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served with variable distinction throughout the Peninsular War. His Narrative of the War (1828), based on his correspondence with his half-brother Lord Castlereagh, was not uncontroversial. His dashing and dandified portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence is at the National Portrait Gallery. Octavo (197 × 124 mm). Contemporary speckled calf, spine ruled gilt in compartments with red morocco label, paired gilt fillet border to sides, red speckled edges. Some light abrasions to binding, a touch of shelfwear. A very good copy in a well-preserved binding. ¶ ESTC T133094. Leonard Adams, Coyer and the Enlightenment , 1974. £950 [139829] 125 SOROS, George. The Crisis of Global Capitalism. New York: Public Affairs, 1998 First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the half- title, “To Debbie’s Brother Mike with best wishes George Soros”. Soros is among the most prominent – and often controversial – business leaders of modern times. In the present book Soros dissects the origins of the then- ongoing economic downturn, which had started in 1997 with the Asian financial crisis, and argues that the economic woes may get far worse if reforms based on his open society principles are not enacted. Octavo. Original blue and white paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A near-fine copy, the jacket very lightly rubbed with minor creasing at extremities. £850 [135573] 126 STALIN, Joseph – KAYDALOV, Vladimir Elpidiforovich. Lenin bairofi ostida Stalin etakchiligida kommunizm falabasi sapi, olfa! (Under Lenin’s flag and Stalin’s guidance to communist victory, onwards!) Tashkent: Uzdavnashr, 1948
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stalinist propaganda in uzbekistan A striking and uncommon example of provincial post-war Stalinist propaganda, depicting the dictator taking a march past of Uzbek people, the profile of Lenin behind him, superimposed with text in Uzbek. The artist Kaydalov (1907–1985) was born in Barnaul in the Altai, and initially studied there under Andrei Osipovich Nikulin, a noted painter of the region who later gained fame as a designer at Mosfilm. From 1927–30 Kaydalov was associated with the Leningrad AKhRR (Association of Revolutionary Artists of Russia) working under Efim Cheptzov, Mikhail Avilov, and Ivan Drozdov, being initially employed as a graphic designer in book illustration and as a poster artist, specialising in military and political subjects. In 1932 he moved to Tashkent and subsequently devoted his career to the celebration of his adopted homeland, perhaps his most famous work being the portfolio Socialist Uzbekistan (1939– 40), which records his impressions of the harmonious coexistence of old and new in the Central Asian state. Equally noteworthy, perhaps, were his contributions to the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the great Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi, comprising a series of illustrations of his major works, together with a sequence of portraits of the writer. Kaydalov’s place in the artistic culture of Uzbekistan was recognized when he was made People’s Artist of the Uzbek SSR. Original offset lithograph poster (845 × 570 mm). Presented in a hand- finished charcoal frame. Lightly browned, minor creasing, and a few minor edge-splits and chips, but overall very good. £4,500 [118189]
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