Published by Jarrolds Publishers, London, 1954 (1st UK edition).
Octavo, xvi, 368 pages plus numerous plates (from photographs).
‘Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov (born Leiba Leyzerovich Feldbin, later Lev Lazarevich Nikolsky), and in the US assuming the name of Igor Konstantinovich Berg; (1895 – 1973) was a colonel in the Soviet secret police and a resident spy of the NKVD in the Second Spanish Republic. In 1938, Orlov refused to return to the Soviet Union due to fears of execution, and instead fled with his family to the United States. He is mostly known for secretly transporting the entire Spanish gold reserves to the USSR in exchange for military aid for the Spanish Republic and for [t]his book, The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes.’ (Wiki).
SCARCE: Currently, there are only a few copies of the first edition on sale worldwide, (even less with dust jackets). This is a rare find.