1917. HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. A HARDBACK IN FAIR CONDITION. THE AUTHOR, BORN IN 1884, WAS A BRITISH ENGINEER WHO WORKED FOR WESTINGHOUSE AND WHO WAS MARRIED TO A RUSSIAN. HE WAS SENT TO RUSSIA IN 1905 AND WAS IN PETROGRAD DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE REVOLUTION UNFOLDING AROUND HIM AND WAS OUT IN THE STREETS OF PETROGRAD AMONGST THE CROWDS OBSERVING AND RECORDING EVENTS AS THEY HAPPENED. THE BOOK OFFERS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND WAS DESCRIBED BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AS "ABSORBINGLY INTERESTING AND EXTREMELY VALUABLE". THE BOOK IS "ILLUSTRATED BY [16] UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS", ALL OF WHICH ARE PRESENT. ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S RED BOARDS WITH LETTERING IN BLACK. THE BOOK SHOWS DISTINCT SIGNS OF WEAR BOTH DUE TO ITS AGE AND ALSO DUE TO THE QUALITY OF THE PAPER USED. FADING, RUBBING, SUNNING, DARKENING, BUMPING TO SPINE AND BOARDS. SPINE IS LOOSE BUT INTACT. PAGE BLOCK IS SOUND. AGE RELATED TONING AND FOXING TO PAGES AND ENDPAPERS. HOWEVER THE PAGES ARE OTHERWISE CLEAN AND UNMARKED. SMALL TEAR AT FOOT OF ONE PAGE. INCLUDES PUBLISHER'S CATALOGUE AT END OF BOOK. IT IS MOST UNUSUAL TO FIND A FIRST EDITION COPY OF THIS UNIQUE BOOK SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. (PLEASE CONTACT SELLER FOR OVERSEAS POSTAGE RATES AND SEE OUR ABEBOOKS STOREFRONT FOR OVERSEAS SHIPPING. THANK YOU).

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Titre

RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION BY AN EYE-WITNESS BEING THE EXPERIENCES OF AN ENGLISHMAN IN PETROGRAD DURING THE UPHEAVAL

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HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED

Date de parution

1917

Reliure

Hardcover

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1st Edition.

�tat de l'article

Fair

Poids

460�grammes

Sign�

Signed by Author

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