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[ALASKAN MISSIONARY] Innokentii, Mitropolit Moskovsky i Kolomensky po Yego Sochineniyam, Pismam i Rasskazam Sovremennikov [i.e. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, His Works, Letters and Stories of Him by His Contemporaries]

Barsukov, I.P.

Moscow: Typ. of the Holy Synod, 1883. viii, 769, 14, xvi, [1] pp. 26,5x18,5 cm. With a lithographed portrait frontispiece and four lithographed plates. Period style quarter morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt lettered title. Period pencil markings and mild foxing of the text, otherwise a very good copy... More about ALASKAN MISSIONARY] Innokentii, Mitropolit Moskovsky i Kolomensky po Yego Sochineniyam, Pismam i...

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[SIBERIAN ARCTIC] Poyezdka k Ledovitomu moryu [i.e. A Voyage to the Icy Sea]

Belyavsky, F.I.

Moscow: Typ. of Lazarevs’ Institute of Foreign Languages, 1833. Xv, iii, 259 pp. 21x13,5 cm. With additional copper engraved title page (decorated with two vignettes), four hand coloured folding lithographed plates (including a frontispiece; two signed and dated by the artist), and a folding copper engraved plate of snow flakes... More about SIBERIAN ARCTIC] Poyezdka k Ledovitomu moryu [i.e. A Voyage to the Icy Sea

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[SEAL BREEDING] Kotkovoe khoziaystvo [i.e. The Northern Fur Seal Breeding]

Boytsov, L.

Moscow: Vneshtorgizdat, 1934. 195 pp. 20x14,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Fine condition. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. A very interesting and unique in its kind publication on the northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). The title of the book suggests that the content is... More about SEAL BREEDING] Kotkovoe khoziaystvo [i.e. The Northern Fur Seal Breeding

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[ARCTIC: POLAR URALS] Puteshestviya P.I. Krusensterna k Severnomu Uralu v 1874-1876 godakh dlya issledovaniya vodyanogo soobshcheniya mezhdu pritokami Pechory i Obi [i.e. Travels of P.I. Krusenstern to the Northern Urals in 1874-1876, for the Survey of Communication by Water between the Tributaries of the Pechora and Ob Rivers]

Krusenstern, P.I.

St. Petersburg: ‘‘Slavyanskaya Pechatnya’’, 1879. [4], 172, [1] pp. Large octavo. With a large folding lithographed map at rear. Original publisher’s printed wrappers. Very minor tears of extremities, otherwise a very good uncut copy in its original state. First and only edition. Very rare. An account of the last..... More about ARCTIC: POLAR URALS] Puteshestviya P.I. Krusensterna k Severnomu Uralu v 1874-1876 godakh dlya...

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[ARCTIC: NORTHEAST PASSAGE] Proekt Lomonosova i ekspeditsiya Chichagova; [and:] Kratkoe opisanie raznikh puteshestvii po severnim moryam… [i.e. Lomonosov’s Project and Chichagov’s Expedition; with: A Brief Description of Various Voyages in the Northern Seas and Indication of a Possible Passage via the Siberian Ocean to the East Indies/ Published by the Hydrographical Department of the Naval Ministry]

[Lomonosov, M.V.]

St. Petersburg: Morskaya Typ. 1854. Second enlarged edition. [4], c, 150 pp. 17,5x11 cm. Contemporary brown half leather with marbled papered boards, new endpapers. Papers lightly age toned, barely visible water stain on several leaves at end of text, but overall a very good copy of this rare book... More about ARCTIC: NORTHEAST PASSAGE] Proekt Lomonosova i ekspeditsiya Chichagova; [and:] Kratkoe opisanie...

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[RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Na 'Malygine' v polyarnykh l'dakh: S 5 fotosnimkami i kartoi [i.e. On the 'Malygin' in Polar Ice: With 5 Photos and Map]

Loris-Melikov, M.A.

Leningrad: Krasnaya gazeta, 1928. Second edition. 62, [2] pp.: ill., port., map. 23х15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some rubbings, few owner's markings on the back cover, in the text, and title page, small tears of the spine. This book was written by meteorologist of the expedition on Malygin... More about RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Na 'Malygine' v polyarnykh l'dakh: S 5 fotosnimkami i...

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[ARCTIC: NOVAYA ZEMLYA] Na Novoi Zemle: Ocherki i nabroski [i.e. At the Novaya Zemlya: Essays and Sketches]

Nosilov, K.D.

St. Petersburg: A.S. Suvorin, 1903. [4], 327, [2] pp. Octavo. In original publisher’s printed wrappers with a photo illustration on the front cover. Some minor wear of extremities, overall a near fine copy. First edition. A rare collection of essays and memories by a Russian polar researcher, ethnographer and... More about ARCTIC: NOVAYA ZEMLYA] Na Novoi Zemle: Ocherki i nabroski [i.e. At the Novaya Zemlya: Essays and...

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[WRANGEL ISLAND] Na "Litke" k ostrovu Vrangelya. Zapiski uchastnika spasatel'noi ekspiditsii [i.e. On 'Litke' to Wrangel Island. Memoirs of the member of the rescue team]

Rikhter, Z.V.

Moscow: OGIZ, 1931. 86 [2] pp.: ill.17,5x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the wrappers and spine, damp stain on the lower margin of several pages. Otherwise good. With 13 photographs in the text. In 1926 expedition leaded by G.A. Ushakov came to Wrangel island. They... More about WRANGEL ISLAND] Na "Litke" k ostrovu Vrangelya. Zapiski uchastnika spasatel'noi...

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[AMERICA: COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE EARLIEST EDITIONS OF ALL SHELEKHOV’S ACCOUNTS] Rossiyskogo kuptsa imenitogo Rylskogo Grazhdanina Grigorya Shelekhova Pervoye Stranstvovaniye c 1783 po 1787 god iz Okotska po Vostochnomu Okeanu k Amerikanskim beregam, i vozvrashchenie ego v Rossiiu... [i.e. The Russian Merchant and Notable Citizen of Rylsk Grigory Shelekhov’s First Journey from 1783 to 1787, from Okhotsk over the Eastern Ocean to the American Shores, and His Return to Russia...].

Shelekhov, G.I.

With: Rossiyskogo Kuptsa Grigorya Shelekhova Prodolzheniye Stranstvovaniyya po Vostochnomu Okeanu k Amerikanskim beregam v 1788 godu... [i.e. Continuation of the Russian Merchant Grigory Shelekhov’ Voyage in the Eastern Ocean to the American Shores in 1788...]. St. Petersburg: Published on account of V[asily] S[opikov], 1793 and 1792. Two parts bound together... More about AMERICA: COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE EARLIEST EDITIONS OF ALL SHELEKHOV’S ACCOUNTS] Rossiyskogo...

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[RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Tragediya v ledyanoi pustyne [i.e. The Tragedy in Ice Desert]

Yampol'sky (Severny), B.S.

1928: Izdanie gazety Vyshka, Baku. 32 pp.: ill. 21,5x15 cm. From the series "Cheap worker's library of Vyshka newspaper" (#3). In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the wrappers and spine, damp stain on the front cover, back cover separated from the text block. Otherwise good. Rare provincial... More about RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Tragediya v ledyanoi pustyne [i.e. The Tragedy in Ice Desert

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