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1854Best.-Nr. 025450New York: Harper & Brothers 1854. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Good. Map and Woodcuts. 226 Pp. Original Cloth Gilt And Blind Stamped. Contents Clean Light Aging. Covers With Wear Cloth Lightly Frayed Across Top Of Spine And Down 3/4" At Top Front Spine Edge A Few Other Points Of Fraying. Spine Has Been Wet Gilt Is Dulled Cloth Of Spine And Adjacent Areas Of Covers And Endpapers Damp Stained This Damage Not Reaching The Printed Pages. Anecdotes And Observations Made While Curzon Was Part Of A Commission To Resolve The "Turkish And Persian Problem In Kurdistan And Armenia" Seeking The Most Arbitrary And Least Democratic Solution For All Residents Of The Area And Achieving Enduring Success. Library Label Franklin Institute On Front Pastedown Four Digit Number At Base Of First Page. This Copy Fairly Crisp And May Never Have Been Read. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 016210New York: Lavrowsky 1920. First Edition . Disbound. Fair. Portraits Throughout. 128 Pp. Entirely In Russian Except For The Copyright Page. The Author A Teacher And Poet In The U.S. Was Abused During The Palmer Anti-Red Raids And Testified In Hearings Regarding Them. A History Of Anarchism Covert Political Thought Political Violence And Revolution In Russia 1820 - 1920 With Extensive Text And Prolifically Illustrated With Portraits Of Prominent And Somewhat Obscure Personalities. Very Scarce. This Example Dis-Bound No Covers Endpapers Worn And Chipped At Edges But Contents Near Fine. Lavrowsky unknown
1934Best.-Nr. 015646Moscow / Leningrad Moskva: Gosstroiizdat 1934. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 10 1/2" Tall. Maps Plans Folding Plates Throughout. 519 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers Stamped In Peach And Black. Survey Of Urban Parks And Recreation Areas In The Soviet Union Including Conceptual Ideas And Theories Planning Design Structures And Buildings Plantings Engineering Considerations Etc. Comprehensive Scholarly Text Notes Detailed Bibliography Technical Charts Index In Russian French And English 451 Illustrations In The Text And On Plates Incl. Numerous Large Folding Plates After Detailed Site Plans Photographs Models And Elevations. Some Edgewear Very Short Tears At Foredges Of CoversAnd With A 1/2" Square Chip At Lower Front Spine Fold No Marks Or Damage. Gosstroiizdat unknown
1919Best.-Nr. 018337Boston: Little Brown and Company 1919. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Jacket. 42 Illustrations from Photographs By Author. 312 pp. $2.50 pre-printed price on front flap crossed out and "$3.00 net" printed price label on jacket spine. Book is clean tight no wear chalk lettering on cover still complete although chalk spine lettering is partially flaked away. Dustjacket with printed picture of the Nikolskiya Gate to the Kremlin showing damage during the Revolution. Jacket with a few shallow chips along top of spine of front panel and bottom of spine and a 1/2" chip in the lower center of spine all lettering still clear; dustjacket aged and a little dusty. Little Brown and Company hardcover
1921Best.-Nr. 007326London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1921. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 9" High. 210 Clean Unmarked Pages. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt First Printing With 1921 Date On Title Page. Scholarly Study Of Ancient History And Mythology Of Kiev Novgorod And Moscow With Extensive Notes Genealogies Of The House Of Rurik No Mention Of Women And Background Historical Information. Covers Lightly Soiled And Edge Worn. Gilt Spine Lettering Intact. Cover Tips With Small Frays. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 007126Kiev: Albom / Mistetstvo 1980. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Near Fine. 13" Tall. Color Plates Throughout. A large well-designed book with information on many contemporary glass artists. Albom / Mistetstvo hardcover
2003Best.-Nr. 006042Moscow: Avanta 2003. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 29.7 Cm Tall. Color Photographs Throughout. A finely illustrated history with Russian text. Avanta hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 007401New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. 1925. First American Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 8 3/8 " High. 294 Clean Unmarked Pages. No Inscriptions. Illustrated Endpapers. First American Edition With 1925 Date On Title Page. Small Bookseller's Sticker On Rear Pastedown. Covers And Gilt Lettering And Decoration Clean And Bright. Spine Slightly Faded And Gilt Slightly Dulled. Slight Rubs At Corners But Frayed Across Top Edge Of Spine Cat Attack. Robert M. McBride & Co. hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 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
1932Best.-Nr. 015752New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Wheat Cloth. Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 13 Maps and 127 Illustrations and Diagrams. Xxix 711 Vii. Wheat Cloth. First American Edition Stated. "Revised And Supplemented By The Author For The English Edition." A Clean Tight Unworn Copy In A Jacket With Some Edge Wear And Small Edge Chips Not Affecting Lettering Or Design. An Immense Amount Of Interesting Detail Not Usually Publicized Elsewhere; For Example 41 % Of The Russian Higher Army Command Under Alexander Ii Was Of German Ancestry And At That Same Time The Russian Senate Was 33% German Etc. American Writing About Russia In Public Printings Remains Largely Political Opinion And Of No Obvious Practicality. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Best.-Nr. SONG0938311093Brand: Atlantic Intl Pubns 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Atlantic Intl Pubns hardcover
1816Best.-Nr. 71411London: Robert Bowyer. c. 1816. A very fine hand coloured aquatint by Robert Bowyer 1758-1834 published in 1815. From; 'An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe During the Years 1812 1813 1814 & 1815 Comprising a series of Views of Paris Moscow The Kremlin Dresden Berlin. together with a History of those Momentous Transactions'. This delightful view shows Muscovites in the foreground with parts of The Kremlin and the greater city in the background whilst The Moskva River is seen carrying mercantile craft. The colouring is soft and subtle and gives a this view a wonderful depth and clarity. Size: 465 x600 mm. Original hand coloured aquatint. In good condition. Central fold with old repairs to splits some soiling and minor staining. unknown
1996Best.-Nr. 340654Harry N Abrams Inc 1996. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Oversize. Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. 334575Routledge 1998. Hardback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Routledge hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. ZB652334Paris: Imprimerie Lahure 1919. 15 pp. original paper wrappers with later tape rebacking; minor library markings else good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Paris: Imprimerie Lahure unknown
1925Best.-Nr. ZB416681Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag 1925. 3. Auflage 11-15 Tausend; xxxviii 303 1 pp. frontis. plates small folding maps in German only translated and edited from the English by Hans Glaubauf and Kate Gusfeld; ex library original paper wrappers darkened with large chip at head of spine good only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag, unknown
1992Best.-Nr. 021506N.Y.: Armchair Detective Library 1992. 1st hdcvr ed. Originally published in paperback by Berkley in 1983. Fine unread copy in slipcase w/o dj as issued. LIMITED EDITION One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Kaminsky with a new intro by him. 2nd Rostnikov title. Bound in burgundy cloth without dust wrapper as issued in matching burgundy slipcase gilt stamping to front board and spine pencil sketch of the author by Carolyn Hartman at front board. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE in 1985 for Best Paperback Original. "The Moscow Film Festival is in town and the elite artists of the East and West have convened at the legendary Metropole Hotel to drink gossip and flirt. But the party is about to come crashing down. Four men - one American one Japanese and two Russians - will all be dead by morning poisoned. To keep the killings under wraps the Kremlin hands the investigation over to the famously discreet police investigator Porfiry Rostnikov. A hard-boiled cop with more than three decades' experience navigating the deadly jungle of the Soviet bureaucracy Rostnikov is about to find himself both in the international spotlight and in the crosshairs of a terrorist who is targeting foreigners to embarrass the Soviet state and will happily sacrifice any Russian who gets in the way. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited Edition. Armchair Detective Library Hardcover
1698Best.-Nr. 112625London: 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
1991Best.-Nr. 014806N.Y.: Armchair Detective Library 1991. 1st hardcover edition. A fine unread copy in slipcase. ONE of 100 NUMBERED COPIES this being #98 SIGNED by Kaminsky bound in burgundy cloth without dust wrapper as issued in matching burgundy slipcase gilt stamping to front board and spine pencil sketch of the author by Carolyn Hartman at front board a very fine unread copy. A new introduction by Kaminsky. The 1st Rostnikov title. Set in Moscow the debut Ratnikov novel demonstrates how Kaminsky captures the flavor of that city. This powerful sense of time and place is doubly remarkable because Kaminsky had never been to Russia before he wrote the book. His depictions of Rostnikov coping with a corrupt Moscow police force underlying KGB pressures and the overall inefficiencies of working in the then Soviet Union are dead-on. Death of a Dissident shows a master storyteller at his finest. . Signed by Author. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited Edition. Armchair Detective Library Hardcover
1900Best.-Nr. 032076UK 1900. First Edition . Paper. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An Original Paper Written and Signed by Marie Duchess of Edinburgh Grand Duchess of Russia. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia 1853-1920 was the fifth child and only surviving daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine; she was Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as the wife of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was the younger sister of Alexander III of Russia and the paternal aunt of Russia's last emperor Nicholas II. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee 1869-1949 wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton 1864-1937. Emily was the daughter of William Lee Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886 and granddaughter of John Lee 1779-1859 Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859.Size is 113mm x 78mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17163 unknown
1826Best.-Nr. 20463Dublin:: 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
1780Best.-Nr. 89640Saint Petersburg: Sans nom d'éditeur 1780. Fine. Sans nom d'éditeur Saint Petersburg 1780 20.8 x 27 cm Relié Very rare first edition of the Ottoman Turkish translation of Catherine II's new regulations for the administration of the governorates of the Russian Empire published in Saint Petersburg in 1780. In the aftermath of the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca signed in 1774 Russian expansion towards the Black Sea could no longer be confined to the seizure of fortresses and territory. The newly acquired provinces had to be governed their inhabitants introduced to the institutions of the Empire and its regulations made accessible to populations unable to read Russian. The present volume records this decisive transition from military conquest to civil administration through the translation into Ottoman Turkish printed in Arabic script of one of the principal domestic reforms of Catherine II's reign. The work is divided into two parts. The first dated 12 November 1775 within the volume contains the opening twenty-eight chapters of the reform pp. 1-190. The second corresponding to a supplementary text prepared towards the end of the decade and published in Saint Petersburg at the beginning of 1780 comprises chapters 29-31 pp. 191-248. The continuous pagination thus brings together two successive stages of the legislation under the general publication date of 1780. Quarto 248 pages 20.8 x 27 cm. Modern period-style binding in half mottled sheep with small corners unlettered spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt double fillets and thistle tools marbled paper boards red edges. Pale dampstaining to the upper right margins of the opening leaves. The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca had brought the Russo-Ottoman War of 1768-1774 to an end and profoundly altered the balance of power around the Black Sea. Azov Kerch Yenikale and Kinburn passed under Russian sovereignty together with territories around the mouths of the Dnieper and Bug rivers. The Crimean Khanate was declared independent of the Ottoman Empire but remained subject to increasing Russian influence until its formal annexation in 1783. The newly acquired lands formed part of a southern frontier then undergoing extensive reorganisation particularly around the governorates of Azov and Novorossiysk whose inhabitants included substantial Turkic-speaking Tatar and Nogai communities. Promulgated in November 1775 the reform of the governorates responded to a broader crisis in imperial administration made particularly apparent by the Pugachev Rebellion. Catherine II sought to replace the existing patchwork of territorial divisions with a more uniform network of governorates and districts organised partly according to population. The legislation multiplied local institutions distinguished more clearly between administrative judicial and fiscal functions and strengthened the presence of the state throughout the provinces. It consequently established one of the principal frameworks of Russian territorial government for the following decades. The Ottoman Turkish translation of the legislation should probably be understood within this effort to extend Russian administrative order among the Turkic-speaking populations of the new southern borderlands. The book may have served interpreters and government officials as well as local notables required to understand the institutions now responsible for justice taxation and provincial administration. It therefore translated more than a body of law: it rendered the very language of imperial rule into another political and linguistic tradition. Crimea still occupied a separate position. The khanate remained officially independent while its final ruler ahin Giray pursued his own military fiscal and administrative reforms under Russian protection. The volume is also typographically significant. At a time when Arabic-script printing remained comparatively little developed within the Russian Empire the production in Saint Petersburg of such an ext Sans nom d'éditeur hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. 034394New York: Scott And Setzer 1919. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Frontispiece. 202 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Printihg 1919 Date On Title Page. Very Good Light Rubbing At Corners Gilt Complete But No Longer Brilliant Hinges Tight No Marks. Slightly Trimmed Front Panel Of Dj Mounted On Front Pastedown No Loss Of Lettering. Per Wikipedia Albert Rhys Williams September 28 1883 - February 27 1962 Commonly Known By His Middle Name Pronounced "Reece" Was An American Journalist Labor Organizer And Publicist. He Is Most Famous For Writing Memoirs In Favor Of The 1917 October Revolution In Russia: He Had Been Both A Witness And A Participant. Williams Worked For The 1908 Presidential Campaign Of Socialist Eugene Debs. Then Williams Returned To His Main Profession As A Minister Of The Maverick Square Congregational Church In East Boston 1908 To 1914. However He Did Not Abandon The Labor And Social Issues At All. In 1912 Williams Raised Money And Spoke Up For The Workers During The 1912 Textile Strike In Lawrence Massachusetts. Williams First Met John Reed Whose Acquaintance Played A Role In His Upcoming Interest In Russia And Then His Trip To This Far Overseas Country. Williams First Came Into Contact With The Bolsheviks In 1917 As A Correspondent For The New York Post. He Attended The Storming Of The Winter Palace Met And Became Close Friends With Vladimir Lenin And Stayed In The Country Until 1918. Upon His Return To The United States He Worked As A Pro-Soviet And Communist Activist.1 Williams Was A Vocal Opponent Of The Allied Intervention In The Russian Civil War And Deployment Of American Troops On Russian Soil Stating "I Never Ceased To Feel Shame For The Role My Country Played In This Joint Effort To Strangle Bolshevism In Its Cradle And Socialism For Good And All."2 He Eventually Volunteered For Service In The Red Army And Was Placed In Charge Of Organizing An International Legion. Williams Wrote Of This "If I Helped In Some Small Way To Mitigate The Guilt Of Being An American I Am Satisfied."3 Williams Lived On And Off In Russia First Moving There At The Outbreak Of The Russian Civil War And Last Leaving Sometime After Marrying Lucita Squier In 1923 Thereafter Only Returning To Visit In 1930 1937 And 1959.2 During His Period Of Relations With The Soviets He Authored A Number Of Related Books And Papers.3 Though Later Personally Critical Of Joseph Stalin He Refused To Publicly Criticize The Union Itself And Maintained A Pro-Soviet Stance For The Rest Of His Life.4 Before His Death Williams Wrote "If I Have Remained True To The Revolution And Still Look Forward To The Final Triumph Of Socialism In The World It Is Because Like Lenin I Do Believe In The Essential Goodness Of Man." An Odd And In Many Views A Monumentally Stupid Conclusion From Intimate And Long-Standing Knowledge Of Soviet Treatment Of Anyone Who Disagreed With The Government Program Or Criticized Its Leaders. Scott And Setzer hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 034428Washington: Committee On Commerce Science And Transportation 97Th Congress 2Nd Session 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Drawings. Xvi 444 Pp. Brown Card Covers Printed In Black. With The Errata Sheet Correcting The First Word "Vehicles" In The Title To "Facilities" And Hand Corrected Throughout. Cover Date September 1982; Eventually Published In 1985. Fine Except For Previous Owner's Name At Bottom Of Cover And Some Page Numbers Written On P. Ii And Red Marker Outlining To Soviet Space Programs On Cover And Title Page And Underlining Of Word "Science" On Cover. Ownership Signature Of Clair Omar Musser. Per Wikipedia Clair Omar Musser 1901-1998 Was A Marimba Virtuoso A Conductor And Promoter Of Marimba Orchestras A Composer A Teacher A Designer Of Keyboard Percussion Instruments An Inventor And An Engineer For Hughes Aircraft. Musser Entered Into A Career As A Scientist After Leaving Northwestern In The Early 1950S. He Moved To Southern California Where Began To Do Work In Astronomy For Hughes And For Nasa. He Also Developed Classroom Planetaria And Other Teaching Materials Which Can Be Found At Cape Kennedy The Air Force Academy Griffith Observatory And Many Schools And Universities. Later He Earned A Doctorate In Engineering From Oxford University. Also With Hadwritten List By Musser Of 25 Asteroids With Information About Them In Eight Columns. Committee On Commerce, Science And Transportation, 97Th Congress, 2Nd Session paperback
1967Best.-Nr. 035170Kiev: Vydavnytstvo Politychnoi Literatury Ukrainy 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Photographs And Maps Throughout. 557 Pp. Grey Cloth Gilt Book Mark Bound In. Military History Of Ukraine In Wwii Volume One Of Three. Lightly Used No Names Or Marks. Excellent Detailed Folding Maps Throughouyt Vydavnytstvo Politychnoi Literatury Ukrainy hardcover
