Edité par Vendome Press; Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1990
ISBN 10 : 0865651205 ISBN 13 : 9780865651203
Vendeur : LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. A John Calmann and King book. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: The city; The people; The arts; The institutions; Epilogue. Size: Folio.
Edité par Vendome Press, New York, 1990
Vendeur : Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : very good. First Edition. Quarto; pp; 240, index; profusely illustrated with three hundred plus previously unpublished black and white photographs; brown cloth lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket; Dust jacket notes: "Over three hundred magnificent, unpublished photographs from archives in the Soviet Union recreate life as it was lived in one of Europe's most beautiful cities. Covering the years from the turn of the century to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, they capture Russia's capital on the Baltic as the nation's cultural and political center. Peter the Great and his successors intent on creating a 'Venice of the North,' engaged Europe's finest architects for its monumental buildings. These rare photographs reveal the original splendor of the city: the Orthodox churches and their elaborate ceremonies, the palaces and pageantry of the Romanovs, the elegant shops and the grand boulevards, traveled in winter by horse-drawn sleighs. They depict businesses, factories and impoverished workers, as well as citizens participating in ordinary daily life -- firemen, artists, students and dancers, at home and at work. Finally, scenes from the outbreak of war predominate, as St. Petersburg becomes Petrograd, losing its status as Russia's capital to Moscow.".
Edité par London: Cassell, 1990., 1990
ISBN 10 : 0304340227 ISBN 13 : 9780304340224
Vendeur : GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.66.