Vintage 1958 Inside Russia Today Communist USSR Stalin Khrushchev HC Dust Jacket

Vintage 1958 hardcover book with original dust jacket entitled “Inside Russia Today“ by John Gunther. Harper & Brothers, New York. Book of the Month Club selection. Front and back end pages features a color map of the USSR. There are 5 interior black-and-white map pages. “Here are the sights and sounds of Russia, the weather, the food, the essential atmosphere. Here are personal glimpses of every sort of Russian in almost every walk of life. Chapters on the theater, the ballet, sport, women, aviation, religion, crime, and the law are full of fresh and fascinating information. Here, above all, is the new, post-Stalin Russia, in which monolithic rigidity has been replaced by something much more fluid, experimental, dynamic and, perhaps, more dangerous.” Condition is used. There is a red ink stamp of former owner’s name on front endpaper (map), title page and back endpaper (map). There is creasing, fading, tearing, staining and loss of paper to the dust jacket, A few of the interior pages have some light foxing stains. Otherwise interior pages are good with some yellowing due to age. No writing in book. 550 pages. Includes Index. Measures approximately 6-1/8 inches by 8-5/8 inches. Item ships from a smoke-free location. Please zoom all photos for condition details and email me with any questions.