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1998réf. 5385NY: Abrams. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0810932776 . Translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz and Antonina W Bouis. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Abrams hardcover books
réf. MD18Elephant Folio broadside ca. 45x33 cm with the additional leaf for border officers’ entries attached to the bottom ca. 205x33 cm. 1 p. Official woodcut passport form filled in brown ink. With over a dozen officials’ entries and stamps on verso. Fold marks paper age toned worn on extremities but overall a very good document. Interesting example of a 19th century European travel passport. It was given to a “portrait maker and photographer” Friedrich Karl August Kühnemann a native and resident of Berlin for his work in Russia and was valid for one year. There is an interesting description of Kühnemann’s appearance: “26 years old of medium height hair and eyebrows fair eyes brown nose and mouth ordinary chin and face oblong”. The notes left by consular or border officials range from 29 January/10 February to 25 October/3 November 1857. According to them Kühnemann travelled via Austria and Breslau crossed the Russian border at Brody and proceeded to Husiatin Kamenets-Podolsky and Odessa. unknown
1964réf. 031153Moscow: Books 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Photographs Throughout. 404 Pp. Cream Cloth.10 1/2" Tall. Text In Russian. One Of 5000 Copies But Scarce In The West Only Four Institutional Holdings Recorded In Worldcat. Books hardcover
1866réf. 030652London: Chapman And Hall 1866. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Vi 298 Pp. Modern Blue Cloth Gilt Stamped Black Leather Spine Label. The Modern Binding Is Fine Contents Just Very Good With Wear At Corners And Slight Even Foxing To Title Page. Scarce. Morley Reports That The Observations Were Provided By A Friend Who Brought Them From A Doctor Long Resident In Russia. The Quality And Immediacy Of The Observations Are Remarkable. Chapman And Hall hardcover
1960réf. 029657Moscow / Moscou / Moskau / Moscu: Ussr Foreign Languages Publishing House Circa 1960/1963 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Color And B/W Photographs Throughout. Large Format Photography Book In Five Languages Russian English French German And Spanish. A Few Text Pages 147 Numbered Plates. Silver Cloth Printed In Black. Photographic Paper Dj With Additional Clear Plastic Dj. Book With Very Slight Wear But Still Fraying Along Bottom Edge Of Spine With Printed Lettering. Dj's With Light Wear And Short Tears At Corners Small Chips To Plastic Dj At Top And Bottom Of Spine. Ussr Foreign Languages Publishing House Circa 1960/1963 hardcover
1920réf. 029670Vienna Lvov Etc.: 1917-1921 1920. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Four Postcards Of Ukrainian Patriotic Subjects Anti-Russian Color Illustrations Of Patriotic Subjects Four Different Publishers Undated But Circa 1917-1921 Unused But Somewhat Worn And Aged. One Dramatic Postcard Shows A Peasant Woman Tied To A Cross Two Children At Her Feet Burning City And Village In Background Four Black Evil Fantastic Birds Coming At Her At Top One Bird With Russian Hat With Red Star Another Wearing The Russian Imperial Crown; Ukrainian Text On Reverse 8 Lines And Three Lines Explanatory Text In Ukrainian And German. The Moscow Orks From The Northeast Lithuania Poland And Hungary From The West The Don Cossacks And Turkey From The South And The Mongols From The Southeast Have Fought Over The Vast Plains Now Independent Again As "Ukraine" For 1200 Years But The Battlefields Are Much Older Extending Into The Dim Recesses Of Ancient History And The French And Germans Have Made Their Own Attempts From Further West. The Inhabitants Of The Mediterranean Countries East Asia Africa And Central And South America Have Been Largely Innocent But Received Huge Numbers Of Refugees Fleeing Repeated Incursions Into Ukraine. Vladimir Putin Claims That Reads History Carefully But Has Missed The Vast Majority Of Historical Material On Ukraine Apparently A Visual Or Comprehension Impediment. 1917-1921 unknown
1999réf. 029800U.S.A.: Edition Stemmle 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/New. 224 P. Hardcover. As New Still In Original Shrinkwrap Unopened. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Edition Stemmle hardcover
1943réf. 026844Washington circa 1943: Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1943. First Edition . Thick Brown Card Wrappers. Good. Tall. Photographs Throughout. Unpaginated. Propaganda Piece Celebrating Victories Over Germans With Promise Of Revenge To Come. Wear At Edges Small Losses At Head And Foot Of Spine. Binding Intact But Title Page Detached Damaged Where Torn Out From Binding Clips. It Is Clear That The Only Time Soviet Russia Does Not Seek The Destruction Of Western Governments Is When They Need Something Desperately As In Wwii. Accommodating Any Russian Government Action Is A Fool's Errand. Russia Hoped That Highlighting The Battle Of Stalingrad Would Ignite Our Jealousy As The West Has Always Sought The Same Oil From The Caucasus That Hitler Needed For Survival The Same Oil That International Oil Companies Now Seek But Now Of Course There Are Vastly Greater Petrochemical Resources Elsewhere In Russia That They Are Clawing Their Way Towards. . Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics unknown
1854réf. 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
1920réf. 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
1934réf. 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
1919réf. 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
1921réf. 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
1980réf. 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
2003réf. 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
1914réf. 022974Berlin: Petropolis Verlag 1914. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Plates. 96 Pp Plates At End. Blue Cloth Gilt. Undated Circa 1914. Light Usage Spine Gilt Brilliant Hinges Tight A Little Fraying At Corners Of Spine And At Tips. Petropolis Verlag hardcover
1961réf. 006663Moscow Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatelstvo Izobrazitelinogo Iskusstva 1961. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 14" Tall. Color and B/W Plates. 10 Pp Text 123 Illustrations.Scarce Survey Of 19Th Century Paintings Of Folk Scenes. Beige Cloth 14" X 10 1/2". Light Usage No Marks. Gosudarstvennoe Izdatelstvo Izobrazitelinogo Iskusstva hardcover
1925réf. 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
1987réf. 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
1932réf. 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
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
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
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
réf. DADAX0274566850Wentworth Press 2018-08-02. hardcover. New. 6.14x1.63x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wentworth Press hardcover
