In the Name of the Working Class: Budapest's Police Chief During the Hungarian Revolution Tells the Extraordinary and Terrible Story of 1956 Tapa dura - 1987

New York. 1987. October 1987. Grove Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0802100104. Translated from the Hungarian by Daniel & Judy Stoffman. 320 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg. Jacket photograph by Erich Lessing. . keywords: Hungary Eastern Europe History . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Sandor Kopacsj was Budapest's chief of police when the Hungarian Revolution erupted on October 23, 1956. In a dramatic shift of allegiance Kopacsi - once a Communist true believer - refused to obey orders to disperse the demonstrators demanding liberalization of the regime and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Hungary. ‘I'll have you hanged from the highest tree in Budapest,' promised Ivan Serov head of the KGB. Kopacsi threw in his lot with the new government of reformist prime minister Imre Nagy and was elected deputy commander of the revolutionary militia. On November 4, after promising to recall their troops, the Soviets sent in eight armored divisions and… Leer más

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1987. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grove Press, 1987-10-01. Hardcover. Like New. Fine in fine dust jacket.

U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1987. very good hardcover w/ dust jacket. some wear. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Grove, 1987. hardcover. fine/near fine. xi, 304 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (spine sunned). New York: Grove Press, (1987). First American edition. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> Translated by Daniel and Judy Stoffman. With a foreword by George Jonas. Budapest's Police Chief during the Hungarian Revolution tells the extraordinary and terrible story of 1956.<br/> <br/>

New York: Grove Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Hardcover. Book is in fine condition. Nice clean copy. Dustwrapper is in near fine condition with slight fading bottom front panel and spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Grove Press, 1987. Pages: 304; Weight: 1lb 1.9oz; Size: 8.7" x 5.9" x 1". Jacket has light edgewear and shallow scratches on the front, inscription on flyleaf, otherwise clean, unmarked, tight. . Very Good. Hard Cover. . . .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Grove Press, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grove Press, [1974]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($7.95); [10],276pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, remainder mark to bottom textblock edge, brief soil to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound.

New York: Grove Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated first edition, first printing, of the first U.S. publication of Querelle, considered one of the landmarks of postwar French literature. Translated by Anselm Hollo. 276 pages. 8.25" x 5.5". Near fine copy. Very good dust jacket (unclipped; 7.95) with edgewear, tears at head of spine and upper right corner, and small chip at tail of spine.