First edition with these striking illustrations, printed with a beautiful technique rendering perfectly the Palekh style of folk art. An impressive, artistic edition in folio format; this copy in excellent condition, with the original wrapper and box.

Important booklet showing the British interest in new Russian 'missions' in Central Asia, with the first translation of Russian accounts of the region. A lovely copy.

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

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).

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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