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179731896Paris: Chez Desenne 1797. First edition. Leaf "i" excised which may have contained the "Decret concernant les Contrefacteurs" 5 pages publisher's advertisements at the back half-title. xxiv 186 6pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half-calf. Rubbed leaves spotted and browned some short marginal tears contemporary signatures on blanks else very good. First edition. Leaf "i" excised which may have contained the "Decret concernant les Contrefacteurs" 5 pages publisher's advertisements at the back half-title. xxiv 186 6pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With "Discours en Vers sur Les Disputes par M. De Rulhiere" on pp. 177-186. Chez Desenne unknown books
188225318Sergiyev Posad Russia: I. Efimova 1882. 186 4 pages. Including a double-page color tinted lithograph view of the monastery grounds and architecture; at back is a double-page map-plan giving the geographical position of the monastery and the layout of the grounds within the wider community; a number key with description is on the following pages. Text entirely in Cyrillic describing in a chronology the history of the monastery established by one of the most important Russian Orthodox patron saints of Russia the monk Sergius of Radonezh Saint Vartholomei Kirilovich. With the occasional marginal pencil comment and mark. Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" size; bound in the original finely pebble-textured dark teal cloth. Edge-wear tips wear-through; spine cloth fraying and loosening at bottom. Remains of old label old sticker with number on front board; no blank free endpapers; a couple of pencil numbers and a pen number and with the stamp of a church library with a central illustration of the same & another rectangular stamp that is partially incomplete throughout. Text generally clean and very good; lithographed plate & the map also in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. I. Efimova hardcover books
1803WRCLIT66738London: Printed for T.R. Longman and O. Rees 1803. xii708pp. Large octavo. Original paper boards wholly untrimmed. Engraved frontis portrait. Upper board neatly detached with spine paper partially chipped away scattered foxing heavy foxing offset from portrait to title ownership signature on title last name only of U.S. diplomat and Congressman Samuel Sitgreaves but a good copy. First edition of this early work by the prolific miscellaneous writer and novelist published when he was in his early twenties while at work on his MA at Pembroke. Printed for T.R. Longman and O. Rees hardcover books
14498Archive of 13 Vintage Horse Racing photos 3.2" x 2.3" Part of an album. Russian Military Officers Horseback riding on a manege or racetrack. The riders are wearing typical Russian outfits of 1920's. unknown books
1898318338London: C. Arthur Person 1898. Second edition. Illustrated.x. 275pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters brown mottled calf red leather title label marbled boards. Fine. Second edition. Illustrated.x. 275pp. 8vo. C. Arthur Person unknown books
1771647971771. Amsterdam 1771. 2nd Dutch ed. Amsterdam 1771. 2nd Dutch ed. Early Amsterdam Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. vii 229 pp. Frontispiece engraved copperplate medallion portrait of Catherine II by C.A. Boily. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Contemporary mottled calf blind rules to boards gilt spine with lettering piece edges rouged marbled endpapers. A few minor scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities spine ends worn front joint starting at ends corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light toning to text dampstaining and light foxing to a few leaves internally clean. An attractive copy. $1500. Second Dutch edition. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. Several editions followed in nations ranging from Italy to Latvia. The first Dutch edition in Dutch translation was published in Amsterdam in 1769. The 1771 Amsterdam edition was the first Dutch edition in French. It is a scarce imprint. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries Library of Congress UC-Berkeley. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 528 entry 28. unknown books
1771648601771. Early Amsterdam Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. Pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. vii 229 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Later patterned-paper covered boards calf lettering piece to spine patterned endpapers. Minor wear to spine ends and corners front joint starting at ends. Negligible light toning to text dampstaining to bottom and fore-edges of text block very faint in most places in preliminaries somewhat darker. A nice copy. $1250. Second Dutch edition. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. Several editions followed in nations ranging from Italy to Latvia. The first Dutch edition in Dutch translation was published in Amsterdam in 1769. The 1771 Amsterdam edition was the first Dutch edition in French. It is a scarce imprint. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries Library of Congress UC-Berkeley. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 528 entry 28. unknown books
1769647731769. Early French-Language Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Landres J. Rodolphe Frey de Translator. Instructions Adressees par Sa Majeste Instructions Adressees par Sa Majeste L'Imperatrice de Toutes les Russies L'Impratrice de Toutes les Russies: A la Commission Etablie Pour Travailler a L'Execution du Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Lois. Traduit de l'Allemand. "A Petersbourg" i.e. Yverdon Switzerland: s.n. 1769. 286 pp. 12mo. 6" x 4". Early quarter vellum over marbled boards untrimmed edges a few unopenened signatures. Light soiling corners lightly bumped and worn. Moderate toning somewhat heavier in places some leaves have light foxing a few have light dampstaining to margins internally clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamp to title page. A handsome copy. $1000. Reissue of the first edition in French published for by the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences for private distribution in 1769. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. The book was initially banned in France because it was too liberal which is why the first French-language edition was produced in Switzerland with a false imprint. French and Latin editions were eventually published in 1770. OCLC locates 6 copies of this imprint in North American law libraries Columbia George Washington University Harvard Library of Congress UC-Berkeley Yale. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 531 Entry 40. unknown books
1956WRCAM9768Moscow 1956. Three volumes. Photos plates and maps some folding. Large thick octavo. Gilt cloth. Nice set in very good dust jackets. A comprehensive history from the earliest times through World War II issued under the auspices of the Russian Academy. hardcover books
187737504St. Petersburg 1877. 56 x 40. Thirty-two printed panels mounted on canvas. 1 vols. Pinholes at corners faint age darkening else very good. 56 x 40. Thirty-two printed panels mounted on canvas. 1 vols. Shows Eastern Europe from Scandinavia to Constantinople Russia eastward to Perm and south to the Caucasus and Iran. The inset map shows Central Asia Mongolia and the Russian Far East. unknown books
189258067St. Pétersbourg: Stadler & Pattinote 1892. Oblong folio 3 p.l. plus 56 chromolithograph plates each with descriptive text on the verso of the preceding plate 1 leaf of index; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and black on the upper cover; front hinge reglued the contents slightly shaken otherwise on the whole very good the plates clean. With explanatory letter-press in Russian and French. Four copies in OCLC only the U.S. Navy and Miami University in the U.S. <br/><br/> Stadler & Pattinote hardcover books
18841397881884. BINDING. La Russie et les Russes. By Victor Tissot. 4 423 1 pp. Illustrated with 7 plates and 240 illustrations in the text. 4to. 275 x 195 mm bound in publisher's polychrome binding. Paris: Librairie Plon E. Plon Nourrit et Cie. 1884. First Illustrated Edition. The text appeared in a smaller format without illustrations in 1882. A handsome copy of this celebrated survey of Russia in its original polychrome binding with a view of the Kremlin on the front cover. Of the illustrations 67 are by F. de Haenen and 115 are by Pranischnikoff. Scattered foxing a near fine copy. unknown books
1927WebOneAbe-371Paris: Rieder 1927. Performing arts Paris: Rieder 1927. Square 8vo original printed wrappers. Top of spine pulling else fine. With 176 pp. ads for art films and 20 heliogravure plates. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. Paris: Rieder, Paperback books
177131423Paris: Chez Humblot 1771. First edition published in France and probably the first edition in French. Also published in French in Leipzig and Amsterdam the same year. Large folding map at the back. xxviii 584 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black boards manuscript paper label on spine. Boards very rubbed some knocking spine repaired but worn stamp on title and a few leaves of text browning of text pencilled marginalia else a very good copy. First edition published in France and probably the first edition in French. Also published in French in Leipzig and Amsterdam the same year. Large folding map at the back. xxviii 584 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce edition. Hume translated the English edition and published it in 1770 though the author of this edition says that the English edition is full of errors which may be correct as Hume published the second edition greatly corrected etc. Chez Humblot unknown books
184019185London: Henry Colburn Publisher 1840. First edition. Frontispiece portraits facsimiles. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth decorated in blind and gilt. Head of spines pulled shaken some light browning and soiling of text mostly marginal. A Very good copy. First edition. Frontispiece portraits facsimiles. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed form the editor. Inscribed from Mrs. Bradford the editor to J. Arabella Holt March 28 1840 with clipped fragments from two letters from Mrs. Bradford pasted to endpapers. Henry Colburn, Publisher unknown books
192361783New York: The Macmillan Company 1923. Second impression. Illustrated. ix 400 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth decorated in green and gilt. Fine. Second impression. Illustrated. ix 400 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1770648241770. St. Petersburg 1770. 4th & best ed. St. Petersburg 1770. 4th & best ed. "The Best and Most Luxurious" Four-Language Edition of Catherine the Great's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Kozitzki Grigorii Vasil'yevich d. 1775 Latin translation. Nakaz Eia Imperatorskago Velichestva Ekateriny Vtoryia Samoderzhitsy Vserossiiskiia Dannyi Kommissii o Sochinenii Proekta Novago Ulozheniia. Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II to the Commission on the Work of the Projected New Code of Laws. St. Petersburg: Imperatorskaya Akademii Nauk 1770. viii 403 pp. Four title pages one in each language. Printed in double columns Russian and Latin on one page and German and French on the opposite page. Allegorical engravings by C. M. Roth at head and tail pieces. Latin translation by Grigorii Vasil'yevich Kozitzki. Quarto 9-1/2" x 8". Contemporary calf raised bands lettering piece and black-stamped ornaments to spine edges rouged patterned endleaves Light rubbing faint stains scratches and ink marks to boards which are slightly bowed moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and worn. Large copperplate vignettes at beginning and end of text. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to margins in a few places internally clean. A nice copy. $3500. Only four-language edition the fourth and best edition overall. Described by Count M.A. Korf then director of the Imperial Library as "The Best and Most Luxurious Edition." The Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II between 1764 and 1766. It was among her most ambitious and significant undertakings. Infused with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and denounced torture and the death penalty. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. The book was initially banned in. unknown books
1893653421893. St. Petersburg: Izd. L.F. Pantelieeva 1893. St. Petersburg: Izd. L.F. Pantelieeva 1893. The Last Edition of the Nakaz Published in the Nineteenth Century Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Bezgin Il'ia Grigor'evich Editor. Nakaz Eja Imperatorskago Velicestva Ekateriny Vtoryja Samoderzicy Vserossijskija Dannyj Kommissii o Socinenii Proekta Novago Ulozenija. St. Petersburg: Izd. L.F. Pantelieeva 1893. 53 201 pp. Text of Nakaz in Russian with parallel French translation. Original printed stiff wrappers bound into recent quarter calf over cloth gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Light soiling and edgewear to wrappers moderate toning to text faint dampspotting to a few leaves. Small early owner label to front free endpaper internally clean. $1750. The last edition published in the nineteenth century. The Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II between 1764 and 1766. It was among her most ambitious and significant undertakings. Infused with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All- Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and denounced torture and the death penalty. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. The first two editions one with parallel texts in Russian and German were published in 1767. OCLC locates 1 copy in a North American law library Columbia. Another copy located at Harvard Law School. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 526 Entry 18. unknown books
1907653411907. The First Edition of the Nakaz Published in the Twentieth Century Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Chechulin Nikolai Dmitrevich 1863-1927 Editor. Nakaz Imperatritsy Ekateriny II Dannyi Kommissii o Sochinenii Proekta Novago Ulozheniia. St. Petersburg: Izd. Iurid. Knizhnago Sklada "Pravo" 1907. ii cliv 174 pp. Three folding plates of facsimile manuscript leaves. Text of Nakaz in Russian with parallel French translation. Contemporary pebbled cloth light rubbing to extremities with minor wear to spine ends and corners which are bumped. Light toning to text a few leaves have carefully repaired tears. Early inscription and owner inkstamp to title page interior otherwise clean. $1250. The first edition published in the twentieth century. Title two in the series Pamiatniki Russkago Zakonodatel'stva 1649-1832. The Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II between 1764 and 1766. It was among her most ambitious and significant undertakings. Infused with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All- Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and denounced torture and the death penalty. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. The first two editions one with parallel texts in Russian and German were published in 1767. Our 1907 edition may have been inspired by a spirit of reform fired by the Russian Revolution of 1905. OCLC locates 1 copy in a North American law library Columbia. Another copy located at Harvard Law School. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 526 Entry 19. unknown books
PW1007Oxford University Press 1990.: Series: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology. 8vo. x 2 242 pp. Index. Black gilt-stamped cloth. Bookplate. Near fine. ISBN: 0195053613 "Eugenics is the branch of biology concerned with the improvement of hereditary qualities in humans. It draws scientists into direct contact with social and political policy makers. Yet eugenic movements which have been mainly implemented by politicians often differ significantly from the original aims of the scientists. The four contributors to this volume examine the eugenic movements in Germany France Brazil and the Soviet Union. The scientific components of those programmes are considered alongside the social religious and political forces which significantly altered the original scientific goals. The book opens up new and comparative perspectives on the history of eugenics and the social aspects of science in general." – Publisher. Contents: Introduction: Eugenics in the history of science-- Sheila Faith Weiss: The race hygiene movement in Germany 1900-1940-- William H. Schneider: The eugenics movement in France 1890-1940-- Nancy Leys Stepan: Eugenics in Brazil 1917-1940-- Mark B. Adams: Eugenics in Russia 1900-1940-- Conclusion: Towards a comparative history of eugenics: Issues and prospects. Series: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology. hardcover books
4678JOSEPH SLOCUM 1800-1853. Slocum was a merchant from Syracuse New York who attempted to sell farm equipment to Russia in the nineteenth century. He was unable to turn a profit from his endeavors and his family fell into financial hardship. His daughter Margaret Olivia Scolum Sage became an influential philanthropist and teacher. She endowed a building and a now-defunct agricultural school at Syracuse University both named after him. Archive. 9 pieces. 1830s-40s. An archive related to Joseph Slocum and his business with Russian agriculture. There are nine letters and documents predominately letters written to Slocum from various Americans and Russians. Highlights are listed below and the best piece is the first one the lengthy manuscript detailing Russian agriculture and natural resources: •Handwritten document. 4pgs. September 12 1846. St. Petersburg Russia. The four page handwritten manuscript is entitled “Some Rough Hints About the Productive Power of Russian Agricultureâ€. It states in part: “European Russia it may be divided grosso muto in three great regions or belts running from East to West. 1st - The first region extends between the White Sea and the provinces of Tver Smolensk Nijni-Novogorod & Kazan - it contains more wood low marshy ground intermixed the sand Baron then arable land. – Rye oats barley potatoes hemp and flax are the main products of that region. 2nd - the second section of the Empire being comparatively densely populated forms a central part of the European Russia – it is particularly addicted to manufacturing pursuits. It's Southern limits is about the course of the Oka River & the Central Valley of the Volga. The agricultural products are nearly the same as aforesaid. 3rd - the third region extending to the south and southeast as far as the Black Sea the provinces of Ashnaklan and the Ural Mountains reaches the Carpathian mountains Galicia & Moldavia in the West. It is mostly covered with a rich strata of black earth with a subsoil of clay lime & sandstone. Minoru is generally not used in this part of the country vulgarly called the step or prairie count the staple products of the fertile district are rye winter and summer wheat especially summer wheat - the summer frosts in the autumn preventing the seeds of the winter week to start up well millet oats barley peas buckwheat field poppy hemp flax & linseed. Cotton & Vine are raised merely in the most remote districts of the South such as Georgia Astrakhan the territory of the Cossacks of the Don Crimea & Bessarabia. Three other very important staples of Steph region are livestock & saltworks & fisheries. The stock consists mainly of horned cattle and horses grazing in large herds on the pastorate of the steps of the Black Sea… As well as on both sides a lower Volga. Sheep both Merinos Saxon & form and main object of the agricultural industry of the step and owners. – The Russian or common sheep is generally the property of the peasantry. The wool and tallow are usually sent overland in the winter to the manufacturing districts of the central belt of Russia Moscow. Or exported via Odessa Taganrog Riga & Petersburg to England and France. The saltworks are especially remarkable on the left sure the Volga on the verge of the province of Astrakhan as well as near the Ural River not far from the city of Orenburg. The Lake Elton alone of a circumference of nearly 180 miles is a solid mass of salt inexhaustible in its mineral riches. The stone saltworks of Gletznaia.As well as the saltworks a Crimea produce an immense quantity of that precious mineral. Besides that all the basin of the Caspian is full of an infinity of small salt lakes. The main fisheries are at the mouth of the Volga on the Caspian – they produce an enormous quantity of fish of all kind. Besides that of the fisheries of the Ural River on the Don. The main fluvial artery of Russia is the Volga – it is a Mississippi of our country. Its length is upwards 3000 miles. Unfortunately it is frozen up during nearly 6 months of the year. There are but very few steamboats in it. This year a large steam tow boat has been put into action on the Volga attended with great success…â€. The manuscript continues extolling Russia’s natural resources. It is uncertain who wrote it and the condition is good with folds and fold separations. A partial typewritten transcript is included. LS. 1pg. August 1843. Russia. A letter signed “L. Perovsky†by Russian nobleman Lev Perovski 1792-1856 as Russian Minister of the Interior. Perovski thanked Slocum: “The Directo fo the Agronomical…School having informed me that you presented to the museum of this Institution several agronomical instrument I feel myself much gratified to acknowledge…â€. Agronomy is crop and soil science. The letter is in very good condition with folds and short fold separations. ALS. 4pg. 5 ½†x 8 ½â€. November 7 1846. St. Peterburg Russia. An autograph letter signed by an American working for the United States Legation at St. Petersburg. He wrote in part to Slocum: “…The only reproach I ever heard from the Minister as I told you at that time and which certainly stands on a misunderstanding concerns the establishment of a cast iron fabrication. The Minister is in full belief you had spoken to him about a…in the Union that as soon as a new colony any where is established…This seemed to His Excellency excellent means to introduce in Russia and to…in this way the…possibility to the peasants to have their implements cheap & well one…â€. The letter is in fine condition. ANS. 1pg. 1834. New York. A brief note acknowledging money received from Slocum signed “Ja J Roosevelt†by Jacobus “James†Roosevelt III 1760-1847 the New York state businessman and politician who was great-grandfather of FDR. In fine condition. ALS. 1pg. June 6 1834. New York. An autograph letter signed “Jab J Roosevelt†by Jacobus Roosevelt. Roosevelt wrote to Slocum requesting the return of an item. In very good condition. ALS. 3pgs. October 22 1846. St. Petersburg Russia. A lengthy letter to Slocum signed “Chas Cramer†to Slocum. Charles Cramer 1799-1879 was an important trader to Russian and his letter concerns finance: “…he gave you an order for the purchase of Implements for Agricultural purposes & that he assigned you a credit against…of the Government. He fully confirmed the contents of the letter you communicated to me & promised to reply to your letter…Mr. Clay stated when I asked him on your behalf that he could do nothing in the case to further your interest. Major Whistler whom I called on several time but missed has not yet returned my calls. I rather think he will not be able to serve you better than I can with the Government of this Empire…We merchants often meet with heavy losses – Do consider your ‘Adventure to Russia’ misfortune & think no more about it for you will not gain anything…â€. The penciled letter is in very good condition with a tear in the address leaf. Letter. 1pg. 5 ¼†x 8 ¼â€. 1846. St. Petersburg. A contemporary copy of an 1846 letter by Rhesa Griffin a Syracuse area merchant: “Received St. Petersburg 31 July 1846 of the Russian Imperial Department…five hundred thirty six silver rubles and sixteen seven coppers in full satisfaction of all and every claim or Demand on the above Department or if any other Department of the Russian Government and in full satisfaction of all and every agreement or understanding made by me with Joseph Slocum as an agent of the Russian Government…â€. The document is wrinkled and in very good condition. unknown books
8622Muscatine: Prairie Press n.d. 1st. paperback. Near fine. Wrappers. Decorated cover. Small chip at the head of the spine. Two tipped in illustrations. <br/><br/> Prairie Press paperback books
19930000466Paris: Alain de Gourcuff 1993. First edition. Traces of wear at extremities & corners easily Near Fine in like box. Complete in two folio volumes The Palace and the Park 254 pp. in yellow cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in black on the spine & upper cover; The Collections 223 pp. in light blue cloth-patterned paper over boards. Both volumes profusely illustrated in color from photographs & housed in a grey cloth clamshell case with a wrap around pictorial paste on. Please note international orders will incur additional shipping charges at cost. <br/><br/>"In these pages the reader is guided - with discernment and sensitivity - through one of the most beautiful residences in Russia: Pavlovsk the palace of Paul. Room by room we follow an evocative tour of these magnificent interiors bathed in the soft northern light and furnished with innumerable objets d'art conceived especially for them ." Alain de Gourcuff hardcover books
19492222023<p>First edition later printing title page all in black; no limitation statement on verso. 11 3/4" x 9". Foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell. Frontispiece b/w portrait 17 color plates and 109 b/w illustrations. Bibliographical references. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good. 169 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Notable for Sitwell's 5-page foreword and Bainbridge's dedication to Queen Mary.</p><p>See Fifoot SB 34 and Ritchie B 40; variant dated approximately 1952 Ritchie Page 252.</p> B. T. Batsford Ltd. hardcover books
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. With a Plan of St. Petersburg. 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 books
