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The Shadow of the Winter Palace; Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917
by Crankshaw, Edward
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0670637823
- ISBN 13
- 9780670637829
- Seller
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Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1976 Copy quarter bound with cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Slight rubbing to head/foot of spine. Jacket a little scuffed and chipped around edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text.
Synopsis
The Shadow of the Winter Palace: Russia's Drift to Revolution, 1825-1917 Crankshaw examines 19th-century Russia, between the failed Decembrist conspiracy in 1825 up until it's WWI collapse - a tempestuous time in the political world, but one that was also a Golden Age of intellectual and artistic achievement.
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- Bookseller
- Balfour Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026604
- Title
- The Shadow of the Winter Palace; Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917
- Author
- Crankshaw, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670637823
- ISBN 13
- 9780670637829
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- The Shadow of the Winter Palace; Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917 Edward Crankshaw 1976 Viking Press
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