Memoirs, Mikhail Gorbachev

New York: Doubleday. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385480199 . Stated First Edition hardcover book, with full number line, is in like new condition. Black hardboards with red cloth spine; silver lettering on spine; corners sharp and square. Textblock clean, tight, square, unmarked. Dust is like new with original price on flap. There may be very minor dust partical spots on edges due to age and shelving. Dust in archival cover. TATYANA TOLSTAYA the Russian novelist had this to say about Gorbachev " By gently pushing open the gates of reform, he unleashed a democratic flood that deluged the Soviet universe and washed away the cold war..... No single approach — and there have been many — can explain Gorbachev. Perhaps the holy fools with their metaphysical scenario were right when they whispered that he was marked and that seven years were given to him to transform Russia in the name of her as yet invisible but inevitable salvation and renaissance." Gorbachev met his wife, Raisa Titarenko, daughter of a Ukrainian railway engineer, at Moscow State University. They married in September 1953 and moved to Stavropol upon graduation. She gave birth to their only child, daughter Irina Mikhailovna Virganskaya, in 1957. Raisa Gorbachev died of leukemia in 1999. Gorbachev has two granddaughters (Ksenia and Anastasia) and one great granddaughter (Aleksandra). Foward by Martin McCauley. Gorbachev died at age 91 in August, 2022 after a long illness. Dust jacket now in Brodart mylar protective (clear) cover. Rare first edition/first printing in this state and condition. Beautiful scarce collectors grade copy of this book. Our photo's/scans are of the actual item being sold, not a borrowed image! We provide free delivery tracking and ship daily or next business day!; Photographs; 2.5 x 10 x 6.5 Inches; 769 pages .