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Mirrors of Moscow - Louise Bryant First Edition, Thomas Seltzer, New York 1923 Navy cloth stamped in blind and gilt, with five illustrations / caricatures by Césare, pp.
i-x, xi-xvi, 209, [3] + 5 illustrated leaves; VG condition, lacking jacket, significant foxing throughout, light rubbing to edges, gilt spine lettering faded, binding square and solid Bryant's uncommon second book on Russia, featuring profiles of Bolshevik leaders such as Lenin, Trotsky, Lunacharaky, Kalinin, Alexandra Kollontai, Jacob Peters and Fedore Dzerzhinsky.
Bryant was one of a handful of American journalists present during the October revolution, who reported on unfolding events alongside her husband John Reed whose coverage was published as Ten Days that Shook the World.
Where Reed's coverage centered the political, Bryant's coverage centered human interest and individual character studies.
Their story was portrayed in Warren Beatty's 1981 film Reds.
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