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Alexandra Empress consort of Nicholas II Emperor of Russia
The Letters of the Tsaritsa to the Tsar 1914-1916
Stanford: 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
Bookseller reference : 90054 ISBN : 0817999922 9780817999926
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ADAMS Mark B. ed.. The Wellborn Science. Eugenics in Germany France Brazil and Russia.
New York:
Oxford 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
Bookseller reference : PW1007 ISBN : 0195053613 9780195053616
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Alexander Grand Duke of Russia
Always a Grand Duke
Garden City Publishing Co. 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 1933. Red cloth boards no dust jacket. Book is clean has a tight binding no marks or notations. Corners are lightly bumped and scuffed spine is slightly sunned but otherwise in excellent condition. Published the year of the Grand Duke's Death. HB HS Garden City Publishing Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 184675
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Russia. Laws statutes etc.
Decrees and Constitution of Soviet Russia
New York 1920. Paperback. Very Good. 89p. Wrapper. 19cm. Modest cover soil. Name stamp on wrapper. Reprinted from "The Nation." <br/><br/> paperback books
Bookseller reference : 35817
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Russia
Gosudarstvennyi gerb SSSR Gosudarstvennye gerby soiuznykh respublik. State coat of arms of the USSR State coats of arms of the Soviet republics.
Moscow: Iskusstvo 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. Full red cloth with decoration and titling gilt to upper board. 1f. title 19 ff. with 17 full-color and gilt illustrations 1f. colophon. In Cyrillic. Binding slightly faded and stained. Beautiful plates. <br/><br/> Iskusstvo hardcover books
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album; original typescript; Russia; India; Bayley Sir Edward Clive 1821 1884; Bayley Lady Emily Anne Theophila nee Metcalfe 1
Typescript of a Biography of Sir Edward Clive Bayley Told Partly by Himself Partly by His Sisters and Partly by His Wife Lady Emily Anne Theophila Bayley. With Colored Views of Russia and Original Photographs of India
England 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
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CHAGALL CHAGALL MARC. B. 1887 VITEBSK RUSSIA; D. 1985 SAINT PAUL DE VENCE FRANCE
DRAWINGS FOR THE BIBLE
Marc Chagall B. 1887 VITEBSK RUSSIA; D. 1985 SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE FRANCE DRAWINGS FOR THE BIBLE as published for Verve.<br /> Verve Vol. X no. 37/38. 1960. Text by Gaston Bachelard. Folio. With 24 original lithographs in color including the cover by Chagall and 96 reproductions in black and white. Complete as issued. Verve hardcover books
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RUSSIA TRADE. William Brandt & Sons.
"Archangel 24th October / 5th November 1851. The winter has already set in vigorously . . ." caption title printed circular with integral stamped cover on trade contracts from Archangel Russia and prospects for 1852.
London: n. p. 1851. Folio printed on blue paper 10.81 x 8.63 inches 4 pages. Addressed in ink autograph to Messrs. Smith and Dove Andover Mass. with a canceled three cent U.S. stamp and a red round stamp for Boston 20 December. <br /><br />"The prospects for contract business during the approaching season may be considered favorable since the reports from the Interior respecting the crops are in every instance satisfactory." <br /><br />A detailed prospectus for Russian flax futures contracts and various other export goods with a list of goods exported from Archangel in 1851 from the merchant bankers Brandt & Sons which had agencies in Archangel Riga and London. <br /><br />The mailing address of this copy of the circular gives some idea of the international markets of New England textile mills; Smith and Dove ran an industrial spinning mill for linen thread in Andover. Prices are quoted in Roubles and Pounds Sterling at an exchange rate of 38d per Silver Rouble. <br /><br />A few small separations along old creases with loss of a letter or two; some light soiling and wear; in very good condition. n. p. books
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Russia 19th Century Eastern Orthodox Religious History Architecture
Historical Description of the Cathedral Monastery of Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Sergiyev 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
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Grand Duke of Russia Alexander
Always a Grand Duke
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co 1933. hardcover. very good. Illustrated in black and white. 299 pages 8vo red cloth lightly worn at extremities. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co. 19.3. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Garden City Publishing Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 298648
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A La Vieille Russie
Faberge: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of The Cooper-Hewitt Museum The Smithosian Institution's National Musuem of Design
New York: A La Vieille Russie 1983. Softcover. VG. Dark blue wraps with gold lettering color illustration; 154 pp. with color photographs throughout. A catalogue showing and describing works for sale by ALVR April 22-May 21 1983. A La Vieille Russie unknown books
Bookseller reference : 127872 ISBN : 0961101407 9780961101404
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Sotherlund Selma of Russia
Selma's Famous Russian Toilet Preparations
New 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
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Russia: The State Russian Museum St. Petersburg 1997
Gottfried Helnwein
St. Petersburg Russia: The State Russian Museum 1997. Palace Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. Gray cloth with silver lettering on front and spine pictorial dust jacket 419pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Text of book is in English though text on dj flaps is in German. Represents a major retrospective of the work of Austrian-Irish artist Gottfried Helnwein b. 1948. With essays by Alexander Borovsky Peter Selz Klaus Honnef Heiner Muller and William S. Burroughs. VERY visual. The State Russian Museum hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 34973 ISBN : 5900872556 9785900872551
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RUSSIA. LE PRINCE JEAN BAPTISTE 1734 1781
Recueil of engravings by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince on Russian costumes
Paris. 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
Bookseller reference : WB16908
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Russia. Hindus Maurice
The GREAT OFFENSIVE
New 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
Bookseller reference : 23963
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Russia. Pimenoff Noble
BEFORE The DAWN. A Story of Russian Life
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1901. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering/design. VG sp sunned. 401 pp 8vo. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
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Union Artists of Russia
Alexander Vetrov: Etching
Moscow: Moscow Regional Organization of Union Artists of Russia 1996. Signed by artist. Softcover. As new. White stapled wraps. 24 pp. 31 reproductions of etchings in color. In Russian and English. Includes a chronology various appreciative remarks by those who attended his exhibition or like his work and sizeable images of his etchings. Beautifully done. Moscow Regional Organization of Union Artists of Russia paperback books
Bookseller reference : 133639
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A La Vieille Russie NY: May 5 to June 4 1993
Alexandre Iacovleff: Paintings and Drawings
1993. Softcover. VG. Black wraps. 47 pp. 71 color & mostly bw plates. A four-page introductory essay by Mark A. Schaffer accompanies the illustrated and annotated catalogue of 71 works. Wonderful illustrations. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 25759 ISBN : 0961101423 9780961101428
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Russia. Ducamp Emmanuel editor
PAVLOVSK THE PALACE & THE PARK; THE COLLECTIONS 2 VOLUMES
Paris: 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
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Russia: Card Henry
HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF RUSSIA TO THE ACCESSION OF CATHERINE THE FIRST; INCLUDING A CONCISE REVIEW OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
London: 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
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Bainbridge Henry Charles
Peter Carl Faberge: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court and the Principal Crowned Heads of Europe
<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
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COMMUNISM RUSSIA
PROGRAMM DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN PARTEI RUSSLAND BOLSCHEWIKI
1920. 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
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CATHERINE II TOOKE W
The Life of Catherine II Empress of All the Russias: With an Elegant Portrait of the Tzarina and a Correct Map of the Russian Empire
<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
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SIEGELBAUM Lewis H
Stakhanovism and the Politics of Productivity in the USSR 1935-1941
NY: 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
Bookseller reference : 32391 ISBN : 0521345480 9780521345484
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NICHOLAS Emperor of Russia
Engraved Portrait
by Horace Vernet and John Sartain. 4 1/4" x 5 58" on stock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. Engraved for The Eclectic Magazine. Very good fresh. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
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PETROV Vadim LYSENHO Igor and EGOROV Georgy
Escape of Alexei Son of Tsar Nicholas II: What Happened the Night the Romanov Family Was Executed
NY: Abrams. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0810932776 . Translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz and Antonina W Bouis. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Abrams hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 5385 ISBN : 0810932776 9780810932777
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E. E. Russia
The History of International Law in
New. unknown
Bookseller reference : X4-IJDJ-KLAN ISBN : 0198254954 9780198254959
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Marie Grand Duchess of Russia
A Princess in Exile
The Viking Press 1932. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Light wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover binding or pages. No dust jacket included with this book. This copy is the First Edition THUS of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. The Viking Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1675063785
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Russie Lane
Snow Angels on the Moon
Maine Authors Publishing 2019-01-01. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Maine Authors Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 1633811972-3-32215396 ISBN : 1633811972 9781633811973
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Grand Duke of Russia, Alexander
Always A Grand Duke
Kessinger Publishing 10-09-2010. paperback. New. 6.00x0.69x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX1163193704 ISBN : 1163193704 9781163193709
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RUSSIE IMPERIALE
CATHERINE II DE RUSSIE Nouvelles réglementations en turc concernant les lois et prescriptions de l'empire de toutes les Russies • CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA New Regulations in Turkish Concerning the Laws and Ordinances of the Empire of All the Russias
Saint Petersburg: Sans nom d'éditeur 1780. Fine. Sans nom d'éditeur Saint Petersburg 1780 20.8 x 27 cm Relié Very rare first edition of the new laws enacted in 1775 by Catherine II Empress of Russia here translated into Turkish for the recently annexed Turkic-speaking provinces taken from the Ottoman Empire.The work is divided into two parts: the first dated 12 November 1775 comprises the first 28 chapters pp. 1–190; the second contains chapters 29 to 31 pp. 191–248.Contemporary-style half mottled sheep with small corners unlettered spine with five raised bands decorated with double gilt fillets and gilt thistle tools marbled paper boards red edges modern binding.Pale marginal dampstaining to the upper right corner of the initial leaves. Sans nom d'éditeur hardcover
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Preissig, Vojtěch, artist, and Československa Armada v Rusku [The Czechoslovak Army in Russia]
CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION PUBLISHING IN SIBERIA "V srdci zpÄ›v v ruce zbraň vlasÅ¥ svou proti vrahům chraň!" A song in your heart a weapon in your hand protect your homeland against murderers. Lithographed postcard printed by Czechoslovak Legion troops in Siberia.; Knihovna ÄŒeskoslovenského DennÃku sv. 17 Library of the Czechoslovak Daily vol. 17
Irkutsk or Vladivostok: Litografie Inf.-osv. odboru Äsl. vojska na Rusi 1919 or 1920. Postcard 14.3 × 9.5 cm with chromolithograph illustration signed "P" and text "Dopisnice/Pochtovaia kartochka" in Czech and Russian. Unused; very light crease to corner; else very good. Lithographed postcard by VojtÄ›ch Preissig 1873–1944 issued by Czechoslovak Legion soldiers who fought alongside the White Army in Siberia after WWI and controlled large stretches of the Transsiberian Railroad from 1918–19. By 1919 the Legion soldiers retreated further eastward alongside Kolchak’s army while transporting the bulk of the Imperial gold reserves for the Whites. In 1920 the Czechoslovak Legion was gradually evacuated by ship from Vladivostok and over 60.000 soldiers returned to the Czechoslovak Republic. Despite the precarious conditions the Legion issued a daily newspaper using a printing press on board the train as well as numerous brochures books as well as handwritten lithographed bulletins printed in small print runs. During longer stops such as during their time in Vladivostok a printer’s shop was set up outside the train and the operations significantly expanded.<br /> <br /> Preissig was an important Secessionist painter graphic artist and book designer who worked with Alfons Mucha among others. In the 1910s he taught art in the United States at the Art Students’ League and Columbia University as well in Boston. While still abroad Preissig met future Czechoslovak president T. G. Masaryk and became involved in the independence movement which he supported graphically by designing posters and postcards. He returned to Prague in 1931 establishing himself not only as a leading typographer and book designer but also as a pioneering abstract artist. Following the German Occupation of Czechoslovakia Preissig became involved in the resistance editing and designing an illegal journal. He was arrested and died at Dachau in 1944. unknown
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Preissig, Vojtěch, artist, and Československa Armada v Rusku [The Czechoslovak Army in Russia]
CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION PUBLISHING IN SIBERIA "Pro vÃtěžstvà za praporem ku pÅ™edu!" For victory behind the flag to the front!. Lithographed postcard printed by Czechoslovak Legion troops in Siberia.; Knihovna ÄŒeskoslovenského DennÃku sv. 17 Library of the Czechoslovak Daily vol. 17
Irkutsk or Vladivostok: Litografie Inf.-osv. odboru Äsl. vojska na Rusi 1919 or 1920. Postcard 14.3 × 9.5 cm with chromolithograph illustration signed "P" and text "Dopisnice/Pochtovaia kartochka" in Czech and Russian. Unused; very light crease to corner; else very good. Lithographed postcard by VojtÄ›ch Preissig 1873–1944 issued by Czechoslovak Legion soldiers who fought alongside the White Army in Siberia after WWI and controlled large stretches of the Transsiberian Railroad from 1918–19. By 1919 the Legion soldiers retreated further eastward alongside Kolchak’s army while transporting the bulk of the Imperial gold reserves for the Whites. In 1920 the Czechoslovak Legion was gradually evacuated by ship from Vladivostok and over 60.000 soldiers returned to the Czechoslovak Republic. Despite the precarious conditions the Legion issued a daily newspaper using a printing press on board the train as well as numerous brochures books as well as handwritten lithographed bulletins printed in small print runs. During longer stops such as during their time in Vladivostok a printer’s shop was set up outside the train and the operations significantly expanded.<br /> <br /> Preissig was an important Secessionist painter graphic artist and book designer who worked with Alfons Mucha among others. In the 1910s he taught art in the United States at the Art Students’ League and Columbia University as well in Boston. While still abroad Preissig met future Czechoslovak president T. G. Masaryk and became involved in the independence movement which he supported graphically by designing posters and postcards. He returned to Prague in 1931 establishing himself not only as a leading typographer and book designer but also as a pioneering abstract artist. Following the German Occupation of Czechoslovakia Preissig became involved in the resistance editing and designing an illegal journal. He was arrested and died at Dachau in 1944. unknown
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[Russia]. PINKERTON, Robert
Russia; or Miscellaneous Observations on the Past and Present State of that Country and its Inhabitants. Compiled from Notes made on the Spot during Travels at Different Times in the Service of the Bible Society and a Residence of many Years in that Country
London: Seeley & Sons 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Seeley & Sons 1833 first edition. Large octavo xii 486 2 plate list and errata pages plus 8 hand-coloured lithographs. Original quarter pebble-grained green cloth and plain papered boards with a black paper title-label on the spine; all edges uncut; cloth a little worn and unevenly stained; boards rubbed marked and worn at the extremities; early ownership signature 'Francis Marriage' on the front free endpaper; scattered light foxing; minor signs of age and use; a very good copy. Seeley & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 143387
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Arved POORTEN (auteur de : Tournee artistique dans l'interieur de la Russie). Dessins de Mad, Boehm-Endaourova.
Un coin perdu de la Russie. Souvenirs d'artiste.
Paris: Auguste Ghio Editeur 1883. demi-reliure bradel de l'époque dos toilé titre à l'or. in-8. Amical envoi de l'auteur. Bon état. Auguste Ghio, Editeur, unknown
Bookseller reference : 83907
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kul?tury, Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo
The Treasure of Troy: Heinrich Schliemann's Excavations
Pushkin Museum/Leonardo Arte 1996. Hardcover. Good. Original black boards gilt lettered spine dust jacket numerous illustrations in colour 4to.; Small tear repaired top edge front dust jacket; edges dust jacket slightly yellowed. Pushkin Museum/Leonardo Arte hardcover
Bookseller reference : 376103-KD36 ISBN : 8878137057 9788878137059
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RUSSIA.
Escape maps of Stalingrad and Stepnoy.
London: Ordnance Survey 1952. Later editions marked "restricted" revised from those produced by the War Office in 1919 and 1916 with isogonals correct to 1953. These maps were issued in the early years of the Cold War only a decade after the region was ravaged in the Battle of Stalingrad. Stepnoy now Elista was renamed only five years after this map's publication. In the early years of the Cold War the CIA attempted to gather information on the Soviet Union through aerial spying missions flown with the co-operation of the British government. "The RAF formed a top-secret reconnaissance outfit in the spring of 1951. Churchill approved the RAF overflight program knowing that if one of the planes came down on Russian territory Labour MPs in an embarrassed and angered House of Commons undoubtedly would force a vote of confidence to bring down his government. But he balanced that possibility against the desperate need for radar pictures of Soviet military targets that would held SAC and RAF bombers in the event of war" Burrows pp. 131-33. In 1952 John Crampton flew a high-speed high-altitude test run over the Berlin corridor which Bomber Command followed with three simultaneous sorties reaching as far as Moscow itself. After a ten-hour mission that triggered the Soviet air defences "All three planes made it back to Sculthorpe with their radar imagery and without a scratch" Burrows p. 134 angering the Kremlin and prompting a review of the nation's air warning systems. The map of Stalingrad is the fourth edition and the map of Stepnoy is the fifth. Single sheet of cloth 605 x 554 mm colour maps with key on each side pale border on Stalingrad side lettered in red blue and black. Map bright sometime folded and creased edges a little frayed: a very good copy. William Burrows By Any Means Necessary: America's secret air war in the Cold War 2001. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 183941
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Russia Komitet Ministr Kantseliariia
Statesman's Handbook for Russia
new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 45239638-n ISBN : 1019202270 9781019202272
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Catherine Ii, Empress Of Russia,
Memoirs Of the Empress Catherine II
new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 50147406-n ISBN : 1023251337 9781023251334
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Catherine Ii, Empress Of Russia,
Memoirs Of the Empress Catherine II
new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 50273857-n ISBN : 1023251280 9781023251280
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(Banknote Russland/Russia)
5 Kopeken
um 1915. gering fleckig. - sonst gutes Exemplar - unknown
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Russie Lane
Snow Angels on the Moon
Maine Authors Publishing 2019-01-01. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Maine Authors Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 1633811972-3-33566653 ISBN : 1633811972 9781633811973
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - RUSSIA - MIECZKOWSKI, Jan].
Collection of photographic prints depicting Moscow during the coronation of Alexander III & Maria Feodorovna and the consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in May 1883.
Russian Empire probably Warsaw in present-day Poland: Mechkovsky = Jan Mieczkowski 1883. Kept together in a clear plastic sleeve. 9 photographic prints mounted on large white paper boards each captioned in print above the image " " = "Moscow during the holy Coronation of the Imperial Majesty" each image has its own specific caption printed below the image. All captions are printed in Russian Cyrillic cursive script including some letters that were still in use in 1883 but were eliminated from the alphabet in 1917-18. Rare photographic prints depicting the coronation of Tsar Alexander III and Tsarina Maria Feodorovna and the consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour all in Moscow in May 1883. The prints are signed in print by the publisher/photographer "Mechkovsky" meaning Jan Mieczkowski 1830-1889. Mieczkowski was a Polish photographer working in Warsaw when the city was part of the Russian Empire. It is said that he was one of the first photographers in the Russian Empire to work in the genre of news photography - his photographs of the events surrounding the coronation of the Tsar and the consecration of the cathedral in Moscow were an outstanding success in this field of photography.The present photographs depict the major events taking place in Moscow in May/June 1883 mainly the coronation of Tsar Alexander III & Tsarina Maria Feodorovna taking place from May 10 to May 28 or depending on which calendar is used resp. the Gregorian vs. Julian calendar from May 22 to June 9 1883. Mieczkowski captured all the key moments of the celebrations including the entry of the royal retinue into Red Square the anointing in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin the emperor's visit to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius the consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour public festivities and the subsequent parade on Khodynka Field only the scenes of the public festivities and the parade are not depicted in the present collection of prints.A more extensive description is available upon request.The paper boards are slightly browned and occasionally lightly foxed the bottom left corner of one board with one of the photos captioned: " " shows a small water stain some prints show some minor scratches or other marks mainly in the margins of the images. Otherwise the photographic prints are in very good condition. A remarkable selection of Jan Mieczkowski's photographic prints depicting the celebrations in Moscow in May 1883. Mechkovsky (= Jan Mieczkowski), hardcover
Bookseller reference : ABC_49371
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Russia, Grand Duke Alexander Of,
Twilight Of Royalty
new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 45332657-n ISBN : 1015925111 9781015925113
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Broadside; Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia
Biography of the Emperor Nicholas and Sudden Deaths of the Romanoff.
1855. 15" x 9-3/4" broadside text in three columns. 15" x 9-3/4" broadside text in three columns. Unrecorded Broadside Marking the Death of Nicholas I Broadside. Nicholas I 1796-1855 Emperor of Russia. Biography of the Emperor Nicholas and Sudden Deaths of the Romanoff Family! Nottingham: Printed and Published by Thomas Stevenson 1855. 15" x 9-3/4" broadside text in three columns below headline and large woodcut vignette depicting the death of Nicholas I. Moderate toning very light edgewear faint fold lines and creases to corners light foxing to lower right corner a few faint stains. Rare. $1500. This broadside was published after the death of Nicholas I from pneumonia on March 2 1855. His death occurred during the Crimean War and the Siege of Sevastopol which had been ongoing since October 1854 and ended in September 1855 six months after Nicholas's death. The broadside is mostly dedicated to a brief biographical history of the Romanov dynasty. It ends with a section headed "Latest Intelligence" containing dispatches from Berlin Warsaw Sevastopol and Marseilles. No copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. Not at the British Library. unknown
Bookseller reference : 82025
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Mikhailovitch Nicolas Le Grand-duc De Russie
Le comte Paul Stroganov Traduction Francaise de F Billecocq Precede d'un Avant-Propos par Frederic Masson de l'Academie Francaise Tome Premier
Imprimerie nationale 1905. in8. 1905. Broché. 246 pages. Tampons de bibliothèque de garnison Manque première et dernière de couverture dos fendu abimé intérieur bon plusieurs portraits grand in8 Imprimerie nationale unknown
Bookseller reference : 512228
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Lena Jonson (Head Of The Russia Research Programme And Senior Research Fellow), Stephen White (James Bryce Professor Of Politics
Waiting For Reform Under Putin and Medvedev
like new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16656282 ISBN : 113701119x 9781137011190
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Russia Today Society.
The Red Army Today.
London: Russia Today Society 1940. Paperback . Very Good. Slightly darkened and corner chipped otherwise very good. Pamphlet. Russia Today Society, paperback
Bookseller reference : C115711
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Anastasia de Rusia
Yo Anastasia declaro
Editorial Noguer S.A 1958. 22 cm. Barcelona. Tapa dura. Buen estado. 22 cm Editorial Noguer, S.A unknown
Bookseller reference : 23510
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[PETROVICH, Paul I (Tsar of Russia)].
Risunki sobstvennym voiskam pokoinago Imperatora Pavle I. Drawings of his own Army by the Late Emperor Paul I when His Highness was Grand Duke.
St. Petersburg Lithographic Department of the Military Settlement 1835. . First edition small folio 31 x 22 cm; lithographic title and 10 unnumbered coloured by contemporary hand title soiled at foot where mark of ownership erased bottom corners of leaves with very light staining pl. 7 with printed Russian caption and early manuscript German translation; contemporary green Russian morocco upper cover lettered in gilt both covers with elaborate panelling in gilt and blind flat spine in gilt panels gilt turn-ins blue endpapers gilt edges extremities rubbed tiny split in joint at head of spine a fine copy.<br /> Remarkably fine series of hand-coloured prints of military costumes after Paul I in an exceptional contemporary Russian binding. The book was printed at the personal bequest of his son Tsar Nicholas I in an incredibly small edition. The short reign of Paul I ended with his murder in 1801 and was marked by his obsession with dress uniforms. All ten of the figures in this rare suite are drawn in the same posture at attention with arms firmly clasped to sides and though this gives them a slightly doll-like quality they are painstakingly and beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand. Nicholas I viewed his father with deep reverence and also admired the pomp and order of the Imperial army this publication was an attempt to honour his father's legacy.<br /> [St. Petersburg], Lithographic Department of the Military Settlement, 1835. unknown
Bookseller reference : 109898
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