First edition, first impression. 410pp. Navy blue cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded at spine tip. Text block edges lightly spotted. Gift inscription, dated 1975, inked on the front free endpaper. Endpapers a little spotted else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust wrapper rubbed at edges in places, price clipped. Dust jacket in an old and worn protective, removable clear film sleeve.
Set in the blood-bath of the Russia revolution, this novel traces the destruction of the flamboyant aristocracy of Tsarist Russia, vividly recreated through the tempestuous story of the rise and fall of the great house of Kaivanov.
