MICHAEL R. BESCHLOSS — Mayday: Eisenhower, Krushchev and the U.-2 Affair
London, Faber & Faber. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571145930) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nick to lower front edge and minor traces of storage. 494pp. The fascinating story of the U-2 affair when the US. spy plane piloted by Gary Powers was shot down deep in Soviet airspace on the eve of the Paris Summit between Eisenhower and Kruschev. Very Good (+)/Very Good.