Michelle salisbury (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA. 1977. Hardcover. Limited First Edition. A part of The First Edition Society Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Full maroon leather boards and spine with gilt decorations and lettering on the covers and spine, two raised bands on spine, satin ribbon pagemarker, all edges gilt, banded head and tail, moire endpapers. 763 pp 8vo. This limited first edition of Black Night, White Snow has been privately printed exclusively for Members of The First Edition Society.The destruction of the Czars which brought about the reign of revolutions from 1905-1917 in Russia looms as the crucial political event of the twentieth century. In little more than a decade the Romanov dynasty was toppled, and its time-honored institutions repudiated. How did it happen? How could Nicholas and Alexandra, the nobility, middle class anarchists—even Lenin himself—not foresee the catastrophic changes that were shaking the empire? Why could nothing be done? And why were the efforts so ineffectual? This book captures the rich drama of this whole period. With the artistry of a Balzac, the author exposes the strata of Russian society, with its decedents, prophetic poets, religious fanatics, and newly liberated serfs. From archival sources within the Soviet Union, interviews, and his personal photography collection, he recreates the story as it happened. Hard data on Russia's economy, a first-hand knowledge of the county, and a historian's gift of compression are combined in a fast-paced narrative that reads with the ease of a good novel and the urgency of a newspaper headline. A clean very presentable copy. Michelle Hooks (ilustrador).…

New Trade. Condición: New.