My Russian life /
Bari︠a︡tinskai︠a︡, Marii︠a︡ Sergi︠e︡evna Bashmakova, kni︠a︡gini︠a︡
Category
Books
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3163135
Summary
Bibliographic description
351, [1] p., plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Loosely inserted (p.337): newspaer cutting (unknown source): Ghost scare in the Kremlin : Ivan the Terrible & the Red Guards. Provenance: decorated bookplate: A good book is the best of friends the same today and forever. One of the books of Victoria Sackville Knole Sevenoaks [i.e. Lady Victoria Sackville, 1862-1936]. Endpaper inscribed in ink: “A Lady Sackville / Avec[?] toute ma gratitude – pour la grande bonté [?] de la part d’un auteur improvise et bien devoué / Marie Bariatinsky / Decembre Londres 1923.” Binding: red publisher’s cloth, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Bari︠a︡tinskai︠a︡, Marii︠a︡ Sergi︠e︡evna Bashmakova, kni︠a︡gini︠a︡ Maria Bariatinsky