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Norman, Henry. RUSSIA OF TO-DAY - II . THE GREAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY - article in one complete issue of SCRIBNER'S , November 1900
NY 1900 first edition. Scribners. sm4to wraps. Siberian Railroad article with bw photo illustrations on pp. 515-541 . Other articles in issue as well. Good Plus, some cover wear, edges frayed. (a106113a)
$35.00Williams, Jesse Lynch. THE CROSS STREETS OF NEW YORK- article in one complete issue of SCRIBNER'S , November 1900
NY 1900 first edition. Scribners. sm4to wraps. Williams article with descriptions and anecdotes about New York City Streets illustrated by various artists as Glackens, Shipley, Guerin on pp. 571-588 . Other articles in issue as well. Good Plus, some cover wear, edges frayed. (a106113b)
$35.00Murphy, Dervla. SILVERLAND, A WINTER JOURNEY BEYOND THE URALS
London 2006 first edition. Murray. Hardcover octavo. 288p. Photo illustrations. Near Fine, no faults, no wear but owner name covered with two bold stickers on end paper. As always, very readable and informative account of travel in Siberia in mid-winter by a trooper in her seventies. Not a very pretty picture, either, in spite of the leftist leanings of the author. (a107381)
$37.00Polhill, A T. ACROSS SIBERIA WITH A BABY & A VISIT TO A CHINESE PRISON
Cambridge and London. 1904 first edition. Bell. Hardcover 12mo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. "Two papers by the Rev. A T Polhill formerly of Trinity Hall, Camb. now of the CIM at Sui-Ting Fu edited with apreface by Robert Sinker, DD.". Map frontispiece. 11 photo illustrations. 84p. Polhill and his 2 year old child and family were likely the first or among the very first Westerners to travel on the brand-new just opened Trans-Siberian Railway across Siberia. VG++ text is Fine (in fact a few pages are as yet unopened); no owner marks. Slight cover wear and light toning of end papers. RARE. Pictures available on request. (a107491)
$450.00Chaffanjon, J. . RAPPORT SUR UNE MISSION SCIENTIFIQUE DANS L'ASIE CENTRALE ET LA SIBERIE - PREMIERE PARTIE. LE TURKESTAN ET LA MONGOLIE SEPTENTRIONALE
Paris 1899 first edition. Imprimerie Nationale. Removed from Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques tome IX. Now in later plain wraps. pp. 55-101 with long foldout line map and one foldout diagram of "Plan des Ruines du Palais d'Akretache". In French. VG no owner marks. (a108238)
$45.00Field, Frederick V (ed) et al. AMERASIA - A REVIEW OF AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST - 2 individual issues December 1941 and March (pt 1) 1942
NY 1941, 1942 first edition. Amerasia. two large octavo square wraps issues. About 50 pages per issue. Much discussion of ongoing WW2. Contributors include: William Brandt, Benjamin Kizer, John Taylor, Lucien Zacharoff, more. Articles as "The Mind of Japan" by Bradford Smith; Harriet Moore on "Soviet-Japanese relations in World War II", "Australia's Industrial Strength" by Kate L. Mitchell; etc. Two issues. VG both covers toned. no owner marks. Pair: (a109071)
$49.00 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)
$36.00Danckwortt, 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 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 Kuzminoy, L.P. . NARODNAYA POEZIYA ROBOCHIKH SIBIRI (POPULAR POETRY OF SIBERIAN WORKERS) (signed)
Ulan-Ude 1974. In Russian. 8vo., 260pp., errata slip tipped in. ***Inscribed and signed by Kuzminoy in Russian on the front free blank. VG. (a37156)
$45.00 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 Cottrell, Charles Herbert, Esq. . RECOLLECTIONS OF SIBERIA IN THE YEARS 1840 AND 1841
London 1842 first edition John W. Parker. Hardcover. Octavo, 420pp., large foldout map of Western Siberia as frontis, 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 plus, light cover wear. Recommended addition for any fine book collection. (a47086)
$580.00Gerrare, 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 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., a few photo illustrations, cloth. Fairly Good, leaves lightly browned, a few small holes along rear outer gutter, covers and soiled and worn, rear inner hinge worn. Binding secure. (a51204)
$390.00 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 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)
$49.00Curtin, 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. Top edge gilt. very Near Fine, just slightest possible cover wear; binding secure; text clean. No ownership marks. no dj. Pictures available on request. (a66801)
$145.00 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 plus. no owner marks; no dj. (a71483)
$35.00Stewart, 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. Pictures available on request. (a74762)
$110.00Repenning, 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)
$27.00 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 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)
$250.00Manning, 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. VG (owner signed on rear end paper.) in Good DJ, price clipped. (a78325)
$29.00 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 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. Private library paper spine label. Good, inner hinges cracked. (a78660)
$49.00 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 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 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)
$69.00Bookwalter, 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+ , inner hinges reinforced, spine ends frayed. (a83394)
$50.00 Channing, C. G. Fairfax (Christian 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)
$99.00 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 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 Michow, H ; Dr. Anutschin . ZUR GESCHICHTE DER BEKKANTSCHAFT MIT SIBIREN VOR JERMAK - ALTE RUSSISCHE ERZAHLUNG UBER DIE UNBEKANNTEN VOLKER DER OSTGEGEND
1909. Nach dem Russischen des Prof. Dr. Anutschin von Dr. H MIchow in Hamburg. In German. 4to., 21p. mit 14 Abbildungen im Texte und 2 Kartenbeilagen, removed from Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gessellchaft in Wien and rebound in later wraps. One old library stamp in text. VG. (a84205)
$75.00(siberian newspaper). SIBERIAN GAZETTE - ISSUE FOR FEBRUARY 24, 1885 (IN RUSSIAN)
Published in Tomsk, February 24 1885. In Russian. 6 separate leaves, double column text, each column has page number. Paginated pp.185-208. Near Fine. Possibly cut from a larger bound volume? Original. 9-1/4 x 12-1/2 inches. (a86224)
$75.00 Nansen, Fridtjof . THROUGH SIBERIA THE LAND OF THE FUTURE
New York 1914 Stokes. Hardcover. Translated by Arthur Chater. 4to., 478pp., photo illustrations, 3 foldout maps, index, black cloth with bright orange lettering and gilt emblem on front panel. A few owner name stamps in text. Seminary bookplate. Institution pocket at rear, faint residue of spine label. Good, corners worn. Binding secure. (a88020)
$75.00 Zakharov, Dr. Alexis . ANTIQUITIES OF KATANDA (ALTAI) in one complete issue of Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute 1925
London . 1925 first edition. Removed from the Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute vol LV. In later wraps. pp. 37-57 with 15 photo plates. 4to. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a93322)
$55.00 Wright, George Frederick . ASIATIC RUSSIA
NY 1902 1st edition. McClure, Phillips. Two hardcover royal octavo volumes (complete.) Russia colonization of Siberia . 637pp., many fine photo illus., 5 maps of which 4 are on 3 large folding map sheets (2 of these are in color) (all maps are present). Maps in very near Fine condition with no tears. Chocolate brown cloth with mounted orange leather spine labels. Top edge gilt. Good, spine labels rubbed; inner hinges cracking but still holding; bindings secure. no owner marks. (a94167)
$145.00Jucker, Ernst. SIBIRIENS WAELDER RAUNEN - BEGEGNUNGEN IN SIBIRIENS URWALD UND STEPPE
Bern 1951 first edition. Paul Haupt. Hardcover octavo. end paper maps. Text drawings. 266p. In German. Good plus, slight toning of text; slight toning of boards. no dj. (a95994)
$39.00Swayne, Major H. G. C.. THROUGH THE HIGHLANDS OF SIBERIA
London 1904 1st edition. Rowland Ward.Octavo hardcover. Tan cloth with gilt lettering. Includes section on sheep hunting in Mongolia. 259pp., 9 pages of ads. Large folding map in Fine condition. 60 photo illustrations. Original decorative end papers. Hinges not cracked. Binding secure; text clean. Good, cover cloth discolored, lightly soiled and worn. Extreme cover tips and spine ends worn somewhat. This book is becoming Rare. (a97124)
$420.00Digby, Bassett. TIGERS, GOLD AND WITCH-DOCTORS
New York 1928 first edition. Harcourt Brace. Hardcover octavo. Light blue cloth. 341p. Some photo illus. Travel in Siberia. VG light cover wear; no dj. (a98062)
$29.00. THE JESUP NORTH PACIFIC EXPEDITION - one complete issue of THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL - October 1903
NY. 1903 first edition. The American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Original octavo wraps. Color map of the expedition and a b/w map. Photo illustrated. pp. 73-117. Text Fine. Good, two small chips on front cover edges. (a98350)
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