Of the Rus Commonwealth by Fletcher, Giles ; Schmidt, Albert J - 1966

Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Published for the Folger Shakespeare Library. First published 1591. Minor scattered pencil underlining / notes. Stamp on endpaper reads "Problems of Communism, Reference Copy". No other library identification. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages .

Ithaca: Cornell University Press for the Folger Shakespeare Library, 1966. Reprints this classic travel narrative with some contextualization, and an evaluation of its usefulness in understanding both Russian society just after the death of Ivan the Terrible & Tudor England. Possibly INSCRIBED by the editor to a colleague: "All good wishes in your new position in Wisconsin. Let Giles guide you in the hinterlands. Al.(?)"; Schmidt was a professor in urbane Connecticut. Light wear to book, one-inch chunk out of front jacket panel, jacket irregularly tanned. Text clean; xliv, [2], 176 pages; index, glossary of Russian words, small folding map. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small Octavo.

Ithaca, NY: Folger Shakespeare Library/Cornell University Press, 1966. 176 pp. w/ index. Full red cloth. Folding frontis line map. Printed dj; spine toned, panels lightly soiled, closed tear on rear panel, price clipped, else good. Fletcher was ambassador to Moscow in 1588 during the Boris Godunov era. This work was originally published in 1591. This reprinted edition is apart of the Folger Library Documents of Tudor and Stuart Civilization series. . Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cornell University Press, 1966. Cloth. Fine/Poor. Edited by Albert J. Schmidt. Foldout map of travel route for frontispiece. Maroon cloth with very bright logo for Folger Shakespearean Library on front, gilt lettering bright on spine, 176 lightly browned pages. Travel to Russia during the Elizabethan era. DJ beneath mylar, white background slightly soiled, red lettering to front causing a light pink stain at top front, spine and top back browned. DJ has micronick at bottom front tip, tiny brown stains at top front, small chip and nick at spine top. Poor DJ/Very Fine book.

Ithaca: Publsihed for the Folger Shakespear Library By Cornell University Press, 1966. Edited by Albert J. Schmidt. xliv, 176p., folded front. map, original burgundy cloth (Folger documents of Tudor and Stuart civilization).

Associated Univ Pr, 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ithaca 1966 first edition. Published for Folger Shakespeare Library by Cornell University. Hardcover. Octavo, 176pp., foldout map as frontis, index, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. .

Cornell University Press, 1966. hbk 176pp fold-out map intact dj is shelfworn and price clipped with a missing chip at bottom of spine and small closed tear at top back edge now in protective sleeve some slight foxing to front and lower edges very good tight text

Corners bumped. Some rubbing. Good+. Folding map. Elizabethan Travellers Cornell University Press Ithaca (1966) orig.cloth 21x14cm, (44), 176 pp, Series: Folger Documents of Tudor & Stuart Civilization.