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1970G0600017893I3N01Hamlyn 1970. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Hamlyn hardcover
42350issued by the City of Moscow in 1908 with coupons text in both English and Russian folio with attractive vignette at the head of a knight slaying a Dragon Moscow At the end of the 19th century Europe lived under the law of alliances. As Germany and Russia move away Saint Petersburg and Paris get closer. Russia needed money and France needed friends to face the Triplice Germany Austria and Italy. "Slovophily" turns into hysteria. In 1888 Moscow issued four loans of 500 million gold francs under the blessing of the French public authorities. The Franco-Russian Alliance of 1891 ensured the success of the loans which multipled. Savers then rushed to the bank counters to show their patriotism and lend to Alexander III we will even build a bridge in Paris over the Seine that bears his name and then to Nicolas II and the City of Moscow. In 1904 the Russo-Japanese war caused panic but the banks were reassuring though after the October Revolution Lenin decided to stop recognising the debts of the old regime. unknown
42351Imperial Government of Russia 4% State Loan of 1902 bond issued by virtue of the Imperial Ukase of the 1st March 1902 to realise the contribution due to Russia in compensation for the "loses incurred in consequence of the Chinese disorders." the Boxer Rebellion "the annual payments to exactly correspond with the annual payments of interest and amortisation of the part of the contribution due to Russia which China engaged to pay in virtue of the Edict of the Chinese Empoer of of the 29th May 1901." folio A consortium of Russian German and Dutch banking and financial institutions were involved in the administration of this loan and payment of interest against coupons was paid from 18th June-1st July and from 19th December-1st January at various locations. An interesting anomaly is the denomination of the bond which is stated in Reichsmarks. The Reichsmark was not formally adopted as the German currency until 1924. The bonds were negotiable and accepted as security for Government contracts for deferred excise duties and for payment of customs duties at prices to be fixed half-yearly which would be not less than 90% of the face value of the bonds. The Boxer Rebellion in China had been followed by the combined military expedition of the powers to the Relief of Peking in which the US shared and the exaction of a huge indemnity of which the States relinquished nearly half of its share as in excess of the actual losses. The US protested against Russian demands upon China and actively participated in the negotiations which resulted in Russia's agreement to evacuate Manchuria. Russian delays and their policy have led Japan to declare war Secretary of State Hay's diplomacy was influential in limiting the zone of hostilities and the good offices of President Theodore Roosevelt brought about the conference between the two powers at Portsmouth N.H. which terminated hostilities. unknown
180876978Londres. London 1808. Liten 8vo. Nyere shirtingryggbind med marmorerte dekler. 2 41 2 s. Small 8vo. More recent cloth bound marbled covers. 2 41 2 pp. Fransk. <br/><br/><em>Ex libris “Bibliotheca Trolleholmiæâ€. Med navntrekk G. Sparre pÃ¥ tittelbladet. Krigserklæringen endte til slutt med Sveriges tap av Finland. Name on tiltle page “G. Sparreâ€. This declaration of war ended finally with the loss of Finland from the Swedish crown. </em> hardcover
a605991995 University of Glasgow. Five issues of 8 for the year of this journal uniformly bound in institutional buckram 2 volumes. Sm.4to. pp.555-1441 hardcovers. University stamps on fore-edges. VG. 2 volumes. hardcover
1900148061Paris: Paul Dupont. Guillaumin Et Cie 1900. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in paper-labelled cloth-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. ; 989 pages; Physical desc. : pp. Xx. 989. Subject: Russia : in Europe and Asia - Agriculture - 1900 - Maps. Russia : in Europe and Asia - Industry - 1900 - Maps. Paris: Paul Dupont. Guillaumin Et Cie hardcover
1951003345Moscow USSR: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatelstvo Khudozhestvenoi Literatury Goslitizdat 1951. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1-14 GOOD except vol 5 which has extensive moisture damage front hinge separating from bindingtext block solid. Green paper over boards gilt lettering. Some wear to cover edges & spine extremities. Contents clean in firm bindings except as noted above. Vol 1 has color frontispiece author portrait by I N Kramskoy. Vol 1: Childhood Boyhood Youth; Vol 2: Tales/Stories 1852-6; Vol 3: Tales/Stories 1857-63; Vol 4-7: War & Peace; Vol 8-9: Anna Karenina; Vol 10: Tales/Stories 1872-86; Vol 11: Plays 1896-1910; Vol 12: Tales/Stories 1899-1904; Vol 13: Resurrection; Vol 14: Tales/Stories 1903-10. Biographical/critical notes Glossary Index. All Russian text. Sold as set only $10 additional shipping applies. rs-8 715 Gosudarstvennoe Izdatelstvo Khudozhestvenoi Literatury (Goslitizdat) hardcover
24739‘P Place Portland Place London / June 24 1798.’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB and the History of Parliament ‘the foremost diplomat of his age’. It was Malmesbury who went to Brunswick to fetch the Prince Regent’s betrothed Princess Caroline and whom he asked to get him a brandy on his first encounter with her three years before the present letter was written. A legible script was clearly not a prerequisite for a successful diplomat as the handwriting of this missive is scandalously bad: practically on a level with that of Dr Parr. 1p 4to. On recto of the first leaf of a bifolium the verso of the second being franked with partial ‘HENLEY’ postmark and red wax seal ‘Henley June twenty four 1798 / Revd Mr Tawcence / Partridge / near Cranbourn / ’. The franking signature ‘Malmesbury’ appears between two lines in the customary bottom-left corner. Heavily aged and worn with short closed tear to letter and repaired long closed tear across leaf carrying address. The whole of the following transcription is tentative ‘Dear Sir / After consulting with Mr Wilt & with my bailiff they both agree that is not let for Portland sheep & that as plantation that it will be my to keep them from there so much wilder than there it is for that reason that I have to thank you & I beg you to thank your Father for the trouble you have taken in this subject which for for the present at least I have given you uselessly. / I should hope your affair will be settled to yr satisfaction. I am glad yr brother & are so well.’ See Image ‘P Place [Portland Place, London?] / June 24 1798.’ unknown
ria9780443291418_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
1895011034St. Petersburg Russia: V. A. Tikhanov 1895. 387pp. Light brown cloth. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky 1828-1889 was a Russian writer socialist and literary critic whose novel "What is to be done" became a classic of the Russian revolutionary movement. Text in Russian. Clean and unmarked. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. V. A. Tikhanov Hardcover
1961008716New York: Abrams 1961. 181pp tipped in color illustrations. Beautiful book although title page appears removed and preface pg 5-8 has tape repair. Otherwise clean and complete. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Abrams hardcover
1996009331New York New York U.S.A.: Doubleday 1996. 769pp/illus. Gorbachev's autobiography. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday hardcover
1998009492Washington D. C: Faberge Arts Foundation 1998. 476 pages 460 illustrations over 360 being in colour. A very crisp clean copy. 1st American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall oblong. Faberge Arts Foundation hardcover
1926009350New York: George Doran 1926. 333pp/illus Thirteen Russian fairy tales and legends illustrated by THEODORE NADEJEN with pictorial endpapers plus 24 magnificent and striking tipped-in color plates plus b&w's in-text- very appropriate to the text. Stunning illustrations in Art Nouveau/Deco style; some in full color and some in black & gold. Gold embossed green cloth. Hinges reinforced. Text clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. George Doran hardcover
1977stela377n.p.: n.p. 1977. 1977. 4to. pp. 286 2. Russian English German & French text. profusely illus. in colour some b/w. cloth. dw. corners bumped with wear chip to foot of spine. slipcase corners & edges worn. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. n.p.: n.p., [1977]. Hardcover
1986ky27Moscow 1986. Poster. Very Good. No Binding. Uplifting poster in praise of the Soviet military reserve. Approx. 26"x38". Nice collectible condition. unknown
1986kk27Moscow 1986. Poster. Very Good. No Binding. Moscow 1986. -- SOVIET POSTER 25" x 40" printed in red white black green & tan-- Poster features a young peasant woman smiling slightly in front of sheafs of wheat-- in praise of Ukrainian wheat farming collectives. In very nice condition- bright & clean. unknown
1786H14383London: Alex. Hogg 1786. Very Good. Print from James Cook's voyages as published by Alex. Hogg in 1784-86. Visible area measures 14 x 9.75 inches double matted framed and glazed to high archival standards; frame measures 20 x 15 inches. Print shows some wear and soil to bottom edge including chip to lower right corner. Alex. Hogg unknown
190428398New York: Harper's 1904. First printing. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. Lg 4to 994pp of bound weekly issues. This half year bound volume of Harper's Weekly January 2 1904 to June 25 1904 features the Russo-Japanese War double page War map p464; war images pp967-975; X Ray invention p49; Steamer "General Slocum" on p99; San Juan Hill p955; Walter Travers golf p931; St. Louis World Fair p677; Southern California The Story of Its Development. pp504-519. With woodblock illustrations on the covers of the weekly issues. Complete with the supplements.<br /> <br /> Weekly issues bound up into a large single volume with 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Leather spine chipped cracked along the hinges but the binding is holding. Internally bright & very clean. Harper's hardcover
18394933Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers 1839. Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 4to 138 pages some foxing. modern binding in 3/4 morocco light tidal line on top margin. <br/><br/>" . the editors of the present edition which is carefully reprinted from the first 4to edition of 1810 have found it necessary in point of justice to neutralise some of the authors statements by means of foot-notes of an opposite character and more consonant with what was some years ago and now is the condition of the Russians. They have also supplied a few deficiencies and additional statements in reference to places of importance visited by the author so as to give the work much of the interest of a fresh production . an account has been given of Poland Siberia and other districts which were not visited by him in the course of his travels - Prefatory Memoir." William and Robert Chambers hardcover
196721123Kharkov/kharkiv Ukraine: Prapor Publishing House. 1967. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. A detailed bilingual travel guide in Russian and English Russian on the left English equivalent on the right. Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine. Profusely illustrated mostly with b&w illustrations from photographs. A few Illustrations In color with the typical charming lomo photography effect. Chapters include: Get acquainted - here is Kharkov Industry and Transport Science and Education Culture and Art Health Protection Sports Historical Places and Monuments. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 216 pages . Prapor Publishing House hardcover
197421120Winnipeg MB: A. Giesinger. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelfwear with a couple of short tears - boards show light shelf wear date printed in ink on FFEP previous owner's name inked out on FFEP.; A tight solid book hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Extensive bibliography notes and index at back.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 443 pages; This is a very thorough history of how groups of German Mennonites decided to relocate to a number of colonies in Russia how they were treated there and how many of them decided in later years to find new homes around the world. Many of them from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s settled in the the US and Canadian Prairies as well as the West Coast and to South America. The German Mennonites who decided to stay in Russia were not treated well. They were relocated from the choice farming areas of the south to Siberia. . A. Giesinger hardcover
1932biblio508<p>Tight binding Unmarked text. No DJ. Photos. Inscribed by Baskerville on the first blank page Green FEP. 4 full page maps 43 illustrations on rectos and versos of 15 plates 1 other full page illustration. Special Bonus: Rare 64 page Cruise Program of the Raymond-Whitcomb 1931 North Cape Russia Cruise Sailing June 30 on the "Carinthia" Featuring ICELAND - MIDNIGHT SUN NORWEGIAN FJORDS & CITIES RUSSIA LENINGRAD & MOSOW DANZIG - SWEDEN & DENMARK included.</p> Privately printed by the author for distribution among his friends by Whittet & Shepperson, Printers hardcover
1932BOOKS108550INew York: Viking Press. Nearly fine copy. 1932. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 388 pp. Inscribed & signed by the author on the half-title page. . Viking Press hardcover
191520910London: Grant Richards Ltd. . 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest browning and foxing to first and last few pages. ; Author Steveni arrived in Russia without a passport or papers at the age of sixteen was smuggled in successfully and his adventures started from there. Brown boards with gilt spine lettering. Front board with blindstamped seal and blindstamped lettering. 30 illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages . Grant Richards Ltd. hardcover