Eugene Lyons - Assignment in Utopia - 1937

George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1937. Right Book Club edition (reprint of the simultaneous First British trade edition).
Octavo (21 × 14 cm), ix, 658 pp. + index. Original publisher’s grey cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering.

Condition: Very well-preserved, sturdy copy. Boards clean with minimal spotting and wear, spine straight and gilt moderately bright. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked, just light marginal toning; no foxing, no inscriptions, no odour. Not ex-library, dust jacket not present (as issued).

Eugene Lyons’ classic anti-totalitarian account of Stalin’s Russia (1928–1934). The source of the phrase “Two Plus Two Equals Five” that directly influenced Orwell’s 1984. Scarce club edition in superior condition.

A very attractive copy for history collectors.