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Signed by Robert Conquest [1917-2015] upon title page. Also signed and inscribed by Bob [Robert Conquest] to Joe [Joseph D. Dwyer, 1942-2017] upon front free endpaper in the year of publication. Dwyer was an invaluable resource to Conquest at the Hoover Institution and succeeded him as curator of its Russian collection in 2002. 412 pages with black and white plates, extensive footnotes, select bibliography and index. "A meticulous and moving account of a momentous, tragic yet neglected chapter of modern history [now known as the Holodomor]. Presents for the first time the full story of Stalin's collectivization program and its consequences. Reconstructs the background of the events and carefully details the fate of villages and individuals, the desperate condition of children left homeless, and the various cruelties and agonies of the man-made famine that followed. Seeks a true accounting of the death toll and shows how the West has long been deceived about what really happened." - dust jacket. "Conquest's excellently and professionally written book investigates the most serious crime of Leninist-Stalinist communism: its war against the peasantry of the U.S.S.R., which, before its destruction, constituted 82 percent of the entire population." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Unmarked with light overall wear. Tight and square. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. This stark testament of one of the greatest crimes in human history is a must for the shelf of any serious sovietologist. Book
1820ZB1313344London: R. Ackermann 1820. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 52 text pp. 12 plates publisher's contemporary 8 page catalogue tipped in at the back; original boards & leather backstrip covers very worn hand stamp to the verso of the title page and the bottom margin of the last page of text light to moderate foxing else good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: R. Ackermann hardcover
88913J. Langlumé Paris ca.1815 . Engraved broadsheet 48 x 64 cm; rubbed some small holes repaired with losses closed marginal tears.<br /> A rare and interesting tabletop game played with dice where the aim is to get to the Cossack camp on the Champs-Élysées. The text in the middle explains the rules of the games and the consequences of landing on certain numbers. The illustrations include cossacks from the Don Siberia the Black Sea as well as Tatar Kalmuk and Bashkir tribesmen.<br /> J. Langlumé, Paris, [ca.1815] unknown
89624Mailand Milan am 8. Juli 1852. . Pencil drawing captioned in Russian and French below 15.5 x 16 cm. 6 1/8 x 6 1/4 in some spotting in contemporary mount.<br /> Fine detailed pencil drawing of a mounted officer from the Caucasus Line Cossack Host. Apparently drawn in Milan it is strongly reminiscent of the military plates published in Vienna by Matthäus Trentsenskiy or the costume drawings of François Hippolyte Lalaisse. The Caucasus Linear Cossack Army was established in 1832 in the Northern Caucasus. Along with the Black Sea Cossack army it defended the Caucasus fortified line from the mouth of the Terek River to the mouth of the Kuban. y 1860 following the end of the Caucasus War it had divided into the Kuban and Terek troops.<br /> Mailand [Milan], am 8. Juli 1852. unknown
14420Pithiviers, Imprimerie Nouvelle, 1880. In-8 relié demi-toile verte, pièce de titre et fleuron sur dos, 137 p. Mention manuscrite de Jules Dumesnil, frère de l'auteur, sur page de faux-titre. Quelques lignes explicatives manuscrites de Michel Gondinet. Très bon état. Edition originale. Ouvrage rare.
5151 Reliure à la bradel en demi-maroquin lapis-lazuli, titre en long en lettres dorées, témoins, couv. ill. par la lithographie conservées, mention de seconde édition sur la couv., variante signalée par Rouir. In-8° (in-12° selon Rouir, in-16° pour de le Court) oblong, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, [2]-43pp-[3], ill. hors-texte en lithographie de Félicien Rops sur 20 feuillets non compris dans la pagination. [Bruxelles], Chez tous les Libraires, 1854. Edition originale
5151 Reliure à la bradel en demi-maroquin lapis-lazuli, titre en long en lettres dorées, témoins, couv. ill. par la lithographie conservées, mention de seconde édition sur la couv., variante signalée par Rouir. In-8° (in-12° selon Rouir, in-16° pour de le Court) oblong, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, [2]-43pp-[3], ill. hors-texte en lithographie de Félicien Rops sur 20 feuillets non compris dans la pagination. [Bruxelles], Chez tous les Libraires, 1854. Edition originale
185515126Paris, Garnier-Frères, 1855 ; grand in-8 ; demi-veau glacé rouge sang, dos à faux-nerfs plats noirs à froid, caissons décorés et dorés aux petits fers dans un encadrement de filet doré, titre doré, plats de papier gauffré rouge (reliure de l'époque) ; VII, 528 pp., 18 planches hors-texte finement gravées sur acier d'après Allom, Beutley, Salmon et Leitch, très grande carte dépliante par L. Berthe, lithographiée et coloriée à la main.
185811572Londres, Hurst and Blackett ; 1858 ; in-8, cartonnage de l’éditeur en percaline verte décorée et dorée, titre doré ; VIII, (4), 611, (1) pp., 20 planches hors-texte en chromolithographie, 32 gravures sur bois in-texte, 1 grande carte dépliante hors-texte.
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy; original wrappers, upper cover with paper label printed in black, a near fine copy housed in custom-made board solander case with printed paper labels. With the following additional items: (1) typescript resume on author's printed stationery of the British Military Mission in Siberia 1918-1920 (with MS corrections); (2) draft T.L. on the author's printed stationery. A request by the author for information regarding Lieut.-Col. L.C. Morley, Royal Hampshire Regiment, senior officer i/c British Military Mission at Irkutsk in 1919; (3) T.L.s. from Captain H. Flint, Royal Hampshire Regiment, responding in some detail to the author's request; (4) publisher's printed order form for the published work. Apart from the author's book we have been unable to trace any published dedicated account of BRITMIS, which accordingly remains a well-nigh forgotten component of the immediate aftermath of WWI. A UNIQUE COLLECTION NOW SAFELY PRESERVED FOR THE FUTURE.
5021 Relié, demi-maroquin bordeaux, plats en papier marbré, dos lisse titré en long en doré, couvertures illustrées conservées. In-8°, 21,5 x 15 cm, 38 ff.n.ch., ill. hors-texte en litho- graphie. Bruxelles, Se vend chez tous les marchands de papier noirci, s.d. [1854]. Edition originale
5021 Relié, demi-maroquin bordeaux, plats en papier marbré, dos lisse titré en long en doré, couvertures illustrées conservées. In-8°, 21,5 x 15 cm, 38 ff.n.ch., ill. hors-texte en litho- graphie. Bruxelles, Se vend chez tous les marchands de papier noirci, s.d. [1854]. Edition originale
Features: Title page illustration of British Artillery officers tobogganing on the Italian Front; Flesh-Food Shortage - Ways to Reduce It (article); The Blue Laurel (article); War and the Oceans (article); One illustrated page of coverage of the Malvy Trial in the French Senate; Two pages of photos of the British Army in camp and in the trenches in Mesopotamia; G.K. Chesterton writes of the importance of Poland and Alsace-Lorraine to the present war; Nine photos of "Men of the Moment" including C. A'Court Repington, T.H.J.C. Goodwin, Lord Glenconner, Travers Clarke, Sir Herbert Lawrence, Sir A. Hunter-Weston, Sir R.Y. Tyrwhitt, Count Hertling and Count Czernin; Illustrations of Cossack Troops, a subject of recent Bolshevist rumours; Two photos of Roumanian troops; Photo of the Bolshevist "Revolutionary Tribunal" dealing with Countess Panina; Photo of Russian Constituent Assembly members before they were disbursed by Red Guards with bayonets; One-page photo of Dryburgh Abbey; Two-page illustration of Italian trench-raiding party crossing the Piave by night on a raft; The Nitrogen (fertilizer) Problem Again (article about food in short supply); Page of photos of 21 British officers on the Roll of Honour, including Capt. John Fox Russell, V.C., M.C., R.A.M.C.; Two-page illustration of a German counter-attack crushed at Cambrai; Two-page illustration at Bourlon Wood where British rifles and machine-guns infliected huge losses on the German counter-attack; Five photos of British naval winter life in the Arctic Circle; Two photos of Royal Navy visitors on the Lapland coast; and more. 36 pages, including ten pages of charming vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. In particular, the back cover ad for "Harlene Hair-Drill" will fascinate anyone interested in early women's hair treatments. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
Very Good Russian Original color lithograph print. Split on folding places. Should be repaired. Folio. (51 x 32,5 cm). In Russian. From a book published by R. Golicke in St. Petersburg. Print signed by artist. [LITOGRAPH PRINT PAINTING of COSACKS] Dozv[onit'sia] Tsenzur. 28 Yuliia 1890, S[ankt] P[etersburg]. 1890, 162 written at the right bottom corner of original print. This is 162nd lithographic plate of the book. It shows soldier holding rifle with bayonet in his hand, and another soldiers who are attacking all together. Shipov was a Russian painter, a master of military portrait. Born in the province of Kostroma, Russia. Since 1875 was an auditor of Petersburg Academy of Arts. In 1880 he entered the military service. Studied painting without leaving military service. In 1883 he graduated from the training in the Corps of Pages. Since 1904 - the Commander of the East Siberian strelets regiment. In 1909 he was transferred to Suites, since 1915 - Lieutenant-General. In 1904-1915 received numerous awards for his military honor and courage, among them Golden Arms. He painted portraits of soldiers, watching them in battles and having rest. He did pencil sketches and watercolor portraits. One of the main representatives of the Russian military portrait of the edge of the century.
pp. xxii, 442. Index, footnotes, chronology, black and white photographic plates. "An expose of the responsibility of Harold Macmillan for the forced repatriation of Cossacks and Yugoslav citizens from British occupied Austria in 1945. This book is censored in England, and has been removed from the Bodleian and other research libraries. It is thought to be the first book banned on political grounds for exactly two centuries, the last being Thomas Paine's 'The Rights Of Man', condemned by the English courts in 1792". - Michael Hurst, per author's website. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Four small bits of clear tape to endpapers. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. A quality copy. Enser p.242. Book
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXLVII - Germany's Second Year of War; Chapter CXLVIII - Operations North of the Pripet Marshes, Summer, 1916. Contains black and white reproduction of a fascinating cartoon warning Germans against "the Dragon of Usury and Profiteering." Also contains reproduction of Berlin Bread tickets, January-February 1916. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
Cover photo of Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies. Centerfold devoted to the contributions of New Zealand and Australia. Topics: How Germany Attached our Commerce, and 'Russia's Stupendous Task and her Stupendous Army." Photos and illustrations include: Interesting German Naval Units; With a British Cruiser in the North Sea; Austrian seige guns; Modern artillery practice; Cossacks; Russian Howitzer training; Russia rols west; The Tsar and his military chiefs (montage); Russian mobilisation; The 'Three Emperors' Corner'; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Front cover almost detached. Book
Pages: 225-252. Magnificent centerfold contains a montage of photos of Canadians on their way to serve the British side. Cover photo of Czar Nicholas II, Emperor of all the Russians. This part contains the conclusion of Chapter 13 and the beginning of chapter 14 which is entitled "How Germany Sowed the High Seas with Mines." Photos/illustrations include: H.M.S. Monarch; Germany's Battleships and Small Craft; Panoramic view of German battle fleet in Kiel Harbour; Wilhelmshaven; A German Contact mine; Minesweepers; Canada's splendid rally to the flag; Cross-section of a torpedo; The Tsar inspecting Russian aviators; Cossacks in Galicia; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Front cover taped in place. Book
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O. The clash of Slav and Prussian Brilliantly Described. Centerfold illustrates how "The Cossacks harried Hindenberg in his attempt to take Warsaw." Photos and illustrations include: Retreat of the Kaiser's Troops in East Prussia; Russian soldiers breaking ice on a Polish river; The German advance on Warsaw; The 'Lava' method of attack used by the Cossack army; and more. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Book
Cover photo of "Fighting Britons showing Cossacks how to use machine-guns". Feature: The Collapse of Russia (conclusion), with many great photos. Centerfold features amazine photos of British women performing heavy industrial labour in support of the war effort. Cover detached but present. Rusty around staples. Average wear. Book
19482575Paris, Lausanne, Editions de Clairefontaine, 1948 ; in-8, broché ; (1) f. (bl.), 267 pp., (3) ff. (achevé d'imprimer, 2 bl.) ; plusieurs illustrations en couleurs in-texte ; couverture à rabats illustrée en couleurs.
225 pages. "When the war in Europe ended, millions of Russian men, women and children sought sanctuary and freedom in the west. They met terror face-to-face. They were physically beaten into submission, and then shipped like cattle back to the U.S.S.R. to face Stalin's executioners or to serve long sentences in concentration camps... The author claims that this brutal appeasement... was initiated and carried out by the Allied Supreme Commander, General Dwight Eisenhower. From Survivors the author obtained the details of the Cossacks' fight for freedom from 1941 to 1945, and from them he learned the method used by the British to betray them." - from inside front cover. Original price blacked out inside front cover else clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
pp. xxii, (1), (1)-612. LACKS two maps. Text very browned and age stain. New endpapers. 8vo. Rebound in brown library buckram. Title stamped in gold gilt on spine. First Part. Hardbound. Poor. S&S/AI 22541. PALIB 4
Very Good English In modern cloth bdg. made as saved original covers on cloth faces. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 183, [6] p. Le gouvernement de Moscou et les Republiques Sovietiques. First Edition.
