The Spy Wore Silk.
New York: Putnam, 1991. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (spine sunned). New York: Putnam, (1991). First edition. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
COLD WAR
Signed Program
Moscow: 1989. Signed program from an event about human rights to American writer and editor Leo Lerman (best known for his work at Conde Nast publications and as a major advocate for gay rights from the 1940's until his death in 2011), inscribed: "To Leo Lerman - with gratitude - an effect of my humble efforts - Svetlana - Moscow - September 1989". Excellent condition. Russian-born daughter of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin who caused an international furor when she defected..... More
Iron Curtain, The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
New York: Doubleday, 2012. Illustrated. xxxvi + 566 pages, thick 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2012). First U.S. edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Twilight Struggle; Tales of the Cold War.
433pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1987). More
Winds of History; The German Years of Lucius DuBignon Clay.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1983). vg. More
Berlin Bastion: The Epic of Post-War Berlin
Frankfurt: Fred Rudl, 1951. Many black-and-white illustrations. 264 pages, 12mo, red cloth, d.w. Frankfurt: Fred Rudl, (1951). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by the author. More
Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Illustrated. 494 pages 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, (1986). Book Club Edition. Very good. More
Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Illustrated. 494 pages 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, (1986). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Pledging Allegiance; The Last Campaign of the Cold War.
8vo, cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): HarperCollins, (1990). vg Presentation copy. More
The Fourth Man: The Definitive Account of Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, and Donald Maclean and Who Recruited Them to Spy for Russia.
New York: Dial Press, 1979. 504 pages, short 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Dial Press, (1979). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Dangerous Capabilities: Paul Nitze and the Cold War.
New York: Burlingame, 1990. Illustrated. viii + 571 pages, thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Edward Burlingame, (1990). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Documents
Washington: Brasesey's, 1994. Introduction by Graham T. Allison, Jr. xxx + 376 pages, 4to, black glossy wrappers. Washington: Brassey's, (1994). A very good(+) copy. More
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. A National Security Archive Document Reader
New York: New Press, 1992. Many document facsimiles. xxvii + 415 pages, 4to, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: The New Press, 1992. First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Signed Souvenir Typescript
Exceptional signed souvenir typescript "Mark W. Clark", 4to. 1 page, a passage from his book "Calculated Risk", written at the height of the Red Scare, in full: "There were things I knew from my own experience when the Alger Hiss case broke. The nagging fear was that perhaps communists had wormed their way so deeply into our government on both the working and planning levels that they were able to exercise an inordinate degree of power in shaping the course..... More
Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. With black & white photographic illustrations. 587 pages. 8vo, brown cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2017). Signature on the title page (maybe belonging to the author?). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The Enterprise: Greatest of the Flat-Tops
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1963. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 128 pages. Slender 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1963). Fading to spine; otherwise a fine copy lacking dust wrapper. More
Incident at Boris Gleb: the Tragedy of Newcomb Mott
Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs. 280 pages. 8vo, d.w. (staining and tears; some fading to spine). Garden City, 1968. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Tashkent Crisis.
8vo, cloth, d.w. (d.w. slightly chipped). N.Y.: Dutton, 1971. First Edition. A novel set during the cold war. Presentation copy. More
Khrushchev Remembers.
Boston: Little Brown, 1970. Illustrated with b/w photos. 639 pages. Thick 8vo, black cloth, edge worn d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1970). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) wrapper, edge worn with rubbing to front cover, sunned spine. More
Strike In The West; The Complete Story of the Cuban Crisis.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart, (1963). vg. More
Ending Europe's Wars; The Continuing Search for Peace and Security.
439pp. 8vo, bds., d.w. N.Y., 1994. More
The BrinkI Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
New York: Crowell, 1979. Some illustrations. 8vo, 1/2 orange cloth. New York: Crowell, (1979). Very good. More
In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to Americas Six Cold War Presidents (1962 - 1986)
New York: Times Books, 1995. Frontis. 672 pages. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Times Books, (1995). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Leaving Home; A Hollywood Blacklisted Writer's Year Abroad
Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, 2012. Illustrated (black and white). 275 pages. 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, (2012). A very good(+) copy. Full letter from the author to "Louise and Louis" on title page, signed Anne Edward Citron. More
The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation
New York: Basic Books, 1995. 351 pages. 8vo, green cloth-backed boards, d.w. (back flap has a very small tear). New York: Basic Books, (1995). First edition. Top edge of text block is slightly spotted; one page dog-eared, else a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More