About this title: Astolphe de Custine's Russia in 1839 was called "the best guide to Russia ever written;" essential to understanding Stalin and the Soviet Union. Astolphe was a son of the French Revolution, whose father and grandfather had been guillotined and whose mother had been imprisoned.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Helen Marx Books
Date published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781885983411ISBN:1885983417
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, French. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 291 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Helen Marx Books
Date published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781885983411ISBN:1885983417
Description: Fine. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Helen Marx Books
Date published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781885983411ISBN:1885983417
Description: Fine. 1885983417 Helen Marx trade paperback, unused, inscription on half-title page SIGNED by Anka Muhlstein o/w unmarked...FINE (like new)...Bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation. read more
Edition: First edition thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Helen Marx Books; Turtle Point Press, New York
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781885983411ISBN:1885983417
Description: Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. xx, 391 pp., illus., bib. notes, index; 19 cm. First published, 1996. Tight, clean copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Helen Marx Books
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781885983411ISBN:1885983417
Description: VG+ in VG+ jacket. This book is in excellent condition-almost new. The pages and binding are clean and tight. Almost no wear on this book. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Helen Marx Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781885983411ISBN:1885983417
Description: Fine. No Jacket. Signed by Author This is a signed and inscribed on half title page, softcover edition of A Taste for Freedom: The Life of Astolphe de Custine by Anka Muhlstein. The author has inscribed the book "To Roberta Rubin, with fond memories of readings and browsing Anka Muhlstein* Wife of Louis Begley * Aunt of Paulina Lasny! " The book published in 1999 by Helen Marx Books: New York is in fine condition with slight creast at right top front corner of cover. No jacket as published. 391 ... read more
Edition: First American edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Turtle Point Press, New York, NY
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781885983411ISBN:1885983417
Description: Near fine condition. Octavo (8vo). Signed xxii, 391 pages of text including an index. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. A few pages slightly creased at top corner due to mishandling. Inscribed by author on half title page "For Sonia, with many thanks and fond wishes. [signed] Anka Muhlstein. " With a foreword by Glen Bowersock. Includes press release material and an extra (unsigned) copy of this book, paperbound in stiff blue wrappers, in excellent condition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Helen Marx Books
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781885983411ISBN:1885983417
Description: Very Good. 391 pages, translated by Teresa Waugh, illustrations, notes, index, color illustrated card cover. This lively biography introduces American readers to Astolphe de Custine, a passionate literary figure, a poet, playwright, essayist, traveler, aristocrat and homosexual adventurer. Cover is lightly edgeworn and rubbed, contents fine. read more
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