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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
1919223031919. Photographs measuring 6 x 4 inches and smaller. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Contemporary gray cloth ms. title to upper board upper joint wearing but holding nicely. Photographs measuring 6 x 4 inches and smaller. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. A rare survival from a distinguished World War One veteran. Born in India Nightingale was educated at Rugby and Sandhurst and joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1910. He survived the landing on V beach Cape Helles Gallipoli April 25th 1915 and the following year he was awarded both the Military Cross and the Legion D'Honneur for his services. <br /> Nightingale subsequently served with the 46th Battalion Royal Fusiliers in the North Russian Relief Force part of the invasion of Russia by the English Irish and the Americans. The operation was conducted under the command of General H. de V. Sadleir-Jackson.<br /> Arriving in Archangel on 5 June 1919 the 46th proceeded along the Dvina River to Osinova where preparations were made for an attack on rail and river transport. The objective was to repel the Red Army from their established positions and generally improve the position of the White Russian forces. The hope was that the NRRF would be able to subsequently withdraw without significant casualties. In addition smaller raids on Red Army positions were carried out to the south partly to destabilize them partly as reconnaissance. Nightingale was in command of the Borok Column on the right bank of the Dvina River for the August 10 offensive.<br /> The first photos are of the H.M.T. "War Summit" & H.M.T. "Pretorian" chugging through the Arctic Ocean and White Sea in Midsummer June 1919 on its way to Archangel. They were billeted at Troitsa and among the many images of the town and its surroundings is one of where the mutiny of Dyer's Battalion took place. Equally there are shots of Russian batteries Allied defenses company headquarters and regimental aid posts as well as images of the Dvina River Yaroslovskoe and Selso. A page is devoted to "Col. Davies Headquarters at Commencement of Action Aug 10th" and shows how the British troops organized themselves in the Selmenga Forest namely with three shots of "Piccadilly Circus Selmenga Forest with Shaftesbury Avenue and Regent Street."<br /> The attack commenced at noon and despite the difficulty of the terrain was successful. We know that Borok Nightingale's objective was reported captured along with 80 POWs by eleven o'clock that evening. Nightingale was evacuated in late September.<br /> This is not only a record of the battle but includes many poignant personal touches too. Namely there are several shots of men with whom he served and the Russians with whom he stayed. The captions not only name the men in each photograph but in many cases reveal their fate: "Lt Taylor killed Aug 10th Lt Grant wounded Aug 1st Capt. Driver killed Aug 10th."<br /> The album also includes a typed order - dated September 9 1919 - which is a reminder that despite the success of the August attack the Russian Civil War was ongoing and would ultimately be won by the Bolsheviks. "You will send one platoon to SELMENGA to hold the SELMENGA BRIDGE and the beach road to GORODOK. The enemy are known to be in force in the vicinity of BOROK and GORODOK and may attempt an outflanking movement . The platoon remain in position there and will withdraw when Captain de Miremont with the GORODOK Infantry comes through there tonight . The Platoon should form a right flank guard to Captain de Miremont from SALMENGA to PLESS."<br /> The photographs of Russia occupy the first half of the album the rest is devoted to Nightingale's time in Ireland with the 7th Cadet Battalion. Despite his distinguished service in the military Nightingale's fate was a melancholy one. He died in 1935 reportedly either by suicide using his own revolver of from alcoholism. unknown
1933QS-6RQE-MR8C1933. Hardcover. Good. Stokes 1933. No jacket. Moderate external wear spine cocked binding firm. Pages generally clean with a couple of light smudges and a couple of pencil notes. Bookplate of noted neurologist and medical historian Henry Rouse Viets as well as remains of an earlier bookplate. hardcover
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
1908189307St- Petersburg: R. Golicke & A. Willborg for the Ministère du Commerce et de l'industrie 1908. Havens for Tsarist maritime commerce First and only edition. Officially sanctioned painstaking survey of the Russian ports of Europe recorded at the height of their influence. Rare WorldCat locates a single copy in the University of Genoa. Altogether sixty-five ports are described in great detail accompanied by photographs plans and engineer's sections for aspects of their construction. This sort of close scrutiny would very soon be confined behind a wall of Soviet state secrecy. The report covers the White Sea Black Sea Baltic Sea and Sea of Azov; more than a half of the ports analyzed are now located outside of Russia in the Baltic states Ukraine and Georgia. This volume was never intended for general distribution but rather was passed through official channels a presentation of the ports as a manifestation of the of Russian Empire's influence on European maritime commerce. Finely produced the presswork was carried out by R. Golicke & A. Willborg a house known for its involvement in Russian livres d'artiste and other fine editions the binding was commissioned from the workshop of M. Uleman small gilt on white ticket to the front pastedown. Two pre-Revolutionary ink stamps to the title page one repeated on the front cover. Crossed out on the title is of that of the Imperial Library of the Central Statistical Committee of Ministry of Internal Affairs the repeated stamp is for "Professor Emeritus of the St Petersburg Institute of Communication Routes Vsevolod Evgenievich Timonov". Timonov 1862-1936 was a hydraulic engineer hydrologist and transportation engineer typical of the intended constituency for the volume. From 1886 to 1895 he served in the Ministry of Railways working on the Commission for the Construction of Commercial Ports. During this time Timonov supervised the first work on the construction of stone block breakwaters for ports on the Baltic 1887 organized and implemented the initial marine dredging works there 1889 explored the mouths of the Dnieper Don and Volga rivers 1890 selecting the branches for development drew up a project for improving the rapids on the Dnieper carrying out exploratory work on one section 1894 explored the shores of the Pacific Ocean to assist in the selection Vladivostok as the location for the Pacific port terminal of the Siberian railway and explored the rivers of the Amur region developing measures to increase navigability 1895. Octavo 280 203 mm. pp. 24 33 94 128 91 vii. Printed throughout on coated paper numerous half-tone illustrations maps and plans to the text large folding three-colour printed map 695 x 560 mm retained by a band at the rear endpaper. Original light greenish blue cloth lettered in black on the spine and front cover French fillet panel to both covers in black to the front in blind on the back light greenish grey endpapers. Slightly rubbed and a little bumped some short splits to head and tail of the spine endpapers a touch browned at the edges; text-block marginally toned but clean and sound; very good. 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
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
191320816London: A & C Black. 1913. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest fading to spine. A bit of tanning to endpapers. Small stamp on half-title page "Produced in England" as issued. A handsome and tight copy. ; 16 illustrations in color and 16 in b&w from wonderful watercolors by the French artist F. De Haenen. Burgundy boards with vignette and lettering in yellow and linear design in light blue. Later printing with no top edge gilt and without color illustration tissue guards but with rear folding map. 7s 6d Series. Inman 177. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii 172 pages . A & C Black hardcover
1928003738New York: Viking 1928. 386 pp./illus. Rasputin was one of the most mysterious figures of modern times - a Siberian peasant who swayed men and nations by the power of his eye the intimate of Russian aristocracy and confidant of the Empress. Clean. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Viking hardcover
1922FV-F050-IQRY1922. Hardcover. Good. First edition US Doubleday Page 1922. No jacket. Top and bottom of spine frayed corners a little bumped and worn. Pages somewhat yellowed with occasional minor blemishes. Old owner signature more recent owner name of Russia scholar Marshall Winokur. hardcover
1933005985Garden City New York U.S.A.: Doubleday Doran & Company 1933. This is a 1933 first edition of an account of the medical and public health administration in the Soviet Union based on the authors' 9000 mile tour of the country in 1932 supported by the Milbank Memorial Fund; Sir Arthur Newsholme was a public health authority and the chief medical officer for Britain's Local Government Board; John Adams Kingsbury was a public health advocate and New York City's Commissioner of Public Charities; includes 19 full-page black & white photographs 8 by Margaret Bourke-White; a separate card in the book is inscribed to Louis J. Dublin a statistician for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and an expert on the causes of mortality and signed by both authors black cloth with black lettering on red spine label; end papers have Bourke-White photos; half-title page with Louis J. Dublin's signature and date of March 1934 has some erasures and impression of paper clips that held the card signed by the authors; otherwise this is a bright clean tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore. Inscribed By Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Doubleday, Doran & Company Hardcover
19282092902138302000Genshi-sha 1928. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 139p Size: 20cm Genshi-sha paperback
1974005135Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 1974. 98pp/illus. Very nice picto-history of the great movie posters of Russia from 1926-30. Illus. w. 56 b&w repros. & 19 color repros. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
195791881Moscou 1957. periodical. <b>Périodique en russe</b>. Couverture souple. 31 fascicules brochés de 32 pages. 22 x 29 cm. <i>ref. 91881</i> Moscou unknown
200025308Boulder/New York: East European Monographs and Columbia University Press 2000. cloth hardcover in added clear vinyl folded dj. unique owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. strong binding.; english text translated from romanian original by eugenia elena popescu.; xxii-496pp. detailed history. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. East European Monographs and Columbia University Press Hardcover
194984391New York: Macmillan 1949. Second Printing. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's slate grey cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. ix; 342pp. Lightly sunned to spine with some light bumping and fading to the extremities; internally clean with a name and military ID number stamped on the top-edge of the page block and another numerical stamp to the bottom edge; in a priceclipped dustjacket with shalow fraying and chipping to the spine ends and extremities some light soiling to the pale paper and toning to the spine panel. A very good copy in a dustjacket that has seen some use.<br /> <br /> An extremely readable history of the social hierarchies and structures of Russia prior to the Revlution and the manner in which a nation deals with the overturning of all that it held familiar and enduring. Macmillan unknown
19322017Prague: Komisi Nakladatelstvi Orbis 1932. Pamphlet. Fair. Text in Czech untranslated. Paper covered pamphlet in fair to good condition - paper covers chipping and darkened. Binding is intact and the pages are clean other than a notation on page 4 in pencil. 60 pp. The title loosely translates in English to Russia and Czechoslovakia Legion in the Years 1914-1918 - special Print from the Collection >>Our Revolution<< Vol. VIII. <br/><br/> Komisi Nakladatelstvi Orbis unknown
191520780London: A & C Black. 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Front hinge has a bit of play. Light foxing to top and fore edge. The slightest browning and extremely light foxing to endpapers. Else 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
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
191521703London: A & C Black. 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Front hinge started but still holding strongly.; 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
1989011233Switzerland: Swan 1989. 279 pp.; map endpapers; generously illustrated with b/w photo reproductions. Light wear to dj. Text clean. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Swan Hardcover
1917318401Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. London : Chapman & Hall 1917. First edition. With numerous Illustrations. xi 1 232 pp. 8vo. Bound in light tan mottled modern three quarters polished calf brown leather title label and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. With numerous Illustrations. xi 1 232 pp. 8vo. J.B. Lippincott. London : Chapman & Hall unknown
191755615<p>NY: McBride Nast and Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Shaken boards worn and sunned pages toned . owner name on front free endpaper cigarette burn on pp 157-158 at top . margin which extends to surrounding several leaves. 1917. First American Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth titled in black. 16 photo reproductions of crowds and soldiers during the February-March 1917 while Jones was in Petrograd now St. Petersburg during the February Revolution. x 279pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> McBride, Nast and Company hardcover
196330746New York: Collier Books 1963. MMPB. VG. 0x0x0. VERY-GOOD MASS-MARKET-PAPERBACK. TIGHT SQUARE UNMARKED Collier Books paperback
1932015752New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Wheat Cloth. Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 13 Maps and 127 Illustrations and Diagrams. Xxix 711 Vii. Wheat Cloth. First American Edition Stated. "Revised And Supplemented By The Author For The English Edition." A Clean Tight Unworn Copy In A Jacket With Some Edge Wear And Small Edge Chips Not Affecting Lettering Or Design. An Immense Amount Of Interesting Detail Not Usually Publicized Elsewhere; For Example 41 % Of The Russian Higher Army Command Under Alexander Ii Was Of German Ancestry And At That Same Time The Russian Senate Was 33% German Etc. American Writing About Russia In Public Printings Remains Largely Political Opinion And Of No Obvious Practicality. <br/> <br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
