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1959Best.-Nr. 21046Leningrad: State publishing House Isskustvo 1959. Hardcover. Good overall. 1959 Soviet Russia volume on the Russian resort town of Sochi which hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 2014. Located on the "Russian Riviera" on the Black Sea with a long & beautiful coastline and known during the Soviet era as the "All Union Health Resort". 4to 210pp many color and b&w photographic ills. Photo captions in Russian and English. Cream boards with title in dark blue at front board and spine. With the original pictorial dust jacket with title in red and white on blue ground at dj front. Dj rubbed & chipped with small loss at spine. Spine ends a bit rubbed; internally owner inscription in Russian at ffep. State publishing House Isskustvo hardcover
1884Best.-Nr. 1369372New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1884. Hardcover. Octavo Two volumes. In Good condition. Spines are brown with gold print on black banner. Boards in brown cloth with small gilt image on front. Wear to spine caps and corners light wear to title banners mild shelf wear. Text blocks have bookplate on front paste-down. Illustrated with frontispiece in each volume b&w plates and folded color map at rear of volume two. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Chapters I-XLV xix 445 pages - Vol. 2. Chapters XLVI-LXXVIII xi 560 pages. 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. 1369372. FP New Rockville Stock. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. BIBLIO-45059M. Moleiro Editor Barcelona limited edition facsimile 1999 and commentary. Limited edition of 987 numbered copies. 2 vols facsimile: original blind-stamped calf folio 31 cm; commentary: cloth 4to. facsimile: 298 pages and 115 miniatures most heightened in gold commentary: 4961 pp ills. A superb high-quality facsimile of and separate commentary on 'The book of Treasures' which is an encyclopaedia by Brunetto Latini circa 1230-1294 a Florentine politician poet historian and philosopher teacher and friend of Dante's written in French during the author's exile in France 1260-1267. From the publisher's description: " It consists of three books: the first begins with the biblical history the history of Troy Rome and the Middle Ages followed by a natural history: a comprehensive compilation of information about astronomy and geography. It also addresses certain animal and bird species in depth. The second book concerns ethics: it features the thinking of modern and classical moralists and studies the vices and virtues that characterise humanity. The third book the most original part of this work deals with matters related to politics and the art of government which is according to the author the most important and noblest of all sciences. The miniatures in this codex are extremely rich and varied. The artist's boundless imagination fills the margins of the 18 folios with countless arabesques and drolleries which constitute one of the most highly developed most interesting and earliest series of this genre in the history of the European miniature. There are also countless beasts grotesque and peculiar figures dwarves up to all sorts of tricks acrobats doing balancing acts and juggling musicians playing trumpets flutes violas tambourines organs and bagpipes. Birds hares fawns lions and hounds hunting boars and even the creation of Eve are depicted too." The commentary volume includes in both English and Spanish: Foreword by V.N. Zaitsev Director of the National Library of Russia St Petersburg; Codicological and palaeographic study of Li Livres dou Tresor by Brunetto Latini by L.I. Kisseleva National Library of Russia St Petersburg; Artistic and iconographical traits of the St Petersburg manuscript by I.P. Mokretsova State Research Institute for Restoration GosNIIR; The animal chapters in the Saint Petersburg Li Livres dou Tresor by W.B. Clark Marlboro College; and Technical research and manuscript restoration; by I.P. Mokretsova G.Z. Bykova V.N. Kiréyeva State Research Institute for Restoration GosNIIR. Copy No. 80. . A Fine set in the publisher's leather box which has the leather booklabel of Robert M. Wilson on the inside face. M. Moleiro Editor, Barcelona, limited edition facsimile, 1999 and commentary hardcover
Best.-Nr. dola2480cNew York: cRussian Socialist Federation c1919. First Edition. oblong folio. title on thick red paper & 48 photographic plates on glossy paper covering the period 1917 to 1919 & including portraits of revolutionary leaders & officials & scenes of demonstrations military engagements political meetings &c. title & plate captions in Russian & English. original cloth-backed bds. binding worn but sound spine ends frayed small area of surface damage on lower rear cover resulting in loss of most of the copyright information - last word ‘Federation’ still visible internally very good. dola2480 [cNew York: cRussian Socialist Federation, c1919] hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 17692London: George Cawthorn British Library. Good. 1799. 1st Edition of This Translation. Hardcover. Rebacked in brown calf with gilt lettering over original gilt edged dark brown boards. Illustrated with 3- engraved portraits including frontispiece in vol 1 & 2- engraved portraits in vol 2. xx 362pp1. viii 411pp bl. Hinges & text block are tight & intact. Internally clean except for scattered foxing heaviest on first & last few leaves including engraved portraits. Corners rubbed. Dakin's translation was published the year after an anonymous translation printed and published by G. Cawthorn; a second edition enlarged to 3 volumes by W. Tooke was also published in 1798 with a third edition in 1799. Dakins does not allude to or mention these earlier translations. Biography Russia. ; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 773 pages . George Cawthorn, British Library hardcover
1882Best.-Nr. 25318Sergiyev Posad Russia: I. Efimova 1882. 186 4 pages. Including a double-page color tinted lithograph view of the monastery grounds and architecture; at back is a double-page map-plan giving the geographical position of the monastery and the layout of the grounds within the wider community; a number key with description is on the following pages. Text entirely in Cyrillic describing in a chronology the history of the monastery established by one of the most important Russian Orthodox patron saints of Russia the monk Sergius of Radonezh Saint Vartholomei Kirilovich. With the occasional marginal pencil comment and mark. Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" size; bound in the original finely pebble-textured dark teal cloth. Edge-wear tips wear-through; spine cloth fraying and loosening at bottom. Remains of old label old sticker with number on front board; no blank free endpapers; a couple of pencil numbers and a pen number and with the stamp of a church library with a central illustration of the same & another rectangular stamp that is partially incomplete throughout. Text generally clean and very good; lithographed plate & the map also in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. I. Efimova hardcover
1784Best.-Nr. E0138xvi42316 ad pages. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5" bound in period full calf with red morocco label with gilt lettering. First edition. Describes the anonymous author's journeys between 1777 and 1782. About half the text details his time in Switzerland. The author was a keen observer of the economics and agriculture of the places he visited. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed exterior hinges tender some scuffing to the spine else about very good. Printed for T. Cadell hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 028629St. Petersburg Russia: A.D. Chariatis 1914. Letters on A.D. Chariatis letterhead and signed by him in somewhat broken and decipherable English. Both letters have various underlining or typing in red in order to emphasize a point. The contents dated in April and May of 1914 regard Chariatis' explanation of the terms of doing business for various leather hides & shipping discounts letters of credit and the quality of the offerings: ".as J used consistently throughout for "I" shall my self select skin per skin in order to have his satisfaction and the price is the lowest one." The Jewish Encyclopedia of Western Pennsylvania identifies the Corry Hide & Fur Co. as a business of the Berliner family which ".started the Corry Hide and Fur Company in 1900. The mail-order businesspurchased furs skins and hides from trappers across North America often selling its merchandise through representatives in New York London and Leipzig Germany. The company also dealt in trapping and rendering supplies and incidental products such as ginseng root" A postcript ending the April letter answering a query from the Corry Co. states as typed: ".The news which you had in America for the jowes of Wolga are not right it is only german-provocations against russia because not only jowes have not the right to live in or near Wolga but there you cannot find not one jowe only trade-mans can come in the Wolga-river towns for 24 hours only. The Joves in Russian can only live 5 west ouest governements.- and in handwritten pencil below this do you not thing that owing to the America-Mexico war pricing for skins will be demanded during the Russo-Japan war there has been made fair business in hides." Letters approx. 8 3/8" x 10 3/4" size; on good quality "Best Writing" watermark typing paper. Light edge-wear old fold lines; in very good condition. Typed Documents. Soft Cover. Very Good. A.D. Chariatis paperback
1959Best.-Nr. 29716Harcourt Brace & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. 1st American e. Hardcover. B029716; 282 pages; 282 illus with photos contents vg g djsome edgewear . Harcourt, Brace & Co. hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 2017Prague: Komisi Nakladatelstvi Orbis 1932. Pamphlet. Fair. Text in Czech untranslated. Paper covered pamphlet in fair to good condition - paper covers chipping and darkened. Binding is intact and the pages are clean other than a notation on page 4 in pencil. 60 pp. The title loosely translates in English to Russia and Czechoslovakia Legion in the Years 1914-1918 - special Print from the Collection >>Our Revolution<< Vol. VIII. Komisi Nakladatelstvi Orbis unknown
1998Best.-Nr. 2111902156001043Japan Institute of International Affairs 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japan Institute of International Affairs paperback
2011Best.-Nr. 2111902158502799Seibun-do 2011. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 11 214p. Size: 22cm Seibun-do paperback
1974Best.-Nr. 2092902140315688Hara shobo 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Hara shobo paperback
1928Best.-Nr. 2092902138302000Genshi-sha 1928. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 139p Size: 20cm Genshi-sha paperback
1928Best.-Nr. 2092902138302949Genshi-sha 1928. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 177p Size: 19cm Genshi-sha paperback
1922Best.-Nr. 2092902137307106Japan Academy of Art 1922. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japan Academy of Art paperback
1994Best.-Nr. 2090502113717217Not Available 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1971Best.-Nr. 2090502113717295Not Available 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1974Best.-Nr. 2083002115700410Hara shobo 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 356p Size: 20cm Number of books: 1 Hara shobo paperback
2000Best.-Nr. Star-9780387950235Springer 2000. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. Star-9780387950235Springer 2000. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. Star-9783540642749Springer 2000. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. Star-9783540642749Springer 2000. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 2081502111900761China Bunbutsu Publishing Company 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book China Bunbutsu Publishing Company paperback
1970Best.-Nr. 134427Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 2 volume set coloured frontispieces maps and b/w illustrations some fold-out. Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press hardcover
