New York: Collins, 1987. Photographed by 100 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, May 15, 1987. 240 pages of color and black & white photographs. Folio, black cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper is lightly rubbed, closed tear to back panel. New York: Collins, (1987). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Frontis. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1979). Very good. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959. 449 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, edge-worn dust wrapper (creased at bottom of spine). New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1959). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
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
Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1988. 8vo, white cloth. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, (1988). Fine. More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1988. Translated by Pauline M. Tiffen. 248 pages. 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1988). A near fine copy. More
New York: Random House, 1995. Several black and white illustrations. 8vo, peach decoratively gilt stamped boards backed in red cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Random House, (1995). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Illus. 532pp. Thick 8vo, patterned cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. London: The Folio Society, 1999. Near fine. More
Illus. 180pp. 8vo. printed boards, d.w. N.Y.: David McKay Company, Inc., (1960). More
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
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
New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Philosophical Library, (1957). vg. More
Mannheim: Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1990. Many plates, several in color. Square, small 4to, pictorial wrs. Mannheim: Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1990. Fine Exhibition catalogue. More
256pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Hutchinson, 1967. More
New York: Harper, 1969. Translated by Paul Chavchavadze. 444pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, 1969. More
Frontis. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1964). More
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
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
London: Secker & Warburg, 1966. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, otherwise very good. London: Secker & Warburg, (1966). More
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
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
New York: Abrams, 1964. Trans. by Francois Hirsch and John Ross. 76 mounted color plates. 126pp. Large 4to, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. New York: Abrams, 1964. Very good. 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 local tradition, distinct from..... More
Map. Pen and ink with watercolor. Sheet measures 8.75 x 7". This minimalist schoolgirl and schoolboy manuscript map depicts European Russia. Although unlabeled, the region is easily identifiable. The Black Sea and the northern half of the Caspian Sea are included near the bottom of the map. Covers the modern day nations of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, and parts of Poland and Sweden. The eastern boundary is placed along the Ural Mountains. The map is in good..... More
New York: 1926. Illustrated, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, worn d.w. New York, 1926. Sixth printing. More
New York: Harper, 1981. Translated by George Saunders. Introduction by Stephen F. Cohen. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w., corners of cloth bumped, otherwise very good. New York: Harper & Row, (1981). More
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