We Didn't Ask Utopia A Quaker Family in Soviet Russia de Timbres, Harry & Rebecca - 1939

New York: Prentice Hall. Blue cloth covers with silver title, scuffed and faded, edges rubbed with small holes in cloth along front edge, illustrated end papers browned small stain on a handful of pages, else binding tight and pages good. Exterior fair+, interior very good-. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1939.

New York: Prentice Hall. Covers faded and slightly worn. Pages yellowed, end papers slightly browned, else binding tight and very good. Dust jacket badly scuffed, torn and chipped - in two pieces. . Very Good-. Hardcover. 1939.

Hardback. 1970. 303pp NY (1939) reprinted 1970. By an American M.D. and his wife who in 1936-37 participated in a malaria-control project and stayed in a hamlet near Kazan. They provide an excellent picture of the community's life and their place in it as foreigners. VG .

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1939. First printing. 290 pp. The spine is slightly slanted. The top edge has some spots. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket is rubbed and has moderate edge wear. The spine is sunned. The price, $2.50, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1939. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second printing. 8vo. Cloth. 290 p. Illustrated. Maps on endpapers. An intimate portrait of a family of Quakers who lived in the remote forest region of the Volga for twelve months in 1936 and 1937. They experienced a Russia in transition, and lived among the working people who were in the midst of turmoil, revolution, and a country on the brink of war. Exlibrary marks include 1940 bookplate, spine markings, and stamp. Moderate shelfwear. Very good..

Toronto, ON, Canada: Progress Publishing Co., 1943. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Whitney, George Gillett. xiii, 290pp. Illustrated wrapper shows moderate edgewear commensurate w age and handling. Binding is creased but sound. Octavo. First Canadian edition, July, 1943 stated. Introductions by Walter Duranty and C.E.A. Winslow. Harry and Rebecca Timbres were Quaker relief workers in Russia, under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee in the 1920s and 1930s. An honest... day-by-day report of an American family's rarely intimate experiences in Russia. Reading it, you will understand why the Timbres family loved Russia

Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011-10-15. Paperback. Good.

New York: Prentice Hall, 1939. Book. Reading Copy. Original Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Book is worn as is the dust jacket and best considered a reading copy. What does make this copy of interest is that it is Inscribed by the Author..

Prentice-Hall Inc. good. . 1943, clean copy, light shelfwear no dustjacket, no markings.Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1939. Hardcover.

New York, N.Y. : Arno Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 290 pages: ill. ; 21 cm. Contents: Foreword / Walter Duranty -- Introduction / Charles-Edward A. Winslow -- pt. 1. Harry's letters -- pt. 2. Rebecca's journal -- pt. 3. Conclusion.Subjects: Timbres, Harry 1899-1937. Communism Soviet Union. Physicians; personal narratives. Soviet Union Social conditions.