Anonymous

Russia Seu Moscovia Itemque Tartaria. Commentario Topographico Atque Politico Illustratae

Leiden, Elzevier, 1630. First edition, first of two printings of the same year; 4 1/4 x 2 1/4; pp. [4], 5-327, [9]; tooled, polished calf over boards; engraved title page and woodcut vignettes at beginning of chapters; tiny bookshop label and a faint, penciled-in note to front board verso; a small, contemporary manuscript note at bottom of title page; wear and old, discreet repair to leather along spine; a small, faint stain to top margin of first few leaves only, else clean; in good to very good condition. Renowned for their pocket-size books, a convenient way in which texts circulated beyond national borders, the Elzeviers' enormous popularity was mainly based on their Latin-language editions, which came in two series - the Republics (Respublicae) and cheap, but scholarly editions of classical texts. The current book, belonging to the former, presented a compilation of details from various sources on the history, geography, economy, and the people of Russia and the Baltic and Black-Sea regions. Over time, excerpts had been attributed to Dutch scholar and linguist Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612 – 1653), "Michalonis Lithuani" (Michael the Lithuanian) - possibly one of two nobles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - either Michael Glinsky (1460s - 1534), or Michal Tyszkiewicz (1533 - 1552), and others. (Willems 336) . Good .

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Buchzahl: 003149

Katalog: Russia

Sonstige Stichworte: Russia, Elzeviriana, Latin

Anonymous [Manley, Sir Roger]

The Russian Impostor: Or, the History of Muskovie, Under the Usurpation of Boris and the Imposture of Demetrius, Late Emperors of Muskovy

London, Printed by J. C. for Thomas Basset, at the George in Fleet Street, near Cliffords Inne, 1674. First Edition. First edition; 6 3/4 x 4; pp. [8], 1-250; 3/4 polished calf and marbled boards; rebacked; spine in 5 panels with raised bands and gilt decorations; engraved printer's device to title page verso; engraved vignette at beginning of first chapter; thin rubbed line along hinge of title page obscuring the first letter of the title; period brown-ink smudge and a small puncture to upper corner of title page; edges of first few leaves a bit brittle with several small nicks; two bookplates to endpapers - the first, that of Colonel Robert Coleman Hall Brock (1861 - 1906) - prominent lawyer, financier, and scientist; the second, that of Thomas Mitchell - possibly Scottish Lieutenant Colonel Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792 - 1855 ) - surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia; a third, period signature to bottom of last page; overall in very good condition. Called one of the earliest British scholarly histories of Russia written, the book's authorship had been attributed to several figures, including John Merrick, Chief Agent of the English Muskovy Company. In fact, the work was written by Sir Roger Manley (1626 - 1688) - soldier, translator, and author. Despite writing about the Time of Troubles without, allegedly, ever travelling to Russia, Manley still produced a secondary source of great historiographical interest. (Loewenson, Leo. “Sir Roger Manley's History of Muscovy: The Russian Impostor (1674).” The Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 31, no. 76, 1952, pp. 232–240.) (ESTC R22560, Wing M75) . Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002378

Katalog: Russia

Sonstige Stichworte: California-Vbf, History, Russia

Chirikof (Chirikov), E. (Evgenii)

Marka of the Pits

London, Alston Rivers Limited, 1930. First edition in English, no US equivalent, n. d. (1930); 7 1/4 x 5; pp. [4], v-vii, [1], 1-223, [1]; red cloth over boards, printed and ruled in black; pictorial dust jacket; minor rubbing to tips of spine and corners; a few scattered spots of foxing to first and last few leaves; in very good condition. Jacket unclipped, with a price of "7s. 6d. net" at the bottom right corner of the front flap, with chipping and small loss of paper to tips of spine; several pieces of transparent tape to verso; in good to very good condition. In a strikingly-illustrated jacket, though with artist unattributed, this edition would mark the first (and practically the last) appearance of any of Chirikov's works in English. Even more so, as with all works issued by the obscure London publishing house of Alston Rivers, the title would prove to be quite uncommon. Though remaining virtually unknown to English-language readers, Evgenii Chirikov (1864 - 1932) was a prolific author, highly regarded among his Russian contemporaries, including radical writer Nikolai Chernyshevsky and especially Maxim Gorky, with whom he was closely allied. In the early 1900s, Chirikov would gradually distance himself from the Revolutionary Movement, eventually completely breaking away from his past democratic allegiance after the 1917 Revolution. Expelled from Russia, he would continue writing for the Russian market from exile. Marka of the Pits dealt with poverty, prostitution, and sexual depravity among slum-dwellers living along the banks of the Volga River, below the city of Samara. The townspeople would call the settlement "the pits" and its residents - "the monkeys." As with many of Chirikov's other works, the Volga would play a central role in the book, both for its beauty, but also as a destructive force of nature, causing the death of Marka's father, having her mother commit suicide by drowning, and hurling the young woman into a dreadful, inescapable life. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003432

Katalog: Russia

Sonstige Stichworte: Russia

Messoyedoff, A.

The Truth About the Reign of the Emperor Nicholas II. The Economic, Social, and Cultural Development of Russia Before the Revolution

London, Russian Supreme Monarchist Council, 1958. First edition, n .d. (ca 1958); 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 3-14; off-white wraps, printed in black and illustrated with the Romanov coat of arms; light age-darkening along margins; faint creasing to corners of front wrap; in very good condition. Published by the Russian Supreme Monarchist Council, a tsarist organization founded in 1921 in Serbia, the pamphlet outlined key points in Russia's development from the 1890s (the beginning of the reign of Emperor Nicholas II) onward, including industry and economy, agriculture, population, etc. in order to disprove the Communist Party's statement that "before them there was nothing and without them Russia would have remained an underdeveloped country. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003093

Katalog: Russia

Sonstige Stichworte: Russia, Nicholas II, Communist Party

Tolstoi, Lev

Sevastopolski Opovidania (Sebastopol Sketches)

Vinnipeg (Winnipeg), Nakladom Ukrainskoi Knyharni, 1921. First Ukrainian edition published in Canada (initially published in 1902 in Literaturno-naukova biblioteka in Lviv); 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 4-133, [1]; salmon-colored wraps, printed in black and ruled with an intricate, pictorial border; slight sunning to margins; small chips to tips of spine and corners of wraps; staples showing at hinges (text block still solidy attached); in about very good- condition. First published by Tolstoi in 1855 to record the author's experience during the Siege of Sevastopol, the work featured three short stories - Sevastopol in December, Sevastopol in May, and Sevastopol in August - which would later serve as the basis for some of the chapters in "War and Peace." It would be translated and published in English in 1887. The current translation into Ukrainian was accomplished by renowned author, ethnographer, educator and translator Volodymyr Gerasimovych (1870 - 1940). Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002966

Katalog: Russia

Sonstige Stichworte: Classics, Russia, History

Various

Buryat-Mongolia

New York, International Publishers, 1936. First Edition. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5; pp. [2], 5-56; pictorial wraps; partially unopened; mild age-toning and wear along margins; in very good condition. The Buryats, a Mongolic ethnic group, are native to Southeastern Siberia along Lake Baikal. The current booklet presented speeches and addresses during a reception of delegates of the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic by Soviet Party leaders at the Kremlin. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003545

Katalog: Russia

Sonstige Stichworte: Russia

Williams, Albert Rhys

76 Questions and Answers on the Bolsheviks and the Soviets

New York, The Rand School of Social Science, 1919. First Edition. First edition; 6 3/4 x 4 3/4; pp. [2], 5-48; stapled, yellow wraps printed in black; a few minor spots and a manuscript note to wraps; a small nick to bottom edge of front wrap; in about very good conditon. Author, journalist, war correspondent, and labor organizer Albert Rhys Williams (1883 - 1962) spent fifteen months in Russia in 1917 - 1918, travelling, meeting Lenin and Trotzky, and living among peasants and Red Army soldiers. His current booklet gave the American readers an introduction to the Soviet Union, writing "the truth and only the truth" and thus rebuffing the "lies" about Russia's new political regime. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003731

Katalog: Russia

Sonstige Stichworte: Russia