PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich, Sergey LIFAR and Prof. M. L. GOFMAN (editors)
Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich, Sergey LIFAR and Prof. M. L. GOFMAN (editors), Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda,Lifar, Paris , 1934.
Pushkin's best travel account in a fine bibliophilic edition, one of 50 'ad nominem' copies only, this one for Valerian Svetlov. Read More
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr and Sergey LIFAR (editor)
Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr and Sergey LIFAR (editor), Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda,Lifar, Paris , 1935.
Pushkin's best travel account in a fine bibliophilic edition, with the first publication of his draft. Read More
GEIER, Ivan Ivanovich, Ot Tashkenta do Gavy,Tip. bratiev Portsevykh, Tashkent , [1895].
A lovely association copy, inscribed by the author to an important Russain official in Turkestan, of a very rare travel account in the heart of Russian Central Asia. An early Uzbek publication containing fascinating details on the economy of the region, especially in the Fergana valley in the Arslanbob mountains, famous for its important walnut forest. Read More
Turkestan: etiudy s natury - Etudes d'après nature - Studien nach der Natur
VERESHCHAGIN, Vasilii, Turkestan: etiudy s natury - Etudes d'après nature - Studien nach der Natur,Beggrov, Skt Peterburg , 1874.
One of the best Russian war artists in Central Asia: a fine example, signed by Vereshchagin and attractively bound, of this rich visual record of nowadays Uzbekistan and the surrounding regions at the height of the Great Game. Uncommon. Read More
Les chasses au Caucase. Okhoty Kavkaza
KALINOVSKII, A, Les chasses au Caucase. Okhoty Kavkaza,Vilborg for A. Yakovlev, Skt. Peterburg , 1900.
First edition of this impressive visual record of imperial hunting parties in the Caucasus - one of the greatest Russian hunting books, in French and Russian, conceived and produced specifically to promote the Caucasian region at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900. With 100 leaves of illustrations. A good example in the publisher's binding. Read More
IAZYKOV, Dmitrii Ivanovich (editor and translator)
Sobranie puteshestvii k tataram I drugim vostochnim narodam, v XIII, XIV i XV stoletiakh
IAZYKOV, Dmitrii Ivanovich (editor and translator), Sobranie puteshestvii k tataram I drugim vostochnim narodam, v XIII, XIV i XV stoletiakh,Dep. narodn. prosveshch., Skt. Peterburg , 1825.
A witness of the Russian interest in the eastern parts of its empire and its neighbours. Includes Carpini's 13th-c. travel account, thought to be the earliest significant Western description of Northern and Central Asia, Rus, and the regions of the Mongol dominion. A fresh example of the rare first edition. Read More
Ukazatel putei paketbotnykh parokhodov Rossiiskikh i inostrannykh
[BLACK SEA], Ukazatel putei paketbotnykh parokhodov Rossiiskikh i inostrannykh,Odessa, A. Braun , 1852.
A fascinating and extremely rare map, in excellent condition, showing the steam-boats routes on the Black Sea just a year before the outbreak of the Crimean War. Read More
Traktat o torgovle mezhdu rossiiskoiu imperieiu i portoiu ottomanskoiu
, Traktat o torgovle mezhdu rossiiskoiu imperieiu i portoiu ottomanskoiu,Skt. Peterburg, Imp. Akad. Nauk , 1783.
Uncommon treatise between Catherine's Russia and the Ottoman Empire, and inbetween two Russo-Turkish wars of the 18th century. Read More