The Private World of the Last Tsar in the Photographs and Notes of General Count Alexander Grabbe
Boston: Little, Brown, 1984. Stated First. Hardcover. Butter yellow boards with maroon cloth spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Reddith dj with bw photo and blue lettering on spine. 191 pp. with bw photos throughout. VG+ but with museum ex-lib. book plates inside front cover and pocket inside back; Dj is worn at edges and faded at spine, with lib. sticker on lower spine but still protective. Item #146900
Text in English. The only collection of photographs (over 200) of the Tsar and his family taken by a single individual, General Count Alexander Grabbe, father of editor Paul Grabbe. Count Grabbe was the military aide to Nicholas II and captured the last years of the Russian monarchy, with intimate photos of the Tsar and his family in informal settings. Grabbe served Nicholas until the day of the Tsar's abdication in March 1917. A poignant book from a personal point of view. (paraphrased from the dj).
Price: $32.00