Land of the Firebird: Beauty of Old Russia
by Massie, Suzanne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 024110517X
- ISBN 13
- 9780241105177
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First British Edition. Hardcover. 024110517X . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Illustrated with many color plates.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 480 pages; "in-depth look of Russian history from 987-1917, spanning the ascension of Vlad and the Orthodox Church to right before the Revolution. With colorful prose Suzanne Massie details the variety of Russian existence--tsars and serfs and merchant-princes and babushkas--no stone is left uncovered as she cross-references nearly a thousands years, writing with equal consideration of art, poetry, country-life, court-life, politics and its myriad games, myths and legends, influence "outside the sphere." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21225
- Title
- Land of the Firebird: Beauty of Old Russia
- Author
- Massie, Suzanne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First British Edition
- ISBN 10
- 024110517X
- ISBN 13
- 9780241105177
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 024110517X, RUSSIA, Catherine the Great, Peter the Great, Ivan the terrible
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Russia;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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