Searching for Icons in Russia
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First US. Hardcover. Medium blue cloth/boards with gilt lettering. White, color-illus. dj with black lettering, in Mylar cover. 191 pp. with color frontis and 10 bw plates. Signed by the author. Good, clean and tight but with museum ex-lib. plates and pocket. Signed by author, in Cyrillic, on title pate. Otherwise, no other marks. Very nice dj but with lib. sticker on lower spine of Mylar cover. Item #146897
A personal quest to track down, rescue, date and restore as many of the Russian icons hidden, lost, or desecrated during the Revolution. A remarkable account that also gives a glimpse into the life in Russian villages at the time of his quest and into the "cataclysm" caused by the Revolutions "uprooting" of past traditions. (paraphrased from the dj).
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