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NERHOOD, Harry W.
To Russia and Return. An Annotated Bibliography of Travelers' English-Language Accounts of Russia from the Ninth Century to the Present. (Np): Ohio State University Press, (1968). First edition. Inscribed by the author. Cloth, x, 367pp. Fine in d/w.
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NEWBY, Eric.
The Big Red Train Ride. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1978). First edition. Cloth, 267pp. Inner front hinge cracked o/w fine in d/w. An account of Newby's trip in 1977 on the Trans-Siberian railway.
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NORMAN, Henry.
All The Russias. Travels and Studies in Contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, The Caucasus, & Central Asia.
London: William Heinemann, 1904. Third edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with pictorial decoration in gilt on upper cover, xvi, 476pp. Some underlining and notes in pencil, some spotting to upper cover but this is still a very good copy.
"This volume is the outcome of fifteen years' interest in Russian affairs, culminating in four journeys--one of nearly 20,000 miles--in European and Asiatic Russia. ....."
London: William Heinemann, 1904. Third edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with pictorial decoration in gilt on upper cover, xvi, 476pp. Some underlining and notes in pencil, some spotting to upper cover but this is still a very good copy.
"This volume is the outcome of fifteen years' interest in Russian affairs, culminating in four journeys--one of nearly 20,000 miles--in European and Asiatic Russia. ....."
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OLIPHANT, Laurence.
The Russian Shores of the Black Sea In the Autumn of 1852. With a Voyage Down the Volga, and A Tour Through The Country of the Don Cossacks. New York: Redfield, 1854. First U.S. edition. (From the third London edition, so stated on title). 8vo., orig. green cloth, x, (11)-266, (6)pp.ads. Touch of wear to spine ends o/w a near fine copy. Nerhood 242.
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RUSSELL, W.H. (William Howard).
The British Expedition To the Crimea. Illustrated with Plans, Woodcuts & c.
London: George Routledge & Co., 1858. A Revised edition with numerous emendations and additions. There is a 1 page AL's from Russell pasted on the front e/paper dated "Lucknow April 10, 1858 to a Patrick Stewart " reading "To Patrick Stewart in the sincere hope that future years may ripen and cement a friendship from which the writer has already derived pleasure & advantage . This volume is presented as a very inadequate token of this great regard by the author." Tall 8vo., bound in contemporary full dark green morocco, raised bands, gilt compartments, gilt borders, A.E.G., (viii), 629pp. Bookplate, there are some short tears in some of the folding plans, outer front hinge rubbed and tender but not cracked, overall a near fine copy in an nice binding.
London: George Routledge & Co., 1858. A Revised edition with numerous emendations and additions. There is a 1 page AL's from Russell pasted on the front e/paper dated "Lucknow April 10, 1858 to a Patrick Stewart " reading "To Patrick Stewart in the sincere hope that future years may ripen and cement a friendship from which the writer has already derived pleasure & advantage . This volume is presented as a very inadequate token of this great regard by the author." Tall 8vo., bound in contemporary full dark green morocco, raised bands, gilt compartments, gilt borders, A.E.G., (viii), 629pp. Bookplate, there are some short tears in some of the folding plans, outer front hinge rubbed and tender but not cracked, overall a near fine copy in an nice binding.
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RUSSIA). GOLDER, F.A>
Russian Expansion On The Pacific 1641-1850. An Account of the Earliest and Later Expeditions made by the Russians Along the Pacific Coast of Asia and North America; Including Some Related Expeditions to the Arctic Regions. Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1960. Reprint. Cloth, 368pp. A nice copy.
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SEEBOHM, Henry.
Siberia In Europe: A Visit to the Valley of the Petchora, In North-East Russia; With Description of the Natural History of Migration of Birds, etc. London: John Murray, 1880. First edition. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth, (xvi), (312)pp. Rear inner hinge cracked, front hinge repaired, cloth rubbed a good copy.
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SEYMOUR, H.D. (Henry Danby).
Russia On The Black Sea and Sea of Azof: Being the Narrative of Travels In The Crimea and Bordering Provinces; With Notices of the Naval, Military, and Commercial Resources of Those Countries. London: John Murray, 1855. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. half calf, marble boards, raised bands, leather spine label, xxiv, 361pp. Bookplate, chip out at foot of the spine but o/w a near fine copy. In his introduction Seymour states that "my original intention was to have compiled a summary of the history of the Caucasus, where I spent nearly three years, and to which a short account of the Crimea would only have served as an introduction. The increasing interest attaching to the latter subject, however, made me pay more attention to it; so that I now offer to the public some notices on that country and the shores of the Sea of Azof, without being able to add anything upon what I hoped to make the main subject of my inquiry..."
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SHINKAREV, Leonid.
The Land Beyond the Mountains. Siberia and Its People Today.
New York: Macmillan, (1973). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 250pp. Fine in d/w.
Every aspect of Siberia is covered from prehistory to a projected year 2000.
New York: Macmillan, (1973). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 250pp. Fine in d/w.
Every aspect of Siberia is covered from prehistory to a projected year 2000.
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SMUCKER, Samuel M.
Memoirs of the Court and Reign of Catherine the Second, Empress of Russia: With a Brief Survey of the Romanoff Dynasty; Embracing the Reign of Nicholas, Fall of Sevastopol, etc. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, xiv, 338, (16)pp.ads. Name, inner rear hinge cracked, some foxing, spine faded, some light rubbing; still a very good copy.
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SMUCKER, Samuel M.
The Life and Reign of Nicholas The First, Emperor of Russia; With Descriptions of Russian Society and Government, A History of the War in the East, until the Present Time, and Sketches of Schamyl the Circassian Chief, and Other Distinguished Characters. Boston: L.P. Crown & Company, 1856. 8vo., orig. brown cloth with gilt decoration on the spine, xvi, (17)-415, 16pp. ads. Foxing throughout, spine a bit cocked and slightly faded o/w a very nice copy.
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SWANLJUNG, Christian.
Men and Monsters by.....In Collaboration with Lewis Stanton Palen. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, (1928). First edition. Cloth, xviii, 315, (8)pp.ads. About fine.
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TAYLOR, Bayard.
Travels In Greece and Russia, With An Excursion To Crete.
New York: G.P. Putnam and Son, 1870. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, viii, 426pp. A fine copy.
In the preface Taylor writes, "the reader will observe that in describing Greece, I have devoted myself to the physical aspects of the country, the character and habits of its present population, rather than to its past history and classic associations.......The chapters relating to Russia must be considered as studies rather than finished pictures. They are an attempt to sketch the gay, bizarre, incongruous external forms of Russian life....."
New York: G.P. Putnam and Son, 1870. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, viii, 426pp. A fine copy.
In the preface Taylor writes, "the reader will observe that in describing Greece, I have devoted myself to the physical aspects of the country, the character and habits of its present population, rather than to its past history and classic associations.......The chapters relating to Russia must be considered as studies rather than finished pictures. They are an attempt to sketch the gay, bizarre, incongruous external forms of Russian life....."
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TURNER, Samuel.
Siberia A Record of Travel, Climbing and Exploration. With An Introduction by Baron Heyking. Illustrated from Photographs by the Author. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth with pictorial gilt decoration on the upper cover, xxiv, 420pp. Lacking rear blank and rear free e/paper, inner hinges cracked but o/w an unworn, near fine copy. "English businessman and sportsman surveys the dairy industry and climbs in teh Ural Mountains. Includes much information on travel conditions.
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TURNER, Samuel.
Siberia: A Record of Travel, Climbing and Exploration. London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1911). Second edition. (first published in 1905). 8vo., orig. black cloth, 320pp. Lacking the front free e/paper, slight staining on lower edge of rear cover (damp) but still a very nice, certainly very good copy. "English businessman and sportsman surveys the dairy industry and climbs in teh Ural Mountains. Includes much information on travel conditions.
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VASSILI, Count Paul.
Confessions of the Czarina. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1918). First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, (298)pp. Bookplate o/w a fine, bright copy.
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WALISZEWSKI, K.
The Romance of An Empress Catherine II of Russia. From the French of...... London: William Heinemann, 1894. Tall 8vo., cont. dark green morocco, cloth, raised bands, T.E.G., by Hatchards, 460pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
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WALLACE, D. Mackenzie.
Russia.
New York: Henry Holt, 1881. Later edition. (preface dated 1877). Tall 8vo., orig. orange cloth, (xiv), 620pp. Spine faded with some slight wear to the ends, small tape repairs on the rear of the maps but certainly a very good copy.
Wallace [1841-1919] a newspaper correspondent, editor and author was engaged in qualifying for a professorship in Comparative Law in Germany when he accepted a private invitation to visit Russia. Wallace had expressed a desire to study the Ossetes, a peculiar Aryan tribe in the Caucasus. However, he remained in Russia nearly six years, studying not the Ossetes but the Russians. He familiarized himself thoroughly with the life of the people by settling for long periods in remote villages. In 1876 he returned to England where he published the above volume, his most famous work. It met with instant success and went through several editions and was translated into many languages. It was twice revised by Wallace (1905 & 1912) and remains the standard authority on Russia before the 1917 revolution.
New York: Henry Holt, 1881. Later edition. (preface dated 1877). Tall 8vo., orig. orange cloth, (xiv), 620pp. Spine faded with some slight wear to the ends, small tape repairs on the rear of the maps but certainly a very good copy.
Wallace [1841-1919] a newspaper correspondent, editor and author was engaged in qualifying for a professorship in Comparative Law in Germany when he accepted a private invitation to visit Russia. Wallace had expressed a desire to study the Ossetes, a peculiar Aryan tribe in the Caucasus. However, he remained in Russia nearly six years, studying not the Ossetes but the Russians. He familiarized himself thoroughly with the life of the people by settling for long periods in remote villages. In 1876 he returned to England where he published the above volume, his most famous work. It met with instant success and went through several editions and was translated into many languages. It was twice revised by Wallace (1905 & 1912) and remains the standard authority on Russia before the 1917 revolution.
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WALLACE, D. Mackenzie.
Russia. London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1877. In two volumes. Fifth edition. Tall 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine labels, xiv, 466; viii, 472pp. Inner hinges cracked, small split in outer front hinges, some light rubbing but in fact a very good set. Wallace [1841-1919] a newspaper correspondent, editor and author was engaged in qualifying for a professorship in Comparative Law in Germany when he accepted a private invitation to visit Russia. Wallace had expressed a desire to study the Ossetes, a peculiar Aryan tribe in the Caucasus. However, he remained in Russia nearly six years, studying not the Ossetes but the Russians. He familiarized himself thoroughly with the life of the people by settling for long periods in remote villages. In 1876 he returned to England where he published the above volume, his most famous work. It met with instant success and went through several editions and was translated into many languages. It was twice revised by Wallace (1905 & 1912) and remains the standard authority on Russia before the 1917 revolution.
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WEALE, B.L. Putnam.
Manchu and Muscovite. Being Letters from Manchuria Written during the Autumn of 1903. With an Historical Sketch Entitled "Prologue to the Crisis" Giving a complete account of the Manchurian Frontiers from the earliest days ....... London: Macmillan, 1904. First edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. maroon cloth, xx, 552pp. This copy is LACKING THE MAP AT THE REAR, name o/w a near fine copy.
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