Ransome (Arthur) Old Peter’s Russian Tales
£95
London &c., Thomas Nelson, n.d. [1938].
[New edition]. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Great colour plates by Mitrokhin help bring Swallows & Amazons author Arthur Ransome’s retelling of these Russian fairy & folk tales alive. Uncommon in the jacket, with Baba Yaga flying along in her pestle & mortar, against of backdrop of skazki motifs.
Out of stock
Contemporary gift inscription; VG; jacket spine slightly darkened and rubbed, price-clipped.
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