Author: BENTLEY, ELIZABETH
Title: Out of Bondage
Description: London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. First British Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. "Author returned to America in 1934 after a year of studies in Italy, haunted by the possibility of a Fascist regime rising in her homeland. Befriended by a communist, she became one herself. Later, her horrified realisation of the true nature of her Russian masters led her to contact the F.B.I. and spy for them, while still working for the Soviets." - dust jacket. Bentley's story was serialized in McCall's magazine in 1951. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise book unmarked with moderate external wear and soiling. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. SEIDMAN B170, HAZLITT p.43, CONSTANTINIDES p.79.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Biography Communist Party Conversion Elizabeth Bentley Communism NKVD N.K.V.D. Double-Agent FBI Red Scare Russia Soviet Union. Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: NK. V.D. Politics Covert Operations