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Fire & Water a Life of Peter the Great
by Alex de Jonge
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Coward McCann & Geoghegan, New York, 1980. Hardcover, 8vo., First American Edition. 279 pages. Bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine, on nearly black cloth. No signs of wear. The unusual tale of Peter the Great, who opened Russia to Western culture, but was too passionate, unconstrained, and violent for western tastes.
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- Bookseller
- Ed Augusts Books & Readings
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2647
- Title
- Fire & Water a Life of Peter the Great
- Author
- Alex de Jonge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Coward McCann & Geoghegan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- Biography of Peter the Great
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Size
- 8vo
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