Siberia and the Exile System
by Kennan, George
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- Hardcover
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E-384: The Century Company. Very Good-. 1891. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Century Co, New York. 1891. Two volumes. Xv, 409; x, [2], 575. 2 frontis. & numerous text illustrations & maps (some full-page) . First Edition/First Printing. Bound in green cloth and stamped in blind and gilt with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards are lightly rubbed and worn. Spines lightly sunned. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. A description of prison and exile under the Tsars in the late 19th century, based on personal observations and interviews. This account was first published in 1891, describing the tyrannical judicial system in Tsarist Russia that sentenced and exiled revolutionaries, and the shocking cruelties to which they were continually subject. Siberia had become a place of exile for the many revolutionaries who has been sent there as a result of activities in 1878-79, and following the assassination of Alexander II in 1881 These were the conditions that led up to the Revolution of 1917. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1065 pages .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
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- Title
- Siberia and the Exile System
- Author
- Kennan, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- E-384
- Date Published
- 1891
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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