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1938140496Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House 1938. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling with minor rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Ex-libris copy with usual marks. ; 685 pages; Physical desc. : viii 685 p ; 23 cm. Subject: Soviet Union --Politics and government --1936-1953 --Sources. Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House hardcover
1993152644Oxford University Press 1993. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is as new now wrapped in clear protective cover. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 286 pages with some b&w photos and illus. Contents include: Socailism and spectator sports Watching games before the revolution Early rituals of stalinist sport Soviet soccer's golden age Birth of Soviet hockey Impact of television Soviet sports fans Ways of watching: old and new etc. Keywords: Socailism Spectator Sports Watching Games Before Revolution Early rituals Stalinist Sport Soviet Soccer's Golden age Birth Soviet hockey Impact of television Soviet Sports fans Watching Old and New Oxford University Press hardcover
1987019218Stanford: Hoover Institution Press / Stanford University 1987. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine. Xxx 298 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing. Fine. Critical Strategic Analysis Regarding Russia. Nicely Inscribed By The Author To Professor Hammond Rolph. The Two Of Them Wrote A Book On Vietnam Together. Per Usc Swearingen A Former World War Ii Intelligence Corps Officer And Top Aide To General Douglas Macarthur Swearingen Became A Close Friend And Colleague Of Then Future Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger While Both Were Graduate Students At Harvard University In The Late 1940S. Swearingen'S Wife Darlene Swearingen Said That During The 1970S And 1980S Her Husband And Kissinger Took Numerous Trips To China And The Soviet Union. Their Findings Assisted The U.S. Government In Developing International Relations Policies She Said. Rodger Swearingen Joined Usc Dornsife'S School Of International Relations In 1954 Creating A Teaching And Research Focus On Soviet Policy And World Communism. In The 1960S Swearingen Was One Of A Group Of Cold War Scholars Who Convinced Usc Trustee And Donor Henry Salvatori To Contribute $1.25 Million To Establish The Usc Research Institute On Communist Strategy And Propaganda. After Founding The Institute Swearingen Went On To Direct It Teaching Courses And Seminars There Until His Retirement In 1993. He Also Played A Vital Role In Writing For The Journal Published By The Institute. During The Cold War Swearingen Also Brought His Knowledge To Television Moderating A 35-Week Documentary Series On The "Dangers" Of Communism. Titled Communism: Myth Vs. Reality It Aired Nationwide And On U.S. Armed Services Stations Abroad. In Later Years Swearingen Was A Key Advisor To Several Military Committees - Providing Expert Testimony On Both Soviet And Chinese Military Strategies. Swearingen Was Born On April 23 1923 In Los Angeles. His Father Was The Chief Real Estate Broker For The City Of Los Angeles And Was In Charge Of Negotiating Home Purchases To Make Room For The City'S Expanding Freeway System. <br/> <br/> Hoover Institution Press / Stanford University hardcover
2000S8218<p>London: Saint Catherine's Foundation 2000. <strong>Brand new</strong>. In english. Hard cover 29.5 cm 488 pp. 650 colour images.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>==============================================================</p><p><b>IMPORTANT: The price does NOT include the shipping cost which depends on actual weight and destination. You will receive a message after placing the order with the exact cost and the options available; then you will have to approve / reject this cost; you may also ask about this cost before placing the order at dem.siatras@gmail.com .</b></p> Saint Catherine's 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
1934011033Moscow Russia: Academia 1934. Elephant folio. 49 3pp. Uncut. Original cloth overlaid with Palekh style illustration. The cover is designed like a ceiling fresco seen from below. Illustrated endpapers.This volume contains the old Russian text of "Slovo o Polku Igoreve Host of Igors Lay one of the greatest literary masterpieces not only of Russia but the world." It explains that the illustrator Ivan Golikov works "in the old artistic manner of the Palekh School. Chromolithographed title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. Ribbon marker. Magnificent edition of this anonymous epic poem originally written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as The Song of Igor's Campaign The Lay of Igor's Campaign and The Lay of the Host of Igor. The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich 1202 against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem the current scholarly consensus is that the poem is authentic and dates to the medieval period late 12th century. The Tale of Igor's Campaign was adapted by Alexander Borodin and became one of the great classics of Russian opera. This edition is lavishly illustrated with 10 mounted Palekh illustrations by Golikov each within a chromolithographed border. Some rubbing on covers with slight abrasion on front cover and heavy abrasion on back cover. Text in old Russian. Binding in overall good interior in near fine to fine condition. The Palekh school works are painted in an ornate style that usually utilized bright primary colors especially red against a shiny black background to decorate lacquer boxes with fairy tale motifs. A clean beautiful rare volume. 1st Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. Illus. by Golikov Ivan. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Academia Hardcover
1969002389Frankfurt Germany: Posev 1969. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. DJ discolored edges soiled sm closed tear at rear upper corner. Book covers faded along edges corners bumped owner stamp on fep "Radio Free Russia" stamp on ffep dated 1970. Green cloth gilt lettering white glossy dj with blue lettering. Contents clean in tight binding. Contains the plays Olen' i Shalashovka and Svecha na Vetru; three short stories Pravaya Kist' Krohotnyie raskazy Paskhal'nyi Kretnyi Hod; three essays Chitayut "Ivana Denisovicha" Ne Obychai Degtem Schi Belit' Otvet Trem Studentam. All Russian text. 5/09 for Posev hardcover
1970002392Frankfurt Germany: Posev 1970. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Covers lt edgeworn scuffed & lt soiled reading crease on spine. Owner stamp inside front cover. Contents clean in tight binding. Last volume in the 6-vol Collected Works containing letters appeals essays media reports meeting minutes and relevant documents pertaining to Solzhenitsyn's struggle to have his work published in the Soviet Union following his exile. Also some literary criticism. All Russian text. 609 for Posev paperback
19282092902138302949Genshi-sha 1928. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 177p Size: 19cm Genshi-sha paperback
194360812<p>Self Published. Good; Splits at spine. 1943. Softcover. Stapled printed red wraps. Measures 5x7 inches. Poems by the Lithuanian-American lauding Soviet populism women's rights Stalin and Soviet resilience in World War II. ; 16 pages .</p> Self Published paperback
1960029657Moscow / Moscou / Moskau / Moscu: Ussr Foreign Languages Publishing House Circa 1960/1963 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Color And B/W Photographs Throughout. Large Format Photography Book In Five Languages Russian English French German And Spanish. A Few Text Pages 147 Numbered Plates. Silver Cloth Printed In Black. Photographic Paper Dj With Additional Clear Plastic Dj. Book With Very Slight Wear But Still Fraying Along Bottom Edge Of Spine With Printed Lettering. Dj's With Light Wear And Short Tears At Corners Small Chips To Plastic Dj At Top And Bottom Of Spine. <br/> <br/> Ussr Foreign Languages Publishing House Circa 1960/1963 hardcover
1966217420Moskva : Izdatel'stvo Nauka 1966. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 586 pages; Physical desc.: 586 p. 26 cm. Subject: Soviet Literature and Criticism -- Literature. Moskva : Izdatel'stvo Nauka hardcover
1966217706Moskva: Izdatel'stvo ""Nauka"" 1966. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Errata slip inserted. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 586 pages; Physical desc.:586 p. 24 cm. Subject: Soviet Literature -- Criticism -- 1917-1962. Moskva: Izdatel'stvo ""Nauka"" hardcover
197484419New York: Taplinger Publishing Co 1974. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 472pp. Clean and sharp; internally clean top edge stained red; in a strong bright dustjacket with light wear to extremities. A very good copy indeed.<br /> <br /> Ninety-two documents showing the development of Soviet internal and foreign policy dating from the Revolution to the period of publication. Taplinger Publishing Co 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
1993011424St Petersburg Russia: Neva-Service 1993. 116pp of text. Well illustrated history of Russian uniforms. 179 detailed color plates. English text. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Neva-Service Hardcover
1975004553New York: Praeger 1975. "Praeger Special Studies in International Politics and Government". XXVI 665 pp with 17 tables and 21 figures.34 papers: Soviet Military's Influence on Foreign Policy-Soviet Defense Policies and Naval Interests.Command of the Sea in Soviet Naval Strategy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Praeger hardcover
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
1980MASTER182802INewtonville MA.: Oriental Research Partners. Vg In Red Boards With White Lettering. Pages: 118. 1980. Hardcover. Oriental Research Partners hardcover
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
195921046Leningrad: State publishing House Isskustvo 1959. Hardcover. Good overall. 1959 Soviet Russia volume on the Russian resort town of Sochi which hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 2014. Located on the "Russian Riviera" on the Black Sea with a long & beautiful coastline and known during the Soviet era as the "All Union Health Resort".<br /> <br /> 4to 210pp many color and b&w photographic ills. Photo captions in Russian and English. Cream boards with title in dark blue at front board and spine. With the original pictorial dust jacket with title in red and white on blue ground at dj front. Dj rubbed & chipped with small loss at spine. Spine ends a bit rubbed; internally owner inscription in Russian at ffep. State publishing House Isskustvo hardcover
19437088London: Frederick Muller Ltd. . 1943. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. DJ with small chips. Light occasional foxing; SIGNED by the Dean of Canterbury with ink on the title page ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 154 pages . Frederick Muller Ltd. hardcover
198284404New York: Crane Russak 1982. First Thus. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. xxvi; 398pp. Light bumping to spine ends some very light wear to the extremities of the cloth; internally clean; in a clean sharp example of the dustjacket. A near fine copy.<br /> <br /> A study produced under the auspices of the RAND Corporation a military adjacent think-tank and research institution originally created to research and protect against future methods of warfare but later expanding into the civilian sector. Coinciding with the opening of Soviet hostilities against Afghanistan but working from a body of knowledge accumulated since the end of WW2 and the commencement of the Cold War this is an attempt to predict and understand Soviet military and strategic thinking and behavior in time of conflict. Crane Russak unknown
1969010679Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1969. 403pp/map. Light edgewear to dj. Text clean. . 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harvard University Press Hardcover
1992011758Old Tappan New Jersey U.S.A.: Free Pr 1992. 557pp/maps. A pioneering effort to trace the evolution of military power and military strategy of tsarist Russia during the rule of the Romanov dynasty. Clean. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Free Pr Paperback