Alexander Herzen and the role of the intellectual revolutionary
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Frontis. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1979). Very good. More
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Feuer! An Artilleryman's Life on the Eastern Front.
Wilmington: Broadfoot, 1992. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 403pp. Thick 8vo, red-stamped black cloth, d.w. Wilmington NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1992. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Beautiful Loot: The Soviet Plunder of Europe's Art Treasures
New York: Random House, 1995. Black and white illustrations. 301 pages. 8vo, tan gilt stamped boards backed in red cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1995). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Catherine the Great: Life and Legend
New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Black & white illustrations. xii, 418 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed mauve boards with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. (toned). New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. First edition. Previous ownership inked on half-title page. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Catherine the Great; Life and Legend.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 418 pages. Thick 8vo, brown boards with black spine, worn dust wrapper. New York: Oxford University Press, (1989). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Offbeat in Asia: an Excursion.
New York: David McKay, 1962. Illustrated. 180 pages 8vo. printed boards. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., (1960). More
The Costume of the Russian Empire
London: John Stockdale, 1810. Illustrated by a series of 70 hand colored line and stipple engraved plates by J. Dudley. Second title page in French, and descriptions in French and English with the English on the recto and French on the verso. Folio, full contemporary straight grained green morocco, recased, ornately stamped in gilt & blind, a.e.g. London: Printed for John Stockdale. 1810. Very good (+). The plates are dated 1803, and are in fine, clean condition. More
The Kremlin; Nerve-Centre of Russian History
New York: St. Martin's, 1963. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. torn, back cover of cloth lightly soiled. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1963). More
Krushchev of the Ukraine: a Biography.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. 8vo, blue cloth (edge worn and spine faded). New York: Philosophical Library, (1957). A very good(-) copy. More
Russische und Sowjetische Zeichnungen und Aquarelle von 1900 bis 1930 aus dem Puschkin-Museum Moskau
Mannheim: Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1990. Many plates, several in color. Square, small 4to, pictorial wrs. Mannheim: Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1990. Fine Exhibition catalogue. More
Only One Year.
New York: Harper, 1969. Translated by Paul Chavchavadze. 444pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, 1969. More
Tomorrow Will Come
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. 256 pages. 8vo, white pictorial boards, d.w. (spine sunned and ends chipped; price-clipped). New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. A very good(+) copy in a poor dust wrapper Story of a young girl's life in St. Petersburg. More
Art Treasures of Russia.
New York: Abrams, 1967. Commentaries by Olga Dacenko. Illustrated with 104 hand-tipped color plates. 178 pages. Large square 4to, red cloth, d.w. (sunned at edges). New York: Abrams, (1967). Binding slightly cocked, else near fine in very good dust wrapper. A beautifully-illustrated survey by a renowned Soviet art historian. More
Russian Impact On Art
New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. Two-sided frontispiece and 30 other black-and-white plates. 352 pages (lower right corner bumped on several pages), 8vo, black boards with red gilt-stamped label, dust wrapper (chipped and worn). New York: Philosophical Library, (1950). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Petersburg Perspectives
London: Fontanka, 2003. Over 250 full color illustrations. Small 4to, lavender cloth, d.w. London: Fontanka, (2003). Fine in fine dust wrapper. Includes six essays and two short stories, the whole providing a celebration of Russia's most beautiful city. More
Notes of a Revolutionary
New York: Knopf, 1982. 343 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (sunned). New York: Knopf, 1982. A very good(+) copy--sunned along top edge-- in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Between Hammer And Sickle.
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. 307 pages. 8vo, red & black cloth,price-clipped and edgeworn d.w. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1967. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Medieval Georgian Enamels of Russia.
New York: Abrams, 1964. Translated by Francois Hirsch and John Ross. 76 mounted color plates. 126 pages. Large 4to, red cloth, tattered d.w.. New York: Abrams, 1964. Very good(+) in poor dust wrapper. The enamels in the Georgian National Museum of Fine Arts in Tiflis, with descriptions of the processes of cloisonne, champleve, and repousse as well as the history, iconography and execution of each piece dating from the 7th through 12th century. "Treats Georgian enamels as a development of..... More
Russian Ballet; Camera Studies.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1939. Introduction by Arnold Haskell. 96 mounted black & white photographic plates. Short thick folio, blue and white cloth (rubbed and sunned); Untrimmed edges. London: Geoffrey Bles, (1939). Very good. More
Signed Uncirculated Dollar Bill
1969. Exceptional signed uncirculated "short snorter", 1969 series C, One Dollar Bill, in ball point pen, by the Russian and American crews of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, includes: Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald "Deke" Slayton, Alexei Leonov, and Valeri Kubasov. In a simple gold frame with green matte. This item should not be confused with similar items signed in black felt-tip that were accomplished later-in-life to meet demands of the collectors' market. Our example comes directly from the..... More
Iron Curtain, The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
New York: Doubleday, 2012. Illustrated. xxxvi + 566 pages, thick 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2012). First U.S. edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Soviet Viewpoint
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1983. 219 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. (chipped at spine top). New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. (1983). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The System: An Insider's Life in Soviet Politics.
New York: Times, 1992. Illustrated. xix + 380pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; inked inscription on front free endpaper. New York: Times Books, (1992). First U.S. edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Valery Gergiev and the Kirov; A Story of Survival.
Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 2001. With a foreword by Sir Peter Ustinov. Color and black & white illustrations. 296pp, short 4to, cloth, dust wrapper. Portland, Oregon; Amadeus Press, (2001). Very good(+). More
Russian Lacquer Boxes
Moscow: Forkis, 1992. Illustrated in color. 64 pages of text. Thin 4to, brown leatherette, d.w. Moscow: Forkis Publishers, (1992). Light wear. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More