The Icon and the Axe : An Interpretive History of the Russian Culture
by Billington, James H
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
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Burke, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Book has 786 pages plus index. A few full page b&w illustrations on glossy paper. Light wear to edge of cover - maroon cloth with gilt. Book is in very good+ and clean. Sections: Background, The Confrontation, The Century of Schism, The Century of Aristocratic Culture, On to New Shores, and the Uncertain Colossus.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011175
- Title
- The Icon and the Axe : An Interpretive History of the Russian Culture
- Author
- Billington, James H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- RUSSIAN CULTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russia/Soviet Union;
- Size
- 8vo
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