SEMEONOFF, Anna H.. (Hartog)

Brush Up Your Russian (Osvezhite Svoi Russkii). With Illustrations by P.R. Ward. Conversations of Real Use. General Editor W.G. Hartog.

London, J. M. Dent, 1933. First edition. Original decorated cloth, no dust-wrapper. Endpaper maps, x+101pp. charming b/w illustrations throughout. with 3 related clippings neatly tipped in. A very nice tight copy. Mild foxing to preliminaries and two past owner neat inscriptions. Humorous drawings and quaint phraseology depict a studiously uncritical portrayal of "abroad" during the inter-war period. The Brush Up series, first published in Rothermere's Daily Mail, is a fascinating reflection of certain British perspectives at the time.Anna Semeonoff, author of a number of Russian textbooks was also a tutor at the JSSL where the Russian teachers tended to be either White Russian émigrés or carefully vetted Soviet defectors. .

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Book number: 37985

Catalogue: Phrase-books Vintage & Early

Keywords: Russian|Featured|Russia|Soviet Union|Illustrated|Phrase-Book

SEMEONOFF, Anna H.. (Hartog)

Brush Up Your Russian (Osvezhite Svoi Russkii). With Illustrations by P.R. Ward. Conversations of Real Use. General Editor W.G. Hartog.

London, J. M. Dent, 1941. Revised edition. Decorated cloth in original unclipped green dust-wrapper. Endpaper maps, x+101pp. charming b/w illustrations throughout. In excellent condition, near fine and unused. Crisp and clean. Remains of contemporary price-sticker. Humorous drawings and quaint phraseology depict a studiously uncritical portrayal of "abroad" during the inter-war period. The Brush Up series, first published in Rothermere's Daily Mail, is a fascinating reflection of certain British perspectives at the time. Anna Semeonoff, author of a number of Russian textbooks was also a tutor at the JSSL where the Russian teachers tended to be either White Russian émigrés or carefully vetted Soviet defectors. .

Marijana Dworski BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 37986

Catalogue: Phrase-books Vintage & Early

Keywords: Russian|Featured|Russia|Soviet Union|Illustrated|Phrase-Book|World War II