ISBN10: 0701129700, ISBN13: 9780701129705, [publisher: Chatto & Windus] Softcover New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
[Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1986]

ISBN10: 0701129700, ISBN13: 9780701129705, [publisher: Chatto & Windus] Softcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1986]

London Chatto & Windus 1986 Presumed First Edition, First printing Trade paperback Good xvi, [1], 394, [4] pages. Map. Publisher's Note. Abbreviations. Chronology. Appendices. Notes. Biographical Notes. Index. Cover states "A Paperback Original". Sticker residue and scuff on front and back covers. Enver Halil Hoxha (16 October 1908-11 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who served as the head of state of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He was chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania and commander-in-chief of the armed forces from 1944 until his death. He served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times served as foreign minister and defence minister as well. During his 40-year-rule, he focused on rebuilding the country, which was left in ruins after World War II, building Albania's first railway line, raising the adult literacy rate from 5% to 98%, and leading Albania towards becoming agriculturally self-sufficient. For more than 40 years Hoxha was Number One in Albania, Europe's most isolated and insulated country, virtually cut off from the West and cutting itself off, successively, from its partners and patrons in the communist world: Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, and finally China. In the 1970s Hoxha produced a flood of published material in the form of diaries, reports and memoirs presented his version of his country's experience. He had no special ...

ISBN10: 0701129700, ISBN13: 9780701129705, [publisher: Chatto & Windus, London] Softcover First Edition xvi, [1], 394, [4] pages. Map. Publisher's Note. Abbreviations. Chronology. Appendices. Notes. Biographical Notes. Index. Cover states "A Paperback Original". Sticker residue and scuff on front and back covers. Enver Halil Hoxha (16 October 1908 - 11 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who served as the head of state of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He was chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania and commander-in-chief of the armed forces from 1944 until his death. He served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times served as foreign minister and defence minister as well. During his 40-year-rule, he focused on rebuilding the country, which was left in ruins after World War II, building Albania's first railway line, raising the adult literacy rate from 5% to 98%, and leading Albania towards becoming agriculturally self-sufficient. For more than 40 years Hoxha was Number One in Albania, Europe's most isolated and insulated country, virtually cut off from the West and cutting itself off, successively, from its partners and patrons in the communist world: Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, and finally China. In the 1970s Hoxha produced a flood of published material in the form of diaries, reports and memoirs presented his ...

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, Date: 1986. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi, 394pp, one black and white map of Albania. Illustrated laminated light card covers. 8vo. Covers have some light shelf wear; two reading creases on spine; chipping to edges, bottom front corner peeling. Text block edges tanning; signs of use on fore edge. Light foxing inside covers and on first and last few pages. Heavy tanning around page margins. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and tight. 1986. Chatto & Windus ISBN 0701129700 9780701129705 [GB]

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[Llandybie, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1986]

ISBN10: 0701129700, ISBN13: 9780701129705, [publisher: Chatto & Windus] Softcover Book is square and binding is tight. Contents are clean throughout although paper has yellowed from age. Boards are covered with vinyl polyester laminate for protective purposes. Former library book with usual library stamps, labels and markings. (Please note any image provided in our listings are stock photos supplied by AbeBooks and do not match the covers of the actual item.)
[Sydney, NS, Canada] [Publication Year: 1986]