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1890154515Vladivostok: Livay Studio No. 11 Svetlanskaya Street c.1890. A scarce late 19th-century record of styles of clothing and foot-binding followed by well-to-do Chinese women in the Russian border city of Vladivostok. The Livay photographic studio catered specifically to Chinese residents and visitors and we have not been able to trace any other surviving examples of its work. Following China's transfer of the Haishenwei region to the Tsar in 1860 Vladivostok became a thriving centre of economic activity and cultural interchange between Russians and Chinese with both of these communities served by the Livay studio based on the city's main boulevard. This photograph is a pleasing corrective to the many surviving photographs of late-imperial Chinese women often produced in cities such as Shanghai which adopt an orientalizing gaze. While photography was introduced into Russia soon after its invention it remained a preserve of the very wealthy until the 1860s when technological changes fuelled an explosion in the number of photographic studios in major cities. "In the hands of commercial studio photographers the medium retained its original social function namely "to solemnize and to immortalize" the portrayed subject. The studio photograph was an index and a means of communicating one's status; it indicated the sitter's place in the social hierarchy both as a commodity object and as information. But more importantly photography dominated the market for portraiture and democratized visual self-representation. It captured people from across the social spectrum and brought about a visual levelling whereby the social benefits and drawbacks of this type of publicity was showered equally on kings nobles lawyers merchants and cobblers. Photography as a mechanized medium of self-representation pulled members of different social class onto the same visual level in the public sphere" Stolarski pp. 4-5. Cabinet card 164 x 108 mm mounted gelatine photograph 140 x 103 mm with glossy finish card lettered in red in Russian and Chinese. Small scuff to upper right corner of photograph image substantially unaffected couple of faint stains to card verso skinned where sometime mounted. A very good example. Christopher Stolarski "The Rise of Photojournalism in Russia and the Soviet Union 1900-1931" PhD Diss. 2013. hardcover
21231'Varsovie 12 Mars 1831.' Warsaw Poland; 12 March 1831. Lower half of a 4to leaf. In good condition lightly aged with stub from mount adhering. Written in old-fashioned and not entirely grammatical French the text reads: '… de la nation Polonoise a la quelle S. M. donneroit le garanties necessaires sous le respect de la stabilité des droits qu'elle réclame et qui sont fondés sur deux besoins absolus: la religion e le sic liberté. A greez M. le M. l'assurance de plus consideration avec la quelle je suis &c Varsovie 12 Mars 1831. Skygnecki Monsieur le Comte Le Genenral Lt. de Tahlen.' On the reverse in the hand of a noted nineteenth-century English autograph collector: 'Leader of the Polish Insurrection'. 'Varsovie 12 Mars 1831.' [Warsaw, Poland; 12 March 1831.] unknown
177536879Moscow: Meisto Pechati first piece 1775. 2; 6 2 blank. 1 vols. Folio. The two pieces loosely stitched together. Some stains not affecting legibility stitchmarks light soiling else very good. 2; 6 2 blank. 1 vols. Folio. Decrees relating to the military issued by Catherine II. These were issued the year following the end of the Russo-Turkish wars and the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji signed the 21st July 1774 and after the Cossack rebellion lead by Ymelyan Pugachev who claimed to be Peter III and who was finally captured and executed at Moscow the 11th of January 1775. As a result of the wars and the rebellion in 1775 Catherine seriously reformed the provincial and urban administrations giving greater control to the central government. The first decree lists eight numbered points perhaps officers for promotion or commendation it has the Royal titles as a caption title and commences citing the decree of 3 August 1744. The second piece bears no caption title or heading but lists 47 separately numbered points each a short paragraph imprint on final leaf of text. Meisto Pechati [first piece] unknown
1965011354Moscow Russia: Progress Publishers 1965. 3 Volume Set Translated from the third German edition by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling and edited by Frederick Engels. First English edition published in Moscow. Vol. 1- 1st ed 1st pt- 1965- Very Good book square tight no marks 807 pages in Near Fine jacket. Vol. 2 - 1st ed 4th pt- 1967- Fine book square tight no marks 551 pages in very good white jacket with smalltears/chips. Vol. 3- 1st ed 3rd pt- 1966- Fine book square tight no marks 948 pages in Very Good clean near fine white jacket. All books have previous owner name on ffep. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Progress Publishers Hardcover
1866030652London: Chapman And Hall 1866. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Vi 298 Pp. Modern Blue Cloth Gilt Stamped Black Leather Spine Label. The Modern Binding Is Fine Contents Just Very Good With Wear At Corners And Slight Even Foxing To Title Page. Scarce. Morley Reports That The Observations Were Provided By A Friend Who Brought Them From A Doctor Long Resident In Russia. The Quality And Immediacy Of The Observations Are Remarkable. <br/> <br/> Chapman And Hall hardcover
175016523A large engraved cont. handcoloured map of the Northern part of Russia from Novaja Semlja in the north to the Caspian Meer in the South from Finland to Jakusskkáy measuring 485 x 62 cm. Folded in center. A few tears in margins. <br/><br/><em>This large map is from Vaugondy: Atlas universel Paris 1757. </em> unknown
dola2480cNew York: cRussian Socialist Federation c1919. First Edition. oblong folio. title on thick red paper & 48 photographic plates on glossy paper covering the period 1917 to 1919 & including portraits of revolutionary leaders & officials & scenes of demonstrations military engagements political meetings &c. title & plate captions in Russian & English. original cloth-backed bds. binding worn but sound spine ends frayed small area of surface damage on lower rear cover resulting in loss of most of the copyright information - last word ‘Federation’ still visible internally very good. dola2480 [cNew York: cRussian Socialist Federation, c1919] hardcover
22708Nice 13 Fevrier 1916. Card 13 x 10cm text on both sides card with attractive coloured and embossed royal insignia. "Permettez-moi de vous dire combien je suis touchee de votre don genereux d'un tableau par vous-meme qhe vous verrez de m'envoyer pour l'hopital russe. Il est bien joli et nous tacherons de le mettre au lotterie pour augmenter les fonds de l'Hopital dont il a besoin souvent. Avec mes vifs remerciements ." See image of first side. Nice, 13 Fevrier 1916 unknown
189121073New York: The Century Company. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate. A few pages unopened. ; "Sponsored by the Century magazine and accompanied by the Boston artist and photographer George Frost Kennan arrived in Russia for his fourth visit in May 1885. He came prepared to give a favourable assessment of the penal system in Siberia but subsequent meetings and events in Siberia radically changed his views and through his subsequent book and lectures those of America. In the course of eight months between June 1885 and March of the following year they covered some 8000 miles within Siberia." Cross Anthony. “REIGN OF ALEXANDER III 1881–1894. ” In the Lands of the Romanovs: An Annotated Bibliography of First-Hand English-Language Accounts of the Russian Empire 1613-1917 1st ed. Open Book Publishers 2014 pp. 273–309. - Green boards with gilt lettering. Blindstamped decorative floral design. Volume 1 with frontispiece 4 maps and 90 illustrations. Volume 2: frontispiece and 104 illustrations as well as 3 maps. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; xv 409; x 575 pages . The Century Company hardcover
1833143387London: Seeley & Sons 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Seeley & Sons 1833 first edition. Large octavo xii 486 2 plate list and errata pages plus 8 hand-coloured lithographs. Original quarter pebble-grained green cloth and plain papered boards with a black paper title-label on the spine; all edges uncut; cloth a little worn and unevenly stained; boards rubbed marked and worn at the extremities; early ownership signature 'Francis Marriage' on the front free endpaper; scattered light foxing; minor signs of age and use; a very good copy. Seeley & Sons hardcover
1860010818Washington D. C: George W.Bowman Printer 1860. xxiv 277pp.with 24 lithographed views incl. additional title most tinted some folding 2 with some hand-colouring & 57 folding maps plans & plates. numerous text illus. original blind-stamped cloth In 1855 Major Delafield of the American Corps of Engineers was appointed to form a commission to visit the Crimea and the theatre of war in Europe for the purpose of gathering information regarding various aspects of their military systems: the organization of armies furnishing and distributing supplies medical and hospital arrangements kinds of arms ammuniition and equipment including the Lancaster gun and rifle cannon the construction of fortifications methods of transportation &c. The plates include numerous lithographed views of Sebastopol and fortifications there the military hospital at St. Petersburg the Turkish Barrack at Scutari used by the English Army as their general depot hospital and as a residence by Florence Nightingale folding plans of fortifcations in Paris Cherbourg Sebastopol Constadt and other cities and plates showing weapons hospitals batteries storehouses military structures. Text plates and maps in excellent condition - no tears foxing. However the binding is in very poor condition. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. George W.Bowman, Printer Hardcover
1841306977Dresden und Leipzig: Arnold 1841. First edition. Lithographic title in each volume folding plan of St. Petersburg. xii 324; viii 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers ads on back wrappers; uncut and unpressed. Wrappers toned losses to spine with old repairs some marginal chipping. Internally clean. About very good. First edition. Lithographic title in each volume folding plan of St. Petersburg. xii 324; viii 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The standard guide to mid-century St. Petersburg with chapters on the palaces markets street life ice-sleds the Hermitage and the notable collections of the city including a descriptive tour of libraries and archives. Arnold unknown
19727342Mexico City Mexico: WACL WYACL & FEMACO 1972. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 216 30 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates. Small 4to. measuring 7.5" x 10.5". Bound in illustrated navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the front board. Generously illustrated with dozens of chiefly black-and-white some colour photographic plates capturing conference proceedings and participants. Provides a comprehensive record of the conference proceedings organized by the Mexican affiliate of the World Anti-Communist League WACL namely the Federación Mexicana Anticomunista FEMACO comprising a detailed list of delegates from participating nations - including Australia Canada South Korea Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand the Philippines Thailand South Vietnam Jordan Lebanon Saudi Arabia Turkey Lesotho Liberia France the United Kingdom West Germany Italy Sweden the United States Guatemala El Salvador Costa Rica and Nicaragua - along with representatives holding observer and candidate status. Prefaced with messages of support from key anti-Communist leaders such as Chiang Kai-shek Ferdinand E. Marcos Park Chung-hee Leabua Jonathan and Nguy n V n Thi u. Outlines the detailed programme of events for the week-long milieu as well as printed texts of proposals studies deliberations and resolutions many of which include sharp criticisms of the Soviet Union the Peoples Republic of China their allied states and security apparatuses. A rare extant copy offering valuable insight into the operations and rhetoric of this unusual virulently anti-Communist and far-right Cold War organization later to be implicated in myriad allegations of wrongdoing. Light rubbing to the cloth extremities contents uniformly without blemish; near fine and housed in very good illustrated dustjacket showing small loss to the lower-right margin of the front panel and one short closed tear dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover. Overall very good. Highly rare. Equally rare amongst institutional holdings. Corresponds to OCLC #123216394 which records only two holdings at time of cataloguing. Rare indeed. <br/><br/>¶ Founded in 1966 in Taipei Taiwan as a global coalition of right-wing groups opposing communism the WACL evolved from the Asian People's Anti-Communist League APACL. Supported and led by staunch anti-Communist figures such as Chiang Kai-shek Taiwan Park Chung-hee South Korea John K. Singlaub USA and Charles A. Willoughby USA the WACL backed authoritarian regimes paramilitary groups and anti-Communist insurgencies including the Nicaraguan Contras. It would subsequently face criticism for its ties to extremists former Nazis and death squads particularly in Latin America. At the close of Cold War in 1990 the organization would rebrand as the the World League for Freedom and Democracy WFLD. WACL, WYACL & FEMACO hardcover
193683612New York: The Paisley Press Inc. Succeeding William Farquhar Payson 1936. Stated Third Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's heavy grain pale grey cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. xi; 241pp. Some wear and discoloration to extremities very light it's a very solidly produced book so wear and tear is represented by darkening of the cloth at the edges and some softening of the spine ends rather than anything more drastic; internally clean ownership to front pastedown author's signature to front flyleaf; in a handsome example of the gold and black dustjacket with some chipping and shallow loss to the spine ends scuffing and rubbing to the gilt paper coating and some marginal creasing and soiling. A very good solid copy. Illustrated throughout with full page plates. <br /> <br /> For a man named by his father after the logo of the American Socialist Labor Party after slipping out of Odessa in the 1870's Armand Hammer's journey to become one of the world's most influential businessmen and "Lenin's Favorite Capitalist" must have been a dramatic one. <br /> His father Julius had spent much of the early 20th century consolidating his role at Allied Drug and Chemical which was essentially at times a smuggling front shipping embargoed goods to Russia during the US trade sanctions. After Julius was sentenced to 3 years in Sing Sing allegedly for a botched abortion that resulted in the death of a Russian woman from subsequent pneumonia although modern research suggests that Armand a medical student might have been the one who performed the abortion and Julius took responsibility as the qualified senior medical professional present Armand took over Allied Drug and Chemical and raised it to new heights of corporate success. <br /> During Prohibition Allied's largest seller was a essentially alcoholic ginger ale sold as a medicinal tonic to great profit. <br /> <br /> Acting under the instructions of his imprisoned father Armand began taking numerous business trips to the Soviet Union. A young J. Edgar Hoover at that point basically an analyst at the Justice Department very strongly believed that the equally youthful Hammer was a COMINTERN courier and essentially placed him under surveillance for the rest of his life. <br /> Hammer's trips to Russia were ostensibly to recoup bad debts but this quickly developed into a number of lucrative business deals not least of which was selling cheap wheat to starving famine hit areas of Russia. Hammer developed a close co-operative no pun intended relationship with Lenin which resulted in a number of very high status business contracts and deals ranging from medical import contracts to 25 year's worth of asbestos mining in the Urals; one of Hammer's greatest coups was arranging payment for various services in furs caviar jewellery and antiquities seized by the Party from its long tail of enemies making him essentially a conduit for looted and otherwise dubious art jewels and antiques. <br /> At the height of Lenin's New Economic Policy Armand Hammer was the sole trade liason between the enormity of Soviet Russia and 38 major US corporations seeking to build trade deals through him. His grasp of the downrange necessities of dealing with the Soviets; graft bribery corruption and palm greasing was legendary and by the 1970's when his methods were starting to be inspected more closely there was no doubt that Hammer's understanding of legitimate business was secondary to his instinctive abilities in the fields of corporate and beaurocratic bribery and manipulation. <br /> This book is one personal perspective on the empire of treasure that Hammer accumulated; there are others and the entangled ephemeral traces of looted artworks forged and unfinished Fabergé eggs specially manufactured jeweller's tools designed to copy Fabergé's style exactly and a wealth of other foggy rumors and suspicions ranging from Armand the KGB stooge to Armand the James Bond Villain bent on Soviet domination through capitalism will continue to follow in his wake whether he be considered a legitimate businessman or a highly successful 20th century robber baron of legendary proportions. The Paisley Press Inc. Succeeding William Farquhar Payson unknown
1962011149New York: St Martins 1962. 889pp/frontis. Important study of the development of the Red Army from the revolution to the eve of World War II. Light wear to dj. Text clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. St Martins Hardcover
16368".The vague reports which too quickly circulate. She is now in a manner without complaint. believe me ever My Dear Frederick Your most Affectionate Father George R". Laid down on an old album leaf below which is mounted the cut signature "Charlotte R" of his consort Queen Charlotte 1744-1818. To the reverse of the leaf is mounted a letter address panel addressed in French to the Duke of York signed twice some dust marking.Identified in an early hand as being the Grand Duke Nicolas 1817 the year he visited England. The Grand Duke Nicholas 1796-1855 Nicolas I of Russia Emperor 1825-1855. unknown
RGW19426AAquatint 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 . . .' unknown
RGW19683Aquatint 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 . . .' unknown
RGW19427AAquatint 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 . . .' unknown
1921234513No place 1921. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. Fold mark across middle. Expertly backed with linen. Browned three short tears can be seen though repaired by the backing. Very good. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. This appeal printed above the names of A. Kerensky Victor Tchernoff Chernov and other Russian Social Revolutionaries for the 32 former members of the Russian Constituent Assembly protests the hardships inflicted upon Russia by communism. They accuse the Bolshevik government and its New Economic Policy of selling Russia's natural resources to the greed of international capitalism. The NEP was announced by Lenin in March 1921 and inaugurated an interim policy guaranteeing freedom of trade in internal commerce and a system of concessions for the investment of foreign capital. European states and busineses were pleased with the NEP and saw in it Lenin's capitulation to capitalism. However what they considered a weakness eventually turned out to be a mark of strength and flexibility of Bolshevik policy. unknown
183331422London: Seeley & Sons Hatchard & Son 1833. First edition. 8 handcolored lithgraphic plates of the people one spotted errata at the back. 1 vols. 4to. Later half roan red and black labels chipped. Joints and extremities rubbed short crack at top of upper joint some light browning of text else very good. First edition. 8 handcolored lithgraphic plates of the people one spotted errata at the back. 1 vols. 4to. He writes of the history of the country and its present state with comments on its religion customs and social life including slavery hospitals prisons the state of the Jews of Russia Freemasonry the army and navy its agriculture and commerce and manufacturing. One of the plates shows men playing Svalka another the village amusements and another a national dance.The appendix contains specimens of the style of preaching among the Russian clergy. Colas 2395; Abbey Travel 230; Hiler p. 712; Tooley 380 Seeley & Sons, Hatchard & Son unknown
1974Most slides with taped edges; some images slightly faded; some slides with small cracks; library boxes somewhat rubbed and worn. Very good. <p>Group of 34 Glass Travel Slides Depicting Views of Pre-Bolshevik Era Russia circa 1895 - 1915. <br /> Publishers include: Keystone View Company Underwood & Underwood Cornell Photos Supply Co. McIntosh Stereopticon Company and Victor Animatograph Co. <br /> Thirty-four glass travel slides various publishers mostly black and white some color some with printed or manuscript labels. <br /> Most measuring approx. 3.25 x 4 inches with a few measuring approx. 3.25 x 3.25 inches. Most in later protective paper sleeves many with pencil titles. Housed in vintage handled cloth-covered wooden boxes labeled "Portland Public Schools Visual Aid Department." Manuscript lists affixed to box lids do not reflect actual contents. <br /> Pencil sleeve-descriptions include: St. Petersburg - Tsarskoe Selo Alexandra Feodrovna and German Empress; St. Petersburg - Peter & Paul Cathedral - Burial Place of Tsars; Moscow - St. Basil's; 5 Men; St. Petersburg - Street Paving; Man in Village Street; Rural Building w/ Lots of People Posed; Moscow - Red Square; Moscow - Tsar Bell; Coachman in Coach; Russia Peasants; Russia Dacha; Russia Toika & Driver on Street; Moscow Large Church in City; Russia Coachman & Horses; Moscow - Kremlin & River Keystone; Tsarskoe Selo Village; St. Petersburg - Troika & Driver in Courtyard; Kremlin - Ivan The Great Bell Tower Tsar Bell; Moscow: House of Romanov Boyars; St. Petersburg - Nevski Prospekt x 2; Moscow - Kremlin - Assumption Cathedral Int.; Kremlin View; St. Petersburg Street View; St. Petersburg Bridge; Troika; Moscow - Kremlin - Ivan the Great Bell Tower; Guard.</p> . unknown
18715818New York 1871. Good. 32pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor dust-soiling and spotting to wrappers. Some marginal insect damage to lower right corner not costing any text. Faint dampstain to upper margin of most leaves. A scarce work in which an "Evangelical Alliance" of American and British religious leaders petition Tsar Alexander II to grant religious freedom to Catholics and Protestants in 1871. The report begins with some background on the "Evangelical Alliance and Religious Liberty" religious persecution in the Baltic States some information on the penal laws in Russia and then the alliance's work in arguing for religious freedom beginning with their "Prepatory Labors" and "Meetings in London and Stuttgart" and ending with the "Final Promise of the Prime Minister" and "The Result." The latter included "partial relief" from religious persecution with hopes for "further improvements." The report is signed at the end by its President Samuel F.B. Morse. The report is followed by an Appendix printing "Prince Gortschakoff's Report to the Emperor of Russia" and three other memorials and interviews pertaining to the alliance's activities in Europe. An early example of religious diplomacy from American and British leaders. Ten copies in OCLC. unknown
189717398Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1897. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Half-title page and last blank page browned as usual. Edges a bit tanned and with one small stain. Else a very handsome and tight copy. ; "Avec 14 cartes et 22 plans". ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; XLVIII 447 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
199122091New York City: Black Thistle Press 1991. soft cover as issued. sparse and faint smattering of dust-spotting to exterior textblock edges. negligible wear at spine ends. else clean no text or exterior markings. no bumps or tears. strong sewn binding.; inscription to writer and journalist margot adler dated march 5 1991.and signed by jonas mekas on the title page.; 469pp. b/w illustrations. first appearance of the late filmmaker's memoir. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black Thistle Press Paperback
