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1841réf. 306977Dresden und Leipzig: Arnold 1841. First edition. Lithographic title in each volume folding plan of St. Petersburg. xii 324; viii 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers ads on back wrappers; uncut and unpressed. Wrappers toned losses to spine with old repairs some marginal chipping. Internally clean. About very good. First edition. Lithographic title in each volume folding plan of St. Petersburg. xii 324; viii 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. With a Plan of St. Petersburg. The standard guide to mid-century St. Petersburg with chapters on the palaces markets street life ice-sleds the Hermitage and the notable collections of the city including a descriptive tour of libraries and archives. Arnold unknown books
1822réf. 255760London: R. Ackermann 1822. First edition. 72 hand-colored engraved plates. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and embosed varnished paper boards rubbing to joints vol. IV hinges split contemporary owner's signature to front pastedowns. First edition. 72 hand-colored engraved plates. 4 vols. 12mo. The complete four-volume Russia set from this celebrated work consisting of descriptions and plates "to increase the store of knowledge concerning the various branches of the great family of Man not only for adults but . the instruction and amusement of the juvenile student.". Abbey Travel 6 R. Ackermann unknown books
1721réf. 262775London 1721. 43 1 pp. Removed slight foxing. 43 1 pp. ESTC N12949 unknown books
réf. 10146THE ART OF RUSSIA 1800-1850. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota 1978. 4to. Stiff wrappers. 204 1 pages. First edition. Being an exhibition catalogue of Russian paintings cartoons metalwork and more with an introduction by S.S. Petrov. Light cover wear else very good. unknown books
réf. 13295RUSSIA COMPTE-RENDU DE LA COMMISSION IMPERIALE ARCHEOLOGIQUE. Pour L'Annee 1863 1864 and 1874. Folio volumes in contemporary half-morocco bindings ex-library with some cov wear. unknown books
1798réf. 21930London: Printed and Published by G. Cawthorn British Library No. 132 Strand 1798. First Edition in English. Frontispiece and plates in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in quarter maroon morocco and buckram boards. First Edition in English. Frontispiece and plates in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by the elder George Kennan on front free- endpaper in pencil in both volumes. Printed and Published by G. Cawthorn, British Library, No. 132, Strand unknown books
1825réf. 33191London: James Duncan and Thomas Tegg and Son 1825. Two folding engraved maps two engraved views some offsetting to maps and plates. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Later maroon morocco-backed cloth. some rubbing of extremities library stamp on contents page and a few other leaves bookplate on pastedown else a very good copy. Two folding engraved maps two engraved views some offsetting to maps and plates. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. James Duncan and Thomas Tegg and Son unknown books
réf. 57309Second half of the 18th C. 12-1/2 x 17 inches. Bordered in green paper. Light rubbing and creasing some browning around the edges else Very Good. 12-1/2 x 17 inches. unknown books
1975réf. 28631New York: G.P. Putnam's Son 1975. First American Edition. Photographs by Klaus Beyer. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth. Fine in fine slipcase. First American Edition. Photographs by Klaus Beyer. 1 vols. 4to. G.P. Putnam's Son unknown books
1919réf. 223031919. Photographs measuring 6 x 4 inches and smaller. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Contemporary gray cloth ms. title to upper board upper joint wearing but holding nicely. Photographs measuring 6 x 4 inches and smaller. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH RUSSIAN RELIEF FORCE 1919. A rare survival from a distinguished World War One veteran. Born in India Nightingale was educated at Rugby and Sandhurst and joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1910. He survived the landing on V beach Cape Helles Gallipoli April 25th 1915 and the following year he was awarded both the Military Cross and the Legion D'Honneur for his services. Nightingale subsequently served with the 46th Battalion Royal Fusiliers in the North Russian Relief Force part of the invasion of Russia by the English Irish and the Americans. The operation was conducted under the command of General H. de V. Sadleir-Jackson. Arriving in Archangel on 5 June 1919 the 46th proceeded along the Dvina River to Osinova where preparations were made for an attack on rail and river transport. The objective was to repel the Red Army from their established positions and generally improve the position of the White Russian forces. The hope was that the NRRF would be able to subsequently withdraw without significant casualties. In addition smaller raids on Red Army positions were carried out to the south partly to destabilize them partly as reconnaissance. Nightingale was in command of the Borok Column on the right bank of the Dvina River for the August 10 offensive. The first photos are of the H.M.T. "War Summit" & H.M.T. "Pretorian" chugging through the Arctic Ocean and White Sea in Midsummer June 1919 on its way to Archangel. They were billeted at Troitsa and among the many images of the town and its surroundings is one of where the mutiny of Dyer's Battalion took place. Equally there are shots of Russian batteries Allied defenses company headquarters and regimental aid posts as well as images of the Dvina River Yaroslovskoe and Selso. A page is devoted to "Col. Davies Headquarters at Commencement of Action Aug 10th" and shows how the British troops organized themselves in the Selmenga Forest namely with three shots of "Piccadilly Circus Selmenga Forest with Shaftesbury Avenue and Regent Street." The attack commenced at noon and despite the difficulty of the terrain was successful. We know that Borok Nightingale's objective was reported captured along with 80 POWs by eleven o'clock that evening. Nightingale was evacuated in late September. This is not only a record of the battle but includes many poignant personal touches too. Namely there are several shots of men with whom he served and the Russians with whom he stayed. The captions not only name the men in each photograph but in many cases reveal their fate: "Lt Taylor killed Aug 10th Lt Grant wounded Aug 1st Capt. Driver killed Aug 10th." The album also includes a typed order - dated September 9 1919 - which is a reminder that despite the success of the August attack the Russian Civil War was ongoing and would ultimately be won by the Bolsheviks. "You will send one platoon to SELMENGA to hold the SELMENGA BRIDGE and the beach road to GORODOK. The enemy are known to be in force in the vicinity of BOROK and GORODOK and may attempt an outflanking movement . The platoon remain in position there and will withdraw when Captain de Miremont with the GORODOK Infantry comes through there tonight . The Platoon should form a right flank guard to Captain de Miremont from SALMENGA to PLESS." The photographs of Russia occupy the first half of the album the rest is devoted to Nightingale's time in Ireland with the 7th Cadet Battalion. Despite his distinguished service in the military Nightingale's fate was a melancholy one. He died in 1935 reportedly either by suicide using his own revolver of from alcoholism. unknown books
1930réf. 34630Russia 1930. 1 vols. Folio 39 x 24 1/4 inches. Linen backed. 1 vols. Folio 39 x 24 1/4 inches. unknown books
1833réf. 31422London: Seeley & Sons Hatchard & Son 1833. First edition. 8 handcolored lithgraphic plates of the people one spotted errata at the back. 1 vols. 4to. Later half roan red and black labels chipped. Joints and extremities rubbed short crack at top of upper joint some light browning of text else very good. First edition. 8 handcolored lithgraphic plates of the people one spotted errata at the back. 1 vols. 4to. He writes of the history of the country and its present state with comments on its religion customs and social life including slavery hospitals prisons the state of the Jews of Russia Freemasonry the army and navy its agriculture and commerce and manufacturing. One of the plates shows men playing Svalka another the village amusements and another a national dance.The appendix contains specimens of the style of preaching among the Russian clergy. Colas 2395; Abbey Travel 230; Hiler p. 712; Tooley 380 Seeley & Sons, Hatchard & Son unknown books
1921réf. 234513No place 1921. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. Fold mark across middle. Expertly backed with linen. Browned three short tears can be seen though repaired by the backing. Very good. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. This appeal printed above the names of A. Kerensky Victor Tchernoff Chernov and other Russian Social Revolutionaries for the 32 former members of the Russian Constituent Assembly protests the hardships inflicted upon Russia by communism. They accuse the Bolshevik government and its New Economic Policy of selling Russia's natural resources to the greed of international capitalism. The NEP was announced by Lenin in March 1921 and inaugurated an interim policy guaranteeing freedom of trade in internal commerce and a system of concessions for the investment of foreign capital. European states and busineses were pleased with the NEP and saw in it Lenin's capitulation to capitalism. However what they considered a weakness eventually turned out to be a mark of strength and flexibility of Bolshevik policy. unknown books
1877réf. 37504St. Petersburg 1877. 56 x 40. Thirty-two printed panels mounted on canvas. 1 vols. Pinholes at corners faint age darkening else very good. 56 x 40. Thirty-two printed panels mounted on canvas. 1 vols. Shows Eastern Europe from Scandinavia to Constantinople Russia eastward to Perm and south to the Caucasus and Iran. The inset map shows Central Asia Mongolia and the Russian Far East. unknown books
1840réf. 19185London: Henry Colburn Publisher 1840. First edition. Frontispiece portraits facsimiles. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth decorated in blind and gilt. Head of spines pulled shaken some light browning and soiling of text mostly marginal. A Very good copy. First edition. Frontispiece portraits facsimiles. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed form the editor. Inscribed from Mrs. Bradford the editor to J. Arabella Holt March 28 1840 with clipped fragments from two letters from Mrs. Bradford pasted to endpapers. Henry Colburn, Publisher unknown books
1923réf. 61783New York: The Macmillan Company 1923. Second impression. Illustrated. ix 400 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth decorated in green and gilt. Fine. Second impression. Illustrated. ix 400 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1771réf. 31423Paris: Chez Humblot 1771. First edition published in France and probably the first edition in French. Also published in French in Leipzig and Amsterdam the same year. Large folding map at the back. xxviii 584 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black boards manuscript paper label on spine. Boards very rubbed some knocking spine repaired but worn stamp on title and a few leaves of text browning of text pencilled marginalia else a very good copy. First edition published in France and probably the first edition in French. Also published in French in Leipzig and Amsterdam the same year. Large folding map at the back. xxviii 584 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce edition. Hume translated the English edition and published it in 1770 though the author of this edition says that the English edition is full of errors which may be correct as Hume published the second edition greatly corrected etc. Chez Humblot unknown books
1797réf. 31896Paris: Chez Desenne 1797. First edition. Leaf "i" excised which may have contained the "Decret concernant les Contrefacteurs" 5 pages publisher's advertisements at the back half-title. xxiv 186 6pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half-calf. Rubbed leaves spotted and browned some short marginal tears contemporary signatures on blanks else very good. First edition. Leaf "i" excised which may have contained the "Decret concernant les Contrefacteurs" 5 pages publisher's advertisements at the back half-title. xxiv 186 6pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With "Discours en Vers sur Les Disputes par M. De Rulhiere" on pp. 177-186. Chez Desenne unknown books
1881réf. 21931London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1881. First Edition in English. With map and Illustration. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern quarter black morocco and boards. Very Good. First Edition in English. With map and Illustration. 1 vols. 8vo. George Kennan's Copy. Signed by the elder George Kennan on endpaper in blue pencil. A great Russian-American Association George Kennan February 16 1845 - 1924 was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of Russia. He was diplomat and historian George F. Kennan's cousin twice removed with whom he shared his birthday. Kennan was born in Norwalk Ohio and was keenly interested in travel from an early age. Family finances however meant he began work at the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company telegraph office aged twelve. In 1864 he secured employment with the Russian American Telegraph Company to survey a route for a proposed overland telegraph line through Siberia and across the Bering Strait. Having spent two years in the wilds of Kamchatka he returned to Ohio via St. Petersburg and soon became well-known through his lectures articles and book about his travels. In 1870 he returned to St. Petersburg and travelled to Dagestan a northern area of the Caucasus region taken over by Russia only ten years previously. There he became the first American to explore its highlands a remote Muslim region of herders silversmiths carpet-weavers and other craftsmen. He travelled on through the northern Caucasus area stopping in Samashki and Grozny before returning once more to America in 1871. In 1878 he became an Associated Press reporter based in Washington D.C. George Kennan February 16 1845 - 1924 was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of Russia. He was diplomat and historian George F. Kennan's cousin twice removed with whom he shared his birthday. Kennan was born in Norwalk Ohio and was keenly interested in travel from an early age. Family finances however meant he began work at the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company telegraph office aged twelve. In 1864 he secured employment with the Russian American Telegraph Company to survey a route for a proposed overland telegraph line through Siberia and across the Bering Strait. Having spent two years in the wilds of Kamchatka he returned to Ohio via St. Petersburg and soon became well-known through his lectures articles and book about his travels. In 1870 he returned to St. Petersburg and travelled to Dagestan a northern area of the Caucasus region taken over by Russia only ten years previously. There he became the first American to explore its highlands a remote Muslim region of herders silversmiths carpet-weavers and other craftsmen. He travelled on through the northern Caucasus area stopping in Samashki and Grozny before returning once more to America in 1871. In 1878 he became an Associated Press reporter based in Washington D.C. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge unknown books
1775réf. 36879Moscow: Meisto Pechati first piece 1775. 2; 6 2 blank. 1 vols. Folio. The two pieces loosely stitched together. Some stains not affecting legibility stitchmarks light soiling else very good. 2; 6 2 blank. 1 vols. Folio. Decrees relating to the military issued by Catherine II. These were issued the year following the end of the Russo-Turkish wars and the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji signed the 21st July 1774 and after the Cossack rebellion lead by Ymelyan Pugachev who claimed to be Peter III and who was finally captured and executed at Moscow the 11th of January 1775. As a result of the wars and the rebellion in 1775 Catherine seriously reformed the provincial and urban administrations giving greater control to the central government. The first decree lists eight numbered points perhaps officers for promotion or commendation it has the Royal titles as a caption title and commences citing the decree of 3 August 1744. The second piece bears no caption title or heading but lists 47 separately numbered points each a short paragraph imprint on final leaf of text. Meisto Pechati [first piece] unknown books
1917réf. 234515Petrograd: Gosudarstvennaya Tipografia 1917. Small folio. Stitched mostly unopened. A bit browned but still very good. Small folio. The stenographic minutes of the above meetings Session V of the State Duma. Gosudarstvennaya Tipografia unknown books
1892réf. 58067St. Pétersbourg: Stadler & Pattinote 1892. Oblong folio 3 p.l. plus 56 chromolithograph plates each with descriptive text on the verso of the preceding plate 1 leaf of index; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and black on the upper cover; front hinge reglued the contents slightly shaken otherwise on the whole very good the plates clean. With explanatory letter-press in Russian and French. Four copies in OCLC only the U.S. Navy and Miami University in the U.S. Stadler & Pattinote hardcover books
1931réf. W42344New York: The Viking Press 1931. Original black cloth gilt top edge stained magenta. Map endpapers. Many photographs. Author extravagant signature on the half title. Dust jacet chipped at spine ends and on edges with some small closed tears. . Signed by Author. Fifth Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1973réf. 90052Stanford: Hoover Institution Press 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 photos index xii 325p. Original red cloth. 22cm. Modest cover soil. Former owner's name and sticker on front free endpaper. No jacket. Foreword by Ivan Bydzan later known as Afred J. Bittson who had been a member of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee. Laid in is a friendly 2-page 1976 letter on both sides of a single note-sized sheet from Bittson in which he describes in rapturous terms spending a couple of hours with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn the morning after attending a dinner at the Hoover Institution honoring Solzhenitsyn. Hoover Institution Press hardcover books
1998réf. 1341463St. Petersburg: The State Russian Museum Palace Editions 1998. Hardcover. Quarto; Fair/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine red and yellow with yellow print; DJ has light edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards in glossy illustrated paper cocked spine else clean and strong; Text block has intermittent spine breaks clean text; 263 pages frontispiece illustrated color. Shelf: Russian Slavic Eastern European Art Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1341463. FP New Rockville Stock. The State Russian Museum, Palace Editions hardcover books
