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A HISTORY OF RUSSIAN CARTOGRAPHY Up to 1600; Up to 1800. Edited by Henry W. Castner.
Walker Press Wolfe Island Ontario, 1975. 1st Ed. 2 vols. 4to. xiv + 312pp. + xv + 140pp. Numerous maps. Some light browning, with the signature of Ann Savours Shirley, original pictorial green cloth.
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ADVENTURES IN RED RUSSIA. From the Black Sea to the White Sea.
John Murray ..., 1926. 1st Ed. vii + 193pp. Many ills. Sporadic browning, with the signature of Ann Savours Shirley, ex.-libris E.D. Nicholson, upper hinge cracked, original black lettered red cloth, minor cloth bubbling, spine sl. bumped and faded.
¶ Printed for Private Circulation.
¶ Printed for Private Circulation.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF SIBERIA, In the Years 1840 and 1841.
John W. Parker, 1842. 1st Ed. xii + 410pp. + 16pp. publ. adverts. Folding frontis. map (with closed tear skilfully repaired to verso). Some light browning, paper split to upper hinge, original gilt lettered blind embossed cloth, spine chipped.
¶ Charles Herbert Cottrell (1806–1860) English Barrister who travelled to Siberia in 1840-41.
¶ Charles Herbert Cottrell (1806–1860) English Barrister who travelled to Siberia in 1840-41.
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BY THE BANKS OF THE NEVA. Chapters from the Lives and Careers of the British in Eighteenth Century Russia.
CUP, 1997. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xv + 474pp. 44 ills. With the signature of Ann Savours Shirley, sl. rubbed d/w.
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FREE RUSSIA.
Hurst and Blackett, 1870. 2 vols. viii + 352pp. + [ii]. publ. adverts. + vi + 344pp. + [xvi] publ. adverts. Some light browning, original gilt lettered dec. cloth, some fading particularly to chipped spines.
¶ With the folding ‘Lending List’ of Cardigan books Society, possibly a ‘Ladies only’ Society, certainly no gentleman are listed, the ladies include Lady Lloyd, Mrs Rhys Lloyd, Mrs Vaughan etc.
¶ With the folding ‘Lending List’ of Cardigan books Society, possibly a ‘Ladies only’ Society, certainly no gentleman are listed, the ladies include Lady Lloyd, Mrs Rhys Lloyd, Mrs Vaughan etc.
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AMONG HORSES IN RUSSIA.
R.A. Everett & Co., 1900. 1st Ed. Square 8vo. xiv + 214pp. + [vii] publ. adverts. 53 ills. from photos. taken chiefly by the Author. Some light browning, institutional ink stamps to prelims, sl. shaken with several gatherings protruding to fore-edge, original gilt lettered cloth, spine faded and sl. chipped.
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CHILDREN’S WORLD. Growing up in Russia, 1890-1991.
Yale University Press, 2007. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xxii + 714pp. 114 ills. from photos. Very good in d/w.
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TENT LIFE IN SIBERIA. A New Account of an Old Undertaking. Adventures among the Koraks and Other Tribes in Kamchatka and Northern Asia.
G.P. Putnams’s Sons, 1910. Reprint. xix + 473pp. + [vi] publ. adverts. Port. frontis., 32 ills., 2 folding maps. Light browning, from the library of Ann Savours Shirley, later paper laid down to front e.ps., original gilt lettered maroon cloth with gilt vignette to upper board, generally worn and marked, corners bumped, spine rubbed, boards softened.
¶ First printed in 1870.
¶ First printed in 1870.
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MÉMOIRE L’EXPLOITATION DE L’OR EN SIBÉRIE ORIENTALE. Premiére Partie Transbaïkalie [only of 2].
Paris Èdouard Rouveyre, Èditeur, 1896. Royal 8vo. 201pp. 13 plates and plan mainly double page, 1 folding colour map. French text. Mainly unopened, upto pp.12 frayed with loss at tail, last 40 odd pages with turned leading corner, original wrapps., fragile with loss, spine taped, soiled.
¶ Inscribed ‘A Madame Baron temoiguage de haut estime H Sabachudroff ? Paris 14 Mai 1896.’
¶ Inscribed ‘A Madame Baron temoiguage de haut estime H Sabachudroff ? Paris 14 Mai 1896.’
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THE MAISKY DIARIES. Red Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s 1932-1943. Translated by Tatiana Sorokina and Oliver Ready. Edited by Gabriel Gorodetsky.
Yale University Press, 2015. 3rd Imp. Thick 8vo. [xlviii] + 584pp. 77 ills. from photos. Good in very sl. chipped d/w.
¶ With 2 TLS from Maisky viz: ‘... 17th July, 1941. Dear Mr Robertson Scott, Will you please accept my very sincere thanks for the cheque for £10 which you have so very kindly forwarded from "The Countryman". It will give me much pleasure to forward this to the Soviet Red Cross. I am also very pleased to know your delight at the Agreement which now exists between our two countries. Yours sincerely J. Maisky J.W. Robertson Soctt, Esq.’ ‘14th February, 1943. Dear Sir, Thank you for your letter of the 10th. I do appreciate teh way you have expressed your indignation against the defilement of the Lenin Memorial which occurred recently. Yours sincerely J. Maisky Ambassador of the USSR in Great Britain Mr J.W. Robertson-Hill Countryman, Idbury, Kingham, Oxford.’ Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky, a Soviet diplomat, historian and politician, served as the Soviet Union's Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1932 to 1943, including much of the period of the Second World War. John William Robertson Scott CH (1866-1962) British journalist and author, best known for his writings on rural affairs,
¶ With 2 TLS from Maisky viz: ‘... 17th July, 1941. Dear Mr Robertson Scott, Will you please accept my very sincere thanks for the cheque for £10 which you have so very kindly forwarded from "The Countryman". It will give me much pleasure to forward this to the Soviet Red Cross. I am also very pleased to know your delight at the Agreement which now exists between our two countries. Yours sincerely J. Maisky J.W. Robertson Soctt, Esq.’ ‘14th February, 1943. Dear Sir, Thank you for your letter of the 10th. I do appreciate teh way you have expressed your indignation against the defilement of the Lenin Memorial which occurred recently. Yours sincerely J. Maisky Ambassador of the USSR in Great Britain Mr J.W. Robertson-Hill Countryman, Idbury, Kingham, Oxford.’ Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky, a Soviet diplomat, historian and politician, served as the Soviet Union's Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1932 to 1943, including much of the period of the Second World War. John William Robertson Scott CH (1866-1962) British journalist and author, best known for his writings on rural affairs,
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ROAD TO POWER. The Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Colonization of Asian Russia 1850-1917.
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 1991. 1st Ed. [xxiv] + 240pp. 12 ills. from photos., 3 maps. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley with inscription, very good in d/w.
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KAPCHIGAI DEFILE. The Journal of ... Edited by E.M. Turner.
Athenaeum with Frederick Muller, 1980. 1st Ed. 127pp. + [i]. Vignette title page, 9 ills. from photos, map. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley with inscription, e.p. maps, good in d/w.
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RUSSIA: Or, Miscellaneous Observations on the Past and Present State of That Country and Its Inhabitants. Compiled from Notes Made on the Spot, During Travels, at Different Times, in the Service of the Bible Society, and A Residence of Many Years in That Country.
Seeley & Sons, 1833. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. [xii] + 488pp. + [ii]. 8 hand coloured litho. plates. Some light browning, contemporary cloth backed boards, some minor wear and loss, rebacked with much of original spine laid down.
¶ Abbey Travel 230. Containing the sum of Pinkertons exceptional knowledge of Russia gained in his work for the British and Russian Bible Societies. He travelled extensively observing the character, manners, religious practices, folklore, hospitals, and prisons, economy and social condition of the Russian people. Including discussion of serfdom, of the Russian Jewish population, the problem of drunkenness, the enmity between Russians and Poles. An appendix contains several examples of preaching styles prevalent among the Russian clergy. Illustrations include The Russian Merchant’s wife in her Every-day Dress, the Mushroom Gatherer, The Isbitentschik, Carpenter and Milkmaid, A National Dance, Moujick and Family, Svaika a favourite Game, Village Amusements, etc.
¶ Abbey Travel 230. Containing the sum of Pinkertons exceptional knowledge of Russia gained in his work for the British and Russian Bible Societies. He travelled extensively observing the character, manners, religious practices, folklore, hospitals, and prisons, economy and social condition of the Russian people. Including discussion of serfdom, of the Russian Jewish population, the problem of drunkenness, the enmity between Russians and Poles. An appendix contains several examples of preaching styles prevalent among the Russian clergy. Illustrations include The Russian Merchant’s wife in her Every-day Dress, the Mushroom Gatherer, The Isbitentschik, Carpenter and Milkmaid, A National Dance, Moujick and Family, Svaika a favourite Game, Village Amusements, etc.
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SCOTLAND’S PARIAH. The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826.
University of Toronto Press, 2015. 1st Ed. [xiv] + 313pp. + [iii]. Very good in d/w.
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IN SEARCH OF A SIBERIAN KLONDIKE. As Narrated by ... and Herein set forth by Homer B. Hulbert
T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. 1st UK Ed. xiv + 315pp. Port frontis., map, numerous ills. Some light browning, pp.83-4 detached, pencil signature of B.W. Winder, paper split to hinges, original gilt lettered pictorial blue cloth, some soiling and wear, spine sl. chipped, t.e.g.
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