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1874rif. 21526New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's inscription to first blank page. Very light foxing to first and last pages. Front hinge a bit tender.; Including 13 tissue guarded engravings and one fold-out charts. "Fox 1821-83 was sent by Congress to congratulate Alexander II on his escape from assassination and sailed on the monitor Miantonomoh to St Petersburg where he arrived on 5 August 1866. Over the following weeks until their departure on 27 September the Americans were fêted wherever they went which included Moscow and towns along the Volga pp. 78-409. The visit was chronicled in minute and fascinating detail by Vasa’s secretary 1831-1927 and the appendices included the score of the ‘Miantonomoh galop’ composed for the piano by Heinrich Fürstnow in Fox’s honour pp. 430-35." from: Anthony Cross: REIGN OF ALEXANDER II 1855–1881. In the Lands of the Romanovs. An Annotated Bibliography of First-hand English-language Accounts of the Russian Empire 1613-1917 .; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii 444 pages . 1874. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1891rif. 21073New York: The Century Company. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate. A few pages unopened.; "Sponsored by the Century magazine and accompanied by the Boston artist and photographer George Frost Kennan arrived in Russia for his fourth visit in May 1885. He came prepared to give a favourable assessment of the penal system in Siberia but subsequent meetings and events in Siberia radically changed his views and through his subsequent book and lectures those of America. In the course of eight months between June 1885 and March of the following year they covered some 8000 miles within Siberia." Cross Anthony. “REIGN OF ALEXANDER III 1881–1894. ” In the Lands of the Romanovs: An Annotated Bibliography of First-Hand English-Language Accounts of the Russian Empire 1613-1917 1st ed. Open Book Publishers 2014 pp. 273–309. - Green boards with gilt lettering. Blindstamped decorative floral design. Volume 1 with frontispiece 4 maps and 90 illustrations. Volume 2: frontispiece and 104 illustrations as well as 3 maps.; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; xv 409; x 575 pages . 1891. The Century Company hardcover
1967rif. 21123Kharkov/kharkiv Ukraine: Prapor Publishing House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. A detailed bilingual travel guide in Russian and English Russian on the left English equivalent on the right. Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine. Profusely illustrated mostly with b&w illustrations from photographs. A few Illustrations In color with the typical charming lomo photography effect. Chapters include: Get acquainted - here is Kharkov Industry and Transport Science and Education Culture and Art Health Protection Sports Historical Places and Monuments.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 216 pages . 1967. Prapor Publishing House hardcover
1915rif. 21189London: A & C Black. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Very light foxing to first few pages. Back hinge started but holding strongly. Browning to back side of map. A handsome and tight copy.; Light brown boards with orange lettering and design in orange black and tan. This is the later edition of 1915 with the 1913 copyright with gilt spine lettering. The illustrations are not tissue guarded. 48 illustrations from watercolors by F. De Haenen. Numerous B&W illustrations. Rear folding map. This edition is part of the 20 Shilling Series however - the later edition was sold at 7s 6d. Inman 70; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x 479 pages . 1915. A & C Black hardcover
1902rif. 21102Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good-. Third Edition. Hardcover. Front hinge a bit started. Small tape residue on front free endpaper. Browning to front and rear fold-out maps.; Third edition in French. Not quite as rare as the only English edition. "Avec 19 cartes et 32 plans." Hinrichsen F 212; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 476 pages . 1902. Karl Baedeker hardcover
1915rif. 20780London: A & C Black. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Front hinge has a bit of play. Light foxing to top and fore edge. The slightest browning and extremely light foxing to endpapers. Else a handsome and tight copy.; Light brown boards with orange lettering and design in orange black and tan. This is the later edition of 1915 with the 1913 copyright with gilt spine lettering. The illustrations are not tissue guarded. 48 illustrations from watercolors by F. De Haenen. Numerous B&W illustrations. Rear folding map. This edition is part of the 20 Shilling Series however - the later edition was sold at 7s 6d. Inman 70; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x 479 pages . 1915. A & C Black hardcover
1913rif. 20816London: A & C Black. Very Good. Later Printing. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest fading to spine. A bit of tanning to endpapers. Small stamp on half-title page "Produced in England" as issued. A handsome and tight copy.; 16 illustrations in color and 16 in b&w from wonderful watercolors by the French artist F. De Haenen. Burgundy boards with vignette and lettering in yellow and linear design in light blue. Later printing with no top edge gilt and without color illustration tissue guards but with rear folding map. 7s 6d Series. Inman 177.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii 172 pages . 1913. A & C Black hardcover
1915rif. 20910London: Grant Richards Ltd. . Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest browning and foxing to first and last few pages.; Author Steveni arrived in Russia without a passport or papers at the age of sixteen was smuggled in successfully and his adventures started from there. Brown boards with gilt spine lettering. Front board with blindstamped seal and blindstamped lettering. 30 illustrations.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages . 1915. Grant Richards Ltd. hardcover
rif. 1140858424.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1866rif. 20284St. Pétersbourg: Hermann Hoppe. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear to extremities. Light chipping to top spine. Corners a bit bumped. Bottom part of title page missing. Last few text pages detached but present. Slight gapping to rear hinge but holding strong.; A Baedeker look-alike with its handsome-looking rare Biedermeier boards that was common during this time period. Extensive rear ad section on blue paper. Rear pocket with 3 steel engraved maps: Russia St. Petersburg and Moscow. The maps have small closed tears and minor marginal wear. Unlike a Baedeker the book itself doesn't contain any maps.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xxiv 368 32 pages . 1866. Hermann Hoppe hardcover
rif. 19190Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House. Very Good. Flexible vinyl. Small stamp to title page and one map; No date circa mid 1960s. Stunning b&w photography photogravures with an artistic touch. With Moscow and Leningrad maps laid-in as issued.; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 147 pages . Novosti Press Agency Publishing House unknown
1970rif. 18992Moscow: Isdatelctow Planeta. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards darkened. Former owner's name on front free endpaper.; Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs by Stanislav Zimnokh; '; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall . 1970. Isdatelctow Planeta hardcover
rif. 18986Leningrad: RSFSR Artist. Very Good. Hardcover. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; A coffetable book with old Russian Stone Architecture. In decorative slipcase with minimal soiling and shelfwear. Edition in English and Russian. Nd 1970-71; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 243 pages . RSFSR Artist hardcover
1903rif. 18104London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. . Very Good. Second Edition. Hardcover. First and last page a bit browned; Gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. NF rear fold out map; Mediaeval Town Series; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 315 pages . 1903. J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. hardcover
1914rif. 17923Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. DJ browned as usual and chipped. DJ spine laid-in book. Top DJ professionally repaired. Former owner's address on front endpaper.; 1st and only edition. One of the most scarce and precious titles of the Baedeker series. A description of the country before the revolution. 40 fold out maps in color and 78 plans. A very well preserved copy - especially rare with DJ. Marbled edges nicely preserved - this is the best copy we have ever seen; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 590 pages . 1914. Karl Baedeker hardcover
1925rif. 17719New York: E. P. Dutton & Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Light shelfwear to boards; Presentation copy from WM E. Borah with presentation slip from United States Senate slip laid in.; 8vo; 402 pages . 1925. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1897rif. 17398Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good. Second Edition. Hardcover. Half-title page and last blank page browned as usual. Edges a bit tanned and with one small stain. Else a very handsome and tight copy.; "Avec 14 cartes et 22 plans".; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; XLVIII 447 pages . 1897. Karl Baedeker hardcover
1897rif. 17354Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good. Second Edition. Stiff Wraps. Boards browned and with small ink soiling to front and a larger ink stain to back.; The rare supplement to the French edition of the Russia Baedeker; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 108 pages . 1897. Karl Baedeker paperback
1960rif. 13527Greenwich: New York Graphic Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Light wear and chipping to price clipped DJ; INSCRIBED by author to first blank page. Tipped-in color photographs; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 170 pages . 1960. New York Graphic Society hardcover
rif. 12331Moscow: Foreign Lang. Publishing House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Hardcover. Small tears light chipping to DJ. Slight browning to endpapers. 'Printed in USSR' inkstamp in front free endpaper; Forty-eight B&W plates at rear illustrate this overview of Moscow circa late 1950s; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 169 pages . N.D. Foreign Lang. Publishing House hardcover
1943rif. 7088London: Frederick Muller Ltd. . Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. DJ with small chips. Light occasional foxing; SIGNED by the Dean of Canterbury with ink on the title page; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 154 pages . 1943. Frederick Muller Ltd. hardcover
1913rif. 6307London: John Lane the Bodley Head. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Minute tears to spine ends. Hinges not tight but holding together. Occasional foxing mostly to the first half of book.; Fold-out map at rear and 50 photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages . 1913. John Lane the Bodley Head hardcover
rif. 6206980561.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 42350issued by the City of Moscow in 1908 with coupons text in both English and Russian folio with attractive vignette at the head of a knight slaying a Dragon Moscow At the end of the 19th century Europe lived under the law of alliances. As Germany and Russia move away Saint Petersburg and Paris get closer. Russia needed money and France needed friends to face the Triplice Germany Austria and Italy. "Slovophily" turns into hysteria. In 1888 Moscow issued four loans of 500 million gold francs under the blessing of the French public authorities. The Franco-Russian Alliance of 1891 ensured the success of the loans which multipled. Savers then rushed to the bank counters to show their patriotism and lend to Alexander III we will even build a bridge in Paris over the Seine that bears his name and then to Nicolas II and the City of Moscow. In 1904 the Russo-Japanese war caused panic but the banks were reassuring though after the October Revolution Lenin decided to stop recognising the debts of the old regime. unknown
rif. 42351Imperial Government of Russia 4% State Loan of 1902 bond issued by virtue of the Imperial Ukase of the 1st March 1902 to realise the contribution due to Russia in compensation for the "loses incurred in consequence of the Chinese disorders." the Boxer Rebellion "the annual payments to exactly correspond with the annual payments of interest and amortisation of the part of the contribution due to Russia which China engaged to pay in virtue of the Edict of the Chinese Empoer of of the 29th May 1901." folio A consortium of Russian German and Dutch banking and financial institutions were involved in the administration of this loan and payment of interest against coupons was paid from 18th June-1st July and from 19th December-1st January at various locations. An interesting anomaly is the denomination of the bond which is stated in Reichsmarks. The Reichsmark was not formally adopted as the German currency until 1924. The bonds were negotiable and accepted as security for Government contracts for deferred excise duties and for payment of customs duties at prices to be fixed half-yearly which would be not less than 90% of the face value of the bonds. The Boxer Rebellion in China had been followed by the combined military expedition of the powers to the Relief of Peking in which the US shared and the exaction of a huge indemnity of which the States relinquished nearly half of its share as in excess of the actual losses. The US protested against Russian demands upon China and actively participated in the negotiations which resulted in Russia's agreement to evacuate Manchuria. Russian delays and their policy have led Japan to declare war Secretary of State Hay's diplomacy was influential in limiting the zone of hostilities and the good offices of President Theodore Roosevelt brought about the conference between the two powers at Portsmouth N.H. which terminated hostilities. unknown
