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(EARLY RUSSIA ARCHIVE)
Nine Letters To Joseph Slocum A New York Merchant Who Tried To Sell Farm Equipment To Russia In The Mid-Nineteenth Century
JOSEPH SLOCUM 1800-1853. Slocum was a merchant from Syracuse New York who attempted to sell farm equipment to Russia in the nineteenth century. He was unable to turn a profit from his endeavors and his family fell into financial hardship. His daughter Margaret Olivia Scolum Sage became an influential philanthropist and teacher. She endowed a building and a now-defunct agricultural school at Syracuse University both named after him.Archive. 9 pieces. 1830s-40s. An archive related to Joseph Slocum and his business with Russian agriculture. There are nine letters and documents predominately letters written to Slocum from various Americans and Russians. Highlights are listed below and the best piece is the first one the lengthy manuscript detailing Russian agriculture and natural resources:Handwritten document. 4pgs. September 12 1846. St. Petersburg Russia. The four page handwritten manuscript is entitled Some Rough Hints About the Productive Power of Russian Agriculture. It states in part: European Russia it may be divided grosso muto in three great regions or belts running from East to West. 1st - The first region extends between the White Sea and the provinces of Tver Smolensk Nijni-Novogorod & Kazan - it contains more wood low marshy ground intermixed the sand Baron then arable land. Rye oats barley potatoes hemp and flax are the main products of that region. 2nd - the second section of the Empire being comparatively densely populated forms a central part of the European Russia it is particularly addicted to manufacturing pursuits. It's Southern limits is about the course of the Oka River & the Central Valley of the Volga. The agricultural products are nearly the same as aforesaid. 3rd - the third region extending to the south and southeast as far as the Black Sea the provinces of Ashnaklan and the Ural Mountains reaches the Carpathian mountains Galicia & Moldavia in the West. It is mostly covered with a rich strata of black earth with a subsoil of clay lime & sandstone. Minoru is generally not used in this part of the country vulgarly called the step or prairie count the staple products of the fertile district are rye winter and summer wheat especially summer wheat - the summer frosts in the autumn preventing the seeds of the winter week to start up well millet oats barley peas buckwheat field poppy hemp flax & linseed. Cotton & Vine are raised merely in the most remote districts of the South such as Georgia Astrakhan the territory of the Cossacks of the Don Crimea & Bessarabia. Three other very important staples of Steph region are livestock & saltworks & fisheries. The stock consists mainly of horned cattle and horses grazing in large herds on the pastorate of the steps of the Black Sea As well as on both sides a lower Volga. Sheep both Merinos Saxon & form and main object of the agricultural industry of the step and owners. The Russian or common sheep is generally the property of the peasantry. The wool and tallow are usually sent overland in the winter to the manufacturing districts of the central belt of Russia Moscow. Or exported via Odessa Taganrog Riga & Petersburg to England and France. The saltworks are especially remarkable on the left sure the Volga on the verge of the province of Astrakhan as well as near the Ural River not far from the city of Orenburg. The Lake Elton alone of a circumference of nearly 180 miles is a solid mass of salt inexhaustible in its mineral riches. The stone saltworks of Gletznaia.As well as the saltworks a Crimea produce an immense quantity of that precious mineral. Besides that all the basin of the Caspian is full of an infinity of small salt lakes. The main fisheries are at the mouth of the Volga on the Caspian they produce an enormous quantity of fish of all kind. Besides that of the fisheries of the Ural River on the Don. The main fluvial artery of Russia is the Volga it is a Mississippi of our country. Its length is upwards 3000 miles. Unfortunately it is frozen up during nearly 6 months of the year. There are but very few steamboats in it. This year a large steam tow boat has been put into action on the Volga attended with great success. The manuscript continues extolling Russias natural resources. It is uncertain who wrote it and the condition is good with folds and fold separations. A partial typewritten transcript is included.LS. 1pg. August 1843. Russia. A letter signed L. Perovsky by Russian nobleman Lev Perovski 1792-1856 as Russian Minister of the Interior. Perovski thanked Slocum: The Directo fo the AgronomicalSchool having informed me that you presented to the museum of this Institution several agronomical instrument I feel myself much gratified to acknowledge. Agronomy is crop and soil science. The letter is in very good condition with folds and short fold separations.ALS. 4pg. 5 x 8 . November 7 1846. St. Peterburg Russia. An autograph letter signed by an American working for the United States Legation at St. Petersburg. He wrote in part to Slocum: The only reproach I ever heard from the Minister as I told you at that time and which certainly stands on a misunderstanding concerns the establishment of a cast iron fabrication. The Minister is in full belief you had spoken to him about ain the Union that as soon as a new colony any where is establishedThis seemed to His Excellency excellent means to introduce in Russia and toin this way thepossibility to the peasants to have their implements cheap & well one. The letter is in fine condition.ANS. 1pg. 1834. New York. A brief note acknowledging money received from Slocum signed Ja J Roosevelt by Jacobus James Roosevelt III 1760-1847 the New York state businessman and politician who was great-grandfather of FDR. In fine condition.ALS. 1pg. June 6 1834. New York. An autograph letter signed Jab J Roosevelt by Jacobus Roosevelt. Roosevelt wrote to Slocum requesting the return of an item. In very good condition.ALS. 3pgs. October 22 1846. St. Petersburg Russia. A lengthy letter to Slocum signed Chas Cramer to Slocum. Charles Cramer 1799-1879 was an important trader to Russian and his letter concerns finance: he gave you an order for the purchase of Implements for Agricultural purposes & that he assigned you a credit againstof the Government. He fully confirmed the contents of the letter you communicated to me & promised to reply to your letterMr. Clay stated when I asked him on your behalf that he could do nothing in the case to further your interest. Major Whistler whom I called on several time but missed has not yet returned my calls. I rather think he will not be able to serve you better than I can with the Government of this EmpireWe merchants often meet with heavy losses Do consider your Adventure to Russia misfortune & think no more about it for you will not gain anything. The penciled letter is in very good condition with a tear in the address leaf.Letter. 1pg. 5 x 8 . 1846. St. Petersburg. A contemporary copy of an 1846 letter by Rhesa Griffin a Syracuse area merchant: Received St. Petersburg 31 July 1846 of the Russian Imperial Departmentfive hundred thirty six silver rubles and sixteen seven coppers in full satisfaction of all and every claim or Demand on the above Department or if any other Department of the Russian Government and in full satisfaction of all and every agreement or understanding made by me with Joseph Slocum as an agent of the Russian Government. The document is wrinkled and in very good condition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 4678
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(FREGOLENT Alessandra) -
Ermitage. San Pietroburgo.
Milano, Il Sole 24 Ore, 2005, 8vo brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 159 completamente illustrato a colori (anche con tavole a pagina doppia) .
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(GONTCHAROV Alexandre Ivanovitch) / TROYAT Henri
Gontcharov
Paris, Editions de Fallois, 2012, 15,5 x 22,5, 224 pages sous couverture souple illustrée.
Bookseller reference : LITTRUSSE450123
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(GOGOL). TERTZ, Abram (Andre Siniavski).
Dans l'ombre de Gogol.- Traduit du russe par Georges NIVAT.
Softcover in-8, 341 pp., broche, couv. Tres bel exemplaire [CL-7]
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(GORI Francesca - VENTURI Antonello) -
Utopia e riforma in Russia. 1800-1917 - Il fondo russo della Biblioteca Feltrinelli.
Milano, Fondazione Feltrinelli, 1997, 8vo brossura editoriale con copertina illustrata, pp. 281 con illustrazioni f.t.
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(GRZESICKI, Victor):
Russische Gefechts-Vorschrift. (Nakás wojskám w bojú). Als Entwurf erschienen im Sommer 1900. Vollinhaltlich übersetzt von Victor Grzesicki. Mit 5 Beilagen, darunter 11 Tafeln.
Wien, L.W. Seidel, 1901, in-8°, VIII + 212 S., Bibl.-Marke ‘K. u. k. Kriegsarchiv’ auf Vorsatz, Bibl.-Stempel auf Titel, hs. Vermerk auf Titel-Verso, Halbleinen mit Ecken u. gelbem Marmorpapier, Autor, Titel u. Erscheinungsjahr auf Rücken.
Bookseller reference : 27865aaf
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(HERZEN, A. PSEUD.:) ISKANDER.
Kontsy i nachala. S predisloviem avtora.
Norrkoeping, Eric Biornström, (below, on printed cover: En Commission - Londres, Trübner & Co), 1863. (2), iv, (2, blank), 96 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original covers preserved. Anderson 302; Kilgour 436; Zaleski 197. First separate edition: Herzen's letters to Turgenev, which first appeared in My Past and Thoughts, published here with a new introduction. 'Herzen's renewed interest in Russia's past and future was closely linked to his bitter disappointment in the "old world". He was a discerning critic of bourgeois society, even if his strictures were not always fair. The modern reader is struck especially by certain far-sighted observations, that seem to anticipate criticism of a complex phenomenon we have come to refer to as "mass culture". Herzen's most interesting comments in this respect are to be found in a series of articles entitled Ends and Beginnings, in which he conducted a polemic with Ivan Turgenev, who had become the moral authority for liberal Westernizers in Russia' (Andrzej Walicki, A History of Russian Thought, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980, p. 170). Alexander Herzen (1812-70) was a prominent nineteenth-century Russian social thinker and is known as the 'father of Russian socialism.' Early in his intellectual development, Herzen was influenced by German idealist thinkers such as Schiller and Schelling. He believed in the autonomy and dignity of the individual and opposed forces, such as family and state, that oppressed the individual. Later, under the influence of French socialist thinkers such as Charles Fourier, Herzen's thought became more radical. Herzen projected his earlier concern for the oppressed individual onto society at large and he became a supporter of socialism. The socialism he envisioned was a loose federation of self-governing communes. Only in such a system could the ideal society be achieved- according to Herzen that society would be a free association of individuals which provided for the full flowering of each personality. Herzen initially placed his hopes for this future order in the European socialist movement. After the failure of the 1848 revolutions to achieve socialist principles, however, Herzen became disillusioned about European prospects and turned his attention to Russia. Herzen argued that socialist transformation would actually come first to Russia because communal institutions such as the peasant commune survived and bourgeois attitudes hadn't yet emerged. This sense of the advantages of Russian 'backwardness' was influential among the Populists in the 1870s. Herzen has been called a 'gentry revolutionary.' The illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, Herzen viewed the gentry as a progressive class. The revolution he envisioned was for the people but not necessarily by them. Also, his socialism was a national destiny rather than a class one, and because he promoted the value of individualism in collectivist form--in other words, the full flowering of the individual could best be realized in a socialist order. Among Herzen's works are From the Other Shore (1848-50) and The Russian People and Socialism and his autobiography, My Past and Thoughts.He founded a periodical, the famous Kolokol, in whose pages the free word first appeared in the Russian language, unhampered by censor or police, exposing the government's secrets, criticizing bureaucratic abuses, approving the good intentions of the czar, the 'liberator', and trying to dictate to him a reform program.
Bookseller reference : 23026
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(Jt) Chipkin, Israel S.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF JEWISH EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
12mo. Iv, 27-116 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - education - United States. "Reprinted from the American Jewish year book 5697." Light water damage throughout - pages are wrinkled and dye from covers has run on end papers, small tears at ends of spine, front hinge broken, ex library. Readable. Good condition. (AMR-24-11)
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(Jt) Grade, Chaim
DER MENTSH FUN FAYER: LIDER UN POEMES [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]
Original Cloth. 4to. 159 pages. 27 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Inscribed by Grade in year of publication. Poems by Chaim Grade. "Der mentsh fun fayer (The Man of Fire; 1962) includes a moving elegy for the murdered Soviet Yiddish writers, lyrics about the American landscape, and the haunting voice of the dead who impress upon him the obligation to keep their memory alive. " - YIVO Encyclopedia. Published by Cyco-Tsiko, printed by Shulsinger Bros. With four illustrations and cover design by Benn. Attractively printed and bound. Subjects: Yiddish poetry. Chaim Grade. Light soiling to edges of binding, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (YID-21-47)
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(Jt) Kraus, Adolf.
REMINISCENCES AND COMMENTS: THE IMMIGRANT, THE CITIZEN, A PUBLIC OFFICE, THE JEW.
8vo. Xii, 244 pages. Second printing. Tissued frontispiece portrait of the author. Illustrated with plates. Index. Autobiography of Kraus, a Jew who immigrated to the U. S. From Bohemia at the age of 15. Covers missing, ex library. End papers chipped. Internally sound. Good condition. (AM-24-7)
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(Jt) Kraus, Adolf.
REMINISCENCES AND COMMENTS: THE IMMIGRANT, THE CITIZEN, A PUBLIC OFFICE, THE JEW.
8vo. Xii, 244 pages. Second printing. Tissued frontispiece portrait of the author. Illustrated with plates. Index. Autobiography of Kraus, a Jew who immigrated to the U. S. From Bohemia at the age of 15. Covers missing, light water stain throughout. Ex library with blindstamps. Good condition. (AM-24-8)
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(Jt) Minkoff, N. B.
VEGN M. BASINS ANTOLOGYE "AMERIKANER YIDISHER POEZYE"
Original Wraps. 8vo. [164-176] [i. E. 12] pages. 23 cm. First separate edition. In Yiddish. Offprint from Inzikh Numer 56 (Dec. 1940) , p. 164-176. A review and critique of Moyshe (Morris) Bassin's anthology of American Yiddish poetry - Amerikaner Yidishe Poezye (1940) . Contains the bookstamp of the author, Minkoff. Nahum Baruch Minkoff (1893-1958) was a Yiddish writer, poet, literary historian and critic, editor of the Yiddish literary monthly Zukunft and one of the founders of the In Zikh group of Yiddish poets. Subjects: Yiddish poetry. Bassin, Morris, 1889-1963. Amerikaner yidishe poezye. OCLC lists 5 copies (Nypl, Illinois, HUC, CJH, JTSA) . Light soiling and edge wear to wraps, internally clean and fresh. Condition. (YID-21-39) xx
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(King, Frederick A., Ed.)
Souvenir. Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe. With originals by Léon Baskt and others.
New York, Metropolitan Ballet Company and Morris Gest, (1916). 4°. [20] Bl. mit Frontipiz, 15 (1 doppelblattgr.) Farbtafeln von L. Bakst und Martin Bierbaum und 10 Portrait-Tafeln in Heliographie ("engraved and printed by The Sackett & Whilhelms Company") von Léonide Massine, sowie 2 (1 farb.) Werbeanzeigen. Orig.-Kartonumschlag mit Kordelheftung und goldgepr. Deckeltitel und Vignette. 2 Hefte.
Bookseller reference : 107220BB
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(KOGAN Reghina - CIUKOVA Tatiana) -
Museo dell'Ermitage.
San Pietroburgo, Alfa-Colour, 1998, 8vo brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 143, numerose illustrazioni a colori nel testo.
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(LARIONOV Michel) / GEORGE Waldemar
Larionov
Paris, Bibliothèque des arts, "Art moderne", 1976, 25,5 x 34,5, 134 pages sous percaline éditeur et jaquette illustrée. Iconographie noir & blanc et couleurs.
Bookseller reference : ARTTTTT232311023
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(LESUR Charles)
DEI PROGRESSI DELLA POTENZA RUSSA. Dall’origine sua insino al principio del secolo XIX. Del Sig. L. - Traduzione dal francese.
In-8 p. (mm. 220x140), brossura muta coeva (piccole manc., sciupata), pp. XIV,499. "Prima edizione" della versione italiana. Esempl. con barbe, con aloni e fioriture.
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(MANDELSTAM, Ossip).
La Revue des Belles Lettres 1-4 1981. Numéro consacré à Ossip Mandelstam.
Genève, 1981, 235x165mm, 313pages, broché. Bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 84044
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(MAZRUKHO) - MAÏAKOVSKI Vladimir.
“Mystery - bouffe“.
1972 Moscou, 1972; in-8° carré , pleine toile éditeur illustrée du portrait de l'auteur, titre en rouge au dos, jaquette de papier rouge au dos et 1er plat illustré d'un dessin en noir et blanc, titre en noir, 2ème plat de papier noir; 174pp. (1)f. Nombreuses illustrations en brun, brun et noir et noir de Matvey Borisovich Mazrukho (1911-200) . La pièce “ Mystery-bouffe“ fut publiée pour la 1ère fois en 1918, puis revue en 1921.
Bookseller reference : 10440
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(MASSON Charles François Philibert) ..
Mémoires secrets sur la Russie, et particulièrement sur la fin du règne de Catherine II et le commencement de celui de Paul I. Formant un tableau des moeurs de St. Pétersbourg, à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Et contenant nombre d`anecdotes recueillies pendant un séjour de dix années, sur les projets de Catherine à l`égard de son sils, les bizarrries de ce dernier, le mariage manqué de la grande-duchesse Alexandra avec le roi de Suède, et le caractère de principaux personnages de cette cour, et nommément de Souvorow. Suivies de remarques sur l`éducation des grands seigneurs, les moeurs des femmes, et la réligion du peuple.
3 Voll. In-8°, legatura coeva in mezza pelle (da restaurare), pp. (4)xiij(1)-355(7), (4)295(3) e (4)viij-516(2). Al frontespizio del Terzo Tomo il sottotitolo è il seguente: Contenant nombre d`anecdotes et de faits historiques sur la guerre de Perse, la marche des armées russes contre la France, la disgrace et la mort de Souworow, les opérations de finances de Paul I, sa vie domestique, et sa fin tragique. Suivi de pièces justificatives, parmi lesquelles se trouve la constitution pour la famille impériale. Edizione originale. Legature da restaurare, con mancanze ai dorsi, segnatamente dei volumi primo e terzo. Piccolo leggero aloncino al margine inferiore delle prime quattro carte del primo volume; per il resto ottimo esemplare, marginoso e abbastanza fresco. Charles François Philibert MASSON (Blamont, 1762 - Coblenz, 1807) fu in Russia istitutore dei figli del Conte Nikolai Saltykov, Ministro della Guerra. Divenne assai popolare tra l'élite di San Pietroburgo, per il suo gusto nella letteratura e la sua brillante conversazione. Fu in seguito segretario privato del Granduca Alessandro di Russia, il futuro Zar Alessandro I. Malgrado le sue conoscenze, Masson fu espulso dalla Russia dallo Zar Paolo I, con l'accusa d'essere simpatizzante della Rivoluzione Francese. Visse in Germania, per un po', prima di fare ritorno in Francia dove pubblicò queste sue celebri Mémoires.
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(Masson de Blamont)
MEMOIRES SECRETS SUR LA RUSSIE, et particulièrement sur la fin du règne de Catherine II. et sur celui de Paul I. Tome 3ème (de 3).
Un volume (su tre) in 8vo, 12x20 cm, di XVI-444 pagine; ritratto inciso all'antiporta “avant la lettre”. Questo terzo volume è di notevole interesse storico, "contenant nombre d'anecdotes et de faits historiques sur la guerre de Perse, la marche des armées russes contre la France, la disgrace et la mort de Souworow, les opérations de finances de Paul I, sa vie domestique et la fin tragique. Suivi de Pièces justificatives, parmi lesquelles se trouve la constitution pour la famille impériale". Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle, dorso liscio ornato con fregi a secco e dorati.
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(McNEAL Robert) -
Stalin. 1. La rivoluzione bolscevica. 2. Il segretario generale. 3. La rivoluzione dall'alto. 4. Il tiranno. 5. Il generalissimo. 6. Trionfo e mito.
Milano, Fabbri, 1980, sei volumi in-4to legatura editoriale finta pelle con impressioni a secco e titoli ai dorsi, pp. 1504 completamente illustrati in nero e a colori.
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(MOSCA) DUNCAN, Douglas David
Il Cremlino.
Milano, Garzanti Editore, 1960. Nel 1956 David Douglas Duncan fu il primo ad ottenere dai sovietici il permesso di usare senza restrizioni la macchina fotografica all’interno del Cremlino. Eccezionale testimonianza delle ricchezze inestimabili custodite all’interno del Cremlino. In 4to (cm. 33); cop. orig. rigida in tutta tela con titolo al dorso; pp. 170. Con 84 splendide tavole a colori applicate. Piccolo difetto al dorso restaurato con nastro adesivo trasparente, per il resto ottima copia. Ax
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(Mostra).
Architetti neoclassici ticinesi fra Neva e Moscova. I fondi grafici degli archivi Adamini e Gilardi. Testi di P. Angelini, N. Navone, A. Pfister.
Mendrisio, Archivio del Moderno - Accademia di architettura, 8 aprile - 7 maggio 2000, in-8, pp. (56). Cartella in cartoncino editoriale contenente il testo su fogli sciolti. Con illustrazioni a col. e bibliografia. Ottime condizioni.
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(Mostra).
Historische Schätze aus der Sowjetunion.
Zürich, Kunsthaus, 17. Dezember 1966 - 26. Februar 1967, in-8, br., pp. 122. Con 9 cartine e 74 tavv., di cui 16 a col., glossario.
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(MOUSKHELY Michel) -
L' URSS. Diritto economia sociologia politica cultura.
Milano, Il Saggiatore, 1965, due volumi in-8vo br. edit. pp. 1247
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(Mussin-Puschkin, Graf) - Komlew, Andrej
Igor-Lied. Mit einer Einleitung von Wladimir Kolessow.
Sredne-Uralskij-Buchvlg. 1985. Fol., 210(2) S. (Einleitung, faks. Textwiedergabe, 16 Graphiken von Witalij WOLOWITSCH, 1 Doppelbl. Resume in Englisch, Französisch und Deutsch), OLn. m. Deckelbild u. gepr. Tit. in OKartonschub. nur an diesem leichte Gebrauchsspuren, sonst ausgezeichneter Zustand. Der vorliegenden Band enthält eine vorlagengetreu nachgebildete Textwiedergabe der von Mussin-Puschkin vorbereitetenund ausgeführten Erstauflage des "Igor-Liedes" und eine dichterische Übertragung des Dichters Alexej Domnin (1928-1982). Die Ausgabe bietet außerdem eine rhythmische Übertragung des altrussischen Textes von Andrej Komlew nach der akzentologischen Rekonstruktion von Prof. Kolessow, wo anhand des "Lied"-Textes die meisten altrussischen Betonungen restauriert sind. [2 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : FAKS0193
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(NASSIBOVA Aida) -
Le Palais à Facettes du Kremlin de Moscou.
Leningrad, Editions d'art Aurore, 1982, 8vo cartonato editoriale con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, fogli di guardia illustrati, pp. 22 con numerosissime tavole fotografiche a colori fuori testo. Stato di nuovo.
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(Non traduit)
Ouvrage contenant des contes pour enfants en langue russe; illustrateurunique pour l'ensemble des contes.
Un album de format 14x19 cm; de 44 pp. nombreuses illustrations dans le texte. Belle couverture illustrée. Texte entièrement en russe. Comme neuf. Peu courant. Voir photos.
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(PASTERNAK) IVINSKAÏA, Olga.
Otage de l'Eternité : Mes années avec Pasternak.
in-8°, 485 pages, illustrations hors texte N&B, -, index, broche, couverture illustree. Bon état. [NV-23]
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(POUCHKINE) - MEYNIEUX André
Mérimée, Tourguénev, Flaubert - Trois stylistes traducteurs de Pouchkine. Essai de traduction comparée. [Édition originale sur Madagascar]
1962 Paris, Librairie des Cinq Continents, et Clamart, Cahiers d'études littéraires, collection des Études critiques, 1962. Édition originale, un des 5 exemplaires numérotés sur papier de Madagascar, premier grand papier. In-8 broché de 39 pp. + 4 pp. de fac-similés hors texte. Avec un bel envoi autographe signé de l'auteur. Très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 15209
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(POLIER, J. L. A.):
Vie du Prince Potemkine, Feld-Maréchal au service de Russie sous le règne de Catherine II. Rédigée d’après les meilleurs ouvrages allemands et français qui ont paru sur la Russie à cette époque.
Paris, Librairie Stéréotype, chez H. Nicolle, 1808, in-8vo, frontispice gravé (portrait ajouté de Gr. Alex. Potemkin par Tardieu sc.) + VIII + 303 p., reliure en plein veau, dos orné or avec pièce de titre rouge, coiffe sup. manque avec restauration rudimentaire. Bel état intérieur sans rousseurs.
Bookseller reference : 88422aaf
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(Poster, Russia)
Batum" Fine color travel poster depicting a woman in the field worker in red carrying a fruit-laden basket town in background
Russia 1930. 1 vols. Folio 39 x 24 1/4 inches. Linen backed. 1 vols. Folio 39 x 24 1/4 inches. unknown
Bookseller reference : 34630
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(REMBRANDT - MASSALOFF).
Les Rembrandt de l'Ermitage Impérial de Saint-Pétersbourg. Quarante planches gravées à l'eau-forte par N. Massaloff - Membre de l'Académie Impériale des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Pétersbourg. [Envoi]
Leipzig, W. Drugulin, 1872. In-folio, 509 x 355 mm, (1) f. de titre, (1) f. : Table des Gravures, 40 planches gravées à l'eau-forte sur Chine contrecollé par N. Massaloff sous serpentes, envoi sur page de titre. "Épreuves d'Artistes - Tirées à 250 exemplaires, dont 200 mis en vente". Reliure demi-chagrin à coins, dos à faux nerfs, claires rousseurs dans les marges, trace de mouillure dans la marge sup. de 6 pl., épidermures et traces d'usage aux plats et au dos, tache noire au second plat.
Bookseller reference : 9397
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(Revista)
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN vol. 57 no 7/8. Uses of tradition in russian and soviet architecture - London 1987 - Muy ilustrado
London, Academy Group, 1987. Edición de este número a cargo de catherine Cooke y Alexander Kudriavtsev. Numerosas ilustraciones en color y b/n. 80p. 4º mayor. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar. Revista en inglés.
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(RIVOLUZIONE - RUSSIA - COMUNISMO) LUCINI, Marcello
Chi finanziò la Rivoluzione d’Ottobre.
Roma, Editrice Italiana, 1967. PRIMA EDIZIONE. Presentazione di Remigio Begni. In 8vo (cm. 20,3); brossura originale illustrata, con titoli al piatto e al dorso; pp. 206, (2). Ottima copia. PAx
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(RIZZI Daniela - SHISHKIN Andrej) -
Archivio italo-russo.
Trento, Dipartimento Scienze Filologiche e Storiche, 1997, 8vo brossura editoriale, pp. 626.
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(RUSSIE)
Journal Secret d'Anna Viroubova (1909-1917)
Payot 1928, in-8 broché, 384 p. (petit manque sans gravité en bas du premier plat de couverture, sinon bon état) Première édition française ; sur bon papier. Témoignage de premier ordre sur la famille impériale, l'auteur ayant été la confidente de la tsarine.
Bookseller reference : 45086
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(RUSSIA - EXPLORATION IN CHINA AND ALASKA). COXE, WILLIAM
ACCOUNT OF THE RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES BETWEEN ASIA AND AMERICA TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE CONQUEST OF SIBERIA AND THE HISTORY OF THE TRANSACTIONS AND COMMERCE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA
London: Cadell and Davies 1803. ONE OF 60 LARGE PAPER COPIES of the "considerably enlarged" Fourth Edition ours a variant retaining the date of 1803 on the title-page rather than 1804. 330 x 252 mm. 13 x 9 7/8". xviii 4 xix 1 380 pp. Two leaves usually bound at the end and containing the "List of Principle Books Referred to in this Work" and "Works by the same Author" bound between pp. xvii and xix here. <br/> VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SPRINKLED CALF raised bands flanked by plain and decorative gilt rules and chain roll spine panels with star centerpiece red morocco label marbled endpapers. With six engravings: five maps two folding and one view. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Marcus Gage; title page with ink inscription at head: "M. Gage's Book got from Mr. Asperne London April 15th 1805." Lada-Mocarski 29 note; Howes C-834; Sabin 17309; Streeter VI 3501; Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica pp. 2447-48. ◆Small chip to tail of spine corners a bit rubbed flyleaves somewhat foxed the usual minor foxing to plates and a bit of offsetting to adjacent pages otherwise A VERY FINE COPY OF AN ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE EDITION clean and fresh internally with vast margins and the binding firm lustrous and with only very minor wear to the joints.<br/> <br/> This is an extremely well-preserved copy in an elegant contemporary binding of the most sought-after edition of a key source on Russian exploration and that country's efforts to expand trade with China and Alaska. Eminent historian William Coxe 1747-1828 studied the voyages and exploration by Bering and others to the regions of Kamchatka the Aleutian Islands and Siberia to prepare this overview of the geography and cultures of the lands between Russia and North America and to analyze the economic potential of trade--particularly in furs--with the region. According to Sabin "Mr. Coxe's book contains many curious and important facts with respect to the various attempts of the Russians to open a communication to the New World." The 1780 first edition of this work covered Russian voyages of discovery between 1740 and 1769; the 1787 third edition added a supplement comparing these explorations to those of Captains Cook and Clerke. Our much-expanded fourth edition gives in the words of the Preface "a complete series of voyages from 1711 to 1792 comprising all that is known on the subject." Some of this supplementary information was gleaned from earlier accounts by German historians G. F. Muller and P. S. Pallas and some from Coxe's own travels in Russia. According to Lada-Mocarski Coxe "also succeeded in securing additional material: for instance the narrative and maps of Krenitzin and Levashev's 'secret' expedition the first official Russian government expedition since Bering's 2nd expedition of 1741. He was able to secure this particular information not widely known at the time even in Russia from Dr. Wm. Robertson who in turn obtained it through his friend Dr. Rogerson first physician to the Empress Catherine II. . . . In view of the above additions one should consider the fourth edition of 1803 as the most desirable." He concludes: "Coxe's work particularly the fourth edition is a result of contemporary and authoritative sources translated into English not to be overlooked by scholars and collectors alike." There are also distinct aesthetic advantages to the present Large Paper version over the octavo printing. Not only is the type beautifully re-set and laid out as well as surrounded by vast margins but as Streeter notes there are two charts here that are not included in the octavo issue of 1803. The original owner of this volume Marcus Gage is known to have assembled a substantial library of beautifully cared-for books on travel and discovery see for example "Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939 Books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching" passim. Gage notes that he got the book from "Mr. Asperne"—no doubt the London publisher and bookseller James Asperne 1757-1820. ABPC and RBH find just four other Large Paper copies at auction in the past 45 years two of which had condition issues. One could wait a considerable time to find a copy as attractive and desirable as the present one. Cadell and Davies unknown
Bookseller reference : ST15927
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Mémoires en Faveur de l'Alliance Avec La Russie et contre L'Idée de la Conquête des Bords du Rhin Faits en 1863 et en 1868 Par Un Diplomate
Fontenay le Comte: Auguste Baud 1896. First separate publication. First appeared in the “Revue de Bas Poitou†in 1895. 16 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Upper printed wrapper only. Some browning and chipping of wrappers light browning of text marginal tears else very good. First separate publication. First appeared in the “Revue de Bas Poitou†in 1895. 16 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Auguste Baud unknown
Bookseller reference : 32737
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Album of 10 hand-colored photographs of Moscow and St. Petersburg
Moscow 1880. 10 hand-colored albumenprints some captioned in type in French and Russian. Oblong 4to. Contemporary quarter maroon morocco and boards cover titled in gilt "Photographs." Front joint cracked photographs in fine condition. 10 hand-colored albumenprints some captioned in type in French and Russian. Oblong 4to. Beautifully and finely hand-colored photographs of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Provenance: Baldur Bookshop Richmond Surrey receipt laid-in unknown
Bookseller reference : 53786
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Appel de la Fraction Socialiste-Révoltionnaire de la Conférence des Membres de l'Assemblée Constituate au prolétariat du monde entier et aux partis socialistes
No place 1921. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. Fold mark across middle. Expertly backed with linen. Browned three short tears can be seen though repaired by the backing. Very good. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. This appeal printed above the names of A. Kerensky Victor Tchernoff Chernov and other Russian Social Revolutionaries for the 32 former members of the Russian Constituent Assembly protests the hardships inflicted upon Russia by communism. They accuse the Bolshevik government and its New Economic Policy of selling Russia's natural resources to the greed of international capitalism. The NEP was announced by Lenin in March 1921 and inaugurated an interim policy guaranteeing freedom of trade in internal commerce and a system of concessions for the investment of foreign capital. European states and busineses were pleased with the NEP and saw in it Lenin's capitulation to capitalism. However what they considered a weakness eventually turned out to be a mark of strength and flexibility of Bolshevik policy. unknown
Bookseller reference : 234513
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COMPTE-RENDU DE LA COMMISSION IMPERIALE ARCHEOLOGIQUE
RUSSIA COMPTE-RENDU DE LA COMMISSION IMPERIALE ARCHEOLOGIQUE. Pour L'Annee 1863 1864 and 1874. Folio volumes in contemporary half-morocco bindings ex-library with some cov wear. unknown
Bookseller reference : 13295
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EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES FORMERLY SOVIET STUDIES VOLUME 45 1993 ISSUES 1-3 3 ISSUES
1993 University of Glasgow. Three issues Nos. 1 2 3 of this journal bound in institutional buckram. Sm.4to. 572pp. hardcovers. University stamps on fore-edges and on front of one issue. VG. hardcover
Bookseller reference : a60690
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EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES FORMERLY SOVIET STUDIES VOLUME 47 1995 ISSUES 4-8 5 ISSUES
1995 University of Glasgow. Five issues of 8 for the year of this journal uniformly bound in institutional buckram 2 volumes. Sm.4to. pp.555-1441 hardcovers. University stamps on fore-edges. VG. 2 volumes. hardcover
Bookseller reference : a60599
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Fanny Lear. Le Roman d'une Américaine en Russie. Accompagné de Lettres Originales
Bruxelles: A. Lacroix et Cie 1875. First edition. 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later tan cloth. Fine. First edition. 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> A. Lacroix et Cie hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24881
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ISTORIYA OTECHESTVA KRATKIY OCHERK VYPUSK - History of the Fatherland A Brief Study - 2 volumes
Moscow 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 2 volumes wraps 75 2 63 pp. very good light wear. Text in Russian. Gives a brief history of Russia from about 1900 through 1992. Not in OCLC. paperback
Bookseller reference : H7018 ISBN : 525400441x 9785254004417
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RUSSIA AFTER TEN YEARS
NY 1927-3rd. American Trade Union Delegation to the Soviet Union. 92pp. wraps. Good. . paperback
Bookseller reference : a20008
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RUSSIA AND USSR MARXISM PART II: RUSSIAN LITERATURE
NY n.d. c.1946. Burt Franklin Book Catalogue No. 20. 8vo. 39pp. wraps. Fair wraps worn chipped and split at seam. . paperback
Bookseller reference : a42445
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Russia Imperial Government: Duma sessions V. Meetings Number 2 7 9 10-13 17-19
Petrograd: 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
Bookseller reference : 234515
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Russian Songs of Freedom.
New York: Max N. Maisel 1918. First edition. Small octavo. 159 1 pp. But for the title printed in Cyrillic. Publisher's plain red cloth. Minor extremity wear. Very good.Russian title also on title page; Svobodnaia pisn: sbornik revoliutsionnykh piesen i stikhotvorenii. Published soon after Russia's October Revolutions this is a volume of revolutionary songs and poems issued by the publisher for Russian readers in American. Max N. Maisel was born in Riga immigrated to the US and opened his New York City bookstore in 1893. "His publishing and book selling activities coincided with the height of mass immigration to the US until the end of the 1903s. Maisel provided for the linguistic and literary need of the immigrant community during its early stages of integration as he published Yiddish translations of Ibsen and Chekhov. His publishing enterprises indeed included all kids of guide books and manuals on public and private life for the new citizen." Hagit Cohen. He published many books in Yiddish and Cyrillic as his audience was primarily Jews. Max N. Maisel hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73677
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