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RAPAPORT, IONEL
Introduction a La Psychopathologie Collective: La Secte Mystique des Skoptzy
Paris, Edition Erka. 1949, First Edition. Paperback with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Anthropological study of a bizarre Russian castration cult. The Skoptzy (also transliterated as Skoptsy, Skoptzi, Skoptsi, Scoptsy and other spellings) were a secret sect of Christianity in Russia. It was an offshoot of the sect known as the "People of God". The name itself is a plural of "skopets", which is a now-archaic word meaning "castrated one" in the Russian language. As their title indicates, the main feature of the sect was castration. They believed that after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had the halves of the forbidden fruit grafted onto their bodies forming testicles and breasts. Thus, the removal of these sexual organs restored the Skoptsy to the pristine state before the Original Sin. There were two kinds of castration: the "lesser" and "greater seal" (i.e. partial and complete castration). For men, "lesser" castration was the removal of the testicles only, while "greater" castration was the removal of the penis as well. In this the Skoptsi maintained that they were fulfilling Christ's counsel of perfection in Matthew xix. 12 and xviii. 8, 9. The earliest records of female castrations date from 1815. Usually the breasts only were amputated, other accounts suggest that the labia were also removed. The Skoptsi also believed that a chief evil of the world is rooted in the lepost (bodily beauty, human sexuality, sex appeal, etc.) which prevents people from communicating with God. The way to perfection begins with the elimination of the cause followed by the liberation of soul. Castration ensured that all sins caused by lepost could not be committed. French text. Good/Good.
Bookseller reference : 001854
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RAPTSCHINSKY, DR. B.
West-Siberië.
Amsterdam, K.N.A.G. 1941. 29p. with 1 folding coloured map & 1 textmap, bibliography, 8vo modern wrs. Original extract taken from the periodical K.N.A.G. (Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap). Vol. LVIII.
Bookseller reference : 2028
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RASPUTIN, VALENTIN
Money for Maria Stories
Moscow, Raduga Publishers. 1989. (ISBN: 5050024471). Wraps, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Paperback, 269pps.; English-language edition; textblock immaculate and tight, minimal edge and spine wear. Very Good+.
Bookseller reference : SJ156 ISBN : 5050024471
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RASPUTIN, VALENTIN, FOREWORD; OGORODNIKOVA, INTRODUCTION
Treasures of the Art Museum of Irkutsk
Leningrad, Aurora Art Publishers. 1989. (ISBN: 5730000278). Cloth Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, 151pp. Catalogue. 114 plates & illustrations, some in color. All on glossy paper. Ink inscription in front in Russian. Dj spine ends repaired. Fine/Good Dust Jacket.
Bookseller reference : 61432 ISBN : 5730000278
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RAVENSTEIN, E.G.
The Russians on the Amur; Its Discovery, Conquest, and Colonisation, with a description of the country, its inhabitants, productions, and commercial capabilities; and personal accounts of Russian travellers.
London, Trubner and Co., 1861. 4 tinted litho plates including frontis., 3 maps, one folding, 58 wood-engraved illustrations in text, 4pp. publisher's adverts before half-title,xx,467,(1)pp., edges uncut, some browning and discolouration of inferior paper stock throughout, with intermittent foxing, 8vo., recent 1/2 calf and marbled boards to style. Very uncommon.
Bookseller reference : 5797
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RAWICZ (S).
The Long Walk. [Fourth Impression]
Constable, [1956] 8vo., Fourth Impression, with 2 full-page maps in the text, free endpapers faintly spotted, small signature on front free endpaper; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss at extremities. The harrowing account of a young Polish officer's captivity under the Russians, and his eventual break for freedom from Siberia across the Gobi to Tibet. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
Bookseller reference : 15076
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RAWICZ (S).
The Long Walk. [Seventh Impression]
Constable, [1956] 8vo., Seventh Impression, with 2 full-page maps in the text, free endpapers faintly spotted, small signature on front free endpaper; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a firm, clean copy. The harrowing account of a young Polish officer's captivity under the Russians, and his eventual break for freedom from Siberia across the Gobi to Tibet.
Bookseller reference : 17643
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READER'S DIGEST
DE SIBERISCHE TAIGA wolf steenarend lynxen wilde kat eland hermelijn bosmieren nachtvlinders
Amsterdam 1992, 168 pp., col.photos (code DDW)
Bookseller reference : 11438
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REBRISTAYA, O.V
Flora tundrae Bolschezemalskaia dictae (pars orientalis) / Flora vostoka bolshemezemelskoi tundry.
Leningrad 1977, . 8vo. Pp. 336, 17 figs., 18 tabs., 474 small distrib. maps, bibl. Orig. cloth. Russian text.
Bookseller reference : 3514
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RED.
De aarde en haar volken. 31ste deel. Met o.a.: Van Peking naar Parijs; In de Fransche Ardennnen; De groote spoorweg door Siberië; Florence; Zes weken op den Nijl; In het Cantabrisch gebergte. Rijk geïll.
Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1895. 31 x 23 cm; 412 blz.; hardcover met goudopdruk op rug. - "gedeelte rug ontbreekt; overigens goed
Bookseller reference : 46005
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REDEI, KAROLY.
Die Syrjänischen Lehnwörter IM Wolgulischen. (Zyrian Loanwords in Mansi, Maansi or Vogul)
Bloomington: Indiana University, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust wrapper chipped else V. G.; Text in German. Zyrian loanwords in the Vogul or Mansi language of Siberia. ; 195pp pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .
Bookseller reference : 31881
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REES, JASPER
Blizzard Race to the Pole. Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
BBC Worldwide. 2006. 1st ed. 8vo. 288pp. Several ills. D/w. As new. ISBN 0563493267
Bookseller reference : 117892
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REID, ANNA
The Shaman's Coat: a Native History of Siberia
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2002, First Edition. 0297643770 226 pages, illustrated, map, notes, selected bibliography, index. Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 137161 ISBN : 0297643770
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REID, ANNA
The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia
New York, Walker Publishing Company Inc. 2003, First; First Printing, Hardcover. . 0802713998 Includes index, selected bibliography, and notes; 16 pages of B&W and full color plates; two-page-spread map at front and several smaller maps throughout; small bumps to spine ends. Anna Reid ravelled the length and breadth of Siberia - one 12th of the world's land surface, bigger than the United States and Western Europe combined - to chronicle four hundred years of history and the present-day situation of the indigenous peoples of the region. They are among the world's least-known and most ancient peoples, more than one million of them, divided into two dozen nationalities, and have begun to demand land rights and political autonomy since the fall of Communism; 226 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket.
Bookseller reference : 100888
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REID, ANNA
The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia
New York, New York, U.S.A. Walker & Co. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0802713998). Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, Hard cover with dust jacket in fine condition. A vivid mixture of history and reporting, The Shaman's Coat tells the story of some of the world's . least-known peoples-the indigenous tribes of Siberia. Russia's equivalent to the Native Americans or Hard cover with dust jacket in fine condition. Australian Aborigines, they divide into two dozen different and ancient nationalities-among them Buryat, Tuvans, Sakha, and Chukchi. Though they number more than one million and have begun to demand land rights and political autonomy since the fall of communism, most Westerners are not even aware that they exist. Fine/Fine.
Bookseller reference : 075301 ISBN : 0802713998
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REID, ANNA
The Shamans Coat: A Native History of Siberia
New York, Walker and Company, 2002. First printing. hardcover. Black bds. with gold lettering on spine in DJ. Illustrated. Fine/fine.
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REID, ANNA,
The Shaman's Coat; a Native History of Siberia..
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. xiii, 226p., colored and b/w illus., dj.
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REID, ANNA,
The shaman's Coat; a Native History of Siberia..
New York, Walker & Company, 2002. xiii, 226p., colored and b/w illus., dj.
Bookseller reference : 030290
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REID, ANNA.
The Shaman's Coat. A Native History of Siberia.
Walker:. 2002. (ISBN: 0-8027-1399-8) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pages, ilustrated in color and in b&w. This book "tells the story of some of the world's least-known and most ancient peoples: the indigenous tribes of Siberia. Russia's equivalent to the Native Americans or Australian Aborigines, they number more than one million, divided into two dozen different and ancient nationalities-among them: Buryat, Tuvans, Sakha, and Chukchi- spread across a fierce and endless landscape." l FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Fine/Fine.
Bookseller reference : 016642 ISBN : 0802713998
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REID,A.
THE SHAMAN'S COAT a native history of Siberia
London 2002, 226 pp., col.and b&w photos, dust jacket (code A-64)
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RICHARD BANGS
Adventure Vacations
John Muir Publishing. 1990. Soft Cover. PB/pub.1990/Fair condition/241 pages - Sobek's expeditions has been guiding adventure travelers along untried routes, untrodden trails, and unrun rivers. Includes essays by some of America's finest wr iters: John Carroll, Rita Mae Brown, Tom Robbins are just a few. [KT712924]. Good.
Bookseller reference : 12924
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RICHLER NANCY
TA BOUCHE EST RAVISSANTE
Flammarion 2003, In-8 br. sous jaquette. 430 p. Trés bon état.
Bookseller reference : 99943156
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RIFFENBURGH, BEAU.
Shackleton’S Forgotten Expedition. The Voyage of the Nimrod.
Bloomsbury, New York 2004. 1st U.S. edition. 8vo. xxiv + [360pp.] B/w. illustrations, maps. Original boards, as new in d/w. ISBN 1582344884
Bookseller reference : 121401
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RIJKE, JOH. DE.
Zomerreis van Oost-Azië naar Nederland met den Trans-Siberischen Spoorweg.
Goes; 2000; Drukkerij Jumbo-Offset; reprint of the edition of 1904 by Drukkerij 'Vada'; illustrated with photographs and 2 folded maps; hardcover; 147 pp.¶ Joh. De Rijke was an engineer-adviser of the 'Naimusho' (Ministry of the Interior) from 1873 until 1903 in Tokio Japan.
Bookseller reference : 16597
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RIJS BART
Het hemels vaderland, Hollanders in Siberië
3e druk, Atlas 2006, 365 pag., pb, bibl., 14x21 /4, conditie goed.
Bookseller reference : 96211
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ROCHEDIEU, CH.:
Libre, quoique dans les chaînes. Scènes de la vie en Russie et en Sibérie.
Lausanne, Concorde, s.d., ca. 1920, in-8vo, 255 p. illustré, reliure en toile. ¶ Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.
Bookseller reference : 42454
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ROMANOV, I.N.
Tu seras Lama. Souvenirs d'enfance en Sibérie Orientale. Illustré par l'auteur.
Paris, Aubanel, 1959,. 225x140mm, 257 pages, broché. Bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 39506
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ROMANOVSKY, V.
Le Spitzberg Et la Siberie Du Nord. Preface de Emmanuel de Martonne.
Paris: Payot, 1943. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps with an illustration on the front wrap. The wraps are chipped & darkened around the edges. The bottom inch of the front wrap is detached. The spine is darkened with the head & tail chipped & a tear along the rear joint. 200 pages plus 6-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 25 black-and-white maps & diagrams. The page edges are darkened. Good. First edition. The text is in French.
Bookseller reference : 10586
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ROMODANOVSKAIA, E. K. [ELENA KONSTANTINOVNA]
Russkaia Literatura V Sibiri: Pervoi Poloviny XVII V. : Istoki Russkoi Sibirskoi Literatury (Akademiia Nauk Sssr, Sibirskoe Otdelenie; Institut Istorii, Filologii I Filosofii)
Novosibirsk: Izdatelstvo Nauka, Sibirskoe Otdelenie, 1973. Soft Cover. Book is in the Russian language. Exlibrary markings. Square, tight binding. Clean but slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps are heavily worn at spine and around edges, with general shelf wear overall. Chip at lower spine. 171 pp.; Literary history and critique of Russian literature in Siberia in the first half of the 17th century. ; Ex-Library; 8.5" (21.5 cm) tall; 171 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .
Bookseller reference : 180025
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ROOS, WILLY DE.
North-West Passage. Translated from the French by Bruce Penman. Foreword by Rear-Admiral G.S. Ritchie.
Hollis & Carter, 1977. 8vo. 208pp. 15 b/w. illustrations. Maps. D/w. ISBN 037030263X
Bookseller reference : 116226
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ROSETT, JOSHUA
The Rise of a New Russian Autocracy
London: Independent Labour Party, 1919. Wraps. 31 p. ¶ "Dr. Joshua Rosett, the writer of this remarkable article has undoubted qualifications for the work. He was sent out to Siberia by the official American Committee on Public Information; he speaks Russian well; he had during a nine-months' stay in Siberia every opportunity for observing events and opinions before and after Kokchak's coup d'etat. He is, moreover, no admirer of Bolshevism, which he regards as an 'historical soap-bubble.'".
Bookseller reference : 46972
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RUDENKO, S.I.
Der Zweite Kurgan von Pasyryk. Arbeitsergebnisse der Expedition des Institutes fur Geschichte der materiallen Kultur..UdSSR.1947
Berlin, Verlag Kultur & Fortschritt, 1951. orig.boards. 24x17cm, 97,(29) pp, Translation of "Vtoroi Pazirikskii Kurgan. Original cloth-backed boards.Some rubbing, corner bumps, VG. ¶ Report on the 1947 Archaeological Excavation of the Pazirik burial of the Altai at Kurgan (Western Siberia). Includes textual drawings & photos + 29 pp photoplates.
Bookseller reference : BOOKS004873I
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RUDENKO, SERGI
Frozen Tombs of Siberia, the Pazyryk Burials of Iron Age Horsemen
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. Hardcover. Illustrated by 33 color plates, 147 black and white, 146 figures; GWO 969. Excavation of the Pazyryk carpet. Also, many dynamic felts and tattoos.; 4; 484 pp.. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket; 7.5 x 9.5 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition .
Bookseller reference : BOOKS000983I
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RUSSELL, CHARLIE; ENNS, MAUREEN
Grizzly Heart: Living Without Fear Among the Brown Bears of Kamchatka
Mississauga, ON, Canada, Random House of Canada, Limited. 2003. (ISBN: 0679311955) Trade Paperback. The remarkable account of how the authors, for seven years, lived unthreatened and respected among the grizzlies on Russia's rugged Kamchatka Peninula. At the core is the story of their adoption of three orphaned cubs. This book provides persuasive reasons for altering our ideas about bears. New.
Bookseller reference : 012602 ISBN : 0679311955
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RYAN, P. M.
The Revised Dictionary of Modern Maori.
Auckland:: Heinemann , 1993. Reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 0868635685. 176pp.. As New .
Bookseller reference : 22480 ISBN : 0868635685
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RYAN, P. M.
The Revised Dictionary of Modern Maori.
Auckland:: Heinemann , 1993. Reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 0868635685. 176pp.. As New .
Bookseller reference : 21197 ISBN : 0868635685
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RYBAKOV, VLADIMIR
The Burden
London, Hutchinson. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091525209) Hard Cover, 8vo. Translated by J R Dorrell. 170 pages. Or cloth boards in dust-jacket. A novel set in eastern Siberia, near the USSR's disputed border with China. Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 022764 ISBN : 0091525209
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RYTCHËU, JURI
Droom in de poolnevel
Breda, De Geus. 2000, 1e druk. (ISBN: 9789052266398). Gebonden, 20,5x13x3. Een jonge Canadees vaart, loopt vast in het ijs voor de Oost-Siberische kust. Hij raakt daarbij zwaargewond. Enkele inlanders, Tsjoekstjen, ontfermen zich over de gewonde en nemen hem per hondeslee mee naar een ziekenhuis. Dertig dagen over het ijs is een nachtmerrie. Uiteindelijk blijft hij in de Tsjoektsjische gemeenschap achter, wordt een van hen en will niet meer terug naar de 'beschaafde wereld'. Goed/Goed.
Bookseller reference : 001456 ISBN : 9789052266398
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SAKHAROW, KONSTANTIN W.
Die tschechischen Legionen in Sibirien
Berlin, Volk und Reich Verlag, 1936. orig.cloth. 24x17cm, 143, (8) pp, Bookplate. Name inked to flyleaf. Several marks to cover.. Rubbed. Spine and cover edges browned. Some page browning. Good. ¶ Contents: Die Schatten des Weltkrieges; Der panslawistische Irrtum; Die Tschechen treten hervor (Oktober 1917 - Mai 1918); Die "Anabasis" der tschechischen Legionäre (Juni 1918 bis Oktober 1918); Der tchechische Verrat wird vorbereitet (November 1918 - November 1919); Der Verrat ( November 1919 - Februar 1920); Die tschechische Beute und ihr Abtransport; Das tschechische Lügengewebe.
Bookseller reference : BOOKS009918I
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SALMON, THOMAS, DEGLI ANTICHI E MODERNI VIAGGIATORI. VOLUME V
Della Persia, dell'Arabia, Meca, Medina, Tartaria asiatica, Siberia, Nuova Zembla, Kalmuki, Cirkassi, Usbeki, ec. Fa parte di: Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi, e popoli del mondo naturale, politico e morale, con nuove osservazioni, e correzioni
In Venezia, presso Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735. . in 8°, (19x13) cm, rilegatura coeva in piena pergamena, titolo in oro su tassello al dorso, tagli colorati, pp. (12), 688; una tavola incisa a piena pagina all'antiporta, 3 carte geografiche più volte ripiegate con antichi restauri al verso e 21 tavole per la maggior parte ripiegate fuori testo. Qualche brunitura, molto buono.
Bookseller reference : "BP904
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SALMONY, ALFRED.
The Find from Kopeny in the Yenisei Valley. A Siberian Gold Treasure of the Migration Period.
Gazette des Beaux Art, [1943]. 12 pp. [71-82 pp.]. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. Reprint. Illus. with nine b/w photos. A good copy chips to the corners of wrappers, pencil underlining throughout. ¶ From the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, [s. 6, vol. 23, February, 1943].
Bookseller reference : 29636
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SALZMANN, ERICH VON
Im Sattel durch Zentralasien [6000 Kilometer in 176 Tagen]
Bln. Dietrich Reimer [Ernst Vohsen], 1903. Frontispiz, 4 n. n. Bll. 311(1) S. m. 185 Bildern im Text, 8 Kartenskizzen & 1 Übersichts-Faltkarte. Ill. Oln. Ebd etwas fleckig und berieben, Rcknkante hinten etwas angeplatzt, Vorderinnengelenk leicht locker, 2 unauffallenden Bibliotheksstempel und Bibliotheksaufkleber am Rckn. Innen noch ordentlich. 6. Auflage.
Bookseller reference : 6731
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SANO, IWAO PETER
One Thousand Days in Siberia: The Odyssey of a Japanese-American POW
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1998). Illus. with drawings by the author. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Wraps, spiralbound. xxii, 210 p. Uncorrected proofs. Fine..
Bookseller reference : 68011
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SANO, IWAO PETER
One Thousand Days in Siberia: The Odyssey of a Japanese-American POW
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1998). Illus. with drawings by the author. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. xvii, 210 p. 1st ed. Name sticker at top of title page; else fine in near fine d.w..
Bookseller reference : 67681
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SANO, IWAO PETER
One Thousand Days in Siberia: The Odyssey of a Japanese-American POW
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1998). Illus. with drawings by the author. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. xvii, 210 p. 2nd printing. SIGNED. Fine in near fine d.w..
Bookseller reference : 67679
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SANO, IWAO PETER
One Thousand Days in Siberia: The Odyssey of a Japanese-American POW
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1998). Illus. with drawings by the author. 8vo. Wraps. xvii, 210 p. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Fine..
Bookseller reference : 68406
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SANO, IWAO PETER
One Thousand Days in Siberia: The Odyssey of a Japanese-American POW
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1998). Illus. with drawings by the author. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. xvii, 210 p. 2nd printing. Fine in near fine d.w..
Bookseller reference : 67680
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SAUER (M)
Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia. [Facsimile re-issue]
Richmond Publishing, [Richmond, 1972] 8vo., with 14 plates and a large folding map; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy. Much-needed high quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1802. No dustwrapper was issued. Now very uncommon in its own right.
Bookseller reference : 21207
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SCHINKARJOW,L.
MEIN SIBERIEN
Leipzig 1979, 360 pp., col.and b&w photos, dust jacket (code A-67)
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SCHMIDT, F.,
Wissenschaftliche Resultate der zur Aufsuchung eines Angekündigten Mammutcadavers von der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften an den unteren Jenissei ausgesandten Expedition.
St. Pétersbourg, Commissaires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1872. 4°. orig.clothbacked marbled boards, with cloth corners. (vi)(list of contents), 168pp. fold. col. thin paper area map, num. ills.(mainly molluscs) on 4 lithogr. plates o.o.t., with explanat text on pp. 166-168, 9 text-figs. with ext. explanat. text, foot-notes, errata & suppl. notes printed at tail of p. 163. [Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, VIIe Série, XVIII, No. 1]. An interesting and early account of an expedition to a Mammoth-cadavre, located at lower Jenissei-River, and her scientific results. Rare. (bds. somewh.shaved at extremities, ti.-p. with some marginal browning, some foxing on verso, vague waterstain in corner of lower left margin throughout, not touching text or illus. on plates however).
Bookseller reference : 39024
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