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Journey Across Russia: The Soviet Union Today
by McDowell, Bart
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Washingotn, D.C.,: National Geographic Society, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dean Conger. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fair Jacket with clear archival protective cover Beautifully illustrated with 345 full color photographs by Dean Conger -- Russia in the 1970s. A book of personalized geography, an intimate portrait of the human side of this vast and varied land. . Binding of burgundy cloth with sharp and bright gilt Orthodox holy man on front and gilt titled on spine. Very clean and unmarked, no wear to edges or corners. Internals as new--glossy coated pages, bright and colorful illustrations on nearly every page. Endpapers with map of Russia. Former owner brief inscription on verson of endpaper. Clean and unmarked jacket with illustration of a first grader waiting for school to start; edgeworn, chipped, triangular piece missing from top edge, now with its protective cover. 367 pages with index. 10 x 7 inches. National Geographic Society, Washingotn, D.C., 1977.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014699
- Title
- Journey Across Russia: The Soviet Union Today
- Author
- McDowell, Bart
- Illustrator
- Dean Conger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washingotn, D.C.,
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- Weight
- 0.50 lbs
- Keywords
- RUSSIA MOSCOW LENINGRAD THE BALTIC CAUCASUS SIBERIA
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