If You Were Born in Russia [Inscribed Copy]
New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, (1950). First Edition. First printing. Inscribed on front endpaper: "To Grace [surname illegible]," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Quarto; red cloth spine over black, cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; 192pp; photo illus. A tight, clean, Very Good or better copy. In the original photo-illustrated dustwrapper, mildly chipped at extremities and with a few old clear-tape reinforcements; Very Good.
A photo-essay intended to depict day-to-day family life in the Soviet Union, comprised of more than two hundred intimate photographs of everyday subjects leading their private lives. An unusual book, especially so for having been issued at the height of American anti-Soviet hysteria.
Price: $75.00