Sofka: The Autobiography of a Princess

by Sofka Skipwith

1968. No Edition Remarks. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has slight forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.

284 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Sofka Skipwith, born Princess Sophia Dolgorouky, was a Russian princess, who after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II, worked to save Jews. She was honoured for her efforts by both the British government and by Israel, where she has been named one of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.