Nikolai II's Russia | PY Rare Books

Image for V. GOLITSYN. Tsikhis-Dziri. Dachnoe mesto bliz Batumi. First edition, Batumi, 1911. #2

The ideal dacha on the Black Sea coast

Tsikhis-Dziri. Dachnoe mesto bliz Batumi [Tsikhis-Dziri: A Place for Summer Homes Near Batumi]

Tavartkiladze, Batumi, 1911. £750

A detailed publication advertising the dacha-lifestyle on the Georgian coast, a relatively recently conquered region - richly illustrated, with the folding map and much practical information. Very rare, with no copied traced in the West.

Image for A. NOS. Nachalo dobrovolnago flota. Voluntary Russian fleet. First edition, Moscow, 1890. #2

Extremely rare work on the Russian fleet, in an even rarer binding

NOS, Andrei

Nachalo dobrovolnago flota [The Beginning of the Voluntary Fleet]

Moskva, Rikhter, 1890. £2,750

A diplomatic gift from Nikolay II to the French President Felix Faure, in a great, striking binidng boasting the Russian flag. First edition of this fine illustrated work, very rare as only one other copy traced worldwide.

Image for N.B. [BOGATOV] and PEROV. Russian Types. Chromolithographs, first edition; Moscow, 1889. #2

No other set traced

N.B. [presumably Nikolai Alekseevich BOGATOV] and Vasilii PEROV (artists)

Russkie tipy [Russian types]

Kushnerev i Ko, Moskva, [ca. 1889]. £375

Lovely set of depictions of various peoples of the Rusisan empire, most probably published for the Paris 'Exposition Universelle'. Of great rarity, as we couldn't find any other example. With (most of) the original printed envelope.

Image for [ROMANOVS] Childhood, Education and Young Years of the Russian Tsars. First edition, in the original Russian. Skt. Peterburg, 1914. #2

With the gilt cover in fine condition

[ROMANOVS] – Ivan Nikolaevich BOZHERIANOV

Detstvo, vospitanie i leta iunosti russkih imperatorov [Childhood, Education and Young Years of Russian Emperors]

Benke, Skt. Peterburg, [1914]. £4,250

Pleasant and attractive example of this great book, a luxurious, richly illustrated production presenting the childhood of the Romanov tsars over 200 years. First edition, scarce in such condition.

Image for Th. GAUTIER. Russia. Philadelphia, 1905. #2

A striking copy

GAUTIER, Théophile

Russia

The John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, 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.

Image for MITKIN, M. General View of Yalta. Photographic panorama. Yalta, 1890s. #2

Yalta's bay on a 1.5m panorama

MITKIN, Mikhail

Obshchii vid Ialty [General View of Yalta]

[Yalta, 1890s]. £8,500

Fine and scarce photographic view of the famous Crimean coastal town. In an attractive binding of the time.

Image for E. POHLIG. Handschriftliche Reisebeschreibung durch Russland. Reichillustriert. 1897-1903. #2

"Die Reise um die Welt ohne Geld"

POHLIG, Emil

Zu Fuss: Kreuz und Quer Durchs das Ganze Russische Reich [On Foot: Crisscrossing the Whole Russian Empire]

[Germany and Russia, ca. 1897-1903]. £1,250

Unusual extensive manuscript travel account of a German going through Russia and recording his many observations - richly illustrated with a variety of added material. Only partly published in contemporary newspapers.

Image for CHEKHOV, A. Cherry Orchard, second edition. St. Petersburg, 1904. #2

In the lovely art-nouveau wrappers

CHEKHOV, Anton

Vishnevyi Sad [Cherry Orchard]

A.F.Marks, Skt Peterburg, 1904. £1,500

Uncommon edition of Chekhov's masterpiece, with only the publisher's wrappers different from the first edition. A pleasant example.

Image for NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO, V. Slazki deistvitelnosti. First edition, Tsarskoe Selo copy. #2

Imperial copy

NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO, Vasilii Ivanovich

Skazki deistvitelnosti [Tales of Reality]

Lebedev, Skt. Peterburg, 1891. £2,750

First edition of these great realistic Russian novellas: the Tsarskoe Selo copy.

Image for Romanov Family, Four ceremonials: baptism, adulthood and weddings of Gd. Dukes and Duchesses #1

From baptism to wedding

[ROMANOVS]

Four Ceremonials

Trenke i Fiusno, Skt. Peterburg, and Levenson, Moskva, 1882, 1889, [1894], 1902. £6,500

Uncommon luxurious full cream calf binding for the wedding of two first cousins of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II - together with three other ceremonials detailing important events in the close family of Alexander III. A fine group.

Image for Melgunov, Towards a Palace Coup, first edition, 1931 #1

In lovely condition

MELGUNOV, Sergei

Na putiakh k dvortsovomu perevorotu (zagovory pered revoliutsii 1917 goda) [On the Paths Towards a Palace Coup (plots ahead of the 1917 Revolution)]

Rodnik, Parizh, 1931. £175

Rather objective historical analysis of the Russian political plots around Tsar Nicholas II before the revolution. A fine example of the first edition.

Image for USPENSKII, Chronicle of the Teutonic War on the Slavs, Petrograd, 1915-16, first edition, handcoloured. #1

WWI caricatures in ancient style

USPENSKII, Vasilii Ivanovich

Letopisets v litsakh o Tevtonstey brani na sloveni [Chronicle of the Teutonic War on the Slavs]

Bussel, Petrograd, [1915-16]. £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.

Image for KALINOVSKII, Les chasses au Caucase. Okhoty Kavkaza. First edition, St. Petersbourg, 1900. With 100 plates. #2

Abundant imperial hunting parties in the Mountains

KALINOVSKII, A

Les chasses au Caucase. Okhoty Kavkaza

Vilborg for A. Yakovlev, Skt. Peterburg, 1900. £6,500

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.

Image for [SIBERIA & RUSSIAN FRA EAST]. Guide to the Great Siberia Railway. First edition in English. Fine copy. St. Petersburg, 1900. #2

Out of stock

Everything you need to know - and more

DMITRIEV-MAMONOV, A.I., A.F. ZDZIARSKII and John MARSHALL (transl.)

Guide to the Great Siberian Railway

Artistic Printing Society, St. Petersburg, 1900.

Fine example of the first edition in English. A volume with a wealth of information on Russia, Siberia and the Russian Far East under Tsar Nicholas II's rule. Richly illustrated, with foloding maps and city plans.

Image for W. BALLMANN. Photograph of Gd. Duke Pavel Aleksandrovich Romanov, his wife Olga Paley and their Family. Ca. 1904. #2

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Fine family photograph

[ROMANOVS] – BALLMANN, W

Photograph of Grand Duke Pavel Aleksandrovich, Olga Paley and their Family

W. Ballmann, Schlangenbad, [ca. 1904].

Rare photograph of this celebrated family, part of the Romanovs, before the tragedy of the Russian revolution.

Image for [DETECTIVE STORIES] - Nat Pinkerton Korol Syshchikov. Pre-revolutionary Russian edition. St. Petersburg, 1910s. #2

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The most famous of Western pulp fiction for Russians

Nat Pinkerton Korol Syshchikov. Nevinno kaznennyi [Nat Pinkerton, King of Detectives. Unfairly Condemned]

Skt Peterburg, Razvlechenie, [1910s].

Very unusual: a pulp fiction booklet, in very good condition, telling the adventures in NYC of the most famous figure in Russian detective literature.

Image for S. POZNER. Jews in general school. First edition, in Russian, St. Petersburg, 1914. #2

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Jewish pupils in the country which invented the 'Protocols'

POZNER, Solomon Vladimirovich

Evrei v obshchei shkole [The Jews in General School]

L. Ia. Ganzburg for Razum, Skt. Peterburg, 1914.

First edition of this important work of sociology, focusing on the discrimination which Jews were suffering in the Russian empire at the school and university level. An extensive, detailed work, with much useful statistics. Uncommon.

Image for [UKRAINE - TEXTILE] - Ukrainian Folk Art, 3rd Series. First edition, Poltava, 1912-13. #2

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Rare illustrations of Ukrainian textile - from an art historian's family

[UKRAINE – TEXTILE]

Ukrainskoe narodnoe tvorchestvo [Ukrainian Folk Art]

Suvorin - Novoe Vremia, Skt. Peterburg. for Kustarn. sklad poltavsk. gub. zemstva, Poltava, 1912-13.

An excellent set of this series on the Ukrainian art of lace and textile decoration, richly illustrated. Very rare, on the market like in libraries. With fine literary and artistic provenance.

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