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The Shadow of the Winter Palace: Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917
by Crankshaw, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+ (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 0670637823
- ISBN 13
- 9780670637829
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Viking Press, 1976. Faint age toning to end pages, else textblock is clean and tight. All page edges are crisp and sound. Brown cloth spine, black paper boards. Unclipped dust jacket, slightly rubbed, tears to corners of spine, wear to corners. 429pp., including chronological table and index.. Book Club Edition. Quarter Brown Cloth, Blk Sides. Very Good+/Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by Drawings, Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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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Details
- Seller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SB13517
- Title
- The Shadow of the Winter Palace: Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917
- Author
- Crankshaw, Edward
- Illustrator
- Drawings, Photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+ (in mylar)
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670637823
- ISBN 13
- 9780670637829
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Russia History, Russian History, Russia Tsars History, Russia Social History, Russian Communism, Bolshevik Revolution
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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