Tokaev, G.A. — Comrade X.

London, Harvill Press, 1956. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth with black titles on spine. Bumping to corners an some small tears at head of spine. 370 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, maps, 22 cm. "In 1935, when the story begins, Tokaev was already an outstanding scientist and he was soon put in charge of a Moscow laboratory. From then on he was frequently in touch with the highest personalities of the Kremlin. He is able to throw new light on the great trials of the thirties, on the circumstances leading up to the Societ-German pact and on the attitude of the Russian people to the outbreak of the war. He gives an unforgettable picture of Moscow under siege, and of the deportations of Caucasian peoples, of which little has been known in the West." -From dustjacket. VG. Missing jacket.