Gibbes, Charles Sydney, ed. by J. C. Trewin

The House of Special Purpose: An Intimate Portrait of the Last Days of the Russian Imperial Family

New York: Stein and Day, 1975. First U.S. Edition. 148, profusely illus. (some color), map, text wrinkled from dampness (no pgs stuck), DJ soiled, DJ in somewhat stained plastic sleeve. Gibbes was the English tutor to the children of Nicholas II from 1908. When the Imperial Family was taken captive by the Revolutionaries, Gibbes shared their exile, recording what he saw in his notebooks and taking hundreds of photographs. Condition: as is, fair to good.

Keywords: Russia, Royalty, Nicholas II, Russian Revolution

[Book #9564]

Price: $33.75