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Image for STANISLAVSKII, K. Photograph inscribed. Moscow, 1911. #2

Chekhov's innovative director

Cabinet photograph signed to Andrei Pavlovich Petrovskii

£3,750

Chekhov's innovative director
STANISLAVSKII, Konstantin Sergeevich. Cabinet photograph signed to Andrei Pavlovich Petrovskii.
Published/created in: [c. 1911]

£3,750

Excellent photograph of the famous director, beautifully inscribed to a fellow man of theatre.

Image for BOURKE-WHITE, Meet Some of the Soviet People. First edition, c.1941 #2

By the first American woman war photojournalist

BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret

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 SHCHERBATOVA, O. Po Indii i Tseilonu [Across India and Ceylon]. First edition, Moscow, 1892. #2

Out of stock

A Russian woman discovers Southern India

SHCHERBATOVA, Olga Aleksandrovna

Po Indii i Tseilonu. Moi putevyia zametki 1890-91 [Across India and Ceylon. My Travel Notes 1890-91]

A Russian woman discovers Southern India
SHCHERBATOVA, Olga Aleksandrovna. Po Indii i Tseilonu. Moi putevyia zametki 1890-91. [Across India and Ceylon. My Travel Notes 1890-91]
Published/created in: 1892

£1,850

Wide-ranging travel account, illustrated with a wealth of photographs, some taken by the author, a remarkable Russian princess fond of travels. A fine example of this scarce first edition.

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 LEITSINGER, Photographs of Arkhangelsk and Northern Russian people, late 19th century #1

Out of stock

Samoyeds, barrels and snow

LEITSINGER, Jakob Ivanovich

Photographic Views of Arkhangelsk and its Region

Samoyeds, barrels and snow
LEITSINGER, Jakob Ivanovich. Photographic Views of Arkhangelsk and its Region.
Published/created in: 1890-1900s

£895

A lovely group of rare Russian photographs, showing Northern indigenous peoples and local trades by one of the main photographers of the Russian North, and future mayor of Arkhangelsk.

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