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Image for [USSR: SIBERIA & FAR EAST]. Group of Four Unpublished Intelligence Reports. UK/USA, 1960s. #2

From a missile site and political discussions to the coldest city in the world and "a little alcohol"

A Group of Four Confidential Reports of British, American and Australian Diplomats in Siberia and the Russian Far East

£1,250

From a missile site and political discussions to the coldest city in the world and "a little alcohol"
. A Group of Four Confidential Reports of British, American and Australian Diplomats in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Published/created in: July 21-27, 1960; February 12-22, 1962; August 29 - September 9 [c. 1965]; August 8-12 [c. 1965-67]

£1,250

About 40 pp. of fantastic and confidential reading giving a detailed and open description of Siberia during the USSR, to Irkutsk, Khabarovsk and Yakutsk. A rare find, apparently unpublished.

Image for S. DOVLATOV. Marsh odinikikh. First edition, inscribed. Holyoke, 1983. #2

A chronicle of the early 1980s in the US Russian community

DOVLATOV, Sergei

Marsh odinokikh [The March of the Lonely]

£2,250

A chronicle of the early 1980s in the US Russian community
DOVLATOV, Sergei. Marsh odinokikh. [The March of the Lonely]
Published/created in: 1983

£2,250

First edition thus, inscribed to a fellow journalist and author.

Image for GENKEL & SUETIN. Ford and Fordism. First edition, Leningrad, 1925. #2

Ford's influence in the early USSR

GENKEL, German and Nikolai SUETIN (artist)

Ford i fordizm: vpechatleniia [Ford and Fordism: Impressions]

£1,750

Ford's influence in the early USSR
GENKEL, German and Nikolai SUETIN (artist). Ford i fordizm: vpechatleniia. [Ford and Fordism: Impressions]
Published/created in: 1925

£1,750

Fine cover for one of the great Russian books on the influential American industrialist. Uncommon, and here in a pleasant example.

Image for TRAUBERG & KHODASEVICH. Akter amerikanskogo kino [Actor of American Cinema]. First edition, Leningrad, 1927. #2

"Through the USA - to the USSR" (p. 10)

TRAUBERG, Il[ia] and V[alentina] KHODASEVICH (artist)

Akter amerikanskogo kino [The Actor in American Cinema]

£750

"Through the USA - to the USSR" (p. 10)
TRAUBERG, Il[ia] and V[alentina] KHODASEVICH (artist). Akter amerikanskogo kino. [The Actor in American Cinema]
Published/created in: 1927

£750

First edition of this scarce, developed study of American cinema in the 1920s. A pleasant copy, in its original photomontage wrappers.

Image for MARBAULT M. de. Essai sur le commerce de Russie. #1

Russian vodka & caviar - a fresh example

[MARBAULT, M. de, also MARBEAU]

Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes

£2,250

Russian vodka & caviar - a fresh example
[MARBAULT, M. de, also MARBEAU]. Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes.
Published/created in: 1777

£2,250

Lovely, crisp copy of this classic work on Russian trade, esp. interesting for its description of the North Pacific and Alaska - but also of the Black Sea and Ukraine. With German royal provenance.

Image for PLUMMER and POVARNIN, Hints to Small Libraries, in Russian. First edition, 1905. #2

American methods for Russian libraries

PLUMMER, Mary Wright and Sergei I. POVARNIN (translator)

Rukovodstvo dlia nebol'shikh bibliotek. Perevod s 3 izdania, s ob"iasneniiami i dopolneniiami [Hints to Small Libraries. Translated from the third edition, with explanations and additions by the translator]

£450

American methods for Russian libraries
PLUMMER, Mary Wright and Sergei I. POVARNIN (translator). Rukovodstvo dlia nebol'shikh bibliotek. Perevod s 3 izdania, s ob"iasneniiami i dopolneniiami. [Hints to Small Libraries. Translated from the third edition, with explanations and additions by the translator]

Published/created in: 1905

£450

Unusual Russian guidebooks for libraries, translated from the American work of a prominent female librarian. Fine example of the first edition, very rare: no copy traced outside Russia.

Image for SKALKOVSKII, K. Vneshniaia politika Rossii [Russia's external policy]. First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1897 #2

The World Powers seen from Russia - and bound in Istanbul

SKALKOVSKII, Konstantin

Vneshniaia politika Rossii i polozhenie inostrannykh derzhav [Russia's External Policy and the Position of Foreign States]

£1,950

The World Powers seen from Russia - and bound in Istanbul
SKALKOVSKII, Konstantin. Vneshniaia politika Rossii i polozhenie inostrannykh derzhav. [Russia's External Policy and the Position of Foreign States]

Published/created in: 1897

£1,950

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.

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 J. KLAPROTH. Asia polyglotta. Second edition of the text, Paris, 1831. #2

Out of stock

"A new departure for the classification of Eastern languages" (Encycl. Britannica)

KLAPROTH, Julius

Asia polyglotta

"A new departure for the classification of Eastern languages" (Encycl. Britannica)
KLAPROTH, Julius. Asia polyglotta.
Published/created in: 1831

£1,750

Impressive work on all languages from the Caucasus to the North Pacific through Central Asia, Siberia, China and the Far East. Very rare on the market.

Image for [JAZZ IN USSR] SAKHAROV G. Jazzy translation. Samizdat, USSR, ca. 1976-80. More than 300 leaves. #2

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How Western jazz was reaching Brezhnev's USSR

SAKHAROV, G[ennadii] (editor)

Dzhazovye perevody [...]: Leroi Dzhenkins, "Kompani", Devid Murrei, Dzhorzh Liuis, Giunter Khampel [Jazzy Translations [...]: Leroy Jenkins, "Company", David Murray, George Lewis, Gunter Hampel]

How Western jazz was reaching Brezhnev's USSR
SAKHAROV, G[ennadii] (editor). Dzhazovye perevody [...]: Leroi Dzhenkins, "Kompani", Devid Murrei, Dzhorzh Liuis, Giunter Khampel. [Jazzy Translations [...]: Leroy Jenkins, "Company", David Murray, George Lewis, Gunter Hampel]
Published/created in: ca. 1976-80]

£475

Rare thick Soviet samizdat on Western jazz, giving a glimpse of the material circulated in innovative, underground circles of the late USSR.

Image for [DETECTIVE STORIES] - Nat Pinkerton Korol Syshchikov. Pre-revolutionary Russian edition. St. Petersburg, 1910s. #2

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The most famous of Western pulp fiction for Russians

Nat Pinkerton Korol Syshchikov. Nevinno kaznennyi [Nat Pinkerton, King of Detectives. Unfairly Condemned]

The most famous of Western pulp fiction for Russians
. Nat Pinkerton Korol Syshchikov. Nevinno kaznennyi. [Nat Pinkerton, King of Detectives. Unfairly Condemned]
Published/created in: [1910s]

£275

Very unusual: a pulp fiction booklet, in very good condition, telling the adventures in NYC of the most famous figure in Russian detective literature.

Image for [ALASKA]. Act of the Russian-American Company. First complete edition, in Russian. St. Petersburg, 1802. #2

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Very rare early charter and bylaws of the Russian-American Company in Alaska

[The Act of the Main Board of the Russian-American Company, under the patronage of His Imperial Majesty, the Rules granted to this Company by the Emperor, and the enclosed statutes relevant to the Company] Pod Vysochaishim Ego Imperatorskogo Velichestva pokrovitelstvom Rossiisko-Amerikanskoi Kompanii Glavnogo Pravleniya Akt i Vysochaishe darovannya onoi Kompanii Pravila s priobshcheniyem prilichnykh k onomu Uzakonenii

Very rare early charter and bylaws of the Russian-American Company in Alaska
[ALASKA]. [The Act of the Main Board of the Russian-American Company, under the patronage of His Imperial Majesty, the Rules granted to this Company by the Emperor, and the enclosed statutes relevant to the Company]. Pod Vysochaishim Ego Imperatorskogo Velichestva pokrovitelstvom Rossiisko-Amerikanskoi Kompanii Glavnogo Pravleniya Akt i Vysochaishe darovannya onoi Kompanii Pravila s priobshcheniyem prilichnykh k onomu Uzakonenii
Published/created in: 1802

£17,500

An exceptional document pertaining to the history of Alaska, of greatest rarity and here in fantastic condition.

Image for MAYAKOVSKY & BURLIUK. Otkrytie Ameriki. New York, 1925. First edition. #2

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On the way to the New World

MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and David BURLIUK (artist)

Otkrytie Ameriki [Discovery of America]

On the way to the New World
MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and David BURLIUK (artist). Otkrytie Ameriki. [Discovery of America]
Published/created in: [1925]

£1,850

Rare first edition of Mayakovsky's poem, illustrated by Burliuk, here in a fine, pleasant copy.

Image for DILTHEY, Ph. Opy rossiskoi geografii - Essay géographique sur la Russie. First edition, Moscow, 1771-72. #2

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From Ukraine to North America, from the origins to Catherine the Great

DILTEI Filipp Genrikh – Philippe Henry DILTHEY

Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts

From Ukraine to North America, from the origins to Catherine the Great
DILTEI Filipp Genrikh - Philippe Henry DILTHEY. Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov. Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts
Published/created in: 1771[-1772]

£5,750

Detailed and wide-ranging description of the history, peoples and geography of the Russian empire under Catherine the Great. Very rare: only four copies outside Russia, one only in the US.

Image for Edgar Allan Poe in Russian, as a French surgeon; a rare edition, 1912 #1

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Poe as French surgeon!

POE, Edgar Allan, and OUYDA [pseud. for Maria Louise RAME]

Izbrannye Razskazy [i] Dozhdlivyy Iyun [Selected Short Stories, and A Rainy June]

Poe as French surgeon!
POE, Edgar Allan, and OUYDA [pseud. for Maria Louise RAME]. Izbrannye Razskazy [i] Dozhdlivyy Iyun. [Selected Short Stories, and A Rainy June]
Published/created in: 1912

£1,150

Very rare Poe curiosity, showing on the cover a portrait of....somebody completely different! Together with a short story by a female author.

Image for FOX, G.V., Narrative of the Mission to Russia, first edition in full red morrocco, New York, 1873. #2

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In a signed full-morocco binding

FOX, Gustavus Vasa

Narrative of the Mission to Russia, in 1866 From the journal and notes by J. F. Loubat. Edited by J. D. Champlin.

In a signed full-morocco binding
FOX, Gustavus Vasa. Narrative of the Mission to Russia, in 1866. From the journal and notes by J. F. Loubat. Edited by J. D. Champlin.
Published/created in: 1873

£1,100

Fine example, in full red morocco, of the account of this official American mission to Russia, just 6 months before the sale of Alaska.

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

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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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