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THE SOUL OF RUSSIA. Edited by Winifred Stephens. In Aid of the Fund for Russian Refugees Administered by the General Committee of the All Russian Union of Zemstvos Under the Presidency of Prince G. E. Lvov
by Stephens, Winifred
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- Hardcover
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- white cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover, with color pictorial onlay on front cover. White cloth is moderately soile
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1916. First edition. 4to. white cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover, with color pictorial onlay on front cover. White cloth is moderately soiled (with a few very small, dark soil spots), spine is lightly tanned, scattered foxing to text, else a very good copy (illustrations are quite fresh and clean). First edition. 4to. (1916) ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHED TO AID THE FUND FOR RUSSIAN REFUGEES. The editor, Winifred Stephens (1870-1944), author and translator, was born Sophia Charlotte Winifred Stephens [and later published under Mrs. Winifred Stephens Whale].
An anthology of art and literature, including contributions G. K. Chesterton, Maurice Baring, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Bennett, Hugh Walpole, and a number of Russian authors. Text includes an appendix, printing several poems in the original Russian. White cloth is moderately soiled (with a few very small, dark soil spots), spine is lightly tanned, scattered foxing to text, else a very good copy (illustrations are quite fresh and clean).
An anthology of art and literature, including contributions G. K. Chesterton, Maurice Baring, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Bennett, Hugh Walpole, and a number of Russian authors. Text includes an appendix, printing several poems in the original Russian. White cloth is moderately soiled (with a few very small, dark soil spots), spine is lightly tanned, scattered foxing to text, else a very good copy (illustrations are quite fresh and clean).
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- Title
- THE SOUL OF RUSSIA. Edited by Winifred Stephens. In Aid of the Fund for Russian Refugees Administered by the General Committee of the All Russian Union of Zemstvos Under the Presidency of Prince G. E. Lvov
- Author
- Stephens, Winifred
- Format/Binding
- 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - white cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover, with color pictorial onlay on front cover. White cloth is moderately soile
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Russian
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