MALTUS [Thomas Robert MALTHUS]
Opyt o zakone narodonaseleniya ili izlozhenie proshedshago i nastoyashchago deystviya etogo zakona na blagodenstvie chelovecheskago roda […] [Essay on the Law of Population; Translated by P. A. Bibikov]
Scarce first Russian edition of a major landmark of economic literature, the Essay on the Principle of Population, first published in English in 1798. An interesting edition with much material added by the translator Bibikov.
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Very good autograph letter by Diaghilev, the celebrated founder of the Ballets Russes. With his bold signature, which is rarely found.
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Rare statistical book on the Russian Railways, at a relatively early stage of development, complete with its detailed folding map. Printed in St. Petersburg. A lovely example, inscribed by the author.
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A fine, uncut copy of the first edition of this rare Russian book on Siberia and the Chinese border, illustrated, and giving an account of the second British mission in Russia. Praised by Gogol among others.
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Russian and China at the end of the 17th century, in a lovely binding with deer tools. A fine example of the first edition, the Macclesfield copy.
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Scarce architectural work by one of the leading architects of the Russian empire under Tsar Paul 1st, and responsible for some of the most famous buildings in St. Petersburg and Odessa.
Read More Read More[Catalogue of copper money of Chinese, Japanese, Korean Vietnamese and uncertain origins, medals, paper-money, exchange notes, gold and silver bars]
The attractive catalogue of Asian, esp. Chinese numismatics compiled by one of the greatest coin collectors of the early 19th century. A lovely example of the rarer first Russian issue, in a fine Russian binding - a rare book indeed, with more than 60 plates.
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Very rare first edition of this important report on the Decembrists' revoltof the end of 1825. A lovely copy with contemporary provenance. Only one example traced outside Russia.
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Great example of possibly the greatest Ukrainian ABC.
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A complete copy of this groundbreaking work. First edition.
Read More Read MoreDANTE ALIGHIERI, Gustave DORE (illustrator) and D.D. MINAEV (translator)
Bozhestvennaia Komediia [The Divine Comedy]
Lovely copy, in the impressive original binding, of the first complete translation of Dante in Russia. With Doré's celebrated illustrations.
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An interesting and very unusual item: a samizdat copy of Akhmatova's masterpiece, bound in the poetess' dress, with a lengthy inscription detailing part of the provenance.
Read More Read More[Under the Open Skies [bound with:] Poems and Short stories]
A lovely volume with two first editions, including one inscribed by Bunin. Both works are rarely found.
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Extensive photographic documentation of the life of a UNRRA camp officer in the aftermath of WW2 in Germany - with other ephemera and documents.
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Great and unusual US-printed postcard for Ukrainian independance from the Soviet Union, shown as an extension of the Russian empire.
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