Panorama of Tuapse.
Published/created in: ca. 1911]
£1,950
A small Russian port on the Black Sea with railway works and development: an informative and very rare photographic panorama, impressively long: almost 1.9 metre!
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[ROMANOVS] – P. LEBEDEV (artist)
Istoricheskii albom tysiacheletiia Rossii. Portrety tsarskogo doma zemli russkoi s 862-1862 g [The Millenium of Russia Historical Album. Portraits of the Royal House of the Russian Land 862-1862]
Istoricheskii albom tysiacheletiia Rossii. Portrety tsarskogo doma zemli russkoi s 862-1862 g. [The Millenium of Russia Historical Album. Portraits of the Royal House of the Russian Land 862-1862]
Published/created in: 1875
£3,500
Very rare: no copy traced on the Russian market, no copy traced oustide Russia. A luxury celebration of the Russian rulers, with the use of photography, and fine chomolithography. In an impressive full-leather binding.
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GEKKER, Naum Leontevich [HECKER]
K kharakteristikie fizicheskago tipa iakutov : antropologicheskii ocherk. Zur Charakteristik des physischen Typus der Iakuten [On Characteristics of the Yakut Physical Type]
K kharakteristikie fizicheskago tipa iakutov : antropologicheskii ocherk. Zur Charakteristik des physischen Typus der Iakuten. [On Characteristics of the Yakut Physical Type]
Published/created in: 1896
£3,500
A shot in the head, gold mining in Siberia, ethnography of the locals, and the use of photography: an interesting and unsual work on these people of deep Siberia. Scarce first edition of the original Russian, complete with its photographic plate.
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DMITRIEV-MAMONOV, A.I., A.F. ZDZIARSKII and John MARSHALL (transl.)
Guide to the Great Siberian Railway
Guide to the Great Siberian Railway.
Published/created in: 1900
£1,250
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.
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Photograph of Grand Duke Pavel Aleksandrovich, Olga Paley and their Family.
Published/created in: [ca. 1904]
£1,150
Rare photograph of this celebrated family, part of the Romanovs, before the tragedy of the Russian revolution.
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[Album of Photographs of a UNRRA Camp, its Employees and Refugees, in 1945-c.1947].
Published/created in: [late 1940s?]
£1,250
Extensive photographic documentation of the life of a UNRRA camp officer in the aftermath of WW2 in Germany - with other ephemera and documents.
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A Travers le Turkestan Russe.
Published/created in: 1902
£4,950
Remarkable photographic record of nowadays Uzbekistan and neighbouring regions - a beautiful, luxury production, and a fine example, inscribed by the photographer and author.
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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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