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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

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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

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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

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[FIRST NORTHERN AIR EXPEDITIONS] Puti Severa. (Severnyye vozdushnyye ekspeditsii 1927 i 1928 gg. Ostrov Vrangelya i pervyy Leninskiy reys) [i.e. Ways of the North. (Northern Air Expeditions of 1927 and 1928. Wrangel Island and the First Lena Flight)]

Krasinsky, G.

Moscow: Izd-vo Osoaviakhim, 1929. 160 pp.: ill. 21,8x15,4 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Open tears to the spine, slight wear, several pages loose. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Scarce. Black-and-white illustrations in text. THIS RARE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OFFERS A VIVID INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST AIR..... More

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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

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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

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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

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