Catherine: The Portrait of An Empress.
Kaus, Gina.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: The Literary Guild of America, Inc.,
Date Published: 1935.
Description: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. BOOK CLUB EDITION. There are 384 pages including Index and some black and white photographs. The book is in VERY GOOD condition with decked fore edge pages, with some brown discoloration on page edges and inside boards, and book store label on FFEP. The jacket is in GOOD condition with small open tears on the spine, top spine end, front corners and the back top edge. A 2" tear on the lower spine back edge. There is chipping on the front and back ends with wear on the front flap. The book comes with a BRODART cover. JMVINTAGE specializes in books, magazines and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and other curious subjects. The jacket reads: There have been better women than Catherine of Russia, nobler and more learned women, but history discloses no woman who combined so much of good and evil into one bewildering and gloriously successful carrer. Daughter of a petty German Prince, chance made her the wife of the heir to the Russian Empire. She took that nation to her heart, discarded her weakling husband, and ruled her adopted country for more than three decades with a strength and understanding it had seldom known before.
Binding: Hard BackCondition: Very Good in Good dj
Book Id: 9916
Price: $12.50
