Koestler, Arthur, translated by Daphne Hardy, — Darkness at Noon.

NY, Modern Library, (1941). Reprint. G. "He who established a dictatorship and does not kill Brutus.will only reign a short time." Machiavelli, Discorsi. Tale of old Bolshevik Nicholas Rurashov, now imprisoned, an aging revolutionary who can no longer condone the excesses of a regime he created. Set during Stalin's purge trials of the 1930s. Gray binding, red title block with gilt lettering, bottom corners bumped.