Marrus michael foreword (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 321 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Signed and inscribed "For Robert Conquest, with admiration" atop title page, apparently by Luciuk, at Kingston, Ontario in 2008. Conquest [1917-1915] was a renowned author and sovietologist once described by a close adviser to Margaret Thatcher as Britain's greatest living historian. His landmark 1986 treatise 'The Harvest of Sorrow' documented the Ukraine's great terror-famine of 1932-1933. 493 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Fold-out colour map. "The documents reveal that even at the height of the famine the Soviet authorities denied that there was starvation, rejected foreign aid, and exported food, and that senior British officials refused to alert the public and discouraged private relief. This collection thus furnishes evidence about the causes, course and consequences of one of the great politically engineered famines of the twentieth century." - back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound and special association copy of this important historical record. Later, Hedy; Grounds, Chris (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. 253 pages. "A biography interspersed with recollections of social and cultural history in memory of our Jewish ancestors in Poland and particularly in Galicia.This beautifully written chronicle brings back to us pictures of the life of the non-existent any more Jews in Poland. It is an inexhaustible source for the study of the way of life, the culture and folklore of a bygone era in Jewish history." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear with some lean to spine. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A worthy copy of this important reference.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Jewish Life Austro-Hungarian Empire Biography Joachim Shoenfeld Shtetl Poland 1898-1939 Jews Ukraine Sniatyn Galicia.…