Krasin in the Ice

Original vintage children book Krasin in the Ice / Krasin vo ldah in Russian by Emiliy Mindlin (1900-1981), a Russian and Soviet writer, participant in the rescue expedition on the icebreaker "Krasin" of the members of the Arctic expedition of Umberto Nobile who suffered a catastrophe on the airship "Italia". General Umberto Nobile and his surviving crew were rescued after their airship crashed on the ice upon returning from the North Pole in 1928. Illustrated with black and white photographs, edited by P. Suvorov. Published by Children's Literature Publishing House, Moscow, 30 pages. Fair condition, rusted staples, staining, creasing, tears on the spine, ink writing and stamp