ZAPISKI GENERALA KUROPATKINA O RUSSO-JAPONSKOI VOINE. Itogi voiny.
[Notes of General Kuropatkin about the Russian-Japanese War: Results of the war. Text in Russian]. Pp. viii+549+[3](advertisements); demy 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in red & black, lightly soiled and worn, with several small edge splits, piece torn from top fore-corner of upper wrapper neatly replaced, the spine worn and starting to crack, book label of David Levine, Sydney, on reverse of upper wrapper; uncut; some minor pencilled marginal marking, a little light foxing (mainly to outer leaves and edges) and occasional slight soiling; Buhnen und Buchverlag russicher Autoren J Ladyschnikov, Berlin, 1909. Second edition. *Memoirs of the former Imperial Minster of War, written after the Russian defeat at the Battle of Mukden. The first edition, published in Russia in 1908, was reportedly withdrawn from circulation. Aleksei Nicolayevich Kuropatkin (1848-1925) served as the Russian Imperial Minister of War from January 1898 to February 1904. Item #172399
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