COURTOIS, Stéphane, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Panné (et al); Jonathan Murphy & Mark Kramer (translation)

The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. Second Printing. Octavo (24cm); black cloth spine over black paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 858pp; black-and-white photographic halftones. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Upper spine slightly convexed, with modest shelf-wear, and bump to rear upper board edge; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Lisa Clark, unclipped (priced $37.50), with modest shelf-wear and -soil, and diagnoal crease to front flap; Very Good.

Examines seventy years of Communism, with focus including famine and mass deportations in China, Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba. Edited by Mark Kramer, with foreword by Martin Malia, and introduction by Stéphane Courtois. Contributors include Andrezej Paczkowski, Karel Bartosek, and Jean-Louis Margolin. [89212].

Price: $65.00

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