Twenty Letters to a Friend by Alliluyeva, Svetlana (daughter of Joseph Stalin) - 1967

Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Signed. Although First Edition is stated on the copyright page, this is a BOOK CLUB printing. Inscribed (to professor and historian Arnold Krammer) SIGNED, and dated by Svetlana Alliluyeva on the half title page. Additionally SIGNED as Mrs. William Wesley Peters, and finally she lists three pages where she has hand corrected errors. Bookplate of Arnold Krammer on the front pastedown. The volume is lightly bumped on the spine ends. The sleeve protected dust jacket has a sunned spine and edge wear to include chips and closed tears. There is one rather severe (1 1/2") "L" shaped closed tear with creases near the top of the rear joint.