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THE COMMISSAR VANISHES: THE FALSIFICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND ART IN STALIN'S RUSSIA
by King, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket
- Seller
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Books. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. 1997. Second Printing. Hardcover. Book is in NF condition with rubbing to bottom edge, 2 uncut pages (title page & pictorial page) else a bright & solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition - price clipped, light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else still bright & intact. FOLCAS 9/23; 4to 9" - 12" tall .
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- JB's Book Vault
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6034
- Title
- THE COMMISSAR VANISHES: THE FALSIFICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND ART IN STALIN'S RUSSIA
- Author
- King, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- King, Commissar, Vanishes, Photography, Russia, Censorship, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
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