Genkel, Prof. G. G.

Grezy I Dumy Vostoka

Leningrad, Izdatelstvo "P. P. Soikin, 1926. First Edition. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. 3-79, [1]; beige, pictorial wraps; illustrated with drawings; a small, closed cut to top edge of front wrap; staples showing at hinges; overall in very good condition. German Germanovich Genkel (1865 - 1940) was a Russian educator, orientalist, translator, and art critic. He taught at and headed various institutions in Irkutsk, Tiflis, Batumi, and St. Petersburg, and worked as a "Consultant on Jewish Affairs" for the Ministry of the Interior. His current book, containing two parts on China and Japan, was aimed at acquainting the readers with "what people there once dreamed about, what they thought about, and how they imagined life" through the literature of the two countries. Very good .

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Book number: 003490

Catalogue: Far East

Keywords: Far East, Russia

Terentev, N.

Ochag Voiny Na Dalnem Vostoke (Hotbed of War in the Far East)

Moskva, Partizdat, 1934. First Edition. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. 3-255, [1]; beige wraps, printed in gray; illustrated with several maps, including two large, fold-out, color ones; scattered spots of foxing; small cuts to tips of spine; the fold-out maps with closed splits to bottom edge, with no loss; in good to very good condition. Anatolii Kantorovich (1896 - 1937), writing under the pseudonyms Ajax and N. Terentev, was an orientalist and historian of the Far East. He worked for the Comissariat of Foreign Affairs in China and wrote numerous articles and several books on Soviet-Chinese relations, on Russo-Japanese trade, etc. His current work focused on the history of military conflicts in Manchria, the position of the US and the League of Nations, the deepening crisis in Japan, and so on. Very good .

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Book number: 003538

Catalogue: Far East

Keywords: Far East