Leningrad

Moscow, State Publishing House of Fine Arts, 1954. Cloth. A very scarce collection of beautiful photographs of Leningrad, or St. Petersburg, in the 1950s. A very scarce collection of photographs of Leningrad. Numerous illustrations and illustrated plates throughout.Originally called St. Petersburg, it was renamed in 1914 and again in 1924. In 1991 Leningrad was changed back to St. Petersburg. In 1941, the Siege of Leningrad began and would last three years. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties.The city depicted in the photographs is of a calm, prosperous time in Russia's past, with numerous impressive building and wide streets. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor marks to boards and bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd handling marks. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 743P32

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: russia russian leningrad st petersburg russian 1950s siege of leningrad Not Stated

Charles Herbert Cottrell

Recollections of Siberia, in the Years 1840 and 1841

London, John W. Parker, c1842 . Cloth. An early edition of Charles Herbert Cottrell's account of his 1840-1841 voyage to Siberia. An early edition of this work. With the same pagination as the first edition, but lacking a date to the title page. Without the errata leaf found in the first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece depicting 'Luther's retreat at the Castle of Wartburg', rather than the folding map that appears in the first edition. Collated, complete.Including discussion of Russian trade, Moscow, the Siberian frontier, Omsk, the criminal justice system, and Chinese outposts in Siberia.With bookplate removal to front pastedown, and the former owner's inscription of W. Behrond, 1868, to the front pastedown.The author was a barrister, and worked as a magistrate in Hertfordshire and Wiltshire. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to spine and board perimeters. Front hinge strained, and somewhat tender. Former owner's inscription and bookplate removal to front free endpaper. Internally, binding a touch strained to centre. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 887F14

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: siberia Friedrich Schiller russia travel Friedrich Schiller Not Stated

I. W. Shklovsky ["Dioneo"]; L. Edwards and Z. Shklovsky [trans.]

In Far North-East Siberia

London, Macmillan, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Anglo-Jewish journalist I. W. Shklovsky account of life in the far north-east of Siberia, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work by I. W. Shklovsky, an internationally renowned journalist who wrote under the pen name "Dioneo".Translated into English by L. Edwards and Z. Shklovsky.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four plates, including a colour map to the rear of the work. Collated, complete.With the former owner's inscription of H. Dyce Murphy, 1917, to the front pastedown. Herbert Dyce Murphy was an Australian adventurer and raconteur, best known for his participation in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Fading to tail of front board. Inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 887F15

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: siberia russia Herbert Dyce Murphy H Dyce Murphy russia Not Stated

Ernst Glaeser; F. G. Weiskopf; Alfred Kurella

The Land without Unemployment

New York, International Publishers, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this uncommon and fascinating propaganda work for the Soviet Union after their first failed Five Year Plan, illustrated throughout. The first U.S. edition of this work.An interesting propaganda work promoting the Soviet Union before the Second World War, focusing on the First Five-Year Plan of the Soviet Union after the First World War. The authors look at the serious importance of the work of Socialist construction in the country, shown mostly and vividly through photographs.This first five year plan began in 1928, created by Joseph Stalin, centering around rapid industrialisation and the collectivisation of agriculture. Though hoping to transform the Soviet Union from a weak and poorly controlled agriculture state, the Union went on to have thirteen such 'Five Year Plans&apos.Illustrated with photographs to every page, with captions in German, English, and French.By Ernst Glaeser and Franz Weiskopf.Postscript by Alfred Kurella. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light marks and a little rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities, with a little loss to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 797P29

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: The Land Without Unemployment ernst glaeser franz carl weiskopf russia ernst glaeser society Not Stated

Alexander de Humboldt

Asie Centrale Recherche Sur Les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie

Paris, Gide Libraire-Editeur, 1843. First edition. Leather. An excellent copy of the first edition of Alexander von Humboldt's very scarce work on central Asia. With the errata to the rear of all volumes and half-titles to all volumes. Illustrated, with a folding map to volume I. With twelve of fourteen folding tables to volume III. Therefore lacking two folding tables. Blind library stamp of Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, 8th Baronet (1800 – 1879) to the start of each volume. Vyvyan was a landowner and Tory politician. He was an advocate of Lamarckian evolution and transmutation of species. He wrote many scientific works such as 'An Essay on Arithmo-physiology' and 'The Harmony of the Comprehensible World&apos. This work is based on his Russian expedition of 1829. Two works were published on this expedition 'Fragmens de Geologie et de la Climatologie Asiastique' and this 'Asie Centrale&apos. 'Asie Centrale is dedicated to Czar Nicholas, because 'the expedition was accomplished at his expense&apos. In French. A very scarce record of this expedition. In full calf bindings. Externally, smart with patches of rubbing to the joints and extremities. Handling marks to the boards. Front joint is strained but firm. Tape repair to centre of folding map to volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 677L7

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan Folding Map Geologie Centrale Folding Map Not Stated

P. K. Kozlow

Mongolei, Amdo Und Die Tote Stadt Chara-Choto Die Expedition Der Russischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 1907-1909

Berlin, Verlag Neufeld & Henius, 1925. Cloth. An interesting german work on Russia This is a German text on a Russian expedition from 1907-1909. this volume is illustrated throughout, with photographs and maps, including one folding map. In a yellow cloth binding with pictorial front board. The internal hinges are strained but holding well. There is some wear to the extremities, including mild marks to the boards. Internally the pages are clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: FGN10-G-2

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: German Germany Russia Expedition Germany None

Henry Lansdell

Through Siberia

London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1883 . Cloth. The fifth edition of Henry Lansdell's account of his experiences in Siberia in the late Victorian era, illustrated with a folding map. The fifth edition of this work, complete in one volume. This work was first published the previous year in two volumes.Illustrated with a folding map, frontispiece, and fifteen plates. Collated, complete.A Victorian travel work documenting the state of Siberia in the late nineteenth century. An intriguing look into Siberia.Written by Henry Lansdell, a Church of England priest and explorer. During his travels he was viewed with some suspicion, as he handed out bibles across Siberia. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a small region of damp staining to the head of the rear joint. Handling marks to perimeters of front board. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light spotting and the odd instance of foxing throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not States. Very Good .

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Book number: 887F13

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: siberia lansdell russia travel lansdell Not States

Fridtjof Nansen; Arthur G. Chater

Through Siberia the Land of the Future

London, William Heinemann, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A striking first English edition of this ode to Siberia, by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in English, translated by Arthur G. Chater.An interesting travel work on Siberia, looking into the province and its development over history. Nansen such much interested and sympathetic to the life and culture of the Russian, travelling on the Trans-Siberian trailway.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three folding maps, and ninety-five plates.Collated, complete.By Fridtjof Nansen, an important Norwegian figure known as an explorer. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, and a small bump to the bottom edge of the rear board. A little light rubbing to the boards and spine. Scattered spots the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 887P13

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: Through Siberia the Land of the Future Through Siberia siberia fridtjof nansen Through Siberia Not Stated

Henry Kittredge Norton

The Far Eastern Republic of Siberia

London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting travel work exploring Siberia in the first decades of the twentieth century. The first U.K. edition.A travel work exploring Siberia by the American journalist and businessman Henry Kittredge Norton.This interesting work explores Russia and the 'Far East' in the beginning of the twentieth century, including a selection of transcripts of original documents relating to governmental issues.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and three plates. Collated, complete.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, resulting in a small closed tear to the head of the front joint. Spine is a little faded. A few light marks to the boards, a little heavier to the spine. Front hinge is starting to the head but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, only a few scattered spots to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 887P14

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: The Far Eastern Republic of Siberia siberia henry kittredge norton travel siberia None

Laurence Oliphant

The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work containing a description of travels through Russia, written by Laurence Oliphant after he left his legal studies in the early 1850s, in the original rebacked cloth binding with folding plates and illustrated engravings. First Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece as well as two folding maps and thirty-three in-text engravings.In the original cloth binding, which has been rebacked with new endpapers.This is a travel work by Laurence Oliphant, which provides topographical description of the author's travels along the Russian shores of the Black Sea in 1852.This work chronicles the point in which Oliphant left his legal studies in order to travel within Russia. Contents include 'St Petersburg', 'Volga steam-tugs', 'Russian notions of political economy', and 'First discoverers of the Volga&apos. Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) was a South African-born British author, traveller, diplomat, and Christian Zionist. His best known work is the satirical novel 'Picadilly', as well as his plan to create Jewish farming communities in the Holy Land.Eight pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of text.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, which has been rebacked with new endpapers. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the extremities and a few marks to the boards, particularly the rear board. Light spotting to text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot, which increases to the first and last few pages, and light age-toning to the margins. Folding map to rear is lightly spotted. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 816D71

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852 Laurence Oliphant travel Russia Laurence Oliphant topography Not Stated

Laurens Van Der Post

Journey Into Russia

London, The Hogarth Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed account of the author's travels across Russia, with a folding map. First edition. With a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A description of one of the longest journeys made in Soviet Russia by a writer without political bias in which the author searches for the heart of the people and places that he visits. Written by Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, a South African Afrikaner writer, farmer, soldier, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original price clipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. A price sticker to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Library ink stamp to the reverse of the title page. Ink marks and sticker residue to the front endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 906T68

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: Journey Russia Post Russia None

A. Stupel; E. Glov

1901 the Geographies of Russia Written in Cyrillic

Riga, K. G. Zikhman , 1901. Cloth. A very scarce work on the geography of Russia, written in Cyrillic, with illustrations and a folding map of European Russia. The ninth edition. Bound in quarter cloth with marbled paper to the boards and a dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with monochrome vignettes and a large folding map of Russia to the rear. Written in Cyrillic. This work was compiled by A. Stupel and E. Glov and provides a study of Russian geography. The work has information regarding mathematical, physical and general geography, discussing topics such as the mountains, the various regions and their people and the streams, rivers and sea's.The work was approved by the Special Department of the Academic Committee of the Ministry of Public Education. Bound in quarter cloth with marbled paper to the boards and a dust wrapper. Externally sound with rubbing and loss to the extremities of the boards, bumping to the extremities, marks to the boards and spine, fading to the spine, loss to the spine label and small closed tears to the cloth to the tail of the joints. Hinges failed. Age toning and spotting to the endpapers and lacking free endpapers. The wrap is excellent with creasing. Internally binding generally firmly bound with occasional evidence of strain and cords showing in places. Pages age toned with spotting to the front and rear. Good Only . Ill.: None stated. Good Only .

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Book number: 891Z48

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: Russia Geography A. Stupel E. Glov Geography Cyrillic None stated

D. Mackenzie Wallace

Russia

London, Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1877 . Cloth. The sixth edition of D. Mackenzie Wallace's historical study of Russia, bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth. Illustrated with a colour folding map frontispiece to each volume.The work of Donald Mackenzie Wallace. Wallace was invited to visit Russia, and lived there from early 1870 until late 1875. He had a strong desire to study the Ossetes, but when he arrived in Russia, he found the civilisation of the country far more interesting than the Ossetes, and focused his studies on the Russians instead.This work was published right before the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War in 1877.With eight pages of publisher's advertisements to rear of volume II.With the illustrated bookplate of Barrington Park to each front pastedown. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge of volume I strained, but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Foxing to perimeters of title page of volume I, with pages otherwise generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 868F22

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: Russia soviet donald MacKenzie wallace soviet Not Stated