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Journey Behind the Iron Curtain
by Robert Westbrook
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€23.32€16.32
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About This Item
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963 G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1963. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Impression. Retired public library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on the textblock edges, endpapers, title page, and the foreword. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to board bottom edges and tail; dust soiling to board top edges and textblock top edge; checkout pocket removed from FFFP verso. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($3.50); index sticker on spine; sunfading to spine. Red cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and front board with Soviet buildings on the front board. 160 pp 8vo. Designed for the adolescent reader this book is about the author's impression of a tour of Russia and her satellites with nine other students and an instructor. The author records the strained reaction of American youth to Russian youth and vice versa. It was an eye-opening experience for American youth to see the Soviet system in action. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016428
- Title
- Journey Behind the Iron Curtain
- Author
- Robert Westbrook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Russia, Soviet Union, Iron Curtain, Cold War, Communism, communist indoctrination, Russian satellite nations, Iron curtain countries, Russian youth, Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cold War;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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