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Meignan, Victor . FROM PARIS TO PEKIN OVER SIBERIAN SNOWS
London 1889 second edition Sonnenschein. Edited from the French by William Conn, with supplementary notes not contained in the original edition. Hardcover, Octavo, 428pp., numerous ilustrations from sketches made by Author and others, bright blue cloth with gilt man on horseback pictured on front, gilt lettering and orange background decoration on both board and spine. Residue of numbers at heel of spine, a few internal markings. Good, new endpapers. (a83553)
$125.00 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 Channing, C. G. Fairfax (Chritian C. Gross) . SIBERIA'S UNTOUCHED TREASURE, ITS FUTURE ROLE IN THE WORLD.
NY 1923 1st Putnam. Channing is pseudonym of Christian C. Gross. Hardcover. Large octavo. 475pp., 15 maps, photo illustrations, green cloth. Nerhood No. 732.Owner signed. Near Fine, no DJ. (a83443)
$65.00 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 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 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 Arseniev, V. K. . DERSU THE TRAPPER (1941)
New York 1941 First American edition Dutton. Translated from Russian by Malcolm Burr. Movie Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa as based on this book. Hardcover. Octavo, 352pp., cloth. VG plus, no DJ. In later protective glassine removable jacket. (a80420)
$135.00 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 Brehm, Alfred Edmund . FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR, STUDIES OF WILD LIFE AND SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1896 Blackie. Translated from German by M. Thomson and edited by J. Arthur Thomson. Focuses on wildlife; 2 chapters on Arctic, 3 chapters on Siberia. Author, a German naturalist, 1829-1884. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 502pp., illustrations, index, red cloth with gilt picture on front board of men, animals and yurts. Quite a few library name stamps in text but very tiny and very pale hence not obstrusive. Top edge gilt. Library numbers removed from spine and no longer visible. Good plus, cover worn on edges and corners. (a79637)
$100.00 Taft, Marcus Lorenzo . STRANGE SIBERIA, ALONG THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY
NY 1911 1st Eaton and Mains. A journey from the great wall of China to the skyscrapters of Manhattan. American artist traveling with wife and child, May-June 1909. Although his verbal sketches are rather pedestrian, he does substantiate his observations with historical background and includes excellent photographs (Nerhood 542 at pp. 126). Hardcover. 12mo., 260pp., index, green cloth. Paper spine label. VG, new endapers. (a78660)
$55.00 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 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 Kennan, George . SIBERIA AND THE EXILE SYSTEM 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
New York 1891 1st Century. 2 volumes. Sm.4to., 409pp., 585pp., monochrome illustrations, maps, light green cloth with gilt lettering. Bookplate originally present but carefully removed. Top edges gilt. No ownership marks. VG, light cover wear and light uneven fading of cloth. Nice set. 2 volumes. (a78519)
$173.00 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 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 Moore, Frederick F. . SIBERIA TO-DAY
NY 1919 1st Appleton. Moore was Captain in Intelligence Division, AEF Siberia. Octavo, 334pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Good, cover a bit soiled, front hinge just beginning to crack. (a78363)
$65.00 Manning, Clarence A. . THE SIBERIAN FIASCO
NY 1952 1st Library Publishers. Attempts to explain why U.S. military intervention in Siberia in 1918 failed to liberate Russians from Bolshevism. Hardcover. Small octavo, 210pp., cloth. Fine in Good DJ, price clipped. (a78325)
$20.00 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 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 Pietrowski, M . Rufin (Piotrowski) . THE STORY OF A SIBERIAN EXILE FOLLOWED BY A NARRATIVE OF RECENT EVENTS IN POLAND
London 1863 Longman Green. Translated from French. Small octavo, 321p., 3/4 black leather with red marbled boards. No ownership marks. Good plus, cover rubbed and a bit worn. (a77948)
$199.00 Repenning, Charles A. . ALLOPHAIOMYS AND THE AGE OF THE OLYOR SUITE, KRESTOVKA SECTION, YAKUTIA
Washington 1992 GPO. U.S. Geological Bulletin 2037. Geology in Siberia. 4to., 98pp., wraps. Depository library stamp and numbers on front. Near Fine. (a75073)
$35.00 Stewart, George . THE WHITE ARMIES OF RUSSIA A CHRONICLE OF COUNTER-REVOLUTION AND ALLIED INTERVENTION
NY 1933 Macmillan. Hardcover. Large octavo, 469pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Good plus, spine browned and ends lightly frayed, no DJ. (a74762)
$110.00 Huffaker, Clair . THE COWBOY AND THE COSSACK
NY 1973 1st Trident. Adventure novel of cattle drive across Siberia. Hardcover. Octavo, 352pp., illustrated by Brad Holland,cloth. Near Fine, in VG plus DJ. (a74669)
$85.00 Clark, Francis E. . A NEW WAY AROUND AN OLD WORLD
NY 1901 1st Harper. Travel through Siberia. Hardcover. Octavo, 213pp., many photo illustrations, fold out map and charts on Russian alphabet, decorated orange cloth. Two bookplates. VG. (a71483)
$45.00 Ireland, Mary E. . THE SIBERIAN EXILE
Richmond 1894 1st Presbyterian Committee. Translated from the German of Gustav Nieritz. Christian life in Siberia. 12mo., 122pp., green cloth hardcover. VG, very slight spine slant, slight foxing on end papers. (a69382)
$39.00 Norman, Henry . THE PEOPLES AND POLITICS OF THE FAR EAST, TRAVELS AND STUDIES IN THE BRITISH, FRENCH, SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE COLONIES, SIBERIA, CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA, SIAM AND MALAYA
NY1895 1st Scribner's. Large octavo, 608pp., illustrations, 4 maps, original decocorated cloth hardcove. VG, spine browned and slightly frayed at head, some brown spots on cover (a68550)
$90.00 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 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 Sukloff, Marie . THE LIFE-STORY OF A RUSSIAN EXILE
NY 1914 1st Century. The remarkable experience of a young girl: being an account of her peasant childhood, her girlhood in prison, her exile to Siberia and escape. Translated by Gregory Yarros. Octavo, 251pp., hardcover. Owner signed. VG, corner of free blank chipped. (a63418)
$38.00 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 Treadgold, Donald W. . THE GREAT SIBERIAN MIGRATION GOVERNMENT AND PEASANT IN RESETTLEMENT FROM EMANCIPATION TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Princeton 1957 1st Princeton University. 8vo., 278pp., hardcover. Institution stamp on fore-edges, plain label at heel of spine, small number at bottom margin of one page. VG, new endpapers, no DJ. (a56908)
$29.00 Casanowicz, I. M. . SHAMANISM OF THE NATIVES OF SIBERIA
Washington 1925. 8vo., 20pp., 2 plates, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a54255)
$40.00 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 Teplov, Pavel Fedorovich . ISTORIA IAKUTSKAGO PROTESTA (DYELO ROMANOVSTVEV) HISTORY OF THE YAKUST PROTEST (ROMANOV AFFAIR).
St. Peterburg [1906]. Rare account of an uprising of Russian exiles in Yakutsk (Siberia). In Russian. Hardcover. Octavo, 480pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Good, leaves lightly browned, a few small holes along rear outer gutter, covers and soiled and worn, rear inner hinge worn. (a51204)
$500.00 Senn, Nicholas M.D. . AROUND THE WORLD VIA SIBERIA
Chicago 1902 1st Conkey. From articles that originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune. Author was Professor of Surgery at Rush Medical College and Chief of Operating Staff with the Army in Spanish American War and Surgeon-General of Illinois. 8vo., 402pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Signed O.K. N. Senn. Good, front hinge cracking, light soiling on rear board. (a50685)
$170.00 Polhill, A. T. . ACROSS SIBERIA WITH A BABY, & A VISIT TO A CHINESE PRISON
Cambridge 1904 1st Deighton, Bell. Edited with a Preface by Robert Sinker, D. D. 12mo., 84pp., photo illustrations, frontis map, printed blue cloth, VG. Rare. (a49922)
$295.00 Cottrell, Charles Herbert, Esq. . RECOLLECTIONS OF SIBERIA IN THE YEARS 1840 AND 1841
London 1842 1st John W. Parker. 8vo., 420pp., large foldout map of Western Siberia as frontispiece, errata slip, original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Village library bookplate, library name stamp on title and residue of pocket and slip on rear end paper. VG, light cover wear. Recommended addition for any fine book collection. (a47086)
$500.00 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 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 Kuzminoy, L.P. . NARODNAYA POEZIYA ROBOCHIKH SIBIRI (POPULAR POETRY OF SIBERIAN WORKERS)
Ulan-Ude 1974. In Russian. 8vo., 258pp., errat slip tipped in. Inscribed and signed by Kuzminoy in Russian on the front free blank. VG. (a37156)
$40.00 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Danckwortt, Dr. P.W. . SIBIRIEN UND SEINE WIRTSCHAFTLICHE ZUKUNFT EIN RUCKBLICK UND AUSBLICK AUF HANDEL UND INDUSTRIE SIBIRIENS
Berlin 1921 Teubner. 8vo., 271pp., stiff paper boards, cloth spine. Scholarly and technical. Fair, hinges cracked, paper very brown and brittle. (a2067)
$25.00 Lengyel, Emil . SIBERIA
NY 1943 2nd Random. 8vo., 416pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a2027)
$20.00 Channing, C. G. Fairfax . SIBERIA'S UNTOUCHED TREASURE, ITS FUTURE ROLE IN THE WORLD.
NY 1923 1st Putnam. Channing is pseudonym of Christian C. Gross. Hardcover. Large octavo. 475pp., 15 maps, photo illustrations, green cloth. Nerhood No. 732. VG, light cover staining. (a2015)
$55.00 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 White, John Albert . THE SIBERIAN INTERVENTION
1950 first edition Princeton University. Hardcover. Octavo, 471pp., cloth. Near Fine in VG plus DJ, a but faded. (a83557)
$125.00