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[Murray's]
HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN RUSSIA, POLAND, AND FINLAND
Boards a bit waterstained. Top right corner of front endpaper and title page gone. Hinges started; Map in rear pocket with small neat tape repairs; Ex-Lib; 12mo; 571, 48 pages
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[NAVIGATION & MARITIME -- ARCTIC RUSSIA & ALASKA].
Arctic pilot: the coast of Russia from Voriema or Jacob River in Europe to East Cape Bering Strait including off-lying islands. H.O. No. 137 Volume I; Summary of notices to mariners and other information for the years 1927 1928 and 1929. Affecting Hydrographic Office Publication No. 137 Arctic Pilot Vol. I. . . .
Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1917; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. ix 1 4 364 pp.; 19 mimeograph leaves. With 2 large folding colour map. First vol. in black publisher’s buckram silver lettering stamped on front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight interior toning shelfwear 2nd vol. mimeographed typescript & stapled at gutter margin minor dustsoiling edgewear predation to lower fore-edge tear to last leaf of blank lower portion still a VG set. First editions of these coast pilot guides to Arctic waters during and after World War I issued about the time of the Russian Revolution and offered key navigational guides for Naval forces during the ill-fated White Russia Revolution and over 13000 troops in the Polar Bear Expedition. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Russian & British sources but also sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The two maps serve as indexes to sailing charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office and keyed to sailing instructions within the coast pilots. The supplement is uncommon no copies located in Worldcat. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 59230
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[NAVIGATION & MARITIME -- TURKEY, UKRAINE, ROMANIA, BULGARIA & RUSSIA].
Black Sea pilot: the Dardanelles Sea of Marmara Bosporus Black Sea and Sea of Azov. H.O. No. 155. . . ; Supplement. . . Black Sea Pilot . . . to January 1 1930.
Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1926; 1930. Two vols. 8vo.viii 478 pp.; 1 22; 1 leaves. With 1 large folding colour map. First vol. in tan publisher’s buckram black lettering front cover & spine minor soiling spotting fore-edges of covers darkening to spine very slight uniform interior toning; 2nd. vol. w/ self-printed softcovers toning to fore-edges minor chipping still VG set. Second edition stated of vol. I and 1st edition of Supplement. These uncommon coast pilot guides to Eastern Mediterranean waters the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov draw upon British Royal Navy Ottoman Empire & Turkish coast pilots Russian & U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The maps outlines the available charts for the designated areas surrounding the Black Sea as well as detailing those for the extensive set of the Mediterranean Sea. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 59234
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[Netschajew, Alexander (Text) / Lemkul, Fedor (Ill)]
Die Zauberbeeren - Russische Volksmärchen. [Aus dem Russischen von Thea-Marianne Bobrowski].
Moskau, Verlag Progress, [1975]. 4° (27x21), 64, (4) S., mit großformatigen farb Illustrationen, Oln mit farb ill OU, Umschlag vorderseitig mit repariertem Einriß, sonst sauber und wohlerhalten,
Riferimento per il libraio : 58056AB
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[No author stated]
Po sledam drevnykh kulítur ot Volgi do tikhogo okeana. [On the traces of ancient cultures from the Volga to the Pacific Ocean
Small quarto / large octavo in polished/laminated maroon cloth boards; 334 p. numerous illus ( b/w & color plates); maps. In Russian. Uncommon. Very well and amply illustrated || AntiquitÈs orientales. Civilisation orientale. Russie - archÈologie. Asie centrale - archÈologie. Archaeology
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 109898
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[PHILOSOPHIE SCIENCES HUMAINES] - LENINE (Vladimir Illich)
Le socialisme et la guerre.
Paris, Éditions Sociales, 1952; in-8, 48 pp., broché. Très bon état.
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[PHILOSOPHIE SCIENCES HUMAINES] - PLAUTE (0254-0184)
Comédies - Tome III : Cistellaria - Curculio - Epidicus.
Paris, Société d'Édition « les Belles Lettres », 1961; in-8, 312 pp., broché (couverture sous film adhésif transparent remplié). Collection des Universités de France « Guillaume Budé », N° 080. Édition bilingue : latin, français. 2ème édition revue et corrigé. Texte établi et traduit par Alfred Ernout, membre de l'Institut, professeur à la Faculté des Lettres de l'Université de Paris. Bon état.
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[PONIATOWSKA (Dionizja)]
Luttes des peuples Léchites contre les Ouraliens.
2 volumes in-8, demi-toile chagrinée noir, titres dorés, (4), 523 p. et (4), 499 p. Rarissime première et unique édition. Historique classé chronologiquement. Important appareil d'appendices au tome II. L'ouvrage a été édité à la librairie polonaise du Luxembourg dirigée par W adys aw Mickiewicz, fils d’Adam Mickiewicz. Historienne, publiciste, philanthrope, née Iwanowska, Dionizja Poniatowska (1816-1868) épousa Dariusz Poniatowski. "Dzielo wyd. anonimowo, autorka Dionizja Poniatowska ustalona na podst. bibliografii i PSB" (Nukat Union Cat. of Polish Res. librs). Reliure amateur. Cachet de bibliothèques. Quelques défauts de papier. Rousseurs éparses.
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[PRE-REVOLUTONARY RUSSIA] ROBINSON, Geroid Tanquary
Rural Russia Under The Old Regime; A History of The Landlord-Peasant World a Prologue to the Peasant Revolution of 1917
New York: Macmillan 1949. Second Printing. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's slate grey cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. ix; 342pp. Lightly sunned to spine with some light bumping and fading to the extremities; internally clean with a name and military ID number stamped on the top-edge of the page block and another numerical stamp to the bottom edge; in a priceclipped dustjacket with shalow fraying and chipping to the spine ends and extremities some light soiling to the pale paper and toning to the spine panel. A very good copy in a dustjacket that has seen some use.<br /> <br /> An extremely readable history of the social hierarchies and structures of Russia prior to the Revlution and the manner in which a nation deals with the overturning of all that it held familiar and enduring. Macmillan unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 84391
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[PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA] IPATIEFF, Professor Vladimir N [ED: EUDIN, Xenia; FISHER, Helen D; FISHER, HH] H H
The Life of A Chemist; Memoirs of Vladimir N. Ipatieff Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Lt. General in the Imperial Russian Army Professor at Northwestern University etc.
Stanford CA: Stanford University Press for The Hoover Library on War Revolution and Peace 1946. First American Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. xv; 658pp. Very light wear to the cloth mostly confined to some shallow cosmetic bumping to spine ends; internally clean; in a clean strong price-clipped dustjacket with some marginal fraying and isolated shallow loss to edges some toning of the spine panel and some largely unnecessary tape reinforcement to the verso of the jacket. A very good copy in a dustjacket with some light wear.<br /> <br /> A sizeable biography of the life of Ipatieff who managed to be a respected scientific figure before the Revolution and an even more respected one afterwards. It can have been no mean feat to have been head of Imperial Russian chemical warfare research during WW1 and then post-revolution to be held responsible for the revitalization of the chemical industry of the newly minted USSR. A joint memoir of the last days of Imperial Russia and the early days of the USSR with all the turbulence fear and uncertainty that must have engendered. Stanford University Press for The Hoover Library on War, Revolution and Peace unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 83794
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[PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA] HAMMER, Armand
The Quest of The Romanoff Treasure
New York: The Paisley Press Inc. Succeeding William Farquhar Payson 1936. Stated Third Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's heavy grain pale grey cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. xi; 241pp. Some wear and discoloration to extremities very light it's a very solidly produced book so wear and tear is represented by darkening of the cloth at the edges and some softening of the spine ends rather than anything more drastic; internally clean ownership to front pastedown author's signature to front flyleaf; in a handsome example of the gold and black dustjacket with some chipping and shallow loss to the spine ends scuffing and rubbing to the gilt paper coating and some marginal creasing and soiling. A very good solid copy. Illustrated throughout with full page plates. <br /> <br /> For a man named by his father after the logo of the American Socialist Labor Party after slipping out of Odessa in the 1870's Armand Hammer's journey to become one of the world's most influential businessmen and "Lenin's Favorite Capitalist" must have been a dramatic one. <br /> His father Julius had spent much of the early 20th century consolidating his role at Allied Drug and Chemical which was essentially at times a smuggling front shipping embargoed goods to Russia during the US trade sanctions. After Julius was sentenced to 3 years in Sing Sing allegedly for a botched abortion that resulted in the death of a Russian woman from subsequent pneumonia although modern research suggests that Armand a medical student might have been the one who performed the abortion and Julius took responsibility as the qualified senior medical professional present Armand took over Allied Drug and Chemical and raised it to new heights of corporate success. <br /> During Prohibition Allied's largest seller was a essentially alcoholic ginger ale sold as a medicinal tonic to great profit. <br /> <br /> Acting under the instructions of his imprisoned father Armand began taking numerous business trips to the Soviet Union. A young J. Edgar Hoover at that point basically an analyst at the Justice Department very strongly believed that the equally youthful Hammer was a COMINTERN courier and essentially placed him under surveillance for the rest of his life. <br /> Hammer's trips to Russia were ostensibly to recoup bad debts but this quickly developed into a number of lucrative business deals not least of which was selling cheap wheat to starving famine hit areas of Russia. Hammer developed a close co-operative no pun intended relationship with Lenin which resulted in a number of very high status business contracts and deals ranging from medical import contracts to 25 year's worth of asbestos mining in the Urals; one of Hammer's greatest coups was arranging payment for various services in furs caviar jewellery and antiquities seized by the Party from its long tail of enemies making him essentially a conduit for looted and otherwise dubious art jewels and antiques. <br /> At the height of Lenin's New Economic Policy Armand Hammer was the sole trade liason between the enormity of Soviet Russia and 38 major US corporations seeking to build trade deals through him. His grasp of the downrange necessities of dealing with the Soviets; graft bribery corruption and palm greasing was legendary and by the 1970's when his methods were starting to be inspected more closely there was no doubt that Hammer's understanding of legitimate business was secondary to his instinctive abilities in the fields of corporate and beaurocratic bribery and manipulation. <br /> This book is one personal perspective on the empire of treasure that Hammer accumulated; there are others and the entangled ephemeral traces of looted artworks forged and unfinished Fabergé eggs specially manufactured jeweller's tools designed to copy Fabergé's style exactly and a wealth of other foggy rumors and suspicions ranging from Armand the KGB stooge to Armand the James Bond Villain bent on Soviet domination through capitalism will continue to follow in his wake whether he be considered a legitimate businessman or a highly successful 20th century robber baron of legendary proportions. The Paisley Press Inc. Succeeding William Farquhar Payson unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 83612
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[RACE HORSES - RUSSIA].
12 photographs of race horses.
Russia 1900. Each photo ca. 27 x 37 cm. Pasted on cardboard. Series of 12 fine large and sharp photographs of Russian race horses. Pasted below each photo a slip with text written in cyrillic script names the horse owner pedigree and breed of horse in the photograph. Each horse is accompanied by a man holding the reins dressed in possibly a matching costume. They were all photographed at the same track in the yard of what seems to be a palace. The names of the horses are: Prezes Jako Velizarij Fanfara Taran Lenta Mon Barry Karina Lusty Nord-Ost Lena and Forteca.With a blind stamped signature of the photographer unidentified by us. Paperboard supports slightly warped. One photo with a minor tear otherwise all in very good condition. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : L7NBLF1PS3N8
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[RAKITINE]. CREUZ, Serge (dir.).
COSTUMES DE THEATRE RUSSE DES ANNEES 20. Collection Rakitine.- Catalogue réalisé à l'occasion de l'exposition : 14 janvier-19 février 1992.
grand in-8 carre, 120 pages, nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs, broche, couverture illustree.- ISBN:0000000594011 Bel exemplaire (2e plat legerement abime). [PLC-12] Repères-reproductions de 149 dessins-notices biographiques.
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[RUSSIA - CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION].
Tarif général ou table alphabétique des droits que payeront les marchandises dans tous les ports et aux douanes des frontières de l'Empire de Russie excepté à celles d'Astracan du gouvernement d'Oufa et de Sibérie. Composé dans la Comission de Commerce l'année 1782.
St. Petersburg: J.J. Weitbrecht 1783. Contemporary half calf marbled sides sprinkled edges. 8vo. Second known copy of a commercial publication of statutes promulgated in French by the Russian Empress Catharine the Great concerning import duties for commercial merchandise in Russian ports and at other frontiers of the Russian Empire as they were determined and accepted in 1782. There is an exception for Astrakhan a major port and market city in southern Russia at the head of the Volga river which was under the government of Siberia which apparently maintained its own commercial regulations.This publication is very rare WorldCat lists only 1 copy Kress Library of Business and Economics Harvard University. Other libraries worldwide have only the microfilm of the Kress copy.A faint stain and one tiny hole in the margin of the first 20 pp. Cover slightly rubbed. Otherwise in good condition.l Goldsmiths'-Kress 12431.16. J.J. Weitbrecht, unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 18774
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[RUSSIA -- ART]. JAMSCIKOV, Savelij
In Russian and English. Russian portrait of the 18th and 19th centuries in the RSFSR museums.
Moscow: Izd. Izobrazitelnoe iskusstvo 1976. Folio. 247 1 pp. 109 colour plates text illusts. Colour-illust. boards mnr shlfwr mnr scuffng to uppr frnt cvr slght bmpng still a VG- copy issued w/o dustjacket. First edition of this scarce and informative collection of 18th and 19th century Russian portraits providing and invaluable resource into czarist Russian costume textiles jewelry and ornament. Izd. Izobrazitelnoe iskusstvo, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 39583
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[Russia; China] Bellin, Nicolas
Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale
Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of northeast Asia and Siberia from Lake Baykal sic Partie du Siberie in the north Pays des Kalkas at the center as well as Desert de Sable and down to Chine and the Golphe de Lyau-tong. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".<br /> <br /> Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King. <br /> <br /> 12 3/4 x 9 1/4" original center fold. Strong impression very clean. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 21534
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[Russia; Maxim Gorky]
Soviet Real Photo post cards total 10
Russia 1937. Ten b&w RPPCs showing mostly scenes of Moscow and 1 of Maxim Gorky seated with children. Locations include: the former St. Basil Cathedral The Kremlin Tsar Bell 2 The Kremlin in Winter 2 one of the cathedral in St. Petersbourg several other Moscow scenes. One card showing the Russian building at the Exposition International in Paris 1937. Citadelle et la Cathedrale des Sts Pierre et Paul St. Petersourg Stengel & Co Dresden fullback postcard. <br /> Two rppc's have writing the rest blank or copyrighted in 1931. A traveler addresses two cards to the Beach family in New York City one franked in 1933 enjoying his tour of Russia in four days. The other card has an image of the Exposition Internationale Paris 1937 and writes on the verso: "We've been to the exhibition - disappointing very unready and uninteresting as yet. The German & Russian Buildings complete. Expressive of each nation as to size. They frighten me. We are off to Switzerland tomorrow and pleased to go."<br /> <br /> All in very good condition. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 29282
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[Russia; Nova Zembla] Bellin, Nicolas
Carte des Pais Habites par les Samojedes et Ostiacs
Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map showing "Nouvelle Zemle" Nova Zembla in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Russia and extending from Mer Blanche to the Golphe de Taz. With decorative cartouche. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".<br /> <br /> Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King.<br /> <br /> 10 x 7 1/2" with ample margins. Strong impression very slightly evenly toned. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 21556
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[Russia; Photography]
Soviet Russia photographic volume: 'Sochi'
Leningrad: State publishing House Isskustvo 1959. Hardcover. Good overall. 1959 Soviet Russia volume on the Russian resort town of Sochi which hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 2014. Located on the "Russian Riviera" on the Black Sea with a long & beautiful coastline and known during the Soviet era as the "All Union Health Resort".<br /> <br /> 4to 210pp many color and b&w photographic ills. Photo captions in Russian and English. Cream boards with title in dark blue at front board and spine. With the original pictorial dust jacket with title in red and white on blue ground at dj front. Dj rubbed & chipped with small loss at spine. Spine ends a bit rubbed; internally owner inscription in Russian at ffep. State publishing House Isskustvo hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 21046
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[Russia]
A New and Exact Description of Moscovy.
London: R. Baldwin 1698. First edition of this work. Octavo bound in modern wrappers 28 pages. In very good condition with some browning and toning to the text. Rare with no other examples appearing at auction in the last 80 years. R. Baldwin unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 112625
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[Russia]
Group of 34 Glass Travel Slides Depicting Views of Pre-Bolshevik Era Russia circa 1895 - 1915
Most slides with taped edges; some images slightly faded; some slides with small cracks; library boxes somewhat rubbed and worn. Very good. <p>Group of 34 Glass Travel Slides Depicting Views of Pre-Bolshevik Era Russia circa 1895 - 1915. <br /> Publishers include: Keystone View Company Underwood & Underwood Cornell Photos Supply Co. McIntosh Stereopticon Company and Victor Animatograph Co. <br /> Thirty-four glass travel slides various publishers mostly black and white some color some with printed or manuscript labels. <br /> Most measuring approx. 3.25 x 4 inches with a few measuring approx. 3.25 x 3.25 inches. Most in later protective paper sleeves many with pencil titles. Housed in vintage handled cloth-covered wooden boxes labeled "Portland Public Schools Visual Aid Department." Manuscript lists affixed to box lids do not reflect actual contents. <br /> Pencil sleeve-descriptions include: St. Petersburg - Tsarskoe Selo Alexandra Feodrovna and German Empress; St. Petersburg - Peter & Paul Cathedral - Burial Place of Tsars; Moscow - St. Basil's; 5 Men; St. Petersburg - Street Paving; Man in Village Street; Rural Building w/ Lots of People Posed; Moscow - Red Square; Moscow - Tsar Bell; Coachman in Coach; Russia Peasants; Russia Dacha; Russia Toika & Driver on Street; Moscow Large Church in City; Russia Coachman & Horses; Moscow - Kremlin & River Keystone; Tsarskoe Selo Village; St. Petersburg - Troika & Driver in Courtyard; Kremlin - Ivan The Great Bell Tower Tsar Bell; Moscow: House of Romanov Boyars; St. Petersburg - Nevski Prospekt x 2; Moscow - Kremlin - Assumption Cathedral Int.; Kremlin View; St. Petersburg Street View; St. Petersburg Bridge; Troika; Moscow - Kremlin - Ivan the Great Bell Tower; Guard.</p> . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 1974
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[Russia]
Report of the Deputation of the American Branch of the Evangelical Alliance Appointed to Memorialize the Emperor of Russia in Behalf of Religious Liberty. Document VI
New York 1871. Good. 32pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor dust-soiling and spotting to wrappers. Some marginal insect damage to lower right corner not costing any text. Faint dampstain to upper margin of most leaves. A scarce work in which an "Evangelical Alliance" of American and British religious leaders petition Tsar Alexander II to grant religious freedom to Catholics and Protestants in 1871. The report begins with some background on the "Evangelical Alliance and Religious Liberty" religious persecution in the Baltic States some information on the penal laws in Russia and then the alliance's work in arguing for religious freedom beginning with their "Prepatory Labors" and "Meetings in London and Stuttgart" and ending with the "Final Promise of the Prime Minister" and "The Result." The latter included "partial relief" from religious persecution with hopes for "further improvements." The report is signed at the end by its President Samuel F.B. Morse. The report is followed by an Appendix printing "Prince Gortschakoff's Report to the Emperor of Russia" and three other memorials and interviews pertaining to the alliance's activities in Europe. An early example of religious diplomacy from American and British leaders. Ten copies in OCLC. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 5818
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[Russia]
Ten Egyptienne and Nebo Cigarettes illustrated silk cigarette premiums circa 1910
Light toning and wear unevenly trimmed. Very good. <p>Tobacciana Group of 10 Illustrations on Silk Depicting Nicholas II and Various Russian Flags circa 1910.</p> <br /> <p>Ten Egyptienne and Nebo Cigarettes illustrated silk cigarette premiums circa 1910. Includes Nicholas II with Russian Imperial Crest and nine depicting various Russian flags. Nicholas II measures approx. 5 x 3 inches flags measure approx. 3 x 2 inches.</p> <br /> <p>From the collection of Edward Hoyenski. </p> . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 1458
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[RUSSIA] -
Russian workmen.
mid. XIX c. . Original watercolour 23 x 29 cm. Mounted and framed. <br /> mba004 This charming watercolour shows a group of four Russian workmen in front of semi-derelict barracks. The expressions and gestures of the figures endow the work with life and character as three men leaning on long staffs dressed in heavy coats with high hats of fur or wool turn to glare at a passing official in braided coat who gingerly raises his peaked cap in response. The work is both a delightful study of local costumes in nineteenth century Russia and a window into the life of the lower classes in the Empire at the time.<br /> [mid. XIX c.]. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 85645
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[RUSSIA] [MILITARIA] LEITES, Nathan
Soviet Style in War
New York: Crane Russak 1982. First Thus. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. xxvi; 398pp. Light bumping to spine ends some very light wear to the extremities of the cloth; internally clean; in a clean sharp example of the dustjacket. A near fine copy.<br /> <br /> A study produced under the auspices of the RAND Corporation a military adjacent think-tank and research institution originally created to research and protect against future methods of warfare but later expanding into the civilian sector. Coinciding with the opening of Soviet hostilities against Afghanistan but working from a body of knowledge accumulated since the end of WW2 and the commencement of the Cold War this is an attempt to predict and understand Soviet military and strategic thinking and behavior in time of conflict. Crane Russak unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 84404
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[RUSSIA] [ESPIONAGE] COOKRIDGE, EH E H
The Net That Covers the World
New York: Henry Holt 1955. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's red cloth spine over grey paper covered boards titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 315pp. Some very light soiling to the paler portions of the boards minor bumping to spine ends internally clean with some offsetting to pastedowns and a very few discrete pencil marks to margins of the prelims in a bright sharp dustjacket with some minor wear to extremities. A very good copy. <br /> <br /> A rather alarmist but for the time rational analysis of the breadth of Soviet intelligence attempts to maintain and utilize a global espionage network; covers the Atom Spy frenzy The Rosenbergs Alger Hiss etc. Henry Holt unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 83663
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[RUSSIA] [TSARIST] "STEPNIAK" [pseud: STEPNYAK-KRAVCHINSKY, Sergey Mikhaylovich]
The Russian Peasantry: Their Agrarian Condition Social Life and Religion with Three ALS to Sonnenschein Regarding Publication
New York: Harper and Brothers 1888. First Edition. Octavo. 17.5cm. Publisher's green pebble grain cloth titled in gilt to spine. vi; 1; 401pp.6pp. ads to rear. Light rubbing to corners slight scuffing and some minor bumping to spine ends with a small spot stain at the very head of the spine small dent to upper edges of the boards; internally clean with some superficial soiling to the page edges ownership of Pennsylvania historian Gertrude Bosler Biddle to front flyleaf. A very good clean and handsome copy.<br /> <br /> WITH<br /> <br /> London: 1890-93. Three ALS autograph letters signed on folded stationery sheets as follows: <br /> <br /> 1. Dated "March 31" without year; from context ca. 1888-1890. 2pp ca. 250 words in black ink; datemarked St. John's Wood March 31. Requesting the publisher's permission to commission a German translation of his Russian Peasantry which first appeared in 1888 with a second edition in 1890. Stepniak proposes 50/50 division of royalties and identifies the translator as Victor Adler who has just been sentenced to three months in prison and thus now has "ample leisure" for undertaking the translation. Adler 1852-1918 was founder and first chairman of the Austrian Socialist Democratic Workers Party in 1888. Signed at close "S. Stepniak." Near Fine. <br /> <br /> 2. Dated November 6 1890. 1pp ca. 75 words in blue ink. Declines a request from his publisher to undertake a book on the Jewish Question: ".it is impossible for me to write upon any question upon Jews or anything else for I am quite full with preparing a series of American lectures." Signed at close "S. Stepniak." Slight smudging final two lines and left margin not affecting legibility. Very Good. <br /> <br /> 3. Dated May 15 1893. 2pp ca. 120 words in black ink. Addressed to "Dear Mrs i.e. messieurs Sonnenschein" accepting an invitation to visit but stating he cannot arrive early. Signed at close "S. Stepniak." Light soil; Near FIne. <br /> <br /> Sergei Stepniak aka Sergius; aka Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinskii 1851-1895 made his revolutionary bones during the Narodnik Rebellion of 1877-78 by openly assassinating Nikolai Mezentsov the head of the Czar's secret police on the streets of St. Petersburg. Kravchinskii committed the act in broad daylight and made no attempt to disavow his guilt living publicly if dangerously for several months before finally escaping to Switzerland. He arrived in London around 1880 and quickly became the center of a lively Russian revolutionary exile scene. He founded the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom in 1891 and wrote a number of well-received books on revolutionary Russia including Underground Russia which had in fact been published in translation prior to his exile The Russian Peasantry 1888; and a fictionalized account of his own exploits The Career of a Nihilist 1889. He was killed somewhat mysteriously we think by an onrushing train in December of 1895 depriving him of any opportunity to witness the fruit of his labors in the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Dying young Stepniak did not leave a great body of manuscript material behind him and relatively few letters with good content have appeared in commerce. Harper and Brothers unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 84805
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[Russia] Freschi
Alexander Zemlenutin. Kossack of the Don Regiment Sulin the 9th
London: R. Ackermann 1813. First printing. Print. Otherwise very good condition. Hand colored copper engraving 6 x 91/2". Some light dusting and marking on plate. R. Ackermann unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 27742
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[RUSSIA] KLOSE, Kevin [Foreword]; BITOV, Andrei; AKSYONOV, Vasily et al
Metropol Literary Almanac
New York: W.W. Norton & Co 1982. First American Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled and decorated in black silver and gilt to spine. Dustjacket.xvii; 636pp.; 7pp. Clean and bright with minimal wear; internally clean. A very good copy indeed. <br /> <br /> A compendium of writings and art pieces banned or denied publication in the Soviet Union originally issued in 1979 under the title of "Metropol" with the demand that they be published free of state censorship. The demand was predictably refused and copies of Metropol were circulated secretly within the Soviet Union before eventually making their way into the West. W.W. Norton & Co unknown
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[RUSSIA] MATTHEWS, Mervyn [Editor]
Soviet Government; A Selection of Official Documents on Internal Policies
New York: Taplinger Publishing Co 1974. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 472pp. Clean and sharp; internally clean top edge stained red; in a strong bright dustjacket with light wear to extremities. A very good copy indeed.<br /> <br /> Ninety-two documents showing the development of Soviet internal and foreign policy dating from the Revolution to the period of publication. Taplinger Publishing Co unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 84419
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[RUSSIA]. [SLAVONIC LITURGY].
Kanonik. Book of Canons.
Russia 1866. . 4to 23 x 185 cm. Illuminated manuscript on paper ff. 4 index 4 blank 344 17 lines per page alphabetic signatures and pagination of Cyrillic alphabetic numerals 35 full-page illuminations in watercolour 36 headpieces in black and gold with first lines in gilt; occasional light spotting and soiling mostly marginal. Contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco gilt spine with raised bands edges gilt and gauffered gilt endpapers; slightly rubbed lacking both clasps.<br /> An exceptionally fine example of an Old Believer liturgical book beautifully illustrated with 35 full-page illuminations.<br /><br />Created by a skilful master they depict in great detail the most significant events of the New Testament including the Annunciation the Nativity the Baptism of Christ the Ascension the Twelve Apostles and more.<br /><br />This volume was made for and used by Old Believers who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1652 and 1666. These Old Believers refused to accept alterations and amendments to the Holy texts aimed at bringing their religious practice closer to the 'original' Greek Orthodoxy. They refused to allow sacred texts to be printed instead reproducing them as manuscripts. <br /><br />The large size of this book its high-quality paper neat script very detailed illuminations and attractive gilt binding prove beyond doubt that no expense was spared on its production. As the colophon indicates it was made for Evdokiia Ivanovna Babaeva the wife of a merchant in Kolomna which was then an important trade point near Moscow. There are records of several men with this surname in Kolomna during the mid-XIX century all of them owners of factories in the city and probably members of the same wealthy merchant family. Kolomna was also important as a centre of the Old Believer community. The city's Bishop Paul fiercely opposed Patriarch Nikon's reforms and was consequently stripped of the rank of Bishop exiled and eventually killed in 1656 rendering him a martyr in the view of many Old Believers.A century later 156 Old Believers were officially registered in Kolomna then a city of 5400 inhabitants. Many more practised their beliefs in secret to avoid persecution.<br /><br />This volume later belonged to Cornelius J. Hauck 1893-1967 whose outstanding and somewhat eclectic collection was formed with the help of the well-respected antiquarian bookseller Emil Offenbacher between 1945 and 1965. The collection was given to the Cincinnati Historical Society Library in 1966 where it remained largely unknown to the world until part of it was auctioned by Christie's in New York in 2006.<br /><br />Russian manuscripts of this quality and preserved in such pristine condition are extremely rare.<br /> S.S. Mikhailov Istoriya staroobriadchestva g. Kolomna i ego okrestnostey Kolomna Staroobriadcheskaya obshchina khrama Nikoly na Posade v g. Kolomna 2013. Russia, [1866]. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 94903
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 143387
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[Russland; Donau-Schifffahrt]. - Ferdinand I., Kaiser
Convention conclue entre L'Autriche et la Russie, concernant la navigation du Danube, et dont les ratifications ont ete echangees a St. Petersbourg le 22/10 Septembre 1840. Convention, abgeschlossen zwischen Oesterreich und Rußland in Betreff der Donau-Schiffahrt [...].
Wien, Hof- u. Staats-Aerarial-Druckerei, 1840. Fol. Titel m. Holzschn.-Wappen. 11 (1) S., Heftstreifen.
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[SCIENCE NATURELLE] - BOGDANOFF
Par les steppes et les halliers, récits d'un naturaliste russe.
Paris, Ancienne Librairie Furne, Boivin & Cie Éditeurs, vers 1900; in-4, 4-144 pp., relié pleine percaline estampée imprimée rouge, dos lisse. Traduction de Léon Golschmann et Ernest Jaubert. Livre de Prix de la Ville de Paris, de sciences naturelles. Illustrations de Lieger. Bon état.
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[SORSKY].
SAINT NIL SORSKY (1433-1508) - La Vie - Les Ecrits - Le Skite d'un starets de Trans-Volga..- Textes traduits et annotes par Sr. Sopia M. JACAMAN, osb. - Presentation de Dom Andre LOUF
in-8, 190 pp., illustrations et cartes, broche, couv.- ISBN 2855890322 Bel exemplaire. [TX-21]
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[TCHEKHOV]. GILLES, Daniel.
Tchekhov ou le spectateur desanchante.
Hardcover in-8°, 501 pp., illustrations N&B, cartonnage de l'editeur sous jaquette illustrée. Bel exemplaire. [MA-5][NV-3-]
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[TCHEKHOV]. KALGANOV, V. (présentation).
Essais sur Anton Tchekhov 1860-1960.
petit in-8, 165 pp., illustrations N&B, cindex, broche, couverture illustrée. Bon etat. [MI-24]
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[The World Anticommunist League & The World Youth Anticommunist League] & The Mexican Anticommunist Federation [Federacion Mexic
Proceedings of the 6th WACL World Anticommunist League and the 4th WYACL World Youth Anticommunist League Conferences
Mexico City Mexico: WACL WYACL & FEMACO 1972. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 216 30 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates. Small 4to. measuring 7.5" x 10.5". Bound in illustrated navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the front board. Generously illustrated with dozens of chiefly black-and-white some colour photographic plates capturing conference proceedings and participants. Provides a comprehensive record of the conference proceedings organized by the Mexican affiliate of the World Anti-Communist League WACL namely the Federación Mexicana Anticomunista FEMACO comprising a detailed list of delegates from participating nations - including Australia Canada South Korea Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand the Philippines Thailand South Vietnam Jordan Lebanon Saudi Arabia Turkey Lesotho Liberia France the United Kingdom West Germany Italy Sweden the United States Guatemala El Salvador Costa Rica and Nicaragua - along with representatives holding observer and candidate status. Prefaced with messages of support from key anti-Communist leaders such as Chiang Kai-shek Ferdinand E. Marcos Park Chung-hee Leabua Jonathan and Nguy n V n Thi u. Outlines the detailed programme of events for the week-long milieu as well as printed texts of proposals studies deliberations and resolutions many of which include sharp criticisms of the Soviet Union the Peoples Republic of China their allied states and security apparatuses. A rare extant copy offering valuable insight into the operations and rhetoric of this unusual virulently anti-Communist and far-right Cold War organization later to be implicated in myriad allegations of wrongdoing. Light rubbing to the cloth extremities contents uniformly without blemish; near fine and housed in very good illustrated dustjacket showing small loss to the lower-right margin of the front panel and one short closed tear dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover. Overall very good. Highly rare. Equally rare amongst institutional holdings. Corresponds to OCLC #123216394 which records only two holdings at time of cataloguing. Rare indeed. <br/><br/>¶ Founded in 1966 in Taipei Taiwan as a global coalition of right-wing groups opposing communism the WACL evolved from the Asian People's Anti-Communist League APACL. Supported and led by staunch anti-Communist figures such as Chiang Kai-shek Taiwan Park Chung-hee South Korea John K. Singlaub USA and Charles A. Willoughby USA the WACL backed authoritarian regimes paramilitary groups and anti-Communist insurgencies including the Nicaraguan Contras. It would subsequently face criticism for its ties to extremists former Nazis and death squads particularly in Latin America. At the close of Cold War in 1990 the organization would rebrand as the the World League for Freedom and Democracy WFLD. WACL, WYACL & FEMACO hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 7342
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[TIRION Isaac].
Moscovia o Russia.
[Venezia, Albrizzi, c. 1740]. Carta geografica incisa in rame, mm. 283x342 (l'impronta della lastra), mm. 377x490 (il foglio). Carta della Russia reincisa a Venezia su disegno di Tirion. Le carte di questa serie furono usate sia per l'"Atlante novissimo che contiene tutte le parti del mondo" che per "Lo stato presente di tutte le nazioni del mondo" del Salmon, ambedue impressi dall'Albrizzi nel 1740. Ottime condizioni.
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[Travel Russia]
Travels In European Russia Compiled From The Most Recent Authorities.
Dublin:: Bentham and Hardy 1826. 12mo. Contemporary sheep minor edge wear hinges neatly mended holds strong some light foxing a few small dog-ear corners overall a very good copy. 12mo. With frontispiece and 4 full-page woocuts. The travels of James Leech and Mr. Gorodek and the author through Russia. Early edition scarce. Bentham and Hardy, unknown
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[TROTSKY] - MARIE, J.-J.
TROTSKY - Textes et debats.
1 vol. in-16 de 446 pp.- 9782253034071 Bel exemplaire. [PO-4]
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[Voltaire Arouet François-Marie].
Histoire de l'Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand. Par l'auteur de l'Histoire de Charles XII.
2 volumi in-12° (cm. 16,5), legature coeve in piena pergamena con titolo in oro su tassello ai dorsi (antichi conti ms. al piatto anteriore del secondo tomo), tagli rossi; pp. XLVIII 379, XXIV 411 in buono stato, tracce di tarlo con fastidio al solo indice del secondo tomo. Cfr. Bengesco 1367; Cat. Voltaire B. N. 3318. Esemplare più che discreto. (NG5)
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A cura di Alessandro Bausani con una prefazione di Ernesto de Martino
LA RELIGIONE NELL'U.R.S.S. ( URSS)
8vo, ed. tela sov. pp. xxii-416 A cura di Alessandro Bausani con una prefazione di Ernesto de Martino Saggi e documenti tratti dalla Enciclopedia Sovietica - Questioni generali - Autori e scuole - Il cristianesimo - Aspetti russi del cristianesimo - Religioni non cristiane - Saggi e recensioni . Translations fron the great soviet ecnyclopaedia on religion and christianity.
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a cura di Amendola Eva Paola, prefazione di Ferrari Oreste
Uno sguardo privato, memorie fotografiche di Francesco Chigi
In 8 (21x20) Legatura in tela con sovracopertina illustrata; pp 196 con illustrazioni in b/n e colori fuori e dentro testo; ottimo
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A cura di Andrej Lebedev
THE ITINERANTS. Russian realist artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Un volume (29 cm) di 199 pagine, con 114 illustrazioni a colori. In lingua inglese. Brossura editoriale illustrata. Condizioni molto buone.
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A cura di B. Bagnato.
Diari (I) di Luca Pietromarchi ambasciatore italiano a Mosca (1958-1961).
cm. 17 x 24, l-446 pp. con 1 tav. f.t. Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. Torino - Studi I diari rappresentano una fonte preziosa per comprendere le difficolt? con cui progredirono, alla fine degli anni Cinquanta/inizi Sessanta, le relazioni italo-sovietiche e, pi? in generale, i rapporti bipolari. Dalla sede di Mosca, Pietromarchi registra le difficolt? che incontr? il processo di normalizzazione delle relazioni bilaterali e il dipanarsi della seconda crisi di Berlino, aperta nel novembre 1958 e chiusa con la costruzione del Muro, nell?agosto 1961, poche settimane dopo il richiamo a Roma dell?ambasciatore. The diaries represent a precious source in understanding the difficulties against which the Italo-Soviet relationship, and bipolar ones in general, advanced towards the end of the Fifties beginning of the Sixties. From Moscow, Pietromarchi records the difficulties encountered in the process of normalisation of bilateral relations and the resolution of the second Berlin crisis, that began in 1958 and ended with the building of the Wall in August 1961, several weeks after the Ambassador was called back to Rome. 888 gr. l-446 p.
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a cura di Carlo Boffito
Socialismo e mercato in Jugoslavia
al front.: Saggi di Boris Kidric, Joza Vilfan, Adolf Dragicevic, Mito Hadzi Vasilev, Miladin Korac, Zvonimir Tanko, Savka Dabcevic Kucar, Carlo Boffito - in 16°, bross. edit. ill., minime fioriture ai tagli - prima edizione
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a cura di Elena Dundovich, Francesca Gori, Emanuela Guercetti
Gulag Storia e memoria
bross. edit. ill. - trad. di Elena Dundovich, Francesca Gori, Emanuela Guercetti
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a cura di Enzo Biagi
La Rivoluzione russa - completa in 3 voll.
BUONE CONDIZIONI
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