Pushkinskiy Peterburg / Pushkin's St. Petersburg

Leningrad: Izd. Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974. Hardcover. Tan cloth/boards; gilt cover motif and Cyrillic lettering. Oblong. No DJ. Slipcase with grey cloth/boards and color-illus. paper pasted down on both sides. 107 pp. text on rag paper, interspersed with 210 color and bw illus. on glossy paper. Very clean but binding detaching at both ends. Text block and binding still intact. Some fading of spine title. / Slipcase sound and tight but with a small water stain (old) at top near opening. Does not affect book. Item #146650

Text in Russian with a 4-page summary in English and the list of illustrations in both languages. A biography of St. Petersburg during Pushkin's time, in paintings, drawings, etchings and more, with his poetry interspersed, as well as details from his life. One of the centerpieces is his poem of The Bronze Horseman."

Price: $100.00