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1900réf. 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
1826réf. 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
1780réf. 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
2013réf. 003399Voronezh: Cossack Camp 2013. Hardcover. Very Good . 4to. 260 pp. Bound in illustrated boards. Profusely illustrated chiefly full color. Text in Russian. Very Good some rubbing and wear to extremities of binding otherwise clean and tight. [Cossack Camp] hardcover
1919réf. 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
1982réf. 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
1967réf. 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
réf. 7752Original paper binding with handwritten text on the front hard to read the date 1859 is good visible. Text in French and Russia. Foreword by Levansky.On the titlepage a handwritten dedication to Baron Gevers ministre Plenipotenciaire de S.M. le Roi des Pays-Bas signed by Son tres humble et tres obeittant serviteur L. Leving.Paper binding with some frayes and discoloration yotal Size: 25 x 16 cm. Interior with some discoloration but complete and good.Titlepage with stamp ""Koninklijk instituut van ingenieurs"". unknown
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réf. 110609Stockholm Ignatius Meurer 1615. 4to. 3 blanks 12 111 4 2-274 2 36 2 15 3 33 3 50 pp. Title-page with woodcut border. Woodcut arms on verso of title-page. Contemporary paper boards. Spine worn. Rubbed. PP. 33-40 loosely inserted from another copy. Some browning and staining. Small piece torn from title-page to part II no loss. One of the earliest accounts of Muscovite Russia. The Swedish traveller and historian Petrus Petrejus Peer Persson 1570-1620 visited Russia several times between 1608 and 1620. He provides an important eye-witness account particulary for the history of Boris Godunov and the false Dimitri as well as descriptions of places lifestyle language customs and rituals in Russia at the beginning of the 17th century. . hardcover
réf. 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
réf. 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
réf. 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
1916réf. 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
1750réf. 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
1786réf. 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
1877réf. 54562Upsal Edquist 1877. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. gilt lettering. Light wear to spine. 644 pp. and folded lithographed map. unknown
1804réf. 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
réf. 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
1930réf. HALL038011Hardback. 1930. American title: Education of a Princess 388pp 31 plates Cassell London 1930. Rebound very good. . hardcover
1950réf. 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
1992réf. 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
2005réf. 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
1990réf. 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
1982réf. 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
