Catherine the Great / by Zoe Oldenbourg ; translated from the French by Anne Carter ; preface by Arthur Calder-Marshall

Oldenbourg, Zoe

1968, 1st Edition in this form. London : Heron Books. Near fine copy in the original silver-blocked, faux leather. Decorative tooling to spine cover and front panel. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages; xii, 356 p., [20]p. of plates (some col.) : ill. (some col.), ports, maps, geneal. table ; 21 cm. Subjects: Catherine II, Empress of Russia 1729-1796 -- Biography -- Russia -- History. Series: Women who made history. Originally published: Paris : Gallimard, 1965. Item #223703

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