Ego Imperatorskoe Vysochestvo Velikii Kniaz Sergei Mikhailovich... [His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich [...] Reminiscences about His Life and Work, and about the Development of Artillery during His Lifetime]
Published/created in: 1934
£375
Scarce émigré work commemorating a prominent member of the Romanov family, active during WWI and shot by the Bolsheviks; first edition, published in Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
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The Seat of War in the East.
Published/created in: 1855-56
£17,500
A most famous plate book on the Crimean War. First edition, a very good example complete of the deluxe version, with the smaller text volume.
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Remarques sur le militaire des Turcs et des Russes.
Published/created in: 1771
£1,250
Excellent example of this detailed account of the forces in presence during the 1768-74 war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
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A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians.
Published/created in: 1804
£16,500
One of the most beautiful and impressive British works on Russia, with many great plates in fine colouring. Here unusually bound in a luxury full red morocco gilt signed.
Read More Read MoreKHOLMSTON-SMYSLOVSKII, [Boris]
Izbrannye stati i rechi [Selected Articles and Speeches]
Izbrannye stati i rechi. [Selected Articles and Speeches]
Published/created in: 1953
£195
A volume of essays by a Russian anti-communist general, published in South America, where he advised the Argentinian president.
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Images et dessins populaires russes jusqu'a 1860 [Title on cover].
Published/created in: 1887-89
£4,750
Some great imagery in a rare volume of 85 plates - mostly military but only, with many themes strikingly depicted. A rare item of Russian folk art, here in fine condition.
Read More Read MoreROMANOV, Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich
General-Adiutanty Imeratora Aleksandra I [Adjutants-Generals of the Emperor Alexander I]
General-Adiutanty Imeratora Aleksandra I. [Adjutants-Generals of the Emperor Alexander I]
Published/created in: 1913
£2,750
Attractive example of this fine production of Russian military history.
Read More Read MoreERMOLOV, Aleksei Petrovich, also YERMOLOV
Zapiski Alekseia Petrovicha Ermolova o voine 1812 goda [Notes of Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov about the war of 1812]
Zapiski Alekseia Petrovicha Ermolova o voine 1812 goda. [Notes of Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov about the war of 1812]
Published/created in: 1863
£1,250
Important eye-witness account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia: scarce first edition published in London because banned in Russia.
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Illiustrirovannaia khronika voiny. [The Illustrated Chronicle of War]
Published/created in: 1877-78
£6,750
The Balkans, Southern Eastern Europe and Western Turkey in two fascinating folio volumes detailing all events of the 1877-78 war. Very richly illustrated and rarely found in such an attractive example, here in the original publisher's binding.
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Vsemirnaia miatezhevoina. Guerra revolucionaria mundial. [The Worldwide Subversion-War]
Published/created in: 1971
£450
The Cold War and the 1960s analysed by a military theorist. A fine example of the first edition.
Read More Read MoreBOZHOVSKII, Vasliii Konstantinovich
Vystavka 1812 goda: illiustrirovanoe izdanie [Exhibition Dedicated to the Year 1812: Illustrated Edition].
Vystavka 1812 goda: illiustrirovanoe izdanie. [Exhibition Dedicated to the Year 1812: Illustrated Edition].
Published/created in: 1913
£2,850
The impressive, thick and richly illustrated catalogue of the centenary exhibition celebrating the Patriotic War against Napoleon. Very rare in wrappers, complete with all plates.
Read More Read MoreGAGARINE, Prince Grégoire – Kniaz Grigorii Grigorevich GAGARIN
Dessins et croquis d'après nature. Risunki i nabroski s natury
Dessins et croquis d'après nature. Risunki i nabroski s natury.
Published/created in: 1902
£4,500
Gagarin's artistic record of Turkish and Caucasian types, among other sketches reproduced, including portraits of Russian aristocrats in the Caucasus, Gypsies in Moscow and views of Egypt and Greece. A beautiful, large format production of one of the best Russian presses of the time. A fine example with contemporary provenance.
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Letopisets v litsakh o Tevtonstey brani na sloveni. [Chronicle of the Teutonic War on the Slavs]
£1,750
Complete set of this unusual war satire, written and illustrated in ancient Russian style. Rare when handcoloured, as here. Only 3 complete copies traced in institutions outside Russia.
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Donesenie Varshavskogo komiteta. [Report of the Warsaw Investigation Committee]
Published/created in: 1826
£3,750
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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Annales de la Petite-Russie, ou histoire des Cosaques de l'Ukraine, ou de la Petite-Russie, depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours; suivie d'un abrégé de l'Histoire des Hettmans des Cosaques.
Published/created in: 1788
£3,850
First edition of a significant work on Ukraine and its famous Cossacks - but not only, covering also many other aspects of the country's history and geography. A lovely copy, in a nicely decorated binding.
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[Album of Photographs of a UNRRA Camp, its Employees and Refugees, in 1945-c.1947].
Published/created in: [late 1940s?]
£1,250
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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