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By the first American woman war photojournalist

Meet Some of the Soviet People

£800

By the first American woman war photojournalist
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret. Meet Some of the Soviet People.
Published/created in: [1941?]

£800

The variety of peoples of the USSR in fine photographic portraits by a great photographer, possibly the most significant woman photographer of her time.

Image for LOUKOMSKI, G. Le Kreml de Moscou. Paris, c. 1927-28. Complete first edition #1

One of the greatest museums of Russia

LOUKOMSKI [LUKOMSKII] Georgii Krestsenovich

Le Kreml (Kremlin) de Moscou. Ses cathédrales, ses palais et ses trésors d'art

£250

One of the greatest museums of Russia
LOUKOMSKI [LUKOMSKII] Georgii Krestsenovich. Le Kreml (Kremlin) de Moscou. Ses cathédrales, ses palais et ses trésors d'art.
Published/created in: [ca. 1927-28]

£250

A complete example of this impressive photographic survey of the Kremlin and its fantastic museums.

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

£6,500

Abundant imperial hunting parties in the Mountains
KALINOVSKII, A. Les chasses au Caucase. Okhoty Kavkaza.
Published/created in: 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 ORZHIKH, B. Albom Bortsov za Svobodu. Nagasaki, 1907. First edition, with wrappers. #2

Out of stock

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.

Image for Karafuto Shashin-cho [A Photographic Album of South Sakhalin], 1936. #2

Out of stock

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.

Image for Mayakovsky discovers the USA: first edition, with Rochenko's original wrappers. #1

Out of stock

A Russian poet in the US

MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and Aleksandr RODCHENKO (illustrator)

Moe otkrytie Ameriki [My Discovery of America]

A Russian poet in the US
MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and Aleksandr RODCHENKO (illustrator). Moe otkrytie Ameriki. [My Discovery of America]
Published/created in: 1926

£1,000

Mayakovsky travelling to and photographed in the USA: first edition, in fine condition, with Rochenko's original wrappers.

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