For American soldiers-tourists based in the Philippines - only copy traced

Notes on Travel in Japan, China and India with Passport Regulations
£1,250

For American soldiers-tourists based in the Philippines - only copy traced
. Notes on Travel in Japan, China and India with Passport Regulations.
Published/created in: [ca. 1924]

£1,250

A small guide packed with information and of utmost rarity: no other copy traced. Printed in the Philippines.

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Japanese children books in the young USSR

MEKSIN, Iakov, Nina SAKULINA, and Aleksandr MOGILEVSKII (artist)

Vystavka detskoi knigi i detskogo tvorchestva Iaponii [An Exhibition of Japanese Children Books and Art Work]
£395

Japanese children books in the young USSR
MEKSIN, Iakov, Nina SAKULINA, and Aleksandr MOGILEVSKII (artist). Vystavka detskoi knigi i detskogo tvorchestva Iaponii. [An Exhibition of Japanese Children Books and Art Work]
Published/created in: 1928

£395

Uncommon booklet presenting a very early cultural exchange between Japan and the USSR, centred on children books. A lovely item, here in very good condition in spite of its fragility.

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A striking copy

GAUTIER, Théophile

Russia
£850

A striking copy
GAUTIER, Théophile. Russia.
Published/created in: 1905

£850

Impressive American publication, here in fantastic condition, bringing to the English-speaking reader an account of Russia by one of the great French authors.

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From shamanism to planting seeds in Kamchatka

GEORGI, Johann Gottlieb

Merkwürdigkeiten verschiedener unbekannten Völker des Russischen Reichs
£1,750

From shamanism to planting seeds in Kamchatka
GEORGI, Johann Gottlieb. Merkwürdigkeiten verschiedener unbekannten Völker des Russischen Reichs.
Published/created in: 1777

£1,750

Some of the first systematic ethnographic observations of peoples of Russia, here focusing on Siberian and Far Eastern peoples. An edition rarely found, with plates and a map. Lovely copy in fine condition.

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Chinese money in a Russian collection

CHAUDOIR, Baron Stanislas de

Kitaiskie, manchzhurskie, mongolskie, iliiskie, koreiskie, iaponskie, aninanskie i neizvestnye monety, medali, assignatsii, menialnye bilety, zolotye i serebrianye slitki.

[Catalogue of copper money of Chinese, Japanese, Korean Vietnamese and uncertain origins, medals, paper-money, exchange notes, gold and silver bars]

£4,500

Chinese money in a Russian collection
CHAUDOIR, Baron Stanislas de. Kitaiskie, manchzhurskie, mongolskie, iliiskie, koreiskie, iaponskie, aninanskie i neizvestnye monety, medali, assignatsii, menialnye bilety, zolotye i serebrianye slitki.

. [Catalogue of copper money of Chinese, Japanese, Korean Vietnamese and uncertain origins, medals, paper-money, exchange notes, gold and silver bars]
Published/created in: c. 1842]

£4,500

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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The striking achievements of the young USSR seen from Japan

SUZUKI, Yukiyasu (editor)

Shin Roshia [New Russia]

The striking achievements of the young USSR seen from Japan
SUZUKI, Yukiyasu (editor). Shin Roshia. [New Russia]
Published/created in: Showa 7-8 [i.e. 1932- 1933]

£3,800

Fine photographic illustrations of Soviet Russia for a Japanese audience. First edition, a complete set.

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With the striking wrappers

ORZHIKH, Boris

Albom Bortsov za Svobodu [Album of Freedom Fighters, Pt.1 [all published]]

With the striking wrappers
ORZHIKH, Boris. Albom Bortsov za Svobodu. [Album of Freedom Fighters, Pt.1 [all published]]
Published/created in: 1907

£1,875

Impressive publication of a politically active Russian émigré to Japan. Richly illustrated, here with the original publisher's printed wrappers.

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The achievements of Japanese colonisation in Sakhalin

Karafuto Shashin-cho [A Photographic Album of South Sakhalin]

The achievements of Japanese colonisation in Sakhalin
. Karafuto Shashin-cho. [A Photographic Album of South Sakhalin]
Published/created in: Showa 11 [ie. 1936]

£950

Great visual record of South Sakhalin in the 1920s-30s: wide-ranging, artistic - and scarce. A beautifully fresh example.

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A US Ambassador visits Vladivostok during the Civil War

MORRIS, Roland

Signed Letter to Charles Hart, with Envelope

A US Ambassador visits Vladivostok during the Civil War
MORRIS, Roland. Signed Letter to Charles Hart, with Envelope.
Published/created in: October 4, 1918

£195

The US Ambassador to Japan recounts his views of Vladivostok, just a year after the Russian Revolution while the Civil War front is moving eastwards: a fine letter on embossed official paper of the Embassy, kept with its signed original envelope.

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"International city": Russian caricatures in Japanese China

RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist)

Kharbin v krivom zerkale [Harbin in a crooked mirror]

"International city": Russian caricatures in Japanese China
RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist). Kharbin v krivom zerkale. [Harbin in a crooked mirror]
Published/created in: mid-1930-early 1940s]

£1,750

Witty depictions of the Russian diaspora in Harbin under Japanese occupation. A complete set of these fine postcards, within the printed wrappers: very rare so.

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First bananas, curry and sake

GONCHAROV, Ivan

Fregat Pallada [The Frigate Pallada]

First bananas, curry and sake
GONCHAROV, Ivan. Fregat Pallada. [The Frigate Pallada]
Published/created in: 1858

£5,750

One of the best travel accounts by a Russian literary author: Goncharov's travel to Japan, Hong Kong and Africa. An excellent example of the first edition.

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From Tolstoy to Lenin, Gorky and Chaliapin - in Japan

SKITALETS [pseud. of Stepan Gavrilovich PETROV]

O znamenitykh russkikh liudiakh [On Famous Russian People]

From Tolstoy to Lenin, Gorky and Chaliapin - in Japan
SKITALETS [pseud. of Stepan Gavrilovich PETROV]

. O znamenitykh russkikh liudiakh. [On Famous Russian People]
Published/created in: 1927

£750

Very rare Russian book published in Japan, presenting short sketches of important Russian contemporaries, such as Tolstoy, Lenin, Gorky and Pleakhanov.

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Another war which went wrong...

BURTSEV, Vladimir Lvovich

Tsar i vneshniaia politika. Vinovniki russko-iaponskoi voiny [The Tsar and Foreign Affairs. The Culprits of the Russo-Japanese War]

Another war which went wrong...
BURTSEV, Vladimir Lvovich. Tsar i vneshniaia politika. Vinovniki russko-iaponskoi voiny. [The Tsar and Foreign Affairs. The Culprits of the Russo-Japanese War]


Published/created in: 1910

£65

Great denunciation of the catastrophy for Russia of the war against Japan. A pre-revolutionary publication banned in tsarist Russia.

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