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New York. 1995. Free Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0028740521. Translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis. 598 pages. hardcover. keywords: Russia Saint Petersburg History Cities. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Long considered to be the mad dream of an imperious autocrat - the 'Venice of the North,' conceived in a setting of malarial swamps - St. Petersburg was built in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's gateway to the West. For almost 300 years this splendid city has survived the most extreme attempts of man and nature to extinguish it, from flood, famine, and disease to civil war, Stalinist purges, and the epic 900-day siege by Hitler's armies. It has even been renamed twice, and became St. Petersburg again only in 1991. Yet not only has it retained its special, almost mystical identity as the schizophrenic soul of modern Russia, but it remains one of the most beautiful and alluring cities in the world. Every great city creates its own image in literature and art, and Petersburg is no exception. For Pushkin, Gogol, and Dostoyevsky, Petersburg was a spectral city that symbolized the near-apocalyptic conflicts of imperial Russia. As the monarchy declined, allowing intellectuals and artists to flourish, Petersburg became a center of avant-garde experiment and flamboyant bohemian challenge to the dominating power of the state, first czarist and then communist. The names of the Russian modern masters who found expression in St. Petersburg ...

The Free Press / Simon & Schuster, Date: 1995-11-10. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Binding is tight and sturdy; boards and text also very good. Shelfwear is very minor. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1995. The Free Press / Simon & Schuster ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

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New York: The Free Press, Date: 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. A near fine copy, in a near fine dustjacket --two of the corners are bumped and so the dustjacket has two tiny tears. A cultural history of the famous St. Petersburg --artistic home of musicians like Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich; in literature, Akhmatova, Blok, Mandelstam, Nabokov, and Brodsky; in dance, Diaghilev, Nijinsky, and Balanchine, and many others. This is the first attempt at a comprehensive portrait of this lively, distinctive culture of the 20th century and the city that inspired it.. 1995. The Free Press ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

New York: The Free Press / Simon & Schuster, Date: 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. About Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo. About Fine w/ black stripe bottom page edge, else Fine and unmarked; in Fine unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. xxiv, 598pp inc. Notes, Index; illustrated in maps, reproductions. 1995. The Free Press / Simon & Schuster ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; . . Hardcover. Free Press, 1995. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy. . Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. . ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Pr, Date: 1995. hardcover in near fine condition with near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1995. Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Pr ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

New York: Free Press, Date: 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 598, ""A Russian writer draws a panoramic view of the cosmopolitan culture that thrived over three centuries in Russia's ""gateway to the West,"" producing such figures as Stravinsky, Nabokov, Balanchine, and Chagall. 1995. Free Press ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [CA]

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New York: Free Press, Date: 1995. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Illus. 598pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Free Press, (1995).<br/><br/> 1995. Free Press ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

New York: Free Press, Date: 1995. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. 1" in full number row. FINE, VIRTUALLY AS NEW, IN SIMILAR DUST JACKET. BOOKPLATE. Translated by Antonia W. Bouis. 1995. Free Press ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

New York, New York: The Free Press (a div. of Simon & Schuster), Date: 1995. Hardcover. VG, second copy is ex-library with bookplate and call number labels, light corner and edge wear to book and dust jacket.. Off-white paper over boards; Black cloth at spine; Color illus. dj.; 598 pp.; 60 bw figures. An outstanding cultural biography of the city of St. Petersburg; Covers music (Stravinsky et al), art (Chagall, Malevich, et al), theater (Meyerhold), dance (Nijinsky et al), literature (Nabakov, Blok, et al), and more. 1995. The Free Press (a div. of Simon & Schuster) ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

New York: Free Press. Hardcover. Date: 1995. 1st Edition. 8vo 598pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations Remainder mark St. Petersburg was built in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's gateway to the West . 1995. Free Press ISBN 0028740521 9780028740522 [US]

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