La Russie des Tsars pendant la Grande Guerre (3 volumes)

Paris: Librairie Plon , 1921. 3 volumes, with copyrights 1921-1922. Clean, square, tight, unmarked set. Very Good condition. Light stain to the edge of a few pages in volume 3 (in the margin only; text is not affected). SEE PHOTOS. Each volume has the handsome bookplate of Robert Ludlow Fowler. Pages a bit tanned. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. French text. Vol 1) 20 Juillet 1914 - 2 Juin 1915 ; Vol 2) 3 Juin 1915 - 18 Août 1916 ; Vol 3) 19 Août 1916 - 17 Mai 1917. All three books are uniformly bound in attractive marbled boards, with brown leather spine labels, gilt. Original printed wraps are bound-in. The professional diplomat and writer, Maurice Georges Paléologue (1859-1944) was appointed ambassador to St. Petersburg just before the outbreak of World War I. He served there until the 1917. These volumes provide an invaluable picture of the final three years of the Czarist regime. Russia of the Tsars during the Great War. Illustrated with portraits/photos of Czar Nicolas II, his wife and children, Elisabeth-Feodorowna, Nicolas-Nicolaiewitch, Marie-Pavlowna, Raspoutine, General Alexeiew, Lenin, etc. There are also fold-out maps in color, a fold-out Rasputin letter, and numerous "aquarelles" of palaces and Russian city views by G. Loukomsky. This heavy 3 volume set will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage for international shipments. But for priority or media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other two volumes at no extra cost.. 16th Edition /14th Ed / 13th Ed. Hardcover (heavy). Very Good condition/No dust jackets or slipcase.. Illus. by Loukomsky, G (aquarelles de). 3 volumes: 8vo. 377pp + 347pp + 357pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.