Description
Signed limited edition of Perestroika by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Octavo, 254pp. Maroon leather, title in gilt on spine, raised bands, gilt decorations on covers. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Housed in publisher’s cloth slipcase, signature printed in gilt on cover. From a signed limited edition printing of 250 copies, this being number 217, signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on limitation page. An excellent example.
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985-1991. His book, Perestroika, details his “restructuring” of the Soviet state to overcome the economic stagnation that had plagued the country for many years.
