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Kyra
by Kyra Petrovskaya (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall , 1959 Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1959. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; bumping to tail; light shelfwear to tips; moisture spots on tinted textblock top; wine splash on FFFP, page ! and dedication page verso. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($4.95); chipping at head; light wear at tips and tail; light wear to spine shoulders and flap folds; potty wear to rear panel; splash stains to edge of FFFP. Red paper over boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with red and gray lettering and decorations on the spine. 344 pp 8vo. This is the story of the daughter of a Russian prince who was threatened with death as an infant and has kept on fighting ever since as a woman, an actress and singer, and as a soldier/nurse/sniper during the siege of Leningrad. She was fluent in several languages, had several failed marriages, and finally moved with her American diplomat husband to America where had limited success in the performing arts and television. Hers is a story of grit and determination through the war years in Russia. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015597
- Title
- Kyra
- Author
- Kyra Petrovskaya (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Russia, Russian Revolution, Crimea, Siege of Leningrad, Russian actress, American actress, Russian army nurse,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Inscribed
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