La Russie des tsars pendant la Grande Guerre, 3 Juin 1915-18 Aoűt 1916

Title: La Russie des tsars pendant la Grande Guerre, 3 juin 1915-18 août 1916 Author: Paléologue, Maurice Publication: Paris: Librairie Plon, Plon-Nourrit et Cie., 1922. Description: Memoirs of Maurice Paléologue, French diplomat and ambassador to the Russian Empire during World War One. Vol. 2 only of three-volume set. First edition, limited to 50 copies on Van Gelder paper, 2100 copies on alfa paper, and 100 hors-commerce copies on alfa paper. Illustrated with ten black-and-white plates, including many fold-out. In custom binding of half red calfskin leather with marbled paper over boards; spine with gilt lettering, tooling, and four raised bands; top edge gilt. 9 x 5.75 inches; [6], 346, [4] pages, [10] leaves of plates. With the bookplate of Walter and Mildred Farwell. Binding with front hinge fully split, but text block intact; moderate edgewear; foxed endpapers; and lightly toned text. Very Good in a Fair binding. Mildred Farwell, a previous owner of this book, was voted "the mos