Baron Eduard (Edward) Von Falz-Fein SIGNED Askania-Nova Russia Zoo Liechtenstein

Askania-Nova - Animal Paradise in Russia: Adventure of the Falz-Fein Family by L. Heiss,' A million acres in the Ukraine - the largest open-air zoo in the world'. A biography of the Falz-Fein family who started it. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BARON EDWARD VON FALZ-FEIN ON THE FRONT FREE END PAPER THUS: "To Yvonne & Irene sincerely Baron von Falz-Fein Liechtenstein 20 July 77": The Bodley Head 1970 1st UK ed, 175pp., text generally in decent order albeit with slight scuffing/rubbing to the bottom of the last few pages & very slight staining to front end papers, bumping to board corners at the bottom and to the top & bottom of the spine, the dust jacket has internal & external staining, a small piece missing at the top & bottom of the spine and is rubbed & creased at top & bottom with some scratches on front & rear. Baron Eduard Oleg Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein (14 September 1912–17 November 2018) was a Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman,journalist, and sportsman. He served as a "sports diplomat" who initiated the Olympic movement in Liechtenstein was vice president of the Liechtenstein Olympic Committee in the mid-1930,s. His Father Alexander Eduardovich is an agronomist, brother of the founder of theAskania-Nova biosphere reserve, Friedrich von Falz-Fein, mother Vera Nikolaevna is from a family of generals and admirals of the Russian fleet Yepanchins. Von Falz-Fein was born in Gavrilovka, Kherson Oblast. In 1951 and from 1953 until 1973, he was President of the Liechtenstein Cycling Association. Falz-Fein funded much of the research on the identification of the Romanov family remains. He turned 100 on 14 September 2012. He was a cousin of an Olympic bobsledder Eduard Theodor von Falz-Fein (1912–1974). Falz-Fein died in a house fire in Vaduz on 17 November 2018 at the age of 106. At the time of his death, Eduard was the oldest living resident of Liechtenstein. Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged. (£5.55/neben/phyllida) Track Page Views With Auctiva's Counter

• Condition: Good
• Personalised: Yes
• Signed By: Baron Eduard (Edward) Von Falz-Fein
• Book Title: Askania-Nova - Animal Paradise in Russia: Adventur
• Signed: Yes
• Ex Libris: No
• Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
• Publisher: The Bodley Head
• Inscribed: Yes
• Edition: First Edition
• Publication Year: 1970
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Author: L. Heiss
• Features: Inscribed by Baron Eduard (Edward) Von Falz-Fein, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
• Genre: Biographies & True Stories
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
• Topic: Memoirs
• Number of Pages: 175
• ISBN: 0370013387