Alliluyeva, Svetlana [1926-2011] (daughter of Joseph Stalin)

Only One Year

New York: Harper & Row, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover.

The riveting account of her year-long journey to defect from the USSR and start a new life in America.

Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Tiny pink dot on the lower text-block edge. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve is a handsome example. First Edition, First Printing. Translated from the Russian by Paul Chavchavadze.

Background:
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva , later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva. In 1967, she defected and became a naturalized citizen of the United States. She returned briefly to the Soviet Union in 1984, but then moved back to the United States and died in Wisconsin in November 2011.

Item #014174

Price: $24.00