really mean anything. Pages clean and completely unmarked. Jacket, not clipped, faint wear to spine head, clean and glossy. SOVIET UNION POLITICAL PRISONER,1977-1986, ANATOLY SHCHARANSKY. 467 pages with Appendices, Bibliography and Index. 9.75 x .6.5 inches. Viking Press, New York, 1986.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015236
- Title
- Shcharansky: Hero Of Our Time
- Author
- Gilbert, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670814180
- ISBN 13
- 9780670814183
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- SHCHARANSKY, ANATOLY; JEWS-SOVIET UNION; REFUSENIKS; POLITICAL PRISONERS-SOVIET CIVIL RIGHTS-SOVIET EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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