ISBN10: 0385480199, ISBN13: 9780385480192, [publisher: Doubleday, London] Hardcover First Edition Octavo, xxix, 769pp. Black hardcover, red cloth spine, title in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" with full number line on copyright page. This copy is unread. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $35.00 retail price on front flap, a fine example. Signed on the half title by Mikhail Gorbachev. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022) was the final General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991. He implemented significant legal reforms under the policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), which aimed at increasing transparency in governmental institutions and introducing market-like reforms in the Soviet economy, respectively. Gorbachev's tenure saw the signing of several key international treaties, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the United States in 1987, which had profound legal implications for international arms control agreements.
[Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]
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London: Doubleday, Date: 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing of Memoirs, signed by the former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.. Octavo, xxix, 769pp. Black hardcover, red cloth spine, title in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" with full number line on copyright page. This copy is unread. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $35.00 retail price on front flap, a fine example. Signed on the half title by Mikhail Gorbachev. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022) was the final General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991. He implemented significant legal reforms under the policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), which aimed at increasing transparency in governmental institutions and introducing market-like reforms in the Soviet economy, respectively. Gorbachev's tenure saw the signing of several key international treaties, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the United States in 1987, which had profound legal implications for international arms control agreements. 1996. Doubleday ISBN 0385480199 9780385480192 [US]

New York Doubleday 1995 First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated] Hardcover Very good in Very good jacket xxix, [1], 769, [1] pages. Foreword by Martin McCauley. A Note on Russian Names. Footnotes. Illustrations. Chronology. Glossary by Martin McCauley. Biographies. Index. Publisher's compliments card laid in. Signature on title page appears from comparison with some internet images to be that of Gorbachev. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian and formerly Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was General Secretary of the governing Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically a socialist, he initially adhered to Marxism-Leninism although following the Soviet collapse moved toward social democracy. Derived from a Kirkus review: The autobiography of a general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which is not only filled with information and assessments unobtainable elsewhere, but is also candid, wry and unusually revealing about the nature of power at the top of the Soviet Union. There is a human being with a profound sense of justice at the center of this narrative. Both of his grandfathers were sent to labor camps during the purges, ...

ISBN10: 0385480199, ISBN13: 9780385480192, [publisher: Doubleday] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover with DJ. Red cloth spine and black paper over boards. Silver lettering on the spine. Glossy pictorial DJ with portrait photo of Mr. Gorbachev. Both book and DJ in very good condition. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1995. Stated First Edition. Number line 1 3 5 7 10 8 6 4 2. 769 pages. Signed in thick black marker across the title page. The date Oct 25, 1996 written at the bottom of that page in a different hand. Photograph of Mr. Gorbachev at a book signing is attached to the inside front cover. This is the US edition with large photograph and black background on the DJ (the UK edition is a mostly white/cream DJ). Signed on the book, not on a bookplate. Please email with questions or to request photos.
[Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]