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NANSEN, Fridtjof [1861-1930].
Through Siberia The Land Of The Future.Translated By Arthur G.Chater.
London: William Heinemann, 1914..
8vo. pp. xvi, 478, [1 leaf]. 3 folding maps. 156 illus. from photographs on 48 plates (incl. frontis.). original cloth (scuffed & bit puckered, spine dull & ends slightly frayed). First Edition. An account of the Siberian Company's 1913 attempt to navigate the Kara Sea, for the purpose of opening a trade route linking the Siberian interior with Europe via the Kara Sea and Yeniseisk River. The noted explorer and scientist Nansen was a member of the expedition. Nerhood 583.
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NOLAN, E[dward] H[enry].
The Illustrated History Of The War Against Russia.
London: James S. Virtue, [c1857]..
large 8vo. pp. vii, [1], 812; v, [3], 772. 2 engraved titles, 65 engraved plates & 7 double-page colour maps. 19th century half calf (quite rubbed, foxing to some plates - generally light to moderate but stronger on frontis. & engraved titles, some plates with marginal dampstains, former owner's blindstamp on titles).
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ÖDMANN, Samuel [Lorens] [1750-1829].
Beskrifning Om Kamtschatka Des Invänare Och Physiska Märkvärdigheter.
Upsala: Joh. Edman, 1782..
12mo. pp. 4 p.l., 196. contemporary wrs. (spine perished, light staining to outer leaves). First Edition. "Selections, primarily from Steller and Krasheninnikov, presenting a history and description of Kamchatka." (Bell) The NUC cites only the Bell Library copy. Bell O33.
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OLIPHANT, Laurence [1829-1888].
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.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood And Sons, 1853..
8vo. pp. xii, [1 leaf]list of illus., 366 + 8(ads). with half-title. tinted lithographed frontis. of The Chinese Quarter Of The Great Fair At Nlini Novgorod. 33 wood-engraved text illus. 2 lithographed maps (1 folding). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (cloth soiled, corners worn, light foxing to frontis., outer margin of folding map slightly chipped & soiled). First Edition. An informative account of the British author's journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow and his voyage down the Volga River in 1852. Abbey, Travel, 233. Nerhood 242.
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ONASCH, Konrad.
Russian Icons.
[New York & London]: Phaidon, [1977]..
4to. pp. 48. Profusely illus. in colour & b/w. cloth. dw. (couple short tears & wear to head of spine).
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ORLOV, Alexander.
The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes.
London...: Jarrolds Publishers, [1954]..
8vo. pp. 368. index. cloth. Very good. First Edition of the English Translation.
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OSSENDOWSKI, Ferdynand [Antoni] [1876-1945].
Man And Mystery In Asia.
Toronto: Longmans, Green And Co., 1924..
8vo. pp. xvi, 343. frontis. portrait map on endleaves. cloth (light foxing to title, half-title & frontis.). Third Printing. An account of the Polish writer and scientist's ten years' travels in south-western Siberia and Outer Manchuria to study and develop coal, salt, gold, and petroleum veins and to conduct scientific expeditions to investigate the mineral and healing springs.
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PALLAS, P[eter] S[imon] [1741-1811].
Voyages En Différentes Provinces De L'Empire De Russie, Et Dans L'Asie Septentrionale.
Paris: Maradan: 1788-93.
5 Volumes of text in 4to. + folio atlas. pp. 2 p.l., xxxii, 773, [3]errata; 2 p.l., 550, [1 leaf]errata; 2 p.l., 491, [1]errata; 2 p.l., 722, [2]errata; 2 p.l., 559, [1]errata; 2 p.l. + 124 numbered illustrations on 108 engraved plates by P.F.Tardieu & N. Thomas (many folding/and/or double-illus.) incl. large joined double-sheet map of Russia. complete with half-titles. woodcut ornaments, initials, & title vignettes. A large copy, with deckle edge visible on many leaves, bound in later (c1900) quarter calf (rubbed, outer leaves with light soiling & marginal defects or repairs, some scattered light foxing, occasional dampstaining mainly confined to margins but entering plate mark on 17 plates at end of atlas, a few plates at end lightly embrowned). armorial bookplates of C.Narischkine. First Edition of the French Translation by Gauthier de la Péyronie. In 1768, at the invitation of Catherine the Great, the German naturalist Pallas became professor of natural history at the Imperial Academy of Science, St. Petersburg. The same year he was appointed naturalist to a scientific expedition through Russia and Siberia to observe the transit of Venus in 1769 and to investigate the resources of the distant regions of the Russian Empire. During the course of this six-year expedition, Pallas visited the Caspian, the Altai Mountains, Tomsk, the Yenisei, Tobolsk, Lake Baikal, Kolyvan, and the frontiers of China. The results of his explorations and scientific investigations were of the greatest significance for botany, zoology, geology, geography, and ethnology. The narrative of Pallas's travels was first published in German at St. Petersburg in 1771-76, but the French edition incorporates the natural history results of the expedition. Volume V, pp. 383-488, contains Additions et éclaircissemens pour les voyages de M. Pallas, tirés des journaux de MM. Gmelin Lepechin et Georgi, ses compagnons. The work is illustrated with eleven maps and charts including a large two-sheet map of the Russian Empire, and ninety-seven other plates containing one hundred and thirteen views and illustrations of costumes, antiquities, botanical and other natural history subjects. Brunet IV 325. Cat. Russica P35. Cohen-De Ricci p. 781. Howgego P10. cfCasey Wood 511. cfPritzel 6903. cfLipperheide 1336.
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PINKERTON, Robert.
Russia: Or, Miscellaneous Observations On The Past And Present State Of That Country And Its Inhabitants.
London: Seeley & Sons, 1833..
8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 486, [2]list of plates & errata. complete with half-title. 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates. contemporary calf (joints & extremities rubbed, short split in upper front joint, corners worn, spine label defective, internally very good). First Edition. As agent in Russia to the British and Foreign Bible Society for many years, Pinkerton travelled extensively throughout the country and was afforded ample opportunity to observe the character, manners, religious practices, and economic and social conditions of the Russian people. His narrative embraces a wide variety of topics, including the state of the Russian serfs and the Jews, hospital and prison conditions, the problem of drunkenness, enmity between Russians and Poles, the labours of the Russian Bible Society, and the religious character of the late Emperor Alexander. The appendix contains several examples of preaching styles prevalent among the Russian clergy. The hand-coloured lithographs illustrate Russian costume and amusements. Abbey, Travel, 230. Cat. Russica P668. Colas 2395. Lipperheid 1356. Nerhood 163. Tooley 380.
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PIPES, Richard (Editor).
The Russian Intelligentsia.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1961..
8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 234. index. cloth. Very good in tattered & price-clipped dw. First Edition in Book Form.
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POMPER, Philip.
Sergei Nechaev.
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, [1979]..
8vo. pp. x, 273. biblio. index. cloth. dw. (short tear & small amount of soiling to dw.). First Edition.
$80 USD Book Number: dola2614 Order / Enquire
RALEIGH, Donald J.
Experiencing Russia's Civil War: Politics, Society, And Revolutionary Culture In Saratov, 1917-1922.
Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, [2002]..
8vo. pp. xviii, 438. illus. index. wrs. (small nick to lower spine). First Edition.
$60 USD Book Number: dola2618 Order / Enquire
REINBECK, G[eorg].
Travels From St. Petersburgh Through Moscow, Crodno, Warsaw, Breslaw, &c. To Germany; In The Year 1805: In A Series Of Letters.
London: Printed For Richard Phillips, By J.G.Barnard, 1807..
8vo. pp. 160. 1 folding aquatint plate. modern bds. (marginal tear in 1 leaf). First Edition of the English Translation from the German. "German businessman of St. Petersburg records flourishing Russia under Alexander the Good, May-June 1805. Delightfully written letters on a variety of subjects, all complimentary." (Nerhood) Reinbeck comments on Catharine the Great, Russian postage, Novgorod, libertinism, religion, living expenses, superstititions, public amusements, Russian merchants, the literati of Moscow, the state of the university, the Imperial Museum, the palace of Kuskowa, the miserable state of orphans, espionage, police regulations, philanthropic institutions, Polish Jews, &c. Nerhood 137.
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REUILLY, J[ean].
Travels In The Crimea, And Along The Shores Of The Black Sea, Performed During The Year 1803.
London: Printed For Richard Phillips, By J.G.Barnard, 1807..
8vo. pp. iv, [5]-84. engraved frontis. map & 3 engraved plates. modern bds. (some foxing to plates). First Edition of the English Translation from the French. Reuilly describes the manners and customs of the Tatars, Russian caravans, volcanoes and earthquakes, the temples of Diana and Oresteon, the destruction of Chersonesus, the peninsula of Kertsch, agriculture, industry, government and laws, commerce of the Black Sea, the harbours of Sevastopol, coinage, &c. Nerhood 132.
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[RICHARDSON, William] [1743-1814].
Anecdotes Of The Russian Empire, In A Series Of Letters, Written, A Few Years Ago, From St. Petersburg.
London: Printed For W.Strahan, And T.Cadell, 1784..
8vo. pp. xvi, 478, [1 leaf]errata. with half-title. contemporary sprinkled calf (extremities & spine very worn, covers & first 2 leaves detached, occasional light foxing). First Edition. The author was tutor to Lord Cathcart's two sons, and accompanied them to St. Petersburg in 1768 following Lord Cathcart's appointment as ambassador-extraordinary to the Russian empress. During the course of his four years there he also acted as secretary to Lord Cathcart. His letters touch on the causes and progress of the Turkish War, the state of agriculture in Russia, the slavery of the Russian peasants, life at court, the situation of the Jews in Russia, &c. Crowther 2053. Nerhood 96.
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