Bernstein, J. Elementary Particles and Their Currents (Elementarnye chastitsy i ikh toki), 1970. In Russian.

Бернстейн Дж. Элементарные частицы и их токи. / Пер. с англ. под ред. Я. А. Смородинского.
Москва : Мир, 1970.
397 с. : ил. Твёрдый издательский переплёт, обычный формат.
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Bernstein, J. Elementary Particles and Their Currents (Elementarnye chastitsy i ikh toki). / Translated from English, edited by Ya. A. Smorodinsky.
Moscow : Mir Publishers, 1970.
397 pp. : ill. Publisher’s hardcover, standard format.

This 1970 volume is the Russian translation of Jeremy Bernstein’s seminal 1968 work, which was the first systematic monograph to bridge the gap between phenomenological particle physics and the emerging field of Current Algebra. Published by the "Mir" house—renowned for bringing the highest caliber of Western scientific thought to the Soviet Union—this edition was edited by Ya. A. Smorodinsky, a pivotal figure in the Dubna and Moscow physics circles who ensured the translation met the rigorous standards of the Soviet theoretical school.
The book arrived at a critical juncture in the history of physics, documenting the shift toward the "current-current" interaction model. Bernstein provides a lucid exposition of the PCAC hypothesis (Partially Conserved Axial Current), Adler’s sum rules, and the Goldberger-Treiman relation. These concepts were essential for understanding weak interactions and the symmetry properties of hadrons before the full maturation of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). The text is famous for its "axial approach," offering a deep dive into form factors, dispersion relations, and the properties of strange particles.
Jeremy Bernstein, who was both a high-level theorist at the Stevens Institute of Technology and a celebrated writer for The New Yorker, brought a unique clarity to these complex topics. His ability to explain how local current operators could describe the internal structure of particles without a complete dynamic theory made this book an indispensable manual for researchers at the Lebedev Physical Institute (FIAN) and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) during the development of the Electroweak theory.
For collectors of physics first editions, historians of Quantum Field Theory, and bibliophiles of the "Mir" Publishers legacy, this 1970 edition is a vital acquisition. It captures the intellectual landscape of the late 1960s, a period of transition where the foundations of the Standard Model were being laid one "current" at a time.