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Image for WEYDEMEYER. Tableaux...de l'Empire de Russie. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1828. #2

Mapping Russia's history and development for an international audience

Tableaux historiques, chronologiques, geographiques et statistiques de l'Empire de Russie, avec une carte généalogique

£3,250

Mapping Russia's history and development for an international audience
WEYDEMEYER, Alexandre de. Tableaux historiques, chronologiques, geographiques et statistiques de l'Empire de Russie, avec une carte généalogique.
Published/created in: 1828

£3,250

First edition of this impressive wide-ranging work, finely printed by Pluchart in St. Petersburg. A scarce publication, with a wealth of information on the Russian empire up to Pushkin's time.

Image for CHEKANOVSKII, A.L. Dnevnik ekspeditsii po rekam... First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1896. #2

Discovering remote Siberia

CHEKANOVSKII, Aleksandr

Dnevnik ekspeditsii [...] po rekam Nizhnei Tunguske, Oleneku i Lene v 1873-75 godakh [Diary of the Expedition [...] undertaken in 1873-75 along the rivers Nizhniaia Tunguska, Olenek and Lena]

£1,850

Discovering remote Siberia
CHEKANOVSKII, Aleksandr. Dnevnik ekspeditsii [...] po rekam Nizhnei Tunguske, Oleneku i Lene v 1873-75 godakh. [Diary of the Expedition [...] undertaken in 1873-75 along the rivers Nizhniaia Tunguska, Olenek and Lena]
Published/created in: 1896

£1,850

First edition of this rare account of exploring expeditions in central and northern Siberia. With map and illustrations.

Image for SOLOVETSKY Monastery. Istoriia..., first edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1899. #2

Beautiful White Sea monastery turned GULAG camp

[IOANNIKII, I.F., Archimadrite]

Istoriia pervoklassnogo stavropigialnogo Solovetskogo monastyria [History of Stavropegic first-class Solovetsky Monastery]

£650

Beautiful White Sea monastery turned GULAG camp
[IOANNIKII, I.F., Archimadrite]. Istoriia pervoklassnogo stavropigialnogo Solovetskogo monastyria. [History of Stavropegic first-class Solovetsky Monastery]
Published/created in: 1899

£650

Very good copy of this uncommon illustrated history of one of the most famous monasteries of Russia. With two large folding plans.

Image for Krusenstern, Woerter Sammlungen, North Pacific exploration and languages, first edition, Saint Petersburg, 1813 #1

An exceptional, large-paper example

KRUSENSTERN, Ivan Fedorovich [KRUZENSHTERN]

Wörter-Sammlungen aus den Sprachen einiger Völker des östlichen Asiens und der Nordwest-Küste von Amerika

£13,500

An exceptional, large-paper example
KRUSENSTERN, Ivan Fedorovich [KRUZENSHTERN]. Wörter-Sammlungen aus den Sprachen einiger Völker des östlichen Asiens und der Nordwest-Küste von Amerika.
Published/created in: 1813

£13,500

First edition of Kruzenshtern's important study of North Pacific languages, in a superb, very unusual example: very crisp, uncut, in plain temporary wrappers and printed on thicker woven paper. We were unable to trace other such large-paper copies. A rare book on the market: only two copies at auction.

Image for BORISOV, A. U Samedov. First edition, 1907. #7

Out of stock

Northern regions seen by a Russian artist

BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich

U Samoedov. Ot Pingi do Karskogo moria. Putevye ocherki [Among the Samoyeds. From the Pinega river to the sea of Kars. Travel sketches]

Northern regions seen by a Russian artist
BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich. U Samoedov. Ot Pingi do Karskogo moria. Putevye ocherki. [Among the Samoyeds. From the Pinega river to the sea of Kars. Travel sketches]
Published/created in: 1907

£1,250

An artist-explorer gives his impressions of his polar trip to Northern Russia.

Image for BORISOV, A. Krainii Sever. First edition, 1931. #7

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The first Russian painter of the Arctic

BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich

Krainii sever [The Far North]

The first Russian painter of the Arctic
BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich. Krainii sever. [The Far North]
Published/created in: 1931

£2,250

Great images due to an artist-explorer discovering the Arctic regions of Russia. Scarce, and this copy inscribed by a leading Soviet explorer.

Image for CHEREPANOV. Vidy Solovetskogo Monateria. Arkhangelsk, 1884. #2

Out of stock

A future Gulag camp - printed in Arkhangelsk

CHEREPANOV, V. (publisher)

Vidy Mestnostei Solovetskogo Monasteria [Views of the Solovetskii Monastery and its Environs]

A future Gulag camp - printed in Arkhangelsk
CHEREPANOV, V. (publisher). Vidy Mestnostei Solovetskogo Monasteria. [Views of the Solovetskii Monastery and its Environs]
Published/created in: 1884

£3,950

A lovely work showing many views of a great Orthodox monastery, and future Soviet camp. Printed in a major port of the White Sea.

Image for ONCHUKOV, N. Northern Tales, in Russian. First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1908. #2

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Oral tradition on the shores of the White Sea

ONCHUKOV, Nikolai Evgenevich

Severnye skazki. Arkhangelskaia i Olonetskaia gg [Northern Tales. From Arkhangel and Olonetsk provinces]

Oral tradition on the shores of the White Sea
ONCHUKOV, Nikolai Evgenevich. Severnye skazki. Arkhangelskaia i Olonetskaia gg. [Northern Tales. From Arkhangel and Olonetsk provinces]
Published/created in: 1908

£375

More than 300 traditional tales are gathered here, in the local dialects: a fine work of ethnographic material on the northern regions of Russia.

Image for LEBEDEV, Vl. Antarktika. Moscow, 1957. #2

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The Soviet Antarctic - inscribed

LEBEDEV, Vladimir Lvovich

Antarktika [The Antarctic]

The Soviet Antarctic - inscribed
LEBEDEV, Vladimir Lvovich. Antarktika. [The Antarctic]
Published/created in: 1957

£650

Important study of the Antarctic by a leading Soviet oceanographer: a first edition, inscribed by the author to a distinguished hydrologist and engineer. Illustrated, in particular with maps.

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

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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 ENGELHARDT, Russische Miscellen, first edition, Skt. Petersburg, 1829-32. Complete in 4 volumes. #2

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Russia's wide variety for German readers - with much new material

ENGELHARDT, Georg von

Russische Miscellen, zur genauern Kenntniss Russlands und seiner Bewohner

Russia's wide variety for German readers - with much new material
ENGELHARDT, Georg von. Russische Miscellen, zur genauern Kenntniss Russlands und seiner Bewohner.
Published/created in: 1829-32

£6,750

A rare St. Petersburg imprint, complete with exotic views and maps: first edition of these 4 volumes giving a taste of Pushkin's Russia for German-speaking readers. From St. Petersburg to Petrozavodsk, the Urals and the extreme north-eastern Siberia, through Russian literature, the Empress Maria Fedorovna and the famous fair of Nizhnii-Novgorod.

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

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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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