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Morell, John Reynell. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND: Their Strength and Weakness.
New York: Riker, Thorne & Co., 129 Fulton Street, 1854. 1854. Good
- Small octavo, soft covers bound in printed green wraps. The wraps are rubbed & lightly soiled & creased with some staining to the rear wrap. The spine is chipped with the front wrap partially detached. 94 pp. & 2-page publisher's catalog. There is a small piece out of the bottom corner of the first text page. Good. First edition. A consideration of the relative positions of Russia and England at the time of the Crimean War. Chapters include: "Circassian Gallantry", "Russian Injustice", "Physical Geography of the Caucasus", etc. Presented to the New England Historic-Genealogical Society by historian John Ward Dean, who had held many positions in the society, inscribed by him on the front wrap, with the society's label on the front endpaper and a small, blank label on the spine. Scarce.
Price:
75.00 USD
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