305 illustrations, including 41 plates in color. Color photography by Vadim Gippenreiter. Edited and introduced by David Buxton. Translated by Julia and Robin Whitby. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Hardcover, first edition, cloth cover with dust jacket, kept in mylar cover. Fully illustrated with color and black & white photography of historic Russian places and structures.