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1913rif. 6307London: John Lane the Bodley Head. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Minute tears to spine ends. Hinges not tight but holding together. Occasional foxing mostly to the first half of book.; Fold-out map at rear and 50 photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages . 1913. John Lane the Bodley Head hardcover
1935rif. 029571Moscow 1935. 1st Edition . No Binding. Good. Color Map Of Moscow In 1935. Single Sheet Approximately 26" X 30" Printed On One Side In Black Text Green Parks Tan Public Areas/0 And Brown City Blocks Red Outlines For City Limits Red Dotted Lines For Administrative Security Area. Scale 1:50000. An Important Map Of Moscow Showing All Streets And Depicting The New General Plan For The City. 1935. Light Wear Torn Along Many Folds Browning To Exposed Lower Right Panel. One Of 50000 Copies Printed But Now Scarce. unknown
1964rif. 031153Moscow: Books 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Photographs Throughout. 404 Pp. Cream Cloth.10 1/2" Tall. Text In Russian. One Of 5000 Copies But Scarce In The West Only Four Institutional Holdings Recorded In Worldcat. Books hardcover
1987rif. 019218Stanford: Hoover Institution Press / Stanford University 1987. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine. Xxx 298 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing. Fine. Critical Strategic Analysis Regarding Russia. Nicely Inscribed By The Author To Professor Hammond Rolph. The Two Of Them Wrote A Book On Vietnam Together. Per Usc Swearingen A Former World War Ii Intelligence Corps Officer And Top Aide To General Douglas Macarthur Swearingen Became A Close Friend And Colleague Of Then Future Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger While Both Were Graduate Students At Harvard University In The Late 1940S. Swearingen'S Wife Darlene Swearingen Said That During The 1970S And 1980S Her Husband And Kissinger Took Numerous Trips To China And The Soviet Union. Their Findings Assisted The U.S. Government In Developing International Relations Policies She Said. Rodger Swearingen Joined Usc Dornsife'S School Of International Relations In 1954 Creating A Teaching And Research Focus On Soviet Policy And World Communism. In The 1960S Swearingen Was One Of A Group Of Cold War Scholars Who Convinced Usc Trustee And Donor Henry Salvatori To Contribute $1.25 Million To Establish The Usc Research Institute On Communist Strategy And Propaganda. After Founding The Institute Swearingen Went On To Direct It Teaching Courses And Seminars There Until His Retirement In 1993. He Also Played A Vital Role In Writing For The Journal Published By The Institute. During The Cold War Swearingen Also Brought His Knowledge To Television Moderating A 35-Week Documentary Series On The "Dangers" Of Communism. Titled Communism: Myth Vs. Reality It Aired Nationwide And On U.S. Armed Services Stations Abroad. In Later Years Swearingen Was A Key Advisor To Several Military Committees - Providing Expert Testimony On Both Soviet And Chinese Military Strategies. Swearingen Was Born On April 23 1923 In Los Angeles. His Father Was The Chief Real Estate Broker For The City Of Los Angeles And Was In Charge Of Negotiating Home Purchases To Make Room For The City'S Expanding Freeway System. Hoover Institution Press / Stanford University hardcover
rif. 011182Madison WI: Univ of Wisconsin Pr 1964. 792pp/maps/figures. A well-researched history of the origins doctrine operations and effectiveness of Soviet irregular unconventional warfare during the Second World War. This study is based on a "systematic investigation of a vast amount of first-hand documentation partly Soviet mainly German which was captured at the close of World War II." Illustrated with 24 figures/maps. Clean no marks. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ of Wisconsin Pr Hardcover
1994rif. OVS350Harry N Abrams Inc 1994-11-01. Hardcover. Like New. Beautiful 2 volume set in slip case. Both books are in Excellent "Gift Quality" condition with fine dust jackets and clean tight pages. Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover
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1719rif. 59230Washington 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
1902rif. 21102Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good-. Third Edition. Hardcover. Front hinge a bit started. Small tape residue on front free endpaper. Browning to front and rear fold-out maps.; Third edition in French. Not quite as rare as the only English edition. "Avec 19 cartes et 32 plans." Hinrichsen F 212; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 476 pages . 1902. Karl Baedeker hardcover
1925rif. 0005088Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co. 1925. Popular Edition. Full Leather. Fine. Sketches by Sven Hedin. Thick octavo full leather top edge gilt. Handsomely rebound in full yellow-gold morocco by Kalmbacher of Toledo. Gilt spins with six raised bands with a soaring crane giltstamped on the top cover inner gilt rules. Reading travel books inspired the Swede Hedin to become an explorer. He became one in 1885 when he trekked through Russia Persia and Turkey. Later he went through the Gobi Desert to eastern China and then into Tibet and the Himalayas. Sketches by Sven Hedin. Garden City Publishing Co. hardcover
1913rif. 681Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Spine boards and endpapers professionally repaired. Endpapers a bit browning. First and last couple of pages with tiny holes; Beautifully illustrated with 207 maps photographs and fold-outs. Top edge gilt; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 564 pages . 1913. Cambridge University Press hardcover
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