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Rado, A. . F�HRER DURCH DIE SOWJETUNION
Berlin 1928. Baedeker-like travel guide. 12mo., many large foldout maps, red cloth. Good. cover faded and worn, rear inner hinge cracked, spine ends frayed; toning on initial and final pages. Complete with all maps; no ownership marks. (a10552)
$65.00 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 D'Almagro, Le Comte (Dolgorukov, Prince Petr Vladimirovich) . NOTICE SUR LES PRINCIPALES FAMILLES DE LA RUSSIE
Paris 1845 Dauvin et Fontaine. Alphabetical index to Russian royal family names at end. Octavo, 99pp., wraps. Good, spine nearly worn away, front wrap spotted and a bit worn. (a12531)
$450.00 Lied, Jonas . PROSPECTOR IN SIBERIA: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JONAS LIED
NY 1945 1st Oxford. Harcover. Octavo, 318pp., line drawings, large foldout map at end, index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a14541)
$28.00Wright, Richardson and Bassett Digby. THROUGH SIBERIA AN EMPIRE IN THE MAKING
NY 1913 1st McBride. Hardcover. Octavo, 260pp., 78 photo illustrations on 48 plates, map. Good Plus, cover illustration partly worn off, spine lettering faded. Solid and clean with no ownership marks. Hinges not cracked. no dj. (a15210)
$36.00 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)
$200.00Cochrane, 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 first American edition (1824 also year of first London edition.) Carey. Hardcover. Expedition performed during the years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823. Royal Navy Captain Cochrane walked, except for short cart and sledge rides, from St. Petersburg to Kamchatka. Nerhood 171. Hardcover. Octavo, 415pp., 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering with raised bands. Good plus, front outer hinge just beginning to crack, end papers quite toned, occasional light areas of browning in text. No ownership marks; binding secure. (a23438)
$370.00 Foulke, William . SLAV OR SAXON A STUDY OF THE GROWTH AND TENDENCIES OF RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION
New York 1898 2nd revised Putnam. Hardcover. Russian history and predictions for Russia's future. Small octavo, 141pp, red cloth. Fairly Good, cover quite soiled. (a24029)
$49.00 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 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 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 Laqueur, Walter (editor) . SURVEY A JOURNAL OF SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES NO. 48
London 1963. Survey, a Journal of Soviet and East European Studies, No. 48, July 1963. Whole issue has several articles. Octavo, 184pp., wraps. Good, light soiling and wear. (a38459d)
$35.00 (khruschev) . KROUCHTCHEV ET LA CULTURE
Paris 1963. Texte integral du discours du 8 Mars 1963 et coomentaire. In French. 8vo., 135pp., wraps. Good, light soiling. (a38577)
$35.00 Wright, George Frederick . ASIATIC RUSSIA
NY 1902 1st edition. McClure, Phillips. Hardcover. Two royal octavo volumes (complete). Russia colonization of Siberia. 637p. Many fine photo illus., 5 maps of which 4 are on 2 large folding maps (2 of these are in color) (all maps are present). Maps in Fine condition. Chocolate brown cloth with mounted orange leather spine labels. VG plus, extremely light cover wear. Top edge gilt. Superior book in excellent condition. Set of 2 volumes: (a40431)
$220.00 Yaroslavksy, E. . HISTORY OF ANARCHISM IN RUSSIA
NY 1937. 8vo., 127pp., wraps. Good, light wear, corners bumped. (a46543)
$25.00Sessions, Francis C.. FROM THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN TO THE VOLGA
NY 1890 1st Welch, Fracker Company. Hardcover. Small octavo, 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)
$25.00 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. Near Good, some rubbing and a long scratch on rear board. (a50730)
$95.00Gerrare, Wirt (pseudonym of William Misener). GREATER RUSSIA THE CONTINENTAL EMPIRE OF THE OLD WORLD
London 1904 (1903 first) Heinemann. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 317pp., Test all glossy stock. numerous text photo illustrations and large foldout map, index. Owner bookplate. Green cloth cover with black lettering and design. no dj. Near Fine, clean crisp and bright condition. no faults, hinges not cracked, cover tips gently bent inward. Text clean, no spotting, no foxing, no tears, no chips. (a50999)
$85.00 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. Small octavo, 150pp., foldout map as frontis, 12 illustrations, original brown cloth with gilt picture of urn on front and gilt spine lettering. Bookplate of William P. Pepper. VG, hinges tender, some light foxing. (a51950)
$95.00 Bouton, John Bell . ROUNDABOUT TO MOSCOW AN EPICUREAN JOURNEY
NY 1887 1st Appleton. True adventures on Russian tour. Sm.8vo., 421pp., hardcover. Good, front inner hinge cracking, cover worn. Binding secure; text clean ; no ownership marks. (a53821)
$35.00 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 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)
$225.00Lansdell, Henry. RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA INCLUDING KULDJA, BOKHARA, KHIVA, AND MERV (VOLUME 2 only)
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. Lacks the map. Good, front hinge tender, small closed tear on front end paper, light wear and light soiling. Binding secure. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a61313)
$150.00 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)
$34.00 Norman, Henry . ALL THE RUSSIAS TRAVELS AND STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN RUSSIA, FINLAND, SIBERIA, THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
New York 1902 1st Scribners. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 476pp., photo illustrations, maps, 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 first edition Little Brown. Hardcover. Sm.4to. 319pp., photo illustrations, map, original gilt printed red cloth. VG plus, slight cover wear. No ownership marks. (a66801)
$245.00 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)
$49.00 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 (societ union) . SOVIET LITERATURE MONTHLY: GROUP OF FIVE SEPARATE ISSUES FOR 1957- ISSUES 2, 4, 7, 11, 12
Moscow 1957. Includes: Tendryakov (Pot Holes), Bogdanovich (Notes of a Psychiatrist), Galpernina (A Novel of India), Loganson (Impressions of the Venice Art Exhibition), Meleshin (A Shot Rang Out), Gorbatov (My Generation), Shamota (On Tastes in Art), Chegodayev (Pablo Picasso), Drabkina (They Knew Lenin- Reminiscences). Five issues on this monthly magazine. Sm.4to., about 100pp. per issue, illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, light wear. 5 issues. (a69559)
$95.00 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 (soviet union) . SOVIET LITERATURE MONTHLY: TWO SEPARATE ISSUES FOR 1958 ISSUES 5 and 12
Moscow 1957. Includes: The Sunflower by Vitali Zakrutkin, Poems by Visili Zhuravlyov and Semyon Kirsanov, Samgin by Anatoli Lunacharsky, Karl Marx on Art, Hans Leberechit - Under One Roof, Ivan Plyschevsky - Seven Days in Cairo. Two issues. Sm. 4to., about 100pp. per issue, illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, light wear. 2 issues. (a69561)
$45.00 (soviet union) . SOVIET LITERATURE MONTHLY: THREE SEPARATE ISSUES FOR 1966: ISSUES 6, 8, 11
Moscow 1966. Three issues. Sm. 4to., about 100pp. per issue, original printed wraps. Includes: Our Lenin by Polevoy, Story of Klava Ivanova by Chivilikhin, Poetry by Yaroslav Smelyakov, Art and the Mass Media by Karaganov, House and the Ship by Alexander Kron, Poetry by David Kugultinov, Poetry of Ilya Ehrenburg by Leonid Martynov, Father and Son by Georgi Markov, Poetry by Pavel Antokolsky, Rubindranath Tagore and the Russian Reader. In English. VG, light wear. 3 issues: (a69566)
$75.00Miliukov, Paul. OUTLINES OF RUSSIAN CULTURE 3 VOLUME SET: RELIGION AND THE CHURCH; LITERATURE; ARCHITECTURE PAINTING AND MUSIC
1942 University of Pennsylvania. 3 volumes. Octavos, 220pp., 190pp., 195pp., illustrations, uniform salmon colored cloth hardcover. A small bit of pencil underlining. Ex-university library, with usual markings. Good, no DJs. 3 volumes. (a69827)
$40.00Joubert, Carl. RUSSIA AS IT REALLY IS (signed by author)
London 1904 3rd Eveleigh Nash. Octavo, 300pp., frontis portrait of Joubert, hardcover. ***Presentation copy signed by Joubert and dated 1904. VG, light wear. no dj. (a69956)
$75.00Clarke, Sir George Sydenham. RUSSIA'S SEA-POWER PAST AND PRESENT OR THE RISE OF THE RUSSIAN NAVY
London 1898 1st edition John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 202pp., Two color foldout map, text illustrations, hardcover. Library bookplate; spine numbers removed, pocket present in rear. Good. Binding secure; text faintly evenly toned but clean. (a70516)
$37.00 Champney, Elizabeth W. and Frere Champney . ROMANCE OF RUSSIA FROM RURIK TO BOLSHEVIK
NY 1921 1st Putnam. Hardcover. Large octavo, 352pp., hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracking, no DJ. (a70540)
$22.00 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 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 Johanson, Christine . WOMEN'S STRUGGLE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN RUSSIA 1855-1900
Kingston 1987 1st McGill-Queens. ISBN 0-7735-0565-2. Hardcover. Octavo, 149pp., cloth. VG slight cover wear; internally Fine, no DJ. (a75033)
$22.00 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. Two hardcover large octavo volumes. 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. xvi, 370p; 335p. Vol 1 has portrait of Nicholas Ist, 1 large foldout map (map taped in places) and 12 illustrations. Vol 2 has one very large color foldout map of Russia (map is VG) , and 11 illustrations. Volumes are 3/4 leather with tan cloth and gilt spine lettering with horizontal gilt lines. College bookplate in each volume with library pockets on rear end papers, blind stamp on initial text page in each volume, a few library numbers written nearby. No spine numbers. Good, two chips one one rear end paper, occasional very light foxing in text, leather on covers worn and rubbed. Scarce. 2 volumes. (a77943)
$1100.00 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 Milyoukov, Paul . RUSSIA AND ITS CRISIS
Chicago 1906 1st University of Chicago Press. Crane lectures for 1903. Hardcover. Octavo, 589pp., frontis portrait, cloth. Owner bookplate (M. R. Lewis). VG, light wear. (a78047)
$45.00 Gorky, Maxim . FRAGMENTS FROM MY DIARY
New York 1924 1st McBride. Hardcover. Octavo, 310pp., maroon cloth. Good, spine ends frayed and torn. (a78050)
$20.00 Armstrong, William Jackson . SIBERIA AND THE NIHILISTS WHY KENNAN WENT TO SIBERIA
Oakland 1890 1st Pacific Press Publishing Company. 112mo., 160pp., a few text illustrations, original printed light greygreen wraps. Two bookseller name stamps. Good, a few small chips from spine. Scarce. (a78140)
$250.00Coxe, 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; inner hinges unbroken. Leather quite worn and rubbed. (a78253)
$145.00Coxe, 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; original boards with later paper backstrip. Leather rubbed and worn. Inner hinges reinforced. (a78254)
$145.00 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 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 Milyoukov, Paul . RUSSIA AND ITS CRISIS
Chicago 1906 1st University of Chicago. Crane Lectures for 1903. Hardcover. Octavo, 589pp, frontis portrait of Milyoukov, cloth. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, spine ends and corners lightly frayed. (a78462)
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