Dmitri Shostakovich, Solomon Volkov (Editor)
Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich.
Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979. First printing. 0060144769 xli/289 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine and facsimile of composer's signature stamped in gold on front cover. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 
"In reminiscences spanning his entire life, the musical titan of Soviet Russia recalls musicians, artists, and writers, conversations with Stalin, and seesawing ideologies and reveals himself as a tormented artist working under the most difficult conditions."