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A People's Tragedy: Russian Revolution, 1891-1924
by Figes, Orlando
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224041622
- ISBN 13
- 9780224041621
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About This Item
London, UK: Jonathan Cape, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 924pp, numerous black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; blue endpapers. 8vo. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Lightly rubbed spine heel. Fore text block edge of first few pages damaged (does not affect text). Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
Synopsis
ORLANDO FIGES is a professor at Birkbeck College, University of London, and former University Lecturer in History at Cambridge. Born in London in 1959, he graduated with a double-starred first in History from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1982. His first book, Peasant Russia, Civil War , was described by one reviewer as 'one of the most important books ever published on the Russian Revolution'.
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- 022883
- Title
- A People's Tragedy: Russian Revolution, 1891-1924
- Author
- Figes, Orlando
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0224041622
- ISBN 13
- 9780224041621
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Russian Revolution, Revolution, Bolsheviks, Marxism
- X weight
- 1.75 kg
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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