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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 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 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 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 Plotkin, Prof. M. A. . LEGAL STATUS OF FOREIGNERS IN THE USSR
Moscow 1934 1st USSR Chamber of Commerce. Octavo, 91pp., wraps. VG, light soiling on cover. (a76495)
$29.00 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 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 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 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)
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