Princess Julia Cantacuzene Countess Speransky (25 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: fine. No Jacket. NOT an ex library book. Dark brown cloth cover book with clean interior pages. Gilt on top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 449 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Lakeside Classics reissue of the 1876 publication. Gilt lettering on brown covers. Top edge gilt. 12mo, 442 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. A clean copy in excellent condition, appears unread. In wrappers. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.92.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (As Issued). First Edition Thus. The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA, December 1999. First (1st) Printing of this First Edition Thus. As new condition. No Dust Jacket (as issued). Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, very tight, straight and square with top-edge bright gilt and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full chocolate brown vellum with the publisher's logo in bright gilt on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. See photos. lx [Publisher's Preface and Historical Introduction by Terence Emmons] + 434 + iv pages. 4 1/2" x 6 7/8". Born in 1876 at the White House during the presidency of her grandfather Ullyses S. Grant, Julia Dent Grant married Prince Mikhail Catnuzene, a Russian general and diplomat, in 1899, and lived in St. Petersburg, Russia during the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, World War One, and the early days of the Soviet Revolution of 1917, before she and her family fled through Finland to the United States. These events and more are described in this historical memoir. The material published here was originally published as "Revolutionary Days; Recollections of Romanoffs and Bolsheviki, 1914 1917," (Scribners, 1920); and "My Life Here and There." (Scribners, 1922).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.92.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. AS NEW copy. BP/Lakeside Classics.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Lakeside Classics; 6.8 X 4.3 X 1.0 inches; 449 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Lakeside Classics; 449 pages.

Hardcover. Lakeside reprint. 16 mo; black cloth boards with publisher's logo in gilt on front board; gilt spine lettering; 449 pp; includes: b/w photographs & illust. throughout; historical introduction, index, and List of Lakeside classics. Memoirs of Julia (Grant), daughter of Ulysses S. Grant, and her life in Russia after her marriage to a Russian Count. As New - no dj as issued; clean, tight, & attractive; as unread. 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. A clean copy in excellent condition, appears unread. Book still encased in original shrinkwrapping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.92.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Edited by Terence Emmons. Small book, black cloth, gilt bright on front and spine, top-edge gilt, 449 pages. Very Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: fine. Lakeside Classics. Edited by Terence Emmons.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Later printing. Edited by Terence Emmons. 12mo. lx, 449pp. Illustrated in color and in black-and-white from photographs and artwork. Brown clothcovered boards stamped in gilt with gilt top edge. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. 12mo. Cloth gilt. Fine. Complimentary slip from publisher laid in.

Hardback. Near Fine condition. Reprint edition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Gold gilt to top edge, No dustjacket, Nostatement of later printing on copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1999. First Edition Thus. (The two books from which this one is drawn were originally published in 1919 and 1922, respectively, by Charles Scribner's Sons.) Very Fine condition. Appears Unread. No Dust Jacket (as issued). The Text Block is clean, white, quite tight, straight and square, with top edge gilt, and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full brown cloth, color uniform throughout, with bright gilt logo of the publisher on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. No Dust Jacket. See photos. lx + 449 + i pages. 4 1/2" x 6 7/8". The Lakeside Classics Series, vol. 97, containing numerous photos, illustrations and maps. Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Speransky, Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Speransky (1876 - 1975), was an American author and historian, granddaughter of President Ulysses S. Grant, and wife of Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène, a Russian general and diplomat. These memoirs recount tumultous times in Russia, including, among other things, her perspective, from the royal circles, on the Russo-Japanese War, the Revolution of 1905, World War I, the murder of Rasputin, the October Revolution, the rise of the Bolsheviks, and her flight from Russia. Eventually she returned to America, and after her divorce, she re-established her American citizenship and renounced her aristocratic titles.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (russia, russian history, romanovs, royalty, biography, press books) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (autobiography, russia, history) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Small octavo. Cloth. Fine condition.