Rare etnographic musical work, a record of popular songs from Siberia, with the attractively decorated wrapper. First edition.
BAKHAREV V. [pseud. for Vladimir Petrovich MAKHNOVETS]
Kak derzhat sebia na doprosakh [How to Conduct Oneself During Interrogations]
A practical handbook for revolutionaries caught by the tsarist authorities - pretty unusual theme and rare on the market. Attractive example of the first edition, with provenance.
Beautiful broadside for the coronation of Russia's last tsar, very decorative and in very good condition.
More than 300 traditional tales are gathered here, in the local dialects: a fine work of ethnographic material on the northern regions of Russia.
'Tsarskaia Okhota': the greatest Russian hunting book in a spectacular and most unusual Belgian binding made of cuir repoussé, incoporating Samokish's design of a falcon with open wings. A great example of this striking luxury book.
SVITKOV, Nikolai [pseud. for Nikolai STEPANOV]
Masonstvo v Russkoi Emigratsii [Freemasonry in Russian emigration]
Uncommon second edition of Svitkov's main work on Russian Masonry, published in Brazil.
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Wide-ranging and fascinating analysis of the world powers and their relationships with Russia at the turn of the 20th century - with great comments on China and the USA. First edition, bound in Constantinople and with interesting, related modern provenance.
Details of the processes of the coronation of the last Russian tsar, together with the list of important foreign attendees - including one volume more unusually luxuriously bound in full soft red calf gilt.
Great denunciation of the catastrophy for Russia of the war against Japan. A pre-revolutionary publication banned in tsarist Russia.