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1930317605London: Herbert Jenkins 1930. First Printing. Illus. 320pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters mottled brown calf marbled sides leather title label. Fine. First Printing. Illus. 320pp. 8vo. Herbert Jenkins unknown books
D11717England Russia India 19th century. Hardcover. Very Good. Half morocco and green cloth gilt-stamped ornament and lettering "Memories / E.C.B. / E.A.T.B." in spine compartments; small 4to 200x245mm; two sections of typed textpp. 95 109 divided by illustrations see below mounted to heavy cardstock leaves. The first section is dictated by Edward Clive Bayley to his wife Lady Emily and deals with his childhood years in Russia then moves on to India. It is accompanied by seven 100x145mm and eight 63x88mm view of Russia. The second section is dictated by Lady Emily beginning her story when she is 17 and moves to India and also including her time spent in England. It is accompanied by 4 sepia photographs 150x205mm showing interior and exterior views of a sprawling Delhi home. <br/><br/>Sir Edward Clive Bayley was an antiquary and administrator in India employed at East India College Haileybury in Bengal civil service in Meerut in Gujarat and in Punjab. He arrived in India in 1842 where he met and married Emily Metcalf in 1850; they had 13 children to whom this volume is dedicated. The couple returned to England so that Edward could study law then returned to India on the outbreak of the uprising -- in September Edward was ordered to Allhabad to assist John Peter Grant in his provisional goverment of the Central Provinces. Thereafter Edward served in a judicial capacity in Benares Azamargh Allahabad and Agra. He was a respected antiquarian and the foremost authority on India numismatics. Lady Emily returned to England with her husband upon his retirement in 1878 where she worked on their memoirs a portion of them published as "The Golden Calm" in 1980 and SOLD WITH a copy cloth in dust jacket. hardcover books
57309Second half of the 18th C. 12-1/2 x 17 inches. Bordered in green paper. Light rubbing and creasing some browning around the edges else Very Good. 12-1/2 x 17 inches. unknown books
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 books
1742WRCAM241811742. 27pp. Text in parallel English and French columns. Quarto. Later plain wrappers front wrap detached. Untrimmed. Clean and very good. A treaty of military alliance between Great Britain and Russia. unknown books
1755WRCAM24182London 1755. 18pp. Text in parallel French and English. Quarto. Dbd. Titlepage and final leaf a bit tanned. Else quite good. Detailed military alliance treaty between Great Britain and Russia setting forth the need for a capable defense force in case of attacks on dominions of both nations. One of the secret articles at the end stipulated that Great Britain shall pay Russia 100000 pounds a year to maintain a strong military force on the borders of Livonia. unknown books
1822255760London: R. Ackermann 1822. First edition. 72 hand-colored engraved plates. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and embosed varnished paper boards rubbing to joints vol. IV hinges split contemporary owner's signature to front pastedowns. First edition. 72 hand-colored engraved plates. 4 vols. 12mo. The complete four-volume Russia set from this celebrated work consisting of descriptions and plates "to increase the store of knowledge concerning the various branches of the great family of Man not only for adults but . the instruction and amusement of the juvenile student.". Abbey Travel 6 R. Ackermann unknown books
19981341463St. Petersburg: The State Russian Museum Palace Editions 1998. Hardcover. Quarto; Fair/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine red and yellow with yellow print; DJ has light edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards in glossy illustrated paper cocked spine else clean and strong; Text block has intermittent spine breaks clean text; 263 pages frontispiece illustrated color. Shelf: Russian Slavic Eastern European Art <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1341463. FP New Rockville Stock. The State Russian Museum, Palace Editions hardcover books
1721262775London 1721. 43 1 pp. Removed slight foxing. 43 1 pp. ESTC N12949 unknown books
18028128<p>First American edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait large folding map of Russian empire. Appendixes index. 3/4 green morocco over green cloth by Zucker spines with raised bands and gilt stamped floral designs within gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. spines faded to brown. Fine. 2 volumes. Conestogawagon Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham designed by D. Stoffer on the front free endpaper of each volume.</p> William Fry hardcover books
197390054Stanford: Hoover Institution Press 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. photos xi 462p. Original blue cloth. 22cm. Minor cover spotting and streaking. Former owner's name and address label on front free endpaper. No jacket. Foreword by Ivan Bydzan later Anthony J. Bittsonthe only non-Bolshevik member of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee. Laid in is a small folded sheet "With my compliments Sincerely Anthony Bittson 5/14/76" and a printed publisher's slip "With the compliments of Anthony J. Bittson". <br/><br/> Hoover Institution Press hardcover books
197390052Stanford: Hoover Institution Press 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 photos index xii 325p. Original red cloth. 22cm. Modest cover soil. Former owner's name and sticker on front free endpaper. No jacket. Foreword by Ivan Bydzan later known as Afred J. Bittson who had been a member of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee. Laid in is a friendly 2-page 1976 letter on both sides of a single note-sized sheet from Bittson in which he describes in rapturous terms spending a couple of hours with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn the morning after attending a dinner at the Hoover Institution honoring Solzhenitsyn. <br/><br/> Hoover Institution Press hardcover books
179821930London: Printed and Published by G. Cawthorn British Library No. 132 Strand 1798. First Edition in English. Frontispiece and plates in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in quarter maroon morocco and buckram boards. First Edition in English. Frontispiece and plates in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by the elder George Kennan on front free- endpaper in pencil in both volumes. Printed and Published by G. Cawthorn, British Library, No. 132, Strand unknown books
193323963New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1933. 1st edition. Red patterned cloth binding. Red & black pictorial eps. No dust jacket. VG spine lettering slightly dull. ix 10 - 368 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harrison Smith & Robert Haas hardcover books
10146THE ART OF RUSSIA 1800-1850. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota 1978. 4to. Stiff wrappers. 204 1 pages. First edition. Being an exhibition catalogue of Russian paintings cartoons metalwork and more with an introduction by S.S. Petrov. Light cover wear else very good. unknown books
190216767London: Jarrold & Sons 1902. Later Printing. Octavo. Green decorated cloth blocked in gilt and colors; 285pp 3pp ads. Title page states "Fifth Printing." Very mild external wear; still a tight attractive Near Fine copy of this very attractive book among the earliest translations into English of Gorky's work. Jarrold & Sons unknown books
198832391NY: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0521345480 . First edition. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1915002163New York NY: By the author 1915. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1915; 6 1/2 x 5 1/2; single sheet folded pp. 4; glossy cream stock illustrated with a portrait frontis and a vignette of the Two-headed Eagle Imperial Russian Seal; horizontal crease line; a small nick to edge of crease; very good condition.A beautiful advertising pamphlet for beauty products developed by a Russian immigrant businesswoman in New York in the early 20th century. According to Selma herself during a visit to her native Russia in 1900 she has obtained the secret formulae for these highest quality preparations which are all natural and have no harmful ingredients in them and has brought them back to the US manufacturing the products and selling them to "many thousands of highly satisfied patrons." Claiming to take 10 to 20 years off their age each of them is described in detail and include Selma's Russian Scalp Tonic Selma Julieana Face Rouge Selma's Russian Skin Beautifier and more. New York, NY: By the author paperback books
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 books
188121931London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1881. First Edition in English. With map and Illustration. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern quarter black morocco and boards. Very Good. First Edition in English. With map and Illustration. 1 vols. 8vo. George Kennan's Copy. Signed by the elder George Kennan on endpaper in blue pencil. A great Russian-American Association<br/><br/>George Kennan February 16 1845 - 1924 was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of Russia. He was diplomat and historian George F. Kennan's cousin twice removed with whom he shared his birthday.<br/>Kennan was born in Norwalk Ohio and was keenly interested in travel from an early age. Family finances however meant he began work at the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company telegraph office aged twelve. In 1864 he secured employment with the Russian American Telegraph Company to survey a route for a proposed overland telegraph line through Siberia and across the Bering Strait. Having spent two years in the wilds of Kamchatka he returned to Ohio via St. Petersburg and soon became well-known through his lectures articles and book about his travels.<br/>In 1870 he returned to St. Petersburg and travelled to Dagestan a northern area of the Caucasus region taken over by Russia only ten years previously. There he became the first American to explore its highlands a remote Muslim region of herders silversmiths carpet-weavers and other craftsmen. He travelled on through the northern Caucasus area stopping in Samashki and Grozny before returning once more to America in 1871. In 1878 he became an Associated Press reporter based in Washington D.C.<br/>George Kennan February 16 1845 - 1924 was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of Russia. He was diplomat and historian George F. Kennan's cousin twice removed with whom he shared his birthday.<br/>Kennan was born in Norwalk Ohio and was keenly interested in travel from an early age. Family finances however meant he began work at the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company telegraph office aged twelve. In 1864 he secured employment with the Russian American Telegraph Company to survey a route for a proposed overland telegraph line through Siberia and across the Bering Strait. Having spent two years in the wilds of Kamchatka he returned to Ohio via St. Petersburg and soon became well-known through his lectures articles and book about his travels.<br/>In 1870 he returned to St. Petersburg and travelled to Dagestan a northern area of the Caucasus region taken over by Russia only ten years previously. There he became the first American to explore its highlands a remote Muslim region of herders silversmiths carpet-weavers and other craftsmen. He travelled on through the northern Caucasus area stopping in Samashki and Grozny before returning once more to America in 1871. In 1878 he became an Associated Press reporter based in Washington D.C. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge unknown books
1917234515Petrograd: Gosudarstvennaya Tipografia 1917. Small folio. Stitched mostly unopened. A bit browned but still very good. Small folio. The stenographic minutes of the above meetings Session V of the State Duma. Gosudarstvennaya Tipografia unknown books
16790Russia bond Irkutsk 1917 This bond dates from the year of the Bolshevik revolution. 200 rubles P-S886. During the Russian Civil War which broke out after the October Revolution the city of Irkutsk to whom this Bond was issued became the site of many furious bloody clashes between the "White movement" and the "Red Bolsheviks". In 1920 Aleksandr Kolchak the commander of the largest contingent of anti-Bolshevik forces was executed in Irkutsk. This effectively destroyed the anti-Bolshevik resistance. Bolshevik revolutionaries overthrew the Provisional government subsequently creating the Soviet government. The amounts of payments in default were enormous. the repudiation of the old debt by the Soviet government shocked international finance and triggered unanimous condemnation by the governments of the great powers. The revolutionary Russia completely fell out of the world economy and sealed itself up in isolation. unknown books
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 books
WB16908Paris. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1764-1774 but circa 1820 paper watermarked 18181 4to 280 x 222 mm comprising 87 engraved or aquatint plates including engraved titles modern morocco backed boards minor foxing. In 1758 Le Prince journeyed to Russia to work for Catherine the Great at the Imperial Palace St Petersburg. He remained in Russia for five years and also travelled extensively throughout Finland Lithuania and Siberia When Le Prince returned to Pans in December 1763 he brought with him an extensive collection of drawings which served as the source material for the present suites. As usual the present album contains plates from several of Le Prince's suites not necessarily bound in order including the following Divers Ajustements et Usages de Russie; Divers Habillements des Femmes de Moscovie lie. Suitte d'Habiliement des Femmes de Moscovie Divers Habillements des Pretres de Russie- Les Strelits Premier Suite de Cris et Divers Marchands de Petersbourg et de Moscou- 2me Suitte de Divers Cns de Marchands de Russie- Ille Suitte de Divers Cns de Marchands de Russie- Habillements de Diverses Nations; Suite de divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord Vue des Environs de St Peterbourg Diverses Vues de Livonte and Ile Suitte d'Habillements de Diverses Nations Cf. Colas 1838-1850 cf Hiler p539; cf Cohen/de Ricci 625-626. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1920591131920. COMMUNISM - RUSSIA. DAS PROGRAMM DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN PARTEI RUSSLAND BOLSCHEWIKI. Angenommen aufdem 8. Parteikongress 18. bis 23 Marz 1919. Mit Einfuhrung von Karl Radek. Zurich: Internationaler Verlag 1920. 67 pp. Pamphlet format: 8 3/4 by 6 1/4inches 22 x15.5 cm printed paper wrappers. The text is clean; however the paper is of inferior quality and is uniformly toned throughout. There is a faint dampstain along the fore-edge; the last two leaves have tears which extend into the text without loss. The wrappers are edge-chipped creased and reinforced with paper tape at the spine. There is a small label affixed to the front panel as well as a closed tear. As is. unknown books
