First edition. 508pp. Purple cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends. Lightly bumped bottom edges. Stain on rear. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Signs of use on fore-edge. Endpapers just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, stain on rear and crinkling, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. A work of fiction based on the life of Joseph Stalin - it explores the nature and the character of this man and his times.
