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Best.-Nr. 110601Utrecht Johannes Broedelet 1744. 4to. 16 1-296 2 1-200 2 blank 2 201-501 1 blank 2 503-830 2 blank pp. 4 title-pages printed in red and black with engraved vignette. 3 folding engraved maps. 1 folding engraved plan. 1 folding table. 3 folding engraved plates. Contemporary half calf with five raised bands. Gilt spines. Occasional minor spotting and dampstaing. . Provenance: Gösta Nobel 1886-1955 was the youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel. He took over as Branobel`s Managing Director at the time of the Russian Revolution and had to flee Russia in 1918. Branobel or The Nobel Brothers Petroleum Company was founded by Robert and Ludvig Nobel in Baku in 1876. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 110232. An account of Jean Francois Gamba 1763-1833 French Consul at Tiflis describing his journey along the Black Sea littoral and into the Caucaus. Provenance: Gösta Nobel 1886-1955. Gösta Nobel was the youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel. He took over as Branobel`s Managing Director at the time of the Russian Revolution and had to flee Russia in 1918. Branobel or The Nobel Brothers Petroleum Company was founded by Robert and Ludvig Nobel in Baku in 1876. unknown
Best.-Nr. 110201The second edition corrected. London Printed for John Starkey and Thomas Basset 1669. Folio. 20 316 6 232 9 1 blank pp. Additional engraved title-page. 2 engraved portraits. 6 engraved folding maps 2 with neatly repaired tear. Contemporary vellum. Red labels. Joints skilfully repaired. New endpapers. . Originally published in 1662. This is the second English edition. hardcover
Best.-Nr. MB99Six leaves all Elephant Folio ca. 63x77 cm or 20 ¼ x 24 ¾ in. With a notary stamp a small wax seal and six revenue stamps. Leaves stitched through on the bottom and folded. Brown ink on vellum filled in on one side. Fold marks outer leaf soiled and slightly rubbed otherwise a very good document. Interesting original real estate document written and certified in Saint Petersburg. Concluded between British merchants in Saint Petersburg William Gillison Bell of Melling Hall and Thomas Graven the contract was witnessed by local merchants James Liddell and John Ledderdale. William Gillison Bell was later listed as a member of the United Company of Merchants of England see: A List of the Names of the Members of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies… London 1825 p. 10. John Ledderdale 1782-1845 was the father William Lidderdale 1832-1902 Director 1870 Deputy Governor 1887 and the Governor of the Bank of England 1889-1892. The contract was certified signed and sealed by Saint Petersburg public notary Stephen Sasonoff on June 2 1816 and further certified by the British Consul General in Russia Sir Daniel Bayley 1766-1834 on June 7 1816. “For two centuries after the foundation of St Petersburg in 1703 the British merchant community exercised a remarkable influence over the city's economic relations with the wider world. This community operated as a 'City of London' in miniature and where the merchants led others - diplomats travellers soldiers sailors engineers craftsmen and others - followed. As the new capital grew in splendour Britons acquired or rented some of the city's finest residences. At the end of Catherine II's reign the city's first grand embankment along the Neva between the Senate later Decembrist Square and the New Admiralty Canal came to be known as the English Embankment” Thompstone S. On the Banks of the Neva: British Merchants in St Petersburg before the Russian Revolution// History Today Vol. 53 No. 12. Sir Daniel Bayley “became a merchant at St Petersburg being a partner in the great Russian house of Thorntons and Bayley firm dissolved 30th April 1810. He was appointed 9th October 1812 His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General at St. Petersburg and was also agent to the Russia company. He was knighted 20th June 1815 and his services as chargé d’affaires during the absence of the English ambassador were also rewarded by the knighthood of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order” Axon E. The Family of Bayley of Manchester and Hope. Manchester 1894 p. 19-20. hardcover
Best.-Nr. MB4Folio ca. 325x22 cm 73 2 stitched with a string. Brown ink on watermarked lined paper text in French. Housed in a later laid paper cover with the manuscript title: “Campagne de Russie. Manuscrit anonyme” inside a recent red quarter morocco folder with gilt lettered title on the spine and a marbled paper slipcase. Paper slightly age toned with minor soiling and wear on the first and the last pages but overall a very good manuscript. Historically important period manuscript of Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia or Russian Campaign of 1812. The narration begins on May 9 1812 which marks the departure of the emperor to Königsberg and ends on February 8 1813 with the entrance of the Russians in Warsaw. Day by day the account details the main events of the campaign crossing of the Niemen capture of Smolensk on August 18 the Battle of Borodino on September 7 taking Moscow etc. and life in the French army during the advance towards Moscow. The author describes marches battles bivouacs fire scenes and looting hunger heat and lack of organization. There are also numerous notes that paint a portrait of Napoleon: "Napoleon was 43 years old and enjoyed robust health he was little fat with high shoulders short neck big head Greek profile and ponderous gait; his face was broad and pale he had straight black hair tawny gray eyes and thick eyebrows his teeth were beautiful; his penetrating gaze his motionless features he was naturally taciturn although only two passions painted on his face: anger which made him momentarily lose reason and the joy he expressed the contrary by a very gracious smile; . At the beginning of a fight the first cannon shots were giving to Napoleon an unbridled joy; then he remained impassive: generals soldiers fell dead before his eyes nothing disturbed him. " The narrator criticizes the emperor’s harsh judgment he wore on his defeated army as he himself was "covered with furs locked in a good car always sleeping in a good bed and drinking Bordeaux wine with all his meals… " The entry from the 7th of September described the Battle of Borodino "the bloodiest we have seen since the invention of gunpowder " which resulted in 70 000 killed on both sides including 40 generals. Then came the invasion of Moscow "against all the rules of art” where the governor general Fedor Rostopchin allegedly inspired the inhabitants to start the fire the following night. There is a note about frenzied looting during the fire led by soldiers who had "braved death in the hope of owning Moscow’s wealth and abundance. " On the 20th of September the army included 90000 men and 20000 wounded or sick the supplies became scarce because "everything had burned or ravaged. " Napoleon turned "from the offensive to the defensive and remained inactive in Moscow for 34 days in the midst of the ashes and disorder " and was forced to order the retreat which began on October 23 after he had decided to burn the Kremlin out of a “senseless revenge.” Thus begins a detailed account of the retreat with forced marches starvation cold injuries and diseases harassment by Russian troops dropping of the wounded and weapons. The imperial army disintegrates orders and rumors contradict completing the disaster. Several pages are devoted to the crossing of the Berezina River construction of bridges Russian attacks and the tragic crossing on November 29. "There ended the destiny of this great army which had made Europe tremble. " On December 5 Napoleon left the army for Paris leaving the command to Murat who in turn passed it to Prince Eugene on January 16 1813. The army which after crossing the Berezina numbered only 8800 fighters was still halved near Wilno on December 10 facing the army of Tsar Alexander consisting of 100000 men. The manuscript ends with the overview of various bulletins of the campaign the list of major French commanders and a table showing the number of different divisions of Napoleon’s army: 647158 men composed the imperial army in the beginning of the campaign including Prussian and Austrian troops and only 10396 remained upon the retreat from Moscow. As indicated in the note at the end of the manuscript it is according to the papers found in a carriage of Napoleon "we have feebly sketched the picture where the glory of French arms and misfortunes is so astonishing that posterity will be confused one day with the fabulous stories that have come down to us. " unknown
1916Best.-Nr. 58060Petrograd St. Petersburg 1916-22. 4to. In 6 parts with original printed wrappers 1 wr. lacks. The issues separately paginated. In all ab. 800 pp. Margins of a few leaves with nicks. unknown
1750Best.-Nr. 16523A large engraved cont. handcoloured map of the Northern part of Russia from Novaja Semlja in the north to the Caspian Meer in the South from Finland to Jakusskkáy measuring 485 x 62 cm. Folded in center. A few tears in margins. This large map is from Vaugondy: Atlas universel Paris 1757. unknown
1786Best.-Nr. 32943Paris ca. 1786. 253x31 cm. Engraved map of Northern Russia the european part. In original handcolouring. The map engraved by E. Dussy. From Vaugondy's atlas "Nouvel Atlas Portatif". unknown
1877Best.-Nr. 54562Upsal Edquist 1877. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. gilt lettering. Light wear to spine. 644 pp. and folded lithographed map. unknown
1804Best.-Nr. 48024Frankfurt am Main Johann Daniel Simon 1804. Contemp. boards but with later modest clothbacking. Endpapers renewed. Stamp on titlepage. 414 pp. The scarce first edition. hardcover
Best.-Nr. DADAX0875981259Brand: Pierpont Morgan Library 0000-00-00. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Pierpont Morgan Library hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. HALL038011Hardback. 1930. American title: Education of a Princess 388pp 31 plates Cassell London 1930. Rebound very good. . hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 44583Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Original Printed Wrappers. US Congress Serial Set No. 11401 81st Congress No. 152; 8vo; v 1 99 pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed stapled wrappers; dime-size chip at lower edge of rear wrapper otherwise in very good condition. An examination of the interactions between the Russians and the native populations of Alaska Territory from the late 18th century through the 19th century . From the Russian discovery of Alaska to the establishment of the Russian American Company 1749-1799. Baranov's Rule 1799-1818. Alaska under the Second and Third Charters of the Russian American Company 1821-1867. Period of Transition 1862-1867. Tribal Property Rights. Vladimir Gsovski was Chief of the Foreign Law Section and later Chief of the European Law Division in the Law Library of the U.S. Library of Congress from 1942 until 1960. He was born in Moscow and graduated from the Law School of Moscow University after studying at Law Schools in university of Heidelberg and Leipzig. He left Russia in 1920 after havig fought on the Anti-Communist side during the war. In 1927 he came to the U.S. He was an internationally recognized authority of the law of the U.S.S.R. and other Communist countries as well as an expert on Roman law. . 1950. Government Printing Office unknown
1900Best.-Nr. L7NBLF1PS3N8Russia 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. ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY EUROPE HORSES HUNTING SPORTS & GAMES NATURAL HISTORY / Zoology Eastern Europe Faunas & General Zoology Horses & Horsemanship Photography Russia incl. Siberia ZZ NATURAL HISTORY / Oud unknown
1783Best.-Nr. 18774St. 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
1992Best.-Nr. 25786Tokyo: Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers 1992. softcover folded card covers as issued. very small cluster of stains to bottom edge minor impact. no other flaws or wear. else clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. strong sewn binding.; parallel english/japanese text.; 167pp. 117 color plates. two essays. statements by some of the artists. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers Paperback
2005Best.-Nr. 25925Lawrence KS: University Press of Kansas 2005. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. unique bookplate to front free endpaper. faint minor signs of handling to small spots on exterior. no real flaws or wear. no markings. no bumps tears or creases. strong binding.; english text.; xix-807pp. 6 maps and numerous tables and illustrations. scholarly military history. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University Press of Kansas Hardcover
1990Best.-Nr. 25523Austin: University of Texas Press 1990. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. partial sunning to background color of dj very even and not affecting text. no other flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. strong binding.; english text. translated from russian by vadim liapunov and kenneth brostrom.; xlix-332pp. introduction and notes. three essays by mikhail bakhtin. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of Texas Press Hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 25105Koln: Galerie Gmurzynska 1982. hardcover illustrated boards. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. strong binding.; parallel german/english text.; unpaginated. apprx. 150pp. illustrated throughout in b/w with some color. four essays texts. catalogue. reference section. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. Galerie Gmurzynska Hardcover
Best.-Nr. DADAX0274566850Wentworth Press 2018-08-02. hardcover. New. 6.14x1.63x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wentworth Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. DADAX0274566869Wentworth Press 2018-08-02. paperback. New. 6.14x1.65x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wentworth Press paperback
2000Best.-Nr. 25308Boulder/New York: East European Monographs and Columbia University Press 2000. cloth hardcover in added clear vinyl folded dj. unique owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. strong binding.; english text translated from romanian original by eugenia elena popescu.; xxii-496pp. detailed history. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. East European Monographs and Columbia University Press Hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 24419Moscu: Editorial Raduga 1984. hardcover cloth-backed illustrated boards with bound-in red ribbon place-keeper. 16" tall. some sun-fading to red lettering on cover. minor rubbing to bottom edge of top board. small soft crease to bottom corner of one page. clean. no markings. strong binding.; this is a spansh translation of the mayakovsky poem illustrated throughout. 128pp. red black and white pages and illustrations. First Spanish Language Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by D. Bisti. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Editorial Raduga Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 109898St. 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. 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. [St. Petersburg], Lithographic Department of the Military Settlement, 1835. unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 23225New York: The John Day Company 1933. hardcover yellow cloth. the front cover of the dust jacket is neatly affixed to the front pastedown and its deco-influenced graphics are rather attractive aside from the small sticker-ghost detectable on a blank part of the composition. top edge is dyed dark brown. book has a bit of a slouch where top board leans to the fore-edge some. easily corrected through proper storage. minute wear to both boards' bottom fore-corner tips. no writing or markings. nice little book shop label on rear pastedown. binding is sturdy. the publisher tipped-in a copy of an affadavit concerning the book's authenticity.; vii-318pp. frontispiece photo-portrait of the author. introduction by gleb botkin. memoir of the strife and uncertainty experienced by many russians during the first world war the revolution and their combined aftermath. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The John Day Company Hardcover
