Yellow cloth boards with gilt title and decorative blind stamp in gilt on front cover. Script gilt lettering on spine. Colored endpapers. Hardcover in near fine condition, former owner's gift inscription on Lithuanian on title page. No other marks, book is as new. DJ is price clipped and has minute chipping to top of spine. Otherwise VG condition. This is an excellent primary source to understanding one of the most complex eras in human history. Well translated personal life of Josef Stalin's daughter. Mylar protected

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Bookseller: Bonnie Lane Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 02-07-2023-03
Title: Twenty Letters to a Friend.
Author: Svetlana Alliluyeva
Format/Binding: Tight
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: VG
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, English Translation
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper and Row, Publishers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1967
Pages: 246
Size: 8 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Stalinist Russia, Narrative Biography

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