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Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia
by Massie, Suzanne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671230514
- ISBN 13
- 9780671230517
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean red boards with with gold firebird decoration on cover, red cloth spine with gold lettering. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages are clean (dust-speckling to top text block page edges). Clean red endpapers. Inscribed and signed on half-title page by the author as follows: "To Nono - with warmest Christmas wishes, Suzanne Massie - December 1980." Illustrated with beautiful color plates. 493 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034396
- Title
- Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia
- Author
- Massie, Suzanne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671230514
- ISBN 13
- 9780671230517
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- RUSSIA, RUSSIAN HISTORY, ART, CULTURE, SUZANNE MASSIE, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, AUTOGRAPHED, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Editions; Russia;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Spine
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