Language: English
Published by Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1883
Seller: Black Letter Books, LLC., Stillwater, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. The first volume only. Translated by Edward Fairfax Taylor. Edited, and with a preface, by Henry Reeve. 8vo, xx + 384pp. + 24pp. publisher's catalogue. Hardcover, bound in original red cloth with gilt title to spine and pictorial device to front board. Dark blue endpapers, page edges untrimmed. In very good condition. Binding and hinges are intact and firm; pages are clean and bright with no signs of prior ownership. Slight wear to extremities, board corners lightly bumped. Gilt remains sharp and bright. A very nice copy overall, now protected in a custom-made clear Acetate dustwrapper.
Published by Longmans, Green and Co., 1887
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Boards show typical shelf wear with light soiling to edges. Scuffing to corners and spine extremes. Female ownership Louise D. Nowell Batt, April 25, 1900 on front end pages. Text blocks are evenly toned. Free of markings throughout. Bindings tight and intact. Please see photos. The author, von Eckstaedt, was German ambassador at the Court of St. James and ambassador to Russia. Diplomats Biography. Crimean War, 1853-1856. Europe Politics and government 1848-1871. Russia Foreign relations Great Britain. Great Britain Foreign relations Russia.