Joseph Stalin (1879 1953 Soviet Premier and dictator who reorganized the government and army through bloody purges of big political enemies led the Soviet Union through World War Ii which cost the nation 20 million lives Signed book session of the departments of social Sciences of the Academy of Science U. S. S. R, Dedicated to the Anniversary of the Publication of the Brilliant Work of L V. Stalin 'Marxism and Issues of Linguisticso', Moscow 1951 signed in blue indelible pencil on title page opposite his portrait with small library stamp with his name on the same page Gold embossed title on front cover Rare and very desirable very good condition