Den Fordums Pomp Og Pragt Som Svandt: En Engelsk Diplomats Erindringer (Original title: The Vanished Pomps of Yesteryear, being some Random Reminiscences of a British Diplomat)
by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD+
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Kristiania (Oslo), Norway: Forlagt AV H. Aschehoug & Co, 1923. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean and square. Slight softening to spine ends and slight inward curl of cover corners. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering and design on spine and front. Text block with marbled edges. Colored insert of title page which appears to duplicate original dust jacket. Owner's name and what appears to be the illustration from the original dust jacket glued onto the first free page. 258 pages. Text in Norwegian. "Hamilton's anecdotal record of years spent in diplomatic life, particularly at Petrograd. Partial Contents: Special Mission to Rome; Easygoing Austria; The Russian frontier; The Winter Palace; The Russian Gipsies; Love of Russians for children's games; Lisbon; Brazil; Paraguay; Former colleagues who have risen to eminence; and Petrograd through middle-aged eyes."
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- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2NT004
- Title
- Den Fordums Pomp Og Pragt Som Svandt: En Engelsk Diplomats Erindringer (Original title: The Vanished Pomps of Yesteryear, being some Random Reminiscences of a British Diplomat)
- Author
- Hamilton, Frederick Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Forlagt AV H. Aschehoug & Co
- Place of Publication
- Kristiania (Oslo), Norway
- Date Published
- 1923
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; NORWEGIAN;
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