LYUBIMOV (Mikhail).
[Title in Cyrillic, translating as] Notes of the Ne'er resident or Will-o-the-Wisp.
A fine copy, inscribed by the author “To David & Jane with the best wishes from the Gardian [sic] of great Chekist traditions. M. Lyubimov. 16.12.95. Moscow.” The Cheka was the first Soviet security agency and Chekism refers generally to the use of secret services to control society.
From the library of David Cornwell aka John Le Carré.
Maggs Bros. Ltd., Catalogue 1526, John Le Carré: Books from The Library of Jane and David Cornwell at Tregiffian, Item 264.
