Lieven, Dominic

TOWARDS THE FLAME: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia.

Pp. xviii+430(last blank), text illustrations, 3 maps (one double page), notes, index; med. 8vo; ochre boards, spine lettered in black, top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, bottom edge of front panel a trifle creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Allen Lane, London, 2015. First edition. *'The decision to go to war in 1914 had catastrophic consequences for Russia. The result was revolution, civil war and famine in 1917-20, followed by decades of Communist rule' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179631

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