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Fraser, John Foster . THE REAL SIBERIA
NY 1904 Appleton. Together with an Account of a Dash Through Manchuria. Hardcover. Octavo, 279pp., photo illustrations, including some of inside of Siberian prisons, cloth. "British critic of Russia journeys east on the nearly completed Trans-Siberian Railway, autumn, 1901. He find much to condemn but also sees `a land capable of immense agricultural possibilities.'" (Nerhood 480 p. 113.) VG, light cover soiling. (a1929)
$45.00 Lengyel, Emil . SIBERIA
NY 1943 2nd Random. 8vo., 416pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a2027)
$20.00 Smolka, H.P. . 40,000 AGAINST THE ARCTIC
NY 1937 1st Morrow. Russia's settlement of Siberia. 8vo., 308pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (a2113)
$20.00 Bush, Richard J. . REINDEER, DOGS AND SNOWSHOES: A JOURNAL OF SIBERIAN TRAVEL AND EXPLORATIONS MADE IN THE YEARS 1865, 1866, AND 1867
NY 1871 1st Harper. Bush was a surveyor for the Western Union Telegraph Company which was considering running a line from Europe to North America across Russia. Bush travelled through Kamchatka, Anadyr River, on to the Bering Strait. Nerhood 290. Excellent reading. Hardcover. Octavo, 529pp. plus 6 pages publisher ads, large folding map (3 inch closed tear at fold), numerous woodcut illustrations, original brownish green cloth. Owner bookplate. Good, front hinge just beginning to crack, spine faded. (a2121)
$80.00 Prime, Samuel Irenaeus . ALHAMBRA AND THE KREMLIN THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH OF EUROPE
NY 1873 Anson Randolph. Octavo hardcover. 482pp., illus. Spain, Scandinavia and Russia. Good, text clean and binding secure, top spine end worn down, cover tips worn. no dj. (a7481)
$30.00 Rado, A. . F�HRER DURCH DIE SOWJETUNION
Berlin 1928. Baedeker-like travel guide. 12mo., many large foldout maps, red cloth. Good. (a10552)
$98.00 Carr, John . NORTHERN SUMMER; OR TRAVELS ROUND THE BALTIC, THROUGH DENMARK, SWEDEN, RUSSIA, PRUSSIA AND PART OF GERMANY IN 180 (NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Hartford 1806 Lincoln and Gleason. Hardcover. Small octavo., 330pp., full leather with later paper spine. Good, some foxing, hinges beginning to crack inside. Hard-to-find title. (a11403)
$119.00 Winter, Nevin . THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE OF TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLES, TOGETHER IWTH A BRIEF REVIEW OF ITS HISTORY, PAST AND PRESENT, AND A SURVEY OF ITS SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Boston 1913 1st Page. 8vo., 487pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, original green cloth hardcover with colorful decoration on front. Top edge gilt. VG, ight wear to corners. (a13266)
$65.00 Lied, Jonas . PROSPECTOR IN SIBERIA: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JONAS LIED
NY 1945 1st Oxford. 8vo., 318pp., line drawings, large foldout map at end, index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a14541)
$29.00 Wright, Richardson and Bassett Digby . THROUGH SIBERIA AN EMPIRE IN THE MAKING
NY 1913 1st McBride. Hardcover. Octavo, 260pp., many photo illustrations, map, cloth. Good, cover illustration partly worn off, spine lettering faded. Solid and clean with no ownership marks. (a15210)
$55.00 de Windt, Harry . FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK BY LAND
NY 1904 2nd Warne. Siberia, Arctic. 8vo., 311pp., maps, photos, index, cloth. Village library bookplate on inside front cover. Small bit of ink doodling on rear end papers. Good, occasional light foxing in text, minor cover wear. (a21858)
$65.00 Atkinson, Thomas Witlam . ORIENTAL AND WESTERN SIBERIA: A NARRATIVE OF 7 YEARS' EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURES
NY 1858 Harper. Includes Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia. Lg.8vo., 533pp., map, illustrations, cloth. VG, spine a bit yellowed, some wear on lower spine end. (a23098)
$200.00 Cochrane, Capt. John Dundas . NARRATIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA AND SIBERIAN TARTARY FROM THE FRONTIERS OF CHINA TO THE FROZEN SEA AND KAMTCHATKA
Philadelphia 1824 1st Carey. Performed during the years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823. Royal Navy Captain walks, except for short cart and sledge rides, from St. Petersburg to Kamchatka. Nerhood 171. 8vo., 415pp., 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering with raised bands. Good plus, front board reattached professionally, end papers foxed, occasional light areas of browning in text. (a23438)
$245.00 Clifton, Violet . THE BOOK OF TALBOT
NY 1933. Biography world explorer Talbot Clifton written by his widow. Lg.8vo., 439pp., photo illus. VG in Good DJ, some wear, a few chips. (a25636)
$35.00 Oliphant, Laurence . THE RUSSIAN SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA IN THE AUTUMN OF 1852 WITH A VOYAGE DOWN THE VOLGA AND A TOUR THROUGH THE COUNTRY OF THE DON COSSACKS
NY 1854 from the 3rd London edition. Redfield. Sm.8vo., 226pp., folding map as frontispiece, a few small vignette illus in text, original maroon cloth. Good, new end papers, some cover wear. (a29884)
$300.00 Schuyler, Eugene . TURKISTAN NOTES OF A JOURNEY IN RUSSIAN TURKISTAN, KHOKAND, BUKHARA AND KULDJA 2 VOLUMES
NY 1885 3rd American Edition, with an additional chapter. 2 volume set. Hardcovers. Small octavos, 411pp., 463pp., woodcut illustrations, 2 color folding maps, cloth. Institution bookplates, small blind stamp on maps, title page and a few other pages. VG, slight stain on spine where circular labels once were affixed, leaves very slightly toned. (a32959)
$495.00 Bookwalter, John W. . SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
Springfield 1899 First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 548pp., illustrated with photos taken by the author, original blue cloth with gilt trident horse-drawn buggy on front board. VG, light wear, corners bumped. (a33167)
$115.00 Price, Harry S. Jr. . NOTES...FROM MOSCOW TO SAMARKAND
Dayton 1966 1st Price Brothers. Author was one of eight Americans who represented the US concrete industry on a special trip to the USSR in 1965. 8vo., 96pp., 8 pages of color photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a33626)
$22.00 Andrault, Robert . A L'OMBRE DE CARPATHES DANS LES REGIONS CARPATHIQUE A LE VEILLE DE LA GUERRE
Paris 1946. In French. 8vo,. 428pp., photo illustrations, foldout map at rear, wraps. Owner signed and inscribed on the half title. Good, pages browned, wraps a bit worn and soiled. (a36824)
$40.00 Edwards, William Seymour . THROUGH SCANDINAVIA TO MOSCOW
Cincinnati 1906 1st Robert Clarke. Denmark, Sweden and Russia. 8vo., 237pp., large folding map, index, green cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Good, cover worn and rubbed. (a37659)
$44.00 Durstine, Roy S. . RED THUNDER
NY 1934 1st Scribner. Travel in Russia. 8vo., 231pp., cloth. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a40251)
$30.00 Wright, George Frederick . ASIATIC RUSSIA
NY 1902 1st McClure, Phillips. Russia colonization of Siberia, etc.2 volumes, complete. Roy8vo., 637pp., fine photo illus., 5 maps of which 3 are large folding maps and 2 of these are in color (all present). Chocolate brown cloth with mounted orange leather spine labels. VG plus, extremely light cover wear. Superior book in excellent condition. Set of 2 volumes: (a40431)
$245.00 Manchen-Helfen, Otto . REISE INS ASIATISCHE TUWA
Berlin 1931 Der Bucherkreis. German exploration near USSR-Chinese border. In German, 8vo., 172pp., 28 photobildern, printed paper covered boards with cloth spine. Date stamp on inside front board. VG, end papers browned, cover somewhat worn, no DJ. Scarce. (a43474)
$300.00 Michie, Alexander . THE SIBERIAN OVERLAND ROUTE FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG THROUGH THE DESERTS AND STEPPES OF MONGOLIA TARTARY & c.
London 1864 John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 402pp., 2 long foldout maps, original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, light wear on corners and spine ends. No ownership marks. High Quality book. (a44546)
$360.00 Brooks, Ida. S. . A HOLIDAY IN THE SOVIET
1932. 4to., 30 leaves (rectos only), original carbon typescript with 78 original mounted photographs (2x3 inches), red cloth with gilt lettering.Author's husband, Sage, sold zinc and lead to Russians. Ida amazingly accurately sums up Russia thus: "Pathetic beyond all words, with no religion left to them, all of their best class gone and an unworkable scheme which, instead of advancing their civilization is pushing them farther back." (p. 30) Signed "Ida" on last page. VG. (a49931)
$500.00 Sessions, Francis C. . FROM THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN TO THE VOLGA
NY 1890 1st Welch, Fracker Company. Sm.8vo., 167pp., frontis, photo illustrations, marbled boards and half blue cloth with mounted paper spine labels.Top edge gilt. Good, leaves browning especially along margins but not brittle, head of spine chipped off and reglued on (not too neatly) and boards worn. (a50079)
$129.00 Scott, John . THE SOVIET EMPIRE
1959 Private. Author spent nearly 10 years living and working in the Soviet Union. 4to., 94pp., plastic spiralbound wraps. VG. (a50141)
$55.00 McGinnis, E. L'H. . THE YARN OF THE "YAMPA" A TRANSATLANTIC CRUISE
NY 1898 1st Outing Publishing. Yacht cruise to Russia from New York. Sm.8vo., 160pp., photo illustrations, decorated boards. Bookplate of Seawanhaka Yacht Club. Good, some rubbing and a long scratch on rear board. (a50730)
$95.00 Gerrare, Wirt (pseudonym of William Misener) . GREATER RUSSIA THE CONTINENTAL EMPIRE OF THE OLD WORLD
London 1904 (1903 first) Heinemann. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 317pp., photo illustrations and large foldout map, index, cloth. Owner bookplate. VG plus, clean crisp and bright condition. (a50999)
$45.00 Avdeenko, Alexander . FROM MOSCOW TO YALTA
Moscow (1968?). 12mo., 201pp., illustrations, map, flexible cloth. VG. (a51229)
$25.00 Munro-Butler-Johnstone, H. A. . A TRIP UP THE VOLGA TO THE FAIR OF NIJNI-NOVGOROD
Oxford and London 1879 2nd. James Parker. Sm.8vo., 150pp., foldout map as frontispiece, 12 illustrations, original brown cloth with gilt picture of urn on front board and gilt spine lettering. . Bookplate of Wililam P. Pepper. VG, hinges tender, some light foxing. (a51950)
$95.00 Bergman, Sten . THROUGH KAMCHATKA BY DOG SLED AND SKIS
Philadelphia 1927 Lippincott. A vivid description of adventurous journeys amongst the interesting peoples of the most inacessible parts of this remote Siberian peninsula. 8vo., 284pp., many photo illustrations, 2 maps, index, original yellow cloth. Light ink date written under title on spine. Good, light wear, light soiling, no DJ. (a51977)
$145.00 Guillemard, F. H. H. . THE CRUISE OF THE MARCHESA TO KAMSCHATKA & NEW GUINEA WITH NOTICES OF FORMOSA, LIU-KIU, AND VARIOUS ISLANDS OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
London 1889 2nd John Murray. Cruise from England through Red Sea to Southern India, Southeast Asia and up to Kamschatka. Sm.4to., 455pp., color foldouts, 14 maps, index, blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Good, some wear at corners,spine ends frayed (a52091)
$300.00 Bouton, John Bell . ROUNDABOUT TO MOSCOW AN EPICUREAN JOURNEY
NY 1887 1st Appleton. True adventures on Russian tour. Sm.8vo., 421pp., hardcover. Good, front hinge cracking, cover worn. (a53821)
$65.00 Durstin, Roy S. . RED THUNDER
NY 1934 1st Scribners. Travel in Russia, Germany and Austria on the eve of World War Two. Sm.8vo., 231pp. black cloth with mounted paper labels. VG plus, no DJ. (a54110)
$27.00 Fraser, Mrs. Hugh . A DIPLOMATIST'S WIFE IN MANY LANDS (2 VOLUMES)
NY 1910 1st Dodd Mead. China, Russia, Italy. 2 volumes. Large octavos, 354pp., 324pp., hardcovers. Top edges gilt. Sight paperclip residue and indentation on top margins of initial pages of Volume I. VG, slight bubbling on cloth on front covers of both volumes, frontis tissue has one long closed tear in one volyume. Nice set. 2 volumes. (a54563)
$43.00 Nerhood, Harry W. (compiler) . TO RUSSIA AND RETURN AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRAVELERS' ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ACCOUNTS OF RUSSIA FROM THE NINETH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
1968 1st Ohio State. 8vo., 367pp., index, hardcover. Fine in VG DJ, price clipped. Excellent helpful reference-highly recommended. (a54963)
$95.00 Gerrare, Wirt (William Misener) . GREATER RUSSIA THE CONTINENTAL EMPIRE OF THE OLD WORLD
London 1904 Heinemann. New and cheaper edition. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 317pp., photo illustrations and large foldout map, index, cloth. Owner signed. Good, new endpapers, map detached with one very long taped tear, spine ends and outer hinges a bit worn. (a56940)
$33.00 Sillitoe, Alan . ROAD TO VOLGOGRAD
NY 1964 1st Amer edition, Knopf . 8vo., 176pp, hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ, slightly browned. (a57365)
$39.00 Tastevin, A. ete F. . GUIDE DU VOYAGEUR A MOSCOU
Moscou 1897 2-e edition, revue et corrigee. In French with Francais-Russe vocabulaire. 12mo., 194pp., small photo illustrations, large foldout maps, index, limp blue cloth. VG. (a60761)
$225.00 Lansdell, Henry . RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA INCLUDING KULDJA, BOKHARA, KHIVA, AND MERV (VOLUME 2)
Boston 1885 first edition. Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Large octavo, 732pp., woodcut illustrations (several doublepage), grey hardcover with black silver and gilt picture and design on front (of wagon with rider and driver and 3 horses.) Important and lengthy bibliographical information on Central Asia at end. Very pale stamp of hospital on inside of covers. Good, front hinge tender, small closed tear on front end paper, light wear and light soiling. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a61313)
$198.00 Timkowski, George . TRAVELS OF THE RUSSIAN MISSION THROUGH MONGOLIA TO CHINA, AND RESIDENCE IN PEKING IN THE YEARS 1820-1821 WITH CORRECTIONS AND NOTES BY JULIUS VON KLAPROTH 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1827 1st Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green. 2 volumes. Octavo, 468pp., 496pp., frontis engraving of Arachi Taidzi mounted on a camel, folding plan of Peking, one large folding map of China, original purplish tan cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, new endpapers, covers quite worn, cracking along all outer hinges, spines discolored, some soiling and a few closed tears in margins. Fascinating reading--one of the major travel books. 2 volumes. (a61492)
$1250.00 Hackmann, H. . A GERMAN SCHOLAR IN THE EAST TRAVEL SCENES AND REFLECTIONS
London 1914 1st Kegan Paul. Translated by Daisie Rommel. Travel in Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, Thailand. Octavo, 223pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover. Church library bookplate, slight residue of numbers at heel of spine. Blind stamp and name stamp on title page. VG. (a61578)
$85.00 Wallace, D. Mackenzie . RUSSIA
NY 1877 1st (American) Holt. Octavo, 620pp., large folding map as frontis, original printed hardcover. Good, new endpapers, cover a bit worn and soiled, corners chipped, folds on map are worn, head of spine re-inforced. (a61611)
$27.00 Polovtsoff, A. . THE LAND OF TIMUR RECOLLECTIONS OF RUSSIAN TURKESTAN
London 1932 1st Methuen. Octavo, 296pp., illustrations, endpaper maps, blue cloth hardcover. VG, narrow indentation across covers and pages, no DJ. (a61690)
$58.00 Gundry, R. S. . CHINA AND HER NEIGHBOURS FRANCE IN INDO-CHINA, RUSSIA AND CHINA, INDIA AND THIBET
London 1893 1st Chapman and Hall. Octavo, 408pp., two large folding maps (India and Burma, and China), Chapman and Hall catalogue (40pp), original blue cloth hardcoverwith gilt border. Library numbers removed from spine, a few blind stamps in text, no other library markings. Some pages as yet unopened. VG, new endpapers, initial and final pages and fore-edgess foxed. Scarce scholarly book. (a62655)
$300.00 Norman, Henry . ALL THE RUSSIAS TRAVELS AND STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN RUSSIA, FINLAND, SIBERIA, THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
New York 1902 1st Scribners. Sm.4to., 476pp., photo illustrations, mpas, original black cloth with gilt lettering and gilt soldier on fron. Good, some fraying on edges and corners. (a65485)
$49.00 Curtin, Jeremiah . A JOURNEY IN SOUTHERN SIBERIA - THE MONGOLS, THEIR RELIGION AND THEIR MYTHS
Boston 1909 1st Little Brown. Octavo, 319pp., photo illustrations,map, original red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Owner blind stamp on title page. VG, new endpapers. (a66801)
$180.00 Wood, Ruth Kedzie . TOURIST'S RUSSIA
NY 1914 2nd Dodd, Mead.Small octavo, 253pp., photo illustrations, foldout color map in rear pocket, red cloth hardcover. One of last chances to see imperial Russia. VG, light wear. (a67220)
$35.00 Stoddard, Charles Augustus . ACROSS RUSSIA FROM THE BALTIC TO THE DANUBE
NY 1891 Scribners. Octavo, 258pp., original gilt decorated hardcover. Owner signed. VG. (a67898)
$35.00 Taylore, Sidney . SOVIET AND SOUL RUSSIA THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUTH
London 1931 1st Houghton. Small octavo, 164pp., reproductions of Soviet posters and photographs by the author, red cloth hardcover. VG, front cover has small crease, light soiling, no DJ. (a68139)
$60.00 Stephens, John Lloyd . INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN GREECE, TURKEY, RUSSIA AND POLAND - VOLUME II (of 2)
NY 1838 1st Harper.12mo., 275pp., illustrations, original olive green cloth hardcover. Good, light foxing, corners gently bumped, light wear on spine ends. Volume II (of 2) only. (a68140)
$60.00 Newman, E. M. . SEEING RUSSIA
NY 1928 1st Funk & Wagnalls. Large octavo, 396pp., over 300 photo illustrations. end paper maps, green cloth hardcover with bright gilt decoration. Fine in VG DJ, one smal lchip on rear panel and light top edge fraying. (a69299)
$30.00 Hare, Augustus J. C. . STUDIES IN RUSSIA
New York c. 1885 George Routledge. Small octavo, 403pp., foldout chart, publisher's catalogue, dark brown cloth hardcover with red trim and gilt lettering. Owner's name stamped on title page. VG, light fraying of spine ends, light wear on corners. (a69560)
$58.00 Joubert, Carl . RUSSIA AS IT REALLY IS
London 1904 3rd Eveleigh Nash. Octavo, 300pp., frontis portrait of Joubert, hardcover.Presentation copy signed by Joubert and dated 1904. VG, light wear. (a69956)
$89.00 Williams, Lee & Barb . ON THE ROAD THROUGH THE SOVIET UNION (HARDCOVER)
1975 2nd Williams. Octavo, 354pp., hardcover. VG, spine lightly browned, no DJ. (a70125)
$65.00 Champney, Elizabeth W. and Frere Champney . ROMANCE OF RUSSIA FROM RURIK TO BOLSHEVIK
NY 1921 1st Putnam. Hardcover. Large octavo, 352pp., hardcover. VG, new endpapers, no DJ. (a70540)
$30.00 Bellows, John . JOHN BELLOWS LETTERS AND MEMOIR
NY 1904. Henry Holt. Chapters on his Quaker heritage, archaeology, travels to Russia, meeting with Tolstoy, work with Oliver Wendell Holmes, relief work in Bulgaria, Harvard University, etc. Edited by his wife. Hardcover. Octavo, 392pp., a few illustrations including a portrait of Bellows and a map of the Trans-Caucasus, tan cloth with gilt lettering. Owner signed (George Abbott and Walter L. Moore.) VG. (a71867)
$95.00 Rees, Richard . PLEASURES OF MOSCOW (EXTRACTS FRM A TRAVEL DIARY)
1936. Article at pp. 339-345 in single issue of Adelphi. Additional other articles in same issue. Small octavo, original printed yellow wraps. Good plus. (a76927)
$20.00 de Demidoff, M. Anatole . TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA, AND THE CRIMEA; THROUGH HUNGARY, WALLACHIA & MOLDAVIA DURING THE YEAR 1837 2 VOLUMES
London 1855 2nd John Mitchell, Royal Library. Demidoff is described as Of the Imperial Academy of Science and the University of St. Petersburg; of the Academies of Science of Paris, Munich, Stockholm etc etc. 2 volumes. 4to., 370pp., 13 illustrations, large foldout maps, 335pp., 11 illustrations, large color foldout map, 3/4 leather with tan cloth and gilt spine lettering with horizontal gilt lines. Owner Bookplate in each volume (Keuka College) with library pockets on rear end paper, blind stamp on initial text page in each volume, a few library numbers written nearby. Good, two chips one one rear end paper, occasional very light spotting or soiling in text, leather on covers worn and rubbed. Scarce. 2 volumes.. (a77943)
$1200.00 Fraser, John Foster . RED RUSSIA
London 1907 1st Cassell. Mostly on political terror and chaos in Russian government prior to Russian revolution. Hardcover. Small octavo, 288pp., photo illustrations, printed cloth. VG, some light foxing throughout, two pinpricks in spine cloth. (a77949)
$45.00 Campenhausen, Baron . TRAVELS THROUGH SEVERAL PROVINCES OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE WITH AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ZAPOROG COSSACKS AND OF BESSARABIA, MOLDAVIA, WALLACHA AND THE CRIMEA
London 1808 Richard Phillips. Octavo, 134pp., index, later wraps. Small owner bookplate on front (D. Dem Dimancesco). VG. Scarce. (a77974)
$350.00 Armstrong, William Jackson . SIBERIA AND THE NIHILISTS WHY KENNAN WENT TO SIBERIA
Oakland 1890 1st Pacific Press Publishing Company. 112mo., 160pp., a few txt illustrations, original printed light greygreen wraps. Two bookseller name stamps. Good, a few small chips from spine. Scarce. (a78140)
$245.00 Coxe, William . TRAVELS INTO POLAND, RUSSIA, SWEDEN AND DENMARK - VOLUME III (of 5) TRAVELS INTO RUSSIA
London 1792 Fourth edition. T. Cadell. This volume covers Russia. Octavo, 524pp., 4 plates and 2 fine foldout maps, index, full leather. Text near Fine, clean and binding secure; no ownership marks and just very slight rare spotting. Cover Fair, hinges cracked on outside and leather quite worn and rubbed. (a78253)
$145.00 Coxe, William . TRAVELS INTO POLAND, RUSSIA, SWEDEN AND DENMARK - VOLUME II (of 4) THE THIRD EDITION - RUSSIA
London 1787 third edition. T. Cadell. This volume covers Russia. Octavo, 471pp., 5 plates and Map of St. Petersburgh published in 1776, index, full leather. Text VG with occasional light foxing; binding secure but boards detached. Spine label gone. Leather rubbed and worn. (a78254)
$145.00 Kennan, George . TENT LIFE IN SIBERIA AND ADVENTURES AMONG THE KORAKS AND OTHER TRIBES IN KAMTCHATKA AND NORTHERN ASIA
NY c. 1880 22nd impression (1st was 1870) Putnam. Hardcover. Small octavo, frontis foldout map, 425pp., blue cloth with gilt picture of natives and teepee on front. board. Owner signed. Good plus, nice solid copy, light cover wear. (a78283)
$115.00 de Windt, Harry . RUSSIA AS I KNOW IT
Philadelphia 1917 1st Lippincott. Hardcover. Octavo, 232pp., photo illustrations, red cloth. Owner bookplate. Good, light wear. (a78318)
$24.00 Morley, Henry (editor) . SKETCHES OF RUSSIAN LIFE BEFORE AND DURING THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS
London 1866 Chapman and Hall. Hardcover. Small octavo, 298pp., original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Two small bookseller stamps on end papers. VG, cover a bit faded. Excellent condition. (a78364)
$148.00 Colquhoun, James . ADVENTURES IN RED RUSSIA FROM THE BLACK SEA TO THE WHITE SEA (SIGNED)
London 1926 1st John Murray. Printed for Private Circulation only. Author was in Russia in 1916 and witnessed the time before and during the Bolshevik takeover. He travelled to Georgia, Batoum, Dzansoul, Tiflis, Vladikafkas, Tzaritizin, Novgorod, Murmansk, more. Hardcover. Octavo, 193pp., photo illustrations, red cloth with black lettering on front and gilt lettering on spine. ***Presentation copy to John Hays Hammond signed by Colquhoun. VG. Scarce. (a78461)
$500.00 Fraser, John Foster . THE REAL SIBERIA
NY 1902 1st Appleton. Together with an Account of a Dash Through Manchuria. British critic of Russia journeys east on the nearly completed Trans-Siberian Railway, Autumn, 1901. He finds much to condemn but also sees a land capable of immense agricultural possibilities (Nerhood No. 480). Hardcover. Octavo, 279pp., photo illustrations including some of inside of Siberian prisons, map, yellow cloth. Good, cover soiled and a bit worn. (a78513)
$30.00 Norton, Henry Kittredge . THE FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC OF SIBERIA
New York 1923 1st Holt. Hardcover. Octavo, 316pp., illustrations, foldout map, green cloth. ***Signed by Norton. VG plus. In removable protective glassine jacket. (a78517)
$88.00 Erman, (Georg) Adolph . TRAVELS IN SIBERIA INCLUDING EXCURSIONS NORTHWARDS, DOWN THE OBI, TO THE POLAR CIRCLE AND, SOUTHWARDS, TO THE CHINESE FRONTIER 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Philadelphia 1850 1st Lea & Blanchard. Translated from German by W. D. Cooley. Hardcovers. Octavos, 371pp., 400pp., twentieth century rebinding into full brown cloth with gilt geometric decoration on front and gilt spine lettering and trim. Fine. Two hardcover volumes in matching bindings. Would make beautiful gift! (a78520)
$525.00 Marsden, Kate . ON SLEDGE AND HORSEBACK TO THE OUTCAST SIBERIAN LEPERS
NY 1892 Cassell. Member of Royal British Nurse Association journeys to Irkutsk and Yakutsk, Siberia, to locate an herb that, it is believed, will cure leprosy. Her search was unsuccessful, but her journey brought her in to contact with the exile system (Nerhood No. 397.) Hardcover. Octavo, 291pp., illustrations, grey cloth with gilt picture of horsedrawn sledge and gilt lettering. Institution bookplate and residue from pocket and slip on end papers, slight residue of spine numbers, VG. Nice attractive solid copy. (a78521)
$110.00 Wallace, D. Mackenzie . RUSSIA
NY 1905 Holt. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 672pp., two large color folding maps and portrait of the autho, printed cloth. This is the entirely new and much enlarged edition, revised and in great part rewritten and is quite superior to the 1877 first edition. Owner bookplate. Good plus, hinges tender, some cover wear, pressed flower stain on initial blanks. (a78727)
$35.00 Cravath, Paul D. . LETTERS HOME FROM PERSIA WITH OBSERVATIONS ON PALESTINE AND SOUTHERN RUSSIA 1936
NY 1936 1st Country Life Press. Small octavo, 60pp., hardcover with mounted spine label and mounted printed label on front board. Presented to Mrs. Mahlon Pitney (written in ink on titlepage.) VG, corners worn, no DJ. (a79917)
$95.00 Benjamin, Walter . MOSCOW DIARY
1986 1st Harvard University. ISBN 0-674-58743-X. Edited by Gary Smith. Translated by Richard Sieburth. Travel in Russia, much on Moscow. Hardcover. Square octavo, 150pp., photo illustrations, grey cloth. Near Fine, unused. In removable protective glassine jacket. (a80354)
$99.00 Gowing, Lionel F. . FIVE THOUSAND MILES IN A SLEDGE A MID-WINTER JOURNEY ACROSS SIBERIA
New York 1890 Appleton. Hardcover. Small octavo, 257pp., foldout frontis map, 31 text illustrations, pale green cloth. Bookplate removed (leaving area with top layer of paper gone.)Owner signed on end paper -no other ownership marks. Good, cover lightly soiled and lightly worn. (a80402)
$55.00 Fabre-Luce, Alfred . RUSSIE 1927
Paris 1927 1st Grasset. Travel and study of Communist Russia in 1927. In French. 12mo., 264pp., original wraps. Good. somewhat worn but complete and binding secure. (a80652)
$25.00 Fell, E. Nelson . RUSSIAN AND NOMAD TALES OF THE KIRGHIZ STEPPES
NY 1916 1st Duffield. Hardcover. Octavo, 201pp., photo illustrations, dark green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt yurt on front.VG, new front end papers. (a82610)
$75.00 Travers, P. L. . MOSCOW EXCURSION
New York n. d. preface 1934 Reynal & Hitchcock. Hardcover. Small octavo, 121pp., orange cloth. Front flap of dj mounted on front end paper. Good, some stains on cover. (a82622)
$55.00 Beal, Fred E. . PROLETARIAN JOURNEY NEW ENGLAND GASTONIA MOSCOW (1937)
New York 1937 1st Hillman-Curl. American sympathetic to Communism travels to Russia. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 352pp., orange red cloth. VG, slight water stains on front and rear end papers, no DJ. Original book not a reissue. Scarce. (a82624)
$90.00 Holmes, Burton . BURTON HOLMES TRAVELOGUES - VOLUME EIGHT RUSSIA
Chicago 1920 1st Travelogoue Bureau. Hardcover. Sm.4to., photo illustrations, cloth.VG. (a82763)
$36.00 Fagnani, Federigo . LETTERE SCRITTE DI PIETROBURGO CORRENDO GLI ANNI 1811 E 1812
Milano 1812 Dai Torchj di Giovanni PIrotta. In Italian. Hardcover. Octavo, 166pp., 5 engraved plates and one large foldout map, original boards. Gift presentation card tipped in and small stamp of college library on title page (stamped discard.) Good, cover rubbed and worn, occasional foxing. Binding secure. Very scarce. (a82771)
$750.00 Lethbridge, Alan . THE NEW RUSSIA FROM THE WHITE SEA TO THE SIBERIAN STEPPE
New York no date early 20th century Dutton. Appears to be first edition (preface dated 1915). Hardcover. Large octavo, 314pp., photo illustrations, 3 maps includiong large color foldout map at rear, red cloth. Good plus. (a83375)
$69.00 Franck, Harry A. . A VAGABOND IN SOVIETLAND AMERICA'S PERENNIAL RAMBLER GOES TOURIST
New York 1935 first edition Stokes. Hardcover. Octavo, 45 photo illustrations, red cloth with map on pastedowns. Near Fine in VG DJ, slight fryaing on edges. (a83377)
$85.00 Bookwalter, John W. . SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
Springfield 1899 First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo, 548pp., illustrated with photos taken by the author, original green cloth with gilt trident horse-drawn buggy on front. Good plus, new end papers, spine ends frayed. (a83394)
$85.00 Bookwalter, John W. . SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
New York 1899 2nd Stokes. Hardcover. Octavo, 548pp., illustrated with photos taken by the author, original royal blue cloth with gilt trident horse-drawn buggy on front. Lacks map. Owner bookplate. VG. (a83395)
$39.00 Hulme-Beaman, Ardern G. . TWENTY YEARS IN THE NEAR EAST
London 1898 first edition Methuen. Adventures in Egypt, Syria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Russia, Crete, Turkey. Hardcover. Octavo, 315pp., frontis portrait, gilt printed green cloth. VG. Original edition. (a83453)
$125.00 Skrine, Francis Henry and Edward Denison Ross . THE HEART OF ASIA A HISTORY OF RUSSIAN TURKESTAN AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN KHANATES FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
London 1899 1st Methuen. Hardcover. Octavo, 19 illustrations from sketches by Verestchagin, many photo illustrations, 2 foldout maps, blue cloth with gilt mosque on front. VG, new endpapers, occasional light foxing. Original edition. (a83458)
$195.00 Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. . AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY (RUSSIA SIBERIA CHINA)
London c. 1920 Hutchinson and Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 397pp., four water colour sketches by the Author, two maps (one folds out) and 66 other illustrations, original gilt printed red cloth. Strongly anti-communist. VG, top corner of front blank page cut away. (a83552)
$125.00 Burnaby, Fred . A RIDE TO KHIVA TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN CENTRAL ASIA (no maps)
New York 1877 Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 403pp., green cloth with black and gilt lettering and picture of building. Lacks 3 maps. Owner signed. Good. (a83845)
$35.00