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DUNNIGAN, ed. James F.
The Russian Front. Germany's War in the East 1941-45. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
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HODGES Major Phelps
BRITMIS. A Great Adventure of the War. Being an Account of Allied Intervention in Siberia and of an Escape across the Gobi to Peking. [Uncorrected Proof Copy.] THE AUTHOR'S PROOF COPY WITH LETTERS AND EPHEMERA
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy; original wrappers, upper cover with paper label printed in black, a near fine copy housed in custom-made board solander case with printed paper labels. With the following additional items: (1) typescript resume on author's printed stationery of the British Military Mission in Siberia 1918-1920 (with MS corrections); (2) draft T.L. on the author's printed stationery. A request by the author for information regarding Lieut.-Col. L.C. Morley, Royal Hampshire Regiment, senior officer i/c British Military Mission at Irkutsk in 1919; (3) T.L.s. from Captain H. Flint, Royal Hampshire Regiment, responding in some detail to the author's request; (4) publisher's printed order form for the published work. Apart from the author's book we have been unable to trace any published dedicated account of BRITMIS, which accordingly remains a well-nigh forgotten component of the immediate aftermath of WWI. A UNIQUE COLLECTION NOW SAFELY PRESERVED FOR THE FUTURE.
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HUTTON J. Bernard
Commander Crabb is Alive. [Introduction by Commander A.J. Kerans. Preface by S.J. Knowles.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, copy.
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CHANEY, Jr. Otto Preston
Zhukov. [Foreword by Malcolm Mackintosh. First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
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GEHLEN General Reinhard
The Gehlen Memoirs. The First Full Edition of the Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen 1942-1971. Translated by David Irving.[First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Originally published in shorter form in Mainz 1971. Gehlen commanded all intelligence operations in Russia and the Balkans before delivering himself and his service to the Americans at the end of WWII. From this sprang the Gehlen Organisation whose knowledge of Russian affairs and influence on Western policy became a byword. In 1956 the Organisation was transferred to the German Federal Government and until his retirement in 1968 Gehlen remained in supreme command of the German secret service. Enser, p.398
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PORTWAY Christopher
Journey to Dana. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. With front panel of dustwrapper loosely inserted. UNCOMMON. Enser, p.354.
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KENNAN George F.
Russia leaves the War. Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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RUSSIAN EMBASSIES
Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605). Edited with an Introduction, Additional Notes, Commentaries and Bibliography by W.E.D. Allen. Texts translated by Anthony Mango. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces, plates and maps (a number folding); original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 138, 139. 48. Bridges & Hair, p.290.
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CAWTHORNE Nigel
The Iron Cage. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of British POWs abandoned in Soviet hands.
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AKINSHA Konstantin
Stolen Treasure. The Hunt for the World's Lost Masterpieces. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Two Soviet art historians detail the vast quantity of looted art recovered from the Nazis, hidden in Russia, and missing to this day.
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BROOK-SHEPHERD Gordon
Iron Maze. The Western Secret Services and the Bolsheviks. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.234.
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RUTHERFORD Ward
The Ally. The Russian Army in World War I. [First Paperback Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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KOPENHAGEN Wilfried
Armored Trains of the Societ Union 1917-1945. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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SCHOFIELD Vice Admiral B.B.
The Arctic Convoys. [Maps and Drawings by Ronald Nydegger Jr]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, several charts and plans in the text, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Considerably updated version of the author's earlier account ('The Russian Convoys', 1964) with full use of subsequent revelations (primarily 'Ultra'). More of a reference work, if less dramatic, than the former version. Enser, p.60; Law, 0512.
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LEE Asher
The Soviet Air and Rocket Forces. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, a near fine copy.
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DEAKIN F.W.
The Case of Richard Sorge. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned at backstrip and fold-ins, and dust-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. The first complete account of one of the most famous spy stories of WWII: the German journalist who ran a Red Army spy ring in the Far East until his eventual capture and execution by the Japanese. Not recorded by Enser.
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INFIELD Glenn B
The Poltava Affair. A Russian Warning: An American Tragedy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SWETTENHAM John
Allied Intervention in Russia 1918-1919 and the Part played by Canada. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Frame G2177; not recorded by Enser.
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VOSSLER Heinrich A.
With Napoleon in Russia in 1812. Translated and introduced by Walter Wallich. Illustrated by Christian-Wilhelm von Faber du Faur. [Reissue of the original edition of 1969]. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., with 6 coloured plates (4 double-page) and endpaper map; pictorial cloth, gilt back, red top, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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RUSSIAN EMBASSIES
Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605). Volume II. [This volume only.]. Edited with an Introduction, Additional Notes, Commentaries and Bibliography by W.E.D. Allen. Texts translated by Anthony Mango. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, plates (one in colour), coloured map and large folding map at end; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, backstrip sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean copy. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 139. Bridges & Hair, p.290.
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ALLILUYEVA Svetlana
Twenty Letters to a Friend. Translated from the Russian by Priscilla Johnson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, small tape mark on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper lightly sunned at backstrip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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FLEMING Peter
The The Fate of Admiral Kolchak. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates on 14 and 4 maps in the text; ochre cloth, backtrip lettered in navy, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.330.
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MASSIE Robert K.
Nicholas and Alexandra. [Introduction by the Author. Maps drawn by Reginald Piggott.] NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 20pp of monochrome photographs and endpaper maps; blue patterned cloth, backstrip with black leather label blocked and lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case.
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MOOREHEAD Alan
The Russian Revolution. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Frame A76.
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LOWNIE Andrew
Stalin's Englishman. The Lives of Guy Burgess. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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MACLEAN Fitzroy
Eastern Approaches. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 14 plates on 11 and 3 folding maps (2 coloured); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. [SLIP-CASE NOT SHOWN IN IMAGE.] A classic of its time, recalling Maclean's Buchan-like experiences before and during WWII. Includes coverage of the Moscow State Trials, operating with LRDG in the Western Desert, kidnapping a general and being dropped in occupied Europe as Churchill's personal envoy to Tito. Enser, p.481
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MACLEAN Fitzroy
Eastern Approaches. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 14 plates on 11 and 3 folding maps (2 coloured), some barely discernible offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, red top, fore-edge lightly spotted else a near fine copy copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. A classic of its time, recalling Maclean's Buchan-like experiences before and during WWII. Includes coverage of the Moscow State Trials, operating with LRDG in the Western Desert, kidnapping a general and being dropped in occupied Europe as Churchill's personal envoy to Tito. THE ORIGINAL EDITIONS IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.481.
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STEINBERG Mark D.
The Fall of the Romanovs. Polituical Dreams and Personal Struggles in a Time of Revolution. Russian documents translated by Elizabeth Tucker. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black boards, upper board blocked in blind, red cloth back lettered and ruled in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BARZINI LUIGI
U.R.S.S. L'IMPERO DEL LAVORO FORZATO.
16°, BROSSURA A COLORI (LIEVI MENDE), PG. XI (1) 311 (1), SECONDA EDIZIONE. (C)
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SICHOV VLADIMIR
MARX NON ABITA PIU' QUI. "VIAGGIO STRAORDINARIO NELL'URSS SCONOSCIUTA".
4°, SIMILPELLE EDITORIALE CON TITOLO ORO AL DORSO, SOVR. FIG. B.N., PG. 181 (15), 132 FOTO B.N. (MOLTE A PIENA E A DOPPIA PG.), TESTI DI EUGENE SILIANOFF, INTRODUZIONE DI INDRO MONTANELLI. PRIMA EDIZIONE.
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AA. VV.
RUSSIA. RELAZIONE UFFICIALE DELLA DELEGAZIONE OPERAIA INGLESE IN RUSSIA E NEL CAUCASO NEL NOVEMBRE E DICEMBRE 1924.
8°, BROSSURA CON ALI (LIEVI SEGNI), PG. XXV (1) 249 (3), 19 ILL. B.N. F.T., 4 TAV. CON GRAFICI (1 N.T. E 3 F.T.), 2 CARTINE B.N. F.T. A FINE VOLUME (1 A DOPPIA PG.), GLOSSARIO DELLE ESPRESSIONI POLITICHE E DETTAGLIATO INDICE DELLE MATERIE. PRIMA EDIZIONE, DAL 1 AL 5 MIGL. (C)
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GRODZENSKAIA TATIANA
PROVERBI DELLA RUSSIA.
8°, BROSSURA FIG. A COLORI CON ACETATO DI PROTEZIONE (LIEVI MENDE), PG. X 106 (4), TESTO IN RUSSO E ITALIANO, ALCUNE TAVOLE DOPPIA PG. A COLORI F.T. TRATTE DAL FERRARIO (IL COSTUME ANTICO E MODERNO - 1826), DIVERSE TAVOLE B.N. P. PG. N.T. DA XILOGRAFIE DI V. PRESNIAKOV, EDIZIONE A CURA DI D. INTERLANDI STAMPATA DA L. MAESTRI, OTTIMO STATO. (C)
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KUZNECOV EDUARD SAMUILOVIC
SENZA DI ME. DIARIO DA UN LAGER SOVIETICO (1972-1971)
8°, CARTONATO EDITORIALE CON SOVR. FIG., PG. 189 (3), PAGINE LIEVEMENTE BRUNITE, ANTIPORTA CON CARTINA, UNA FIRMA AL RISGUARDO ANTERIORE, BUONO STATO, PRIMA EDIZIONE MONDIALE. (C)
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BEONIO BROCCHIERI VITTORIO
AL VENTO DELLE STEPPE.
16°, BROSSURA FIG. A COLORI CON ACETATO DI PROTEZIONE, PG. XII 315 (1), 24 TAVOLE F.T. CON FOTO B.N., UNA CARTA ITINERARIA RIPIEGATA F.T., UNA DATA A STILO ALL'OCCHIETTO, SI UNISCE RITAGLIO GIORNALE DELL'EPOCA CON ARTICOLO SULLO "SCRITTORE VOLANTE" DI ORIO VERGANI, BUONO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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OMIETIEV BORIS - STUART JOHN
SAN PIETROBURGO. RITRATTO DI UNA CITTA' IMPERIALE.
4°, CARTONATO NERO CON TITOLO ORO AL DORSO, SOVR. CON FOTO B.N., PG. 240, NOTEVOLE CORPUS ICONOGRAFICO B.N. N.T. (RICERCA DI O. SUSLOVA E L. UKTOMSKAIA), BUONO\OTTIMO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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SILVA CARLO
VENGO DALLA SIBERIA. DIARIO DI PRIGIONIA.
8°, TELA CON TITOLO BIANCO AL DORSO, SOVR. CON FOTO A COLORI, PG. 223 (5), 12 TAVOLE CON FOTO B.N. F.T., BUONO STATO, SECONDA EDIZIONE (LA PRIMA E' 1973). (C)
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BREVI (PADRE) GIOVANNI
RUSSIA 1942-1954.
8°, TELA CON TITOLO IN ORO AL DORSO, SOVR. FIG. (LIEVI MENDE), PG. 204 (8), NORMALI BRUNITURE MARGINALI, 15 FOTO B.N. E UNA CARTA RIPIEGATA F.T., BUONO STATO.TERZA EDIZIONE (LA PRIMA E' DEL 1955). (C)
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MASSA GALLUCCI ALBERTO (GENERALE)
NO! DODICI ANNI PRIGIONIERO IN RUSSIA.
16°, BROSSURA, PG. 211 (5), NORMALI BRUNITURE MARGINALI, 16 TAVOLE F.T. CON ILL. B.N., BUONO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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JAKOVLEV NIKOLAJ
LA RUSSIA DALLA SCONFITTA MILITARE ALLA RIVOLUZIONE.
8°, BROSSURA FIG. (MAX HUBER), PG. 191 (1), BUONO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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POLO MAX
DALLA CEKA AL KGB. (STORIA DELLE POLIZIE SEGRETE SOVIETICHE)
16°, BROSSURA FIG., PG. 215 (9), 16 TAVOLE CENTRALI F.T. CON ILL. B.N., BUONO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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AA. VV.
I MONASTERI RUSSI - STORIA, ARTE, SPIRITUALITÀ.
4° (CM. 30), CARTONATO BEIGE CON TITOLO SCURO AL DORSO E AL PIATTO, SOVR. CON FOTO A COLORI, CUSTODIA MUTA IN CARTONCINO MARRONE, RISGUARDI CON FOTO A COLORI, PG. 285 (3), 212 FOTO A COLORI N.T. (ANCHE A PIENA PG.), OTTIMO STATO.
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KUZNECOV EDUARD SAMUILOVIC
SENZA DI ME. DIARIO DA UN LAGER SOVIETICO 1970-1971.
8°, CARTONATO CON TITOLO IN ORO AL DORSO, SOVR. CON FOTO B.N., PG. (2) 189 (3), UNA CARTINA B.N. ALL'ANTIPORTA, TRAD. DI M. OLSUFIEVA E O. MICHAHELLES, UNA FIRMA A BIRO AL RISGUARDO, BUONO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE MONDIALE. (C)
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AGABEKOV GIORGIO
LA G. P. U. - MEMORIE DI UN MEMBRO DELLA CECA.
8°, BROSSURA FIG. A COLORI (VELLANI MARCHI), PG. VII (1) 312 (2), ANTIPORTA CON FOTO RITRATTO B.N. DELL'AUTORE, LIEVI SEGNI E FIORITURE, SECONDO MIGLIAIO, PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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DORIA DE ZULIANI MARIOLINA
COSTRETTI A FUCILARVI.
8°, CARTONATO MARRONE CON TITOLO AL DORSO, SOVR. FIG. A COLORI (GRAFICA R. GIUST), PG. XII (2) 213 (13), NORMALI INGIALLITURE MARGINALI, 16 TAVOLE F.T. CON FOTO B.N., PREF. DI G. VIGORELLI, DEDICA AUTOGRAFA DELL'AUTRICE AL RISGUARDO ANT., LO STERMINIO DELLA FAMIGLIA IMPERIALE RUSSA ALLA LUCE DI NUOVI DOCUMENTI, BUONO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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FORTUNA PIERO - UBOLDI RAFFAELLO
IL TRAGICO DON. CRONACHE DELLA CAMPAGNA ITALIANA IN RUSSIA (1941-1943).
8°, CARTONATO BORDEAUX CON TITOLO ORO AL DORSO, SOVR. FIG. B.N. (F. PINTÉR E E. UBERTI), PG. (2) 495 (7), 23 FOTO B.N. F.T. E 7 CARTINE P. PG. N.T. (UNA A DOPPIA PG.) A FINE VOLUME, CON BIBLIOGRAFIA E INDICI, BUONO STATO, PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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GRANICK DAVID
IL DIRIGENTE SOVIETICO. STUDIO SULL'UOMO DELL'ORGANIZZAZIONE NELL'INDUSTRIA RUSSA.
8° (CM. 21), BROSSURA LUCIDA CON ALI FIG. A COLORI (LIEVI SEGNI), PG. 346 (2), INTERNO FRESCO, BUONO STATO, PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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Tatar Uzbekistan - Early Russian Reconnaissance
Beiträge zur Länder und Staatenkunde der Tartarei, von Russischen Berichten. [Contributions to the Country and States of the Tatars, from Russian Reports.]
8vo. 63 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains an extensive and detailed sketch of the towns Tashkent and Khiva, drawing from contemporary Russian sources printed in St. Petersburg. Details include economy and average incomes, religion and customs, government, and military statistics, descriptions of a cannon foundry, a palace allegedly pillaged by Turkmen, and more. A caravan route from Orenburg to Khiva is also revealed, with mention of Karakalpakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mangyshlak, the Aral Sea, Ural river, Caspian Sea, and Amu Darya. This account pre-dates the 1873 Russo-Khivan War by 69 years. These are the original pages printed in 1804, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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MALESPINA - Juan De Fuca - Quadra
Nachricht Von Der Entdeckungsreise Zweier Spanisher Schiffe Nach Der Nordkueste Von Amerika Im Jahre 1792. Notice of Spanish Voyages to the North Coast of North America in 1792
8vo, 16 pages, contained in a complete 200 page monthly issue of the Geographische phemeriden, attractively bound in brown cloth with marbled boards and gilt spine. Very good condition and very crisp inside. Text in German. This is the 1804 Edition of an obscure and rare Geographical publication issued in Weimar/ Germany in the late 1700's and early 1800's named 'Geographische Ephemeriden.' It contains a portrait of Hernando Maghellan and a 16 page report about the Spanish Voyages to North America. Little was known about these Spanish voyages as the Spanish kept things secret. In 1791, Alessandro Malaspina undertook a search for the Northwest Passage. He surveyed the Alaska coast from Yakutat Bay to Prince William Sound. At Yakutat Bay, the expedition made contact with the Tlingit. The expedition's scientists made a study of the tribe, recording information on social mores, language, economy, warfare methods, and burial practices. During the return to Mexico, Malaspina's expedition spent a month at the Spanish outpost in Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island (see below). The expedition made a study of the Nootka. The two ships then sailed south to Mexico, stopping at the Spanish settlement and mission at Monterey, California on the way. Simultaneously an expedition under Francisco de Eliza, exploring the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovered an entrance to the Strait of Georgia, which prompted further investigation. In Acapulco, Malaspina took over two schooners, the Sutil and Mexicana, placed them under the command of one of his officers, Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, and had them sail north to explore the Strait of Georgia. Galiano's expedition took place in 1792 at the same time as that of George Vancouver. The two expeditions met in the Strait of Georgia and worked together to map the waters and establish the insularity of Vancouver Island
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FRESHFIELD, Douglas W.
Search and Travel in the Caucasus. [With Map]
34 pages, including black and white plates. Plus a large fold-out color map measuring 8.25 inches x 11.25 inches (21cm x 28.5cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. Mild foxing to the map, otherwise this is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Freshfield recounts a 'rescue' expedition in the Russian Caucasus. Together with Hermann Woolley, C.H. Powell, and Clinton Dent, an extensive search was performed to locate two mountaineers, Donkin and Fox, who had attempted an ascent of Dychtau (Dykhtau) mountain. Notes quoted from Fox's diary, left at his camp at Dumala, provided detail of the planned route, eventually leading the search party to remains of personal belongings and a satisfactory explanation of the fateful expedition. Freshfield further explored Dychtau and the northern glaciers, illustrated on the accompanying colour expedition map, which also demonstrates the fatal route of Donkin and Fox. This account pre-dates Freshfield's important book - The Exploration of the Caucasus, first published in 1896.
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TEMPLE, Lieut. George T.
Voyage on the Coasts of Norway and Lapland.
17 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 13.5 x 15.5 inches (34 x 39.5cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. The author was only given a choice to sail on a vessel, "Annie", that was undoubtedly unsuitable for navigating the hostile Norwegian coast. Temple faces many dangers and after much hard work, he provides an illuminating hydrographical report with great detail. Accompanied by a large color map, showing the depths of the ocean. The coast of Norway is of great scientific and commercial importance, not only for its own sake, but as the connecting link between Great Britain, the European Polar Sea, and Siberia, and at a single glance the numerous harbours in tempting proximity to the latest "scientific frontier" in Scandanavia is sufficient to show that it is also of political importance.
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