Seventeen loose gelatin silver photographs, each ca. 17x23 cm (6 ¾ x 8 ¾ in). Three photos with pencil captions in Russian on verso. One photo with a tear on the corner neatly repaired; overall a very good collection of interesting strong images. Rare original photographs of a construction..... More

Ca. 1955. First album titled: “Chanchun’. 1e Oktyabrya” [i.e. Changchun. October 1st]. Oblong Octavo album (ca. 13,3x16,4 cm). 12 paper leaves. With 12 loose original gelatin silver photographs ca. 8,1x12,2 cm (3 ¼ x 4 ¾ in). All photos with pencil and typewritten captions (in Russian) on verso and the..... More

Moscow: Molodaya gvardiya, 1929-1941. #1 of 1931. 20 pp.: ill. 21.7x29 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Tears of the spine with text affected (minor), foxing of the wrappers. Otherwise in very good condition. Scarce. Printrun varied. In 1931 the magazine was published with the printrun of 75,000 copies..... More

Moscow: Nauka, 1989. 400 pp. Original cloth. Very good. This is the most detailed account of the Russian expeditions to the North Pacific at the time. Supplied with the indexes of ships, names and geographical places. The documents themselves include letters, orders, short accounts of the trips undertaken, etc. More

[Moscow]; [Leningrad]: Molodaya gvardiya, 1937. 433, [2] pp., 36 ill., portraits and maps: ill. 13.5x19.8 cm. Original cloth binding. Light soiling, two minor tears to the maps (1,3). Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Translated from the original Norewegian language by the Soviet translator M. P. Dyakonova. Norwegian edition..... More

Moscow: Ogiz, 1931. 108, [4] pp.: ill. 18x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, tears of spine and some creases of front cover, otherwise very good and clean. First and only edition. One of 10 155 copies. Very rare. Russian translation of Richard Byrd’s early travel notes ‘Little..... More

Moscow: Federatsiia, 1929. 222, [2] pp. 19,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the spine with small fragments lost, vertical crease of the front cover and some leaves, otherwise very good and clean copy. Signed by author on the half title (1929). First edition. One of..... More

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

St. Petersburg: Typ. Of K.V. Trubnikov, 1873. Part 1 and only. [4], vi, 461, [1] pp. Octavo. With a large folding lithographed map. Period style green half morocco with marbled papered boards; spine with raised bands and gilt lettered title. Both original publisher’s wrappers bound in. Mild very minor water..... More

Baku: Izdanie gazety Vyshka, 1928. 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 edition..... More