Of the Rus Commonwealth
by Fletcher, Giles; edited by Albert J. Schmidt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca: Cornell University Press for the Folger Shakespeare Library, 1966. Reprints this classic travel narrative with some contextualization, and an evaluation of its usefulness in understanding both Russian society just after the death of Ivan the Terrible & Tudor England. Possibly INSCRIBED by the editor to a colleague: "All good wishes in your new position in Wisconsin. Let Giles guide you in the hinterlands. Al.(?)"; Schmidt was a professor in urbane Connecticut. Light wear to book, one-inch chunk out of front jacket panel, jacket irregularly tanned. Text clean; xliv, [2], 176 pages; index, glossary of Russian words, small folding map. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- t0480
- Title
- Of the Rus Commonwealth
- Author
- Fletcher, Giles; edited by Albert J. Schmidt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press for the Folger Shakespeare Library
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Travel, Elizabethan Literature, Tudor England, Russia
- Size
- Small Octavo
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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