BEHIND THE VEIL AT THE RUSSIAN COURT
by COUNT PAUL VASSILI
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A.: JOHN LANE COMPANY, 1914. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, 4TH PRINTING. NEW YORK. 407pp. BLACK RIBBED CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD EMBOSSED/STAMPED DESIGN OF TITLE /PUBLISHER ON SPINE COVER AND ROMANOV COAT OF ARMS ON UPPER SECTION FRONT BOARD, GILT GOLD UPPER LEAF EDGE OPPOSITE TORN LEAF EDGE ON REMAINDER, 23 PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS. DIMENSION: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 2". CONDITION: VERY GOOD; NEATLY CHIPPED CROWN OF SPINE COVER JUST ABOVE LEAF EDGE, SPINE HEEL BUMPED, CORNERS BUMPED/RUBBED, INTERIOR TEXT BRIGHT AND CLEAN, CONTENTS PAGE BETWEEN LAST PAGE OF CONTENTS AND LIST OF PHOTO IMAGES HAS A GLUE SPOT THAT EXTENDS DOWN 4 1/2" IN LENGTH FROM SPINE HEEL UPWARD AND 1/2" IN WIDTH AT GREATEST WIDTH. BOOK IS IN GREAT CONDITION.
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- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000130
- Title
- BEHIND THE VEIL AT THE RUSSIAN COURT
- Author
- COUNT PAUL VASSILI
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 4th Printing
- Publisher
- JOHN LANE COMPANY
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- ROMANOV, CZAR NICHOLAS II, BEHIND THE VEIL OF RUSSIAN COURT, COUNT PAUL VASSILI General, General, Political, Presidents & Heads of State, Royalty, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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About the Seller
De Coux and Associates Books
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Crockett, California
About De Coux and Associates Books
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