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[SIBERIAN FOLK-SONGS] - [20 Siberian Folk-Songs for Solo Voice with Piano Accompaniment] 20 narodnykh pesen Sibiri
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[SIBERIAN FOLK-SONGS] - [20 Siberian Folk-Songs for Solo Voice with Piano Accompaniment] 20 narodnykh pesen Sibiri

by PROTASOV, Nikolai Petrovich

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First edition, very rare: OCLC locates the Harvard copy only. Nikolai Protasov (1865–1903), an active member of the Eastern Siberian section of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, was the first to go about a proper collection of the folk-songs of Siberia. In 1901 he recorded, on a phonograph, almost 150 songs, writing some of them out in notation. It is twenty… Read more about this item
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[FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN WAR PHOTO-JOURNALIST] - Meet Some of the Soviet People
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[FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN WAR PHOTO-JOURNALIST] - Meet Some of the Soviet People

by BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret

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A fine series of beautiful portraits and scenes taken by one of the most significant female photographers of her time: first edition of this large-format album published to raise funds for the war relief. The work opens with an introduction that stands in contrast to the often-hostile messages propagated against the Soviet Union by the West around World War Two: "The… Read more about this item
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[FOLK IMAGERY IN GREAT CONDITION] - Images et dessins populaires russes jusqu’a 1860 [Title on cover]
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[FOLK IMAGERY IN GREAT CONDITION] - Images et dessins populaires russes jusqu’a 1860 [Title on cover]

by SITINE [Ivan SYTIN] (publisher)

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Exhaustive collection of striking, informative, curious and amusing popular Russian prints following the Russo-Turkish and Caucasian wars, but also covering a large variety of subjects in a very graphic way. Rare: we could find only two copies of this album sold in 1975 and 2008 (the latter missing a plate); Worldcat locates only two physical copies (Indiana University, BnF). The so-called lubok,… Read more about this item
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[STRIKING COVER FOR GREAT CONTENT] - Fortune, March 1932, Volume V, Number 3
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[STRIKING COVER FOR GREAT CONTENT] - Fortune, March 1932, Volume V, Number 3

by RIVERA, Diego (artist)

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Fine copy of this uncommon issue devoted to the USSR, to 'Russia, Russia, Russia', aiming at detailing for the American public still suffering from the 1929 crisis all aspects of Stalinist USSR in the early 1930s. Richly illustrated, the account is wide-ranging, lively and slightly ironic from time to time - of great interest for those interested in the Western… Read more about this item
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[CHINESE NUMISMATICS IN RUSSIAN COLLECTIONS] - [Catalogue of copper money of Chinese, Japanese, Korean Vietnamese...]
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[CHINESE NUMISMATICS IN RUSSIAN COLLECTIONS] - [Catalogue of copper money of Chinese, Japanese, Korean Vietnamese...]

by CHAUDOIR, Baron Stanislas de.

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The scarce catalogue of Asian numismatics compiled by Baron Stanislas de Chaudoir, one of the greatest coin collectors of the early 19th century. With an unusual bibliography, only in Chinese ideograms, of 88 Chinese works relating to the subject. A lovely example of the rarer first Russian issue, in a fine Russian binding. Stanislas de Chaudoir (1790—1858) was a Russian aristocrat with… Read more about this item
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[WHITE SEA TALES] - [Northern tales. From Arkhangel and Olonetsk provinces] Severnye skazki. Arkhangelskaia i Olonetskaia gg.

[WHITE SEA TALES] - [Northern tales. From Arkhangel and Olonetsk provinces] Severnye skazki. Arkhangelskaia i Olonetskaia gg.

by ONCHUKOV, Nikolai Evgenevich.

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A fine example of the first edition of these folk tales from the White Sea region, edited by Nikolai Onchukov (1872-1942), with the participation of the linguist Aleksei Shakhmatov and the prose writer Mikhail Prishvin among others. Onchukov spent the years 1900-08 working in the Far North under the auspices of the Russian Geographical Society collecting ethnographic and folkloric materials. This… Read more about this item
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[WITH ROYAL PROVENANCE] - Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes.
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[WITH ROYAL PROVENANCE] - Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes.

by [MARBAULT, M. de, also MARBEAU].

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"Extremely detailed and worthy of study" (Lada-Mocarski): an early work on Russian commerce, containing a folding map depicting Alaskan islands, with the Russians' discoveries in the East Sea and America, including regions between the Kamchatka Peninsula and Alaska. Although approximate, it identifies Yakutia, the Kurils, 'Ile alakcha' and the Aleutians. Published anonymously and very likely written by M. de Marbault (also… Read more about this item
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[WITH ARCTIC MAPS - INSCRIBED] - [From the Shores of America: commemorative historical compendium of the Association of former Russian naval officers in America, 1923 - 1938].
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[WITH ARCTIC MAPS - INSCRIBED] - [From the Shores of America: commemorative historical compendium of the Association of former Russian naval officers in America, 1923 - 1938].

by GLADKII, S.V. and Iu.K. DVORZHITSKII (editors).

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The Russian Navy and the Americas: warmly inscribed by one of the authors to the first Russian submarine commander in the Pacific. "Very rare" (Savine) illustrated émigré publication, with historical folding maps featuring the arctic coast of Russia from Europe to the North-West passage and the Alaska. The compendium is divided into two parts, each comprising thematic articles written by different… Read more about this item
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[TOLSTOY EDITING HIS FIRST NOVEL] - [Childhood and Adolescence]
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[TOLSTOY EDITING HIS FIRST NOVEL] - [Childhood and Adolescence]

by TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich.

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Tolstoy's own editing of his first novel: a lovely example, rare in original wrappers, of this second edition, specially adapted for children's reading and showing for the first time a different version from the standard text. Becoming a father of many children in the 1860s and 70s, Tolstoy developed a keen interest in educational practices, pedagogy and children reading. These two… Read more about this item
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[JAPANESE IN THE PACIFIC and RUSSIA] - Set of 4 Japanese Scrolls relating to the Kankai Ibun [Strange tales of a Circumnavigation].
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[JAPANESE IN THE PACIFIC and RUSSIA] - Set of 4 Japanese Scrolls relating to the Kankai Ibun [Strange tales of a Circumnavigation].

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Russia and the Pacific seen by four Japanese castaways: almost 4 meters of drawings and maps llustrating their impression of the Russian land, people, culture, military, dress, etc., together with depictions of Marquesan and Hawaian people. The Kankai Ibun, or "Strange Tales of a Circumnavigation", for the first time recorded the experiences of four Japanese who had been rescued by a… Read more about this item
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[FIRST RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION] - [Collection of maps and plates belonging to the Voyage […] in the ship Neva].
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[FIRST RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION] - [Collection of maps and plates belonging to the Voyage […] in the ship Neva].

by LISIANSKII, Yurii Feodorevich.

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The very rare atlas to the first edition of Lisianskii's voyage, "a very important and rare work on the history of Alaska in general and Sitka in particular" (Lada-Mocarski). A very good complete example. Detailed note kindly provided on request. Provenance The author? (large ink signature in Russian to title); Tambovskoe glavnoe narodnoe utschilischche [and] Fundamentalnaia biblioteka tambovskoi gubernskoi gimnasii (pre-Soviet blue ink… Read more about this item
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Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie exécutée en 1837.

Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie exécutée en 1837.

by DEMIDOFF, Anatole de.

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First edition of this celebrated illustrated travelogue, in a spectacular binding with the arms of the Russian Empire. This is the first of Demidoff's travelogues to be published, with all plates printed on India paper. In 1837 Count Anatoliy Nikolaevich Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-70), launched a geological expedition to Ukraine and Crimea at his own expense. He was accompanied… Read more about this item
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[RUSSIAN GERMANS MAPPED] - Atlas der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinen [sic] in Russland.
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[RUSSIAN GERMANS MAPPED] - Atlas der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinen [sic] in Russland.

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Unusual and fascinating atlas of the famous German communities of the Russian empire - 'Nemtsii' [Germans] possibly comming from 'nemyi' [mute] because these communities would speak only German, and hence not Russian with natives. (There is another, similar explanation: 'nemyi' would have described first all foreigners, but then narrowing down to Germans only during the 18th century.) The text gives some interesting… Read more about this item
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[SIBERIA-FAR EAST] - [Russia of the Far East]
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[SIBERIA-FAR EAST] - [Russia of the Far East]

by Franz SHPERK.

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A rich, detailed account of the Amur region in the Russian Far East, describing its history, geology, topography, climate, flora and fauna, as well as the economics and ethnography of the region. Franz Shperk (1835-1906) came from a medical family, and became a doctor and naturalist himself, like his two brothers, Eduard and Gustav. Upon graduation from the Medical University in… Read more about this item
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[SIBERIA] - [Diary of the Expedition of Alexander Lavrentievich Chekanovsky undertaken in 1873-75 along the rivers Nizhnyaya Tunguska, Olenyok and Lena].
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[SIBERIA] - [Diary of the Expedition of Alexander Lavrentievich Chekanovsky undertaken in 1873-75 along the rivers Nizhnyaya Tunguska, Olenyok and Lena].

by Aleksandr Lavr. CHEKANOVSKII.

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An important study of central Siberia, containing extensive geological research into the vast territory from Lake Baikal towards the Arctic ocean. Alexander Chekanovsky (1832-76) was of Polish origin. A geologist, ethnographer and researcher, he took part in the 1863 Polish uprising and, as a result, was exiled to Siberia. He took this as an opportunity to continue his scientific work.… Read more about this item
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[COSTUMES AS POLITICAL MANIFESTO] - Les Costumes du peuple polonais suivis d'une description exacte de ses moeurs de ses usages et de ses habitudes. Ouvrage pittoresque.
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[COSTUMES AS POLITICAL MANIFESTO] - Les Costumes du peuple polonais suivis d'une description exacte de ses moeurs de ses usages et de ses habitudes. Ouvrage pittoresque.

by ZIENKOWICZ, Leon Józef.

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'UN ETAT IMMOLE MAIS UNE NATION INDESTRUCTIBLE': BEAUTIFUL WORK ILLUSTRATING THE TRADITIONAL COSTUME AS POLITICAL REVENDICATION AND MANIFESTATION OF THE NATIONAL IDENTITY. Also one of the very few books on Polish costume, chronologically the third such book listed by Colas. Compiled by the Polish political activist and literary critic Zienkowicz (1808-70), who fled to France during the Great Emigration, the work bears… Read more about this item
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[COLOURFUL UKRAINIAN HEROES] - La Petite Russie d'autrefois. Iz ukrainskoi stariny.
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[COLOURFUL UKRAINIAN HEROES] - La Petite Russie d'autrefois. Iz ukrainskoi stariny.

by N. SAMOKISH and S. VASILKOVSKIY (artists), text by D. EVARNITSKII.

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A FINE EXAMPLE OF A UKRAINIAN ARTISTIC AND ACADEMIC COLLABORATION, CELEBRATING - UNDER THE RUSSIAN RULE - THE COUNTRY HISTORY AND PAST GLORY. Evarnitskii (Dmytro Yavornytsky, 1855-1940) was a knowledgeable historian, ethnographer and lexicographer with marked pro-Ukrainian tendencies. He used for the present publication both primary and archival sources in his research, and a selection of them was later published as… Read more about this item
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[SIBERIA-CHINA] - [Letters on Eastern Siberia]
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[SIBERIA-CHINA] - [Letters on Eastern Siberia]

by Aleksei MARTOS.

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A fresh and uncut copy of the first edition of this rare, early, and illustrated account of Siberia and the Chinese border, unusually describing the second British mission in Russia and highly praised by contemporaries. During the winter 1823-24 Martos undertook a trip around Baikal from Krasnoiarsk to Maimachyn, a Chinese border town. In his book, written… Read more about this item
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[SIBERIA-MONGOLIA] - [Notes on Mongolia. With a Map of Mongolia and Different Costumes]
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[SIBERIA-MONGOLIA] - [Notes on Mongolia. With a Map of Mongolia and Different Costumes]

by IAKINF, ie. Nikita BICHURIN.

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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK OF FATHER IAKINF, CALLED LATER "THE FATHER OF RUSSIAN SINOLOGY". Bichurin (1777-1853), here writing under his monastic name Iakinf, was named in 1805 leader of the 9th Russian Mission to Peking and head of the Sretenskii monastery in this town. During his 14-year stay he learnt Chinese, compiled his own dictionary… Read more about this item
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