Poetic evenings : one of 62 named copies only

KUZMIN, Mikhail

Nezdeshnie vechera. Stikhi 1914-1920 [Extraordinary Evenings. Poems from 1914-1920]
Peterburg, Petropolis, 1921. £1,250

First edition of Kuzmin's eight poetry collection. This copy particularly attractive for its condition - and its provenance: one of only 62 'ad nominem'.

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With an important inscription by the "Apostle of Ossetia" (Gostieva)

CHEPIGOVSKII, Ivan Ivanovich

Xucav arxivani Ragondini cibir sijdæg istorja [A Concise Sacred History of the Church of God under the Old Testament]
Vladikavkaz, Z.I. Shuvalov, 1881. £3,750

First edition of this very first 'old testament' in Ossetian. A fine example, in wrappers and inscribed by the author to an important local missionary. Very rare, with only one other copy traced (Denmark).

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A Soviet alternative to Palestine in Crimea?

GOLDE, Iu[lii]

Evrei-zemledeltsy v Krymu [Jewish Farmers in Crimea]
Der Emes for Komzet, Moskva, 1931. £1,450

Rare first edition of this pamphlet on an interesting Soviet project of the late 1920s to develop a Jewish settlement in Crimea.

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A Russian doctor in the Crimean War

PIROGOV, Nikolai Ivanovich

Sevastopolskie pisma [Letters from Sebastopol]
Stasiulevich, Skt. Peterburg, 1899. £275

First edition of these Crimean War letters from a Russian surgeon.

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Russian artists' impression of Napoleon's campaign

BOZHERIANOV, Ivan Nikolaevich

Nashestvie Napoleona [Napoleon's Invasion and the Patriotic War of 1812. Album of Colour Reproductions of Paintings of Famous Artists]
Prokudin-Gorskii & Laurson, Skt. Peterburg, 1911. £1,950

First edition of this extensive artistic record of Napoleon's catastrophic Russian campaign. A fine production, with imperial provenance.

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Uzbekistan's famous river - on a 65 cm2 map

KAULBARS, Aleksandr Vasilevich

Drevneishiia rusla Amu-Dari [Ancient Beds of the Amu Darya River].

Imper. Akadem. Nauk, Skt. Peterbug, 1887. £650

First edition, very rare, of this geographical and historical study of the Western part of present-day Uzbekistan. Complete with its impressive map of the region.

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Finely bound and beautifully preserved

GOGOL, Nikolai

Polnoe sobranie sochinenii [Complete Works of Nikolai Gogol]
Mamontov, Moskva, 1873-74. £4,250

Gogol's main works in a splendid set, rarely found in such an attractive condition and presentation.

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Our friends the English

Angliia [England]
Obshchestvennaia Polza for Rodnoe Slovo, Moskva, 1914. £450

A lovely, illustrated booklet presenting England as an ally at the beginning of WWI. First edition, in appealing condition, from a reading library with the matching label - and very rare with no copies traced worlwide.

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First edition of this groundbreaking work, complete

GEORGI, Johan Gottlieb

Description de toutes les nations de l'empire de Russie.
Weitrecht (part 3) et Schnoor for Charles Guillaume Muller, St. Petersbourg, 1776-7. £14,500

First edition of this fundamental work on the Russian empire and its peoples, the result of a multi-year field trip by Georgi. The first work published in Russia with plates coloured by hand. Rare complete as here.

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Gulbenkian's only publication - inscribed to a senior Turkish diplomat

GULBENKIAN, Calouste

La Transcaucasie et la péninsule d'Apchéron: Souvenirs de voyage
Librarie Hachette, Paris, 1891. £4,850

Scarce travel account in the Caucasus, and nowadays Azerbaijan in particular, by the founder of the Iraq Petroleum Company. A choice copy, presented to the Turkish ambassador to the UK.

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Translating Turkish in Russia in the wake of the Crimean War

MUKHLINSKII, Anton Osipovich

Dhil Qawa'id Othmaniya. Vybor Turetskikh statei.. [On Ottoman grammar. A Selection of Turkish Articles]
Skt. Peterburg, Imp. Akad. Nauk, 1858. £1,950

Interesting and rare St. Petersburg edition on Ottoman Turkish, with impressive plates of Ottoman documents. Only 2 copies traced outside Russia.

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Central Asia in beautifully subtle tones

KRAFFT, Hugues

A Travers le Turkestan Russe
Hachette et Cie, Paris, 1902. £4,000

Remarkable photographic record of nowadays Uzbekistan and neighbouring regions - a beautiful, luxury production, and a fine example of the deluxe version, in beautiful, fresh condition.

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