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The Red Carpet by Marshall MacDuffie ➤ W.W. Norton and Co 1955 First edition
Marshall MacDuffie The Red Carpet W.W. Norton and Co 1955 First edition
Title: The Red Carpet 10,000 Miles Through Russia On a Visa From Khrushchev
Author: Marshall MacDuffie
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton and Co 1955
Edition: First edition
Size: 8.5 X 5.5 x 1.5 * 330 pages
Synopsis: "As a head of the UNRRA mission in the Ukraine, Marshall MacDuffie had got to know N. S. Khrushchev. When Khrushchev succeeded Malenkov as boss of the Soviet Communist Party, MacDuffie cabled suggesting that he'd like to visit his old stamping ground. Some months later he got his invitation.
The Red Carpet is the story of the tour that resulted in a 65 day, eye opening sometimes hair-raising, always fascinating tour that took him through eight republics of the Soviet Union from Leningrad to the Chinese border. MacDuffie went to places no Westerner had seen in twenty years, talked to all sorts of people everywhere,took eleven hundred photographs, brought back twenty hundred pages of uncensored notes.
The Red Carpet has the fascination of an exotic travelogue and the stimulation of a good hard look at a potential enemy.
Over a dozen pages of historic photographs included.
Overall Condition: Ex Library with typical extras in a very good mylar covered jacket;boards are clean and solid with a small separation at the top of the front endpaper;binding is tight with clean and unmarked text; See images
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.22 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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Title: The Red Carpet 10,000 Miles Through Russia On a Visa From Khrushchev
Author: Marshall MacDuffie
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton and Co 1955
Edition: First edition
Size: 8.5 X 5.5 x 1.5 * 330 pages
Synopsis: "As a head of the UNRRA mission in the Ukraine, Marshall MacDuffie had got to know N. S. Khrushchev. When Khrushchev succeeded Malenkov as boss of the Soviet Communist Party, MacDuffie cabled suggesting that he'd like to visit his old stamping ground. Some months later he got his invitation.
The Red Carpet is the story of the tour that resulted in a 65 day, eye opening sometimes hair-raising, always fascinating tour that took him through eight republics of the Soviet Union from Leningrad to the Chinese border. MacDuffie went to places no Westerner had seen in twenty years, talked to all sorts of people everywhere,took eleven hundred photographs, brought back twenty hundred pages of uncensored notes.
The Red Carpet has the fascination of an exotic travelogue and the stimulation of a good hard look at a potential enemy.
Over a dozen pages of historic photographs included.
Overall Condition: Ex Library with typical extras in a very good mylar covered jacket;boards are clean and solid with a small separation at the top of the front endpaper;binding is tight with clean and unmarked text; See images
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.22 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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