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Image for [BARANSHCHIKOV]. Unfortunate adventures... Rare first edition. St. Petersburg, 1787. #2

One of the earliest Russian accounts the Caribbean Islands

[BARANSHCHIKOV, Vasilii Iakovlevich] – S. K. R

Neshchastnyia Prikliucheniia [...] v trekh chastiakh sveta: v Amerike, Azii i Evrope s 1780 po 1787 god [Unfortunate Adventures [...] in Three Parts of the World: America, Asia, and Europe, from 1780 to 1787]

£9,500

One of the earliest Russian accounts the Caribbean Islands
[BARANSHCHIKOV, Vasilii Iakovlevich] - S. K. R. Neshchastnyia Prikliucheniia [...] v trekh chastiakh sveta: v Amerike, Azii i Evrope s 1780 po 1787 god. [Unfortunate Adventures [...] in Three Parts of the World: America, Asia, and Europe, from 1780 to 1787]
Published/created in: 1787

£9,500

What a story! Incredible (but true) adventures of a Russian throughout the world, and as a result an innovative book, probably the first Russian account of South America and the Caribbean, with a wealth of great details. Very rare first edition, with only one copy in the US.

Image for ATKINSON. Oriental and Western Siberia. First edition, London, 1858 #2

'South to the Great Steppe' - with his wife

ATKINSON, Thomas William

Oriental and Western Siberia: A narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia

£850

'South to the Great Steppe' - with his wife
ATKINSON, Thomas William. Oriental and Western Siberia: A narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia.
Published/created in: 1858

£850

Pleasant copy of the first edition of this famous, extensive description of Central Asia at the heart of the Great Game.

Image for WEYDEMEYER. Tableaux...de l'Empire de Russie. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1828. #2

Mapping Russia's history and development for an international audience

WEYDEMEYER, Alexandre de

Tableaux historiques, chronologiques, geographiques et statistiques de l'Empire de Russie, avec une carte généalogique

£3,250

Mapping Russia's history and development for an international audience
WEYDEMEYER, Alexandre de. Tableaux historiques, chronologiques, geographiques et statistiques de l'Empire de Russie, avec une carte généalogique.
Published/created in: 1828

£3,250

First edition of this impressive wide-ranging work, finely printed by Pluchart in St. Petersburg. A scarce publication, with a wealth of information on the Russian empire up to Pushkin's time.

Image for CHEKANOVSKII, A.L. Dnevnik ekspeditsii po rekam... First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1896. #2

Discovering remote Siberia

CHEKANOVSKII, Aleksandr

Dnevnik ekspeditsii [...] po rekam Nizhnei Tunguske, Oleneku i Lene v 1873-75 godakh [Diary of the Expedition [...] undertaken in 1873-75 along the rivers Nizhniaia Tunguska, Olenek and Lena]

£1,850

Discovering remote Siberia
CHEKANOVSKII, Aleksandr. Dnevnik ekspeditsii [...] po rekam Nizhnei Tunguske, Oleneku i Lene v 1873-75 godakh. [Diary of the Expedition [...] undertaken in 1873-75 along the rivers Nizhniaia Tunguska, Olenek and Lena]
Published/created in: 1896

£1,850

First edition of this rare account of exploring expeditions in central and northern Siberia. With map and illustrations.

Image for GAMEL, I. Englishmen in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries. Skt. Peterburg, 1865-69. #2

Early days

GAMEL, I. [Joseph Christian HAMEL]

Anglichane v Rossii v XVI i XVII stoletiiakh [Englishmen in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries]

£600

Early days
GAMEL, I. [Joseph Christian HAMEL]. Anglichane v Rossii v XVI i XVII stoletiiakh. [Englishmen in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries]
Published/created in: 1865-9

£600

A theme rarely researched: the relations between Russia and Great Britain, and here more specifically early English travellers to Russia before Peter the Great. First edition of this scarce study.

Image for BORISOV, A. U Samedov. First edition, 1907. #7

Out of stock

Northern regions seen by a Russian artist

BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich

U Samoedov. Ot Pingi do Karskogo moria. Putevye ocherki [Among the Samoyeds. From the Pinega river to the sea of Kars. Travel sketches]

Northern regions seen by a Russian artist
BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich. U Samoedov. Ot Pingi do Karskogo moria. Putevye ocherki. [Among the Samoyeds. From the Pinega river to the sea of Kars. Travel sketches]
Published/created in: 1907

£1,250

An artist-explorer gives his impressions of his polar trip to Northern Russia.

Image for BORISOV, A. Krainii Sever. First edition, 1931. #7

Out of stock

The first Russian painter of the Arctic

BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich

Krainii sever [The Far North]

The first Russian painter of the Arctic
BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich. Krainii sever. [The Far North]
Published/created in: 1931

£2,250

Great images due to an artist-explorer discovering the Arctic regions of Russia. Scarce, and this copy inscribed by a leading Soviet explorer.

Out of stock

Russia, Persia and China at the time of Peter the Great

BELL, John

Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia [to Ispahan...to Pekin through Siberia...from Mosco to Derbent in Persia... A Journey from St. Petersburg to Constantinople]

Russia, Persia and China at the time of Peter the Great
BELL, John. Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia [to Ispahan...to Pekin through Siberia...from Mosco to Derbent in Persia... A Journey from St. Petersburg to Constantinople].
Published/created in: 1763

£1,000

The preferred first edition in the Quarto format; with the folding map of Siberia up to China.

Image for STRAHLENBERG, Ph. Description - with map - in English. London, 1738. #2

Out of stock

With the large map of the Russian Empire

STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von

An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia; but More Particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary

With the large map of the Russian Empire
STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von. An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia; but More Particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary.
Published/created in: 1738

£7,500

Fine, fresh example of this famous work, with its impressive map but also with important illustrations and a wide-ranging content on Siberia and other Russian regions.

Image for LEBEDEV, Vl. Antarktika. Moscow, 1957. #2

Out of stock

The Soviet Antarctic - inscribed

LEBEDEV, Vladimir Lvovich

Antarktika [The Antarctic]

The Soviet Antarctic - inscribed
LEBEDEV, Vladimir Lvovich. Antarktika. [The Antarctic]
Published/created in: 1957

£650

Important study of the Antarctic by a leading Soviet oceanographer: a first edition, inscribed by the author to a distinguished hydrologist and engineer. Illustrated, in particular with maps.

Image for PALLAS, P.S. Voyages en Sibérie. Berne, 1791. #2

Out of stock

Beyond the Baikal and back

[PALLAS, Peter Simon]

Voyages en Sibérie, extraits de journaux de divers savans voyageurs. Ornés de Planches & cartes

Beyond the Baikal and back
[PALLAS, Peter Simon]. Voyages en Sibérie, extraits de journaux de divers savans voyageurs. Ornés de Planches & cartes.
Published/created in: 1791

£750

The great German polymath in an uncommon lifetime edition, often overlooked. A pleasant example of these accounts of Pallas' wide-ranging descriptions of Western and Central Siberia.

Image for OBRUCHEV, Mountains of Yakutia, first edition in the original Russian; with map, 1928 #2

Out of stock

A mountainous surprise

OBRUCHEV, Sergei Vladimirovich

V nevedomykh gorakh Iakutii [In the Unknown Mountains of Yakutia]

A mountainous surprise
OBRUCHEV, Sergei Vladimirovich. V nevedomykh gorakh Iakutii. [In the Unknown Mountains of Yakutia]
Published/created in: 1928

£1,950

First edition of this important expedition exploring the last unknown region of Russia, and discovering there an impressive mountain: the Chersky Range. Complete with illustrations and the first map of the area, in north-east Siberia.

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