Verestchagin alexander (10 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Brown woven cloth, library binding, 521 pp., 23 BW plates. An autobiography of a Russian soldier. Even back in the day, it was met with caution. A book reviewer in the February 28, 1889 issue of Nation noted that when an author "assumes that the public will be as much interested in his existence from infancy up as he was himself, it becomes, to say the least, fatiguing." In v.147 of The North American Review, another writer was a bit more polite when he said that the author "is not widely known to fame, but he is entitled to thanks for the very interesting, though rather lengthly and sometimes tedious, story of his life and adventures as a well-born Russian and soldier." G (Ex-library, with usual library markings, bookplate on front inside cover, pocket and discoloration at back inside cover, perforation stamp used on illus., pages are tanned at the gutter because of the way the block has been loosely rebound, pages are slightly tanned, hinges are good, rebound cover shows moderate edge wear, much grime has settled into the weave of the cover.).…

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Très bon. 521 p. + catalogue 8 p. Ill. bookplate of the Fraser Institute on front pastedow.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First edition thus. Authorized translation by Isabel F. Hapgood. iv, 521pp., 4pp. of advertisements. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt decorated burgundy leather spine. Ex-library with the usual markings, hinges cracked, spine cocked, spine ends chipped, good only. The author's life and experiences in Russia during times of peace and war including the Russo-Turkish War.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is a rich and detailed memoir of the author's childhood in the household of a Russian landowner in the 1850s. The author vividly depicts the lives of his family and the many servants who worked the estate, from the brutal punishments doled out to the household staff to the complex relationships among the extended family. The memoir provides a unique historical perspective on the often brutal nature of feudal life in 19th century Russia. The insights the author provides into the daily lives of an aristocratic family and their servants provide an important study of class and power dynamics in Imperial Russia. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Condizione: good. New York 1888 first thus. Crowell. Authorized translation by Isabel F Hapgood. Hardcover smoctavo. Brown cloth with original floral endpapers. 521p. plus book ads at end. Photo illustratiosn. VG light overall wear; hinges not broken; text clean and binding secure. Original book, not modern remake. …

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Good. First Edition. New York: Crowell, 1888. First edition. 12mo. Decorative cloth binding with floral design in gilt to front board and spine, fancy gilt letter to spine. 521 pp., 2 pp. advertising. A very interesting story of the author's life and adventures as a well-born Russian and soldier. The first part of this book is taken up with an account of the author's childhood and youth; the second with his adventures as an aide to the impetuous Skobeloff in the late Damibian war; the third part furnishes us with some particulars of the Tekke expedition formed for the reduction of a trans-Caspian tribe of Turcomans who had proved themselves valiant and troublesome foes of Russia in her dispute with Turkey about the provinces. Scarce. Soiling to title page. Lacking free front endpaper. Rub to bottom of spine and one corner. Hinges solid. Good.…