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19250005088Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co. 1925. Popular Edition. Full Leather. Fine. Sketches by Sven Hedin. Thick octavo full leather top edge gilt. <br/><br/>Handsomely rebound in full yellow-gold morocco by Kalmbacher of Toledo. Gilt spins with six raised bands with a soaring crane giltstamped on the top cover inner gilt rules. Reading travel books inspired the Swede Hedin to become an explorer. He became one in 1885 when he trekked through Russia Persia and Turkey. Later he went through the Gobi Desert to eastern China and then into Tibet and the Himalayas. Sketches by Sven Hedin. Garden City Publishing Co. hardcover
1913681Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Spine boards and endpapers professionally repaired. Endpapers a bit browning. First and last couple of pages with tiny holes ; Beautifully illustrated with 207 maps photographs and fold-outs. Top edge gilt; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 564 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover
8741Place and date of none stated but probably Edwardian. The six works by 'Joubert' listed on COPAC appeared between 1904 and 1906 and it is reasonable from the context to assume that these five items date from the same period. All five items clear and complete with all text on one side only of A4 leaves. The first four in fair condition on aged paper and in worn brown card bindings. The fifth item unbound and with the first and last leaves worn and grubby. Occasional minor manuscript corrections amounting to no more than a dozen. Knowledgeable articulate and energetic articles by an Anglo-Russian journalist about whom little is to be discovered. ITEM ONE. 'The Coming Revolution in Russia. By the Author of "Russia as it really is".' A4 11 pp. Signed in type at end 'CARL JOUBERT'. Begins: 'In stating a confident opinion that an upheaval of the present condition of affairs in the Empire of the Tsar is nearer than is generally anticipated I recognise the fact that it is incumbent on me to show some solid reasons for the pessimistic or should I rather say optimistic views which I hold on this subject.' ITEM TWO: 'The Soldier of Russia. By the Author of "Russia as it really is"'. A4 25 pp. Autograph signature of 'Carl Joubert' at end and autograph note at head of first page: 'Both manuscript can be made in one.' Begins: 'One of the most pathetic figures of modern times is the Russian soldier. Before he was ordered to present himself at the Voinskaja Pavinost the conscription tribunal whilst he was yet a civilian he laboured under disabilities which are well night incredible to the dwellers in lands where liberty is the right of all men. But when on the Pelion of civil bondage is piled the Ossa of enforced service under a revoltingly barbarous military system the acme of human misery would seem to be attained.' ITEM THREE: 'Some Aspects of Russian Life. By the Author of "Russia as it really is".' A4 17 pp. Autograph signature of 'Carl Joubert' at end. Cancelled title on first page: ' "The Moujik" '. Begins: 'To me there is no country in the world with the fascination of Russia; no people more interesting than the numberless races which constitute the population of the vast dominions of the Tsar.' ITEM FOUR: ' "The Reason Why" By Carl Joubert.' A4 18 pp. Autograph signature of 'Carl Joubert' at end. Begins: 'There are many questions of the day which are never satisfactorily answered. For the moment they are discussed argued with unnecessary heat and finally relegated to the speculative historian to solve. . The question which is exercising the minds of a very considerable portion of humanity at this moment is - "Why did not the Tsar of Russia evacuate Manchuria in accordance with his promise; and by so doing save Russia from a disastrous war" I am able to throw some light on this question; and I shall do so in the hope of rendering some assistance to the perplexed minds of today and to the puzzled historians of tomorrow.' ITEM FIVE: 'The Easter Ukase of 1905.' A4 5 pp. Not ascribed. Mimeographed. Begins: Discussing in detail the 'Easter Ukase of 1905': 'Diogenes the Cynic was never known to laugh but if he were now alive on earth he I am very sure would have to hold his hands to his sides and split himself with merriment for Nicholas Alexandrovitch and for the foolhardiness and over praise of the foreign newspapers in which they state that a great boon has been bestowed by the Tzar upon his people of as they call it religious tolerance for Russia.' Place and date of none stated, but probably Edwardian. unknown
011182Madison WI: Univ of Wisconsin Pr 1964. 792pp/maps/figures. A well-researched history of the origins doctrine operations and effectiveness of Soviet irregular unconventional warfare during the Second World War. This study is based on a "systematic investigation of a vast amount of first-hand documentation partly Soviet mainly German which was captured at the close of World War II." Illustrated with 24 figures/maps. Clean no marks. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ of Wisconsin Pr Hardcover
1994OVS350Harry N Abrams Inc 1994-11-01. Hardcover. Like New. Beautiful 2 volume set in slip case. Both books are in Excellent "Gift Quality" condition with fine dust jackets and clean tight pages. Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover
19136307London: John Lane the Bodley Head. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Minute tears to spine ends. Hinges not tight but holding together. Occasional foxing mostly to the first half of book. ; Fold-out map at rear and 50 photographs ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages . John Lane the Bodley Head hardcover
2003006042Moscow: Avanta 2003. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 29.7 Cm Tall. Color Photographs Throughout. A finely illustrated history with Russian text. <br/> <br/> Avanta hardcover
19270007580Paris: L'Illustration 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folios full leatherspines scuffed minor repair splitting at ends of joints. Approximately 15.5 x 11.5 inches. / 39 x 29 cm. <br/><br/>A massive work with beaucoup photogravures and tipped-in full-page full-color plates of the principal generals heads of state and others; also other partial-page full-color plates. Preface by Georges LeComte. Chapter 10 covers the Russian Revolution. Chapter 15 is the War in the Air. The large folding map in color at the rear of vol. 2 depicts the troop movements in the final five months before the Armistice. L'Illustration hardcover
1999059488Private Published 1999. Book. Good. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 195pp. Reading curl to corners. Scarce. Private Published Paperback
193111935New York: The Viking Press 1931. First Edition Second Printing. Quarter Leather. Near fine. Education of a Princess by Maria Pavlovna Grand Duchess of Russia. Octavo xii 388pp. Quarter maroon leather maroon cloth boards title in gilt on spine. The second printing with the first appearing in 1930. Frontispiece portrait and numerous full page maps throughout. Top edge in gilt marbled endpapers. Binding by Henry Sotheran LTD. An attractive example in a fine binding. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia 1890-1958 was a granddaughter of Alexander II of Russia. She served as a nurse during WWI until the fall of the Russian monarchy in 1917. In 1918 the Bolsheviks began asserting power murdering members of her family. She escaped and eventually arrived in Bucharest Romania. In the 1920s she moved to the United States meeting with publishers and eventually writing two autobiographies titled Education of a Princess and A Princess in Exile. She eventually returned to Europe in 1949 and died in 1958. She was a first cousin of both Nicholas II last Emperor of Russia and Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. The Viking Press unknown
1970007419Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1970. 340pp 180 plates 33 in ull color. 146 figures in the text. English translation of the detailed account by its Russian discoverer of one of the most remarkable pieces of archaeology of the twentieth century. It details the remarkable contents of the five great Pazyryk burial barrows preserved by 'refrigeration' in virtually pristine condition. Text clean. Light staining on bottom edge of pages. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. University of California Press Hardcover
1996__3110144131De Gruyter 1996. Hardcover. New. 306 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches. De Gruyter hardcover
39156Paris: Exposition Universelle. 1900. 8vo. 24.5 x 16 cm. pp. 194. Original green printed wrappers. Large 66 x 52 cm. colour printed folded map at rear by A. Fock showing the forestation of European Russia and including the railways marked in silver. Covers worn and detached contents generally very good. Translated by M. le baron Jacques de Berwick from the original work assembled by M. Orloff and M.V. Faas on behalf of the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900. Paris: Exposition Universelle. 1900 unknown
RGW20400Aquatint with original hand-colouring from 'A Picture of St Petersburgh represented in a collection of Twenty interesting Views of the City the Sledges and the People . . .' some fading to colouring unknown
1934015646Moscow / Leningrad Moskva: Gosstroiizdat 1934. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 10 1/2" Tall. Maps Plans Folding Plates Throughout. 519 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers Stamped In Peach And Black. Survey Of Urban Parks And Recreation Areas In The Soviet Union Including Conceptual Ideas And Theories Planning Design Structures And Buildings Plantings Engineering Considerations Etc. Comprehensive Scholarly Text Notes Detailed Bibliography Technical Charts Index In Russian French And English 451 Illustrations In The Text And On Plates Incl. Numerous Large Folding Plates After Detailed Site Plans Photographs Models And Elevations. Some Edgewear Very Short Tears At Foredges Of CoversAnd With A 1/2" Square Chip At Lower Front Spine Fold No Marks Or Damage. <br/> <br/> Gosstroiizdat unknown
1950DLALoA L23New York: 1950. 1950. 4to. pp. 69 3. 42 b/w illus. & 6 tipped-in colour illus. wrs. spotted spine cellotaped. Exhib.Cat. New York: 1950. unknown
193929813HBDJ 2 VOLS 1939 EARLY ISSUE VG /VG- AS-IS RED DUSTJACKET WITH B/W CIRCULAR SYMBOL AT BTM FRONT DJ Small Extremities CHIPS & TINY TEARS TO DJ & Ends SPINE DJ TEARS CHIP BACK OF DJ SAYS OVER 950 & 960 VOLS. RED EMBOSSED CLOTH COVERS HAVE LITE FADE EXTREMITIES few dogeared pgs Story centers on an extramarital affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happiness but after they return to Russia their lives further unravel.<br /><br /> EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY DENT DUTTON hardcover
1721262775London 1721. 43 1 pp. Removed slight foxing. 43 1 pp. ESTC N12949 unknown
198743199New York: Rizzoli 1987. Thick 4to. 618 pp. 1544 photos illusts. diagrams plates. Red cloth blk lettrng w/ d.j. couple sml clsd tears very mnr sunng to spine edgewear VG/VG copy from the collection of Dr. Rochelle Martin w/ ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition of this first exhaustive work on the history and examples of Soviet architecture from 1917-32. Included are sections on Classicism rationalism Constructivism nationalism and much more. Rizzoli, hardcover
191755871N.p. 1917. Some light creasing and a few short marginal tears; otherwise fine. Folio. Printed from a photographic plate of the original letter. With typescript translation into English. Nicolas II granted the constitutional reforms that altered the entire political outlook of Russia. He was forced to abdicate and he and his family were executed at Ekaterinburg July 1918. This facsimile was most likely printed for circulation in Russia. unknown
194683794Stanford CA: Stanford University Press for The Hoover Library on War Revolution and Peace 1946. First American Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. xv; 658pp. Very light wear to the cloth mostly confined to some shallow cosmetic bumping to spine ends; internally clean; in a clean strong price-clipped dustjacket with some marginal fraying and isolated shallow loss to edges some toning of the spine panel and some largely unnecessary tape reinforcement to the verso of the jacket. A very good copy in a dustjacket with some light wear.<br /> <br /> A sizeable biography of the life of Ipatieff who managed to be a respected scientific figure before the Revolution and an even more respected one afterwards. It can have been no mean feat to have been head of Imperial Russian chemical warfare research during WW1 and then post-revolution to be held responsible for the revitalization of the chemical industry of the newly minted USSR. A joint memoir of the last days of Imperial Russia and the early days of the USSR with all the turbulence fear and uncertainty that must have engendered. Stanford University Press for The Hoover Library on War, Revolution and Peace unknown
193729282Russia 1937. Ten b&w RPPCs showing mostly scenes of Moscow and 1 of Maxim Gorky seated with children. Locations include: the former St. Basil Cathedral The Kremlin Tsar Bell 2 The Kremlin in Winter 2 one of the cathedral in St. Petersbourg several other Moscow scenes. One card showing the Russian building at the Exposition International in Paris 1937. Citadelle et la Cathedrale des Sts Pierre et Paul St. Petersourg Stengel & Co Dresden fullback postcard. <br /> Two rppc's have writing the rest blank or copyrighted in 1931. A traveler addresses two cards to the Beach family in New York City one franked in 1933 enjoying his tour of Russia in four days. The other card has an image of the Exposition Internationale Paris 1937 and writes on the verso: "We've been to the exhibition - disappointing very unready and uninteresting as yet. The German & Russian Buildings complete. Expressive of each nation as to size. They frighten me. We are off to Switzerland tomorrow and pleased to go."<br /> <br /> All in very good condition. unknown
1784E0138xvi42316 ad pages. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5" bound in period full calf with red morocco label with gilt lettering. First edition.<br /><br />Describes the anonymous author's journeys between 1777 and 1782. About half the text details his time in Switzerland. The author was a keen observer of the economics and agriculture of the places he visited.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners bumped and rubbed exterior hinges tender some scuffing to the spine else about very good. Printed for T. Cadell hardcover
179917692London: George Cawthorn British Library. Good. 1799. 1st Edition of This Translation. Hardcover. Rebacked in brown calf with gilt lettering over original gilt edged dark brown boards. Illustrated with 3- engraved portraits including frontispiece in vol 1 & 2- engraved portraits in vol 2. xx 362pp1. viii 411pp bl. Hinges & text block are tight & intact. Internally clean except for scattered foxing heaviest on first & last few leaves including engraved portraits. Corners rubbed. Dakin's translation was published the year after an anonymous translation printed and published by G. Cawthorn; a second edition enlarged to 3 volumes by W. Tooke was also published in 1798 with a third edition in 1799. Dakins does not allude to or mention these earlier translations. Biography Russia. ; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 773 pages . George Cawthorn, British Library hardcover
191521189London: A & C Black. 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Very light foxing to first few pages. Back hinge started but holding strongly. Browning to back side of map. A handsome and tight copy. ; Light brown boards with orange lettering and design in orange black and tan. This is the later edition of 1915 with the 1913 copyright with gilt spine lettering. The illustrations are not tissue guarded. 48 illustrations from watercolors by F. De Haenen. Numerous B&W illustrations. Rear folding map. This edition is part of the 20 Shilling Series however - the later edition was sold at 7s 6d. Inman 70 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x 479 pages . A & C Black hardcover
