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ON THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP IN THE 19TH CENTURY] Opisaniye priema sdelannogo 5-go...

[ON THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP IN THE 19TH CENTURY] Opisaniye priema sdelannogo 5-go avgusta 1866 goda blagorodnym sobraniyem predstaviteliu Severo-Amerikanskogo kongresa mister Foksu [i.e. Description of the reception given to the representative of the North American Congress Mr. Fox by the Assembly of the Nobility on the 5th August 1866]

St. Petersburg: A.A. Kraevskiy, 1866. 8 pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Fine copy with owner's stamp on the front cover and shop's stamp on the back cover, some soiling to the covers and very small tear to the front cover. Very rare. After the Russian tsar, Alexander II, narrowly... More about ON THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP IN THE 19TH CENTURY] Opisaniye priema sdelannogo 5-go...

Price: $900.00

USA HISTORY BY FIRST RUSSIAN LIBRARIAN IN AMERICA] Istoriya Severo-Amerikanskikh soedinyonnykh...

[USA HISTORY BY FIRST RUSSIAN LIBRARIAN IN AMERICA] Istoriya Severo-Amerikanskikh soedinyonnykh shtatov. V 2 t. [i.e. The History of Northern-American United States. In 2 vols].

Babin, A.V.

St. Petersburg: tip. Trenke i Fyusno, 1912. V.1: 1607-1826. [8], 493 pp. V.2: 1829-1910. [4], 471 pp., 1 map. 20,5x13,3 cm. In two modern half-leather bindings. Original front wrappers preserved. Cut, light foxing of the covers. Otherwise a fine crispy copy. Rare. First edition. First thorough history written by... More about USA HISTORY BY FIRST RUSSIAN LIBRARIAN IN AMERICA] Istoriya Severo-Amerikanskikh soedinyonnykh...

Price: $3,750.00

ALASKAN MISSIONARY] Innokentii, Mitropolit Moskovsky i Kolomensky po Yego Sochineniyam, Pismam i...

[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...

Price: $3,500.00

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS] Uncle Tom's Cabin: Adapted for 8th class of the secondary...

[UNCLE TOM'S CABIN FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS] Uncle Tom's Cabin: Adapted for 8th class of the secondary school / by V. Shor

Beecher-Stowe, H.

Leningrad: State text-book Publishing House, 1954. Second edition. 142, [2] pp.: ill. 20x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the spine, loss of the small fragment of the top left corner of the front cover, Soviet bookshop's stamp on the back cover, owner's signature on the p.1. Cover... More about UNCLE TOM'S CABIN FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS] Uncle Tom's Cabin: Adapted for 8th class of the secondary...

Price: $150.00

WOMEN IN AMERICA IN 19th CENTURY] Sovremennaya zhenshchina. Eye polozheniye v Evrope i Amerike...

[WOMEN IN AMERICA IN 19th CENTURY] Sovremennaya zhenshchina. Eye polozheniye v Evrope i Amerike [i.e. Modern Woman. Her Status in Europe and America].

Brandt, B.F.

St. Petersburg: F. Pavlenkov, 1896. 4, 158, 2 pp. 19,5х13,5 cm. In contemporary half-leather binding with marbled paper boards and gilt-lettering on the spine (the title and owner's initials). Soviet bookshop's stamp on the free back endpaper, slightly rubbed, pencil scribbles on two pages. Otherwise a very good clean copy... More about WOMEN IN AMERICA IN 19th CENTURY] Sovremennaya zhenshchina. Eye polozheniye v Evrope i Amerike...

Price: $500.00

DREISER IN THE SOVIET UNION] Niu-Iork [i.e. New York]. T. Dreiser

[DREISER IN THE SOVIET UNION] Niu-Iork [i.e. New York]

Dreiser, T.

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 127 pp.: ill. 18,5x12,5 cm. In original constructivist style wrappers and original illustrated dust jacket with portrait of the author by Hugo Gellert. Near fine, previous owner’s stamp on t.p. and few ink marks, two stains on dust jacket.  First thus edition. One of 7000... More about DREISER IN THE SOVIET UNION] Niu-Iork [i.e. New York

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ON AMERICAN LIBRARIES] Sovremennye biblioteki v Amerike. Ocherki i statyi / Per. s nem. pod red....

[ON AMERICAN LIBRARIES] Sovremennye biblioteki v Amerike. Ocherki i statyi / Per. s nem. pod red. i v obrabotke B.O. Borovicha [i.e. Modern Libraries in America. Essays and Articles / Translation from German made and edited by B.O. Borovich]

Escher, H.

Kharkiv: Trud, 1927. 93, [2] pp. 17x12,5 cm. In original publisher's wrappers. Lower part of the spine chipped, some stains on the front cover, Soviet bookshops' stamps on the back cover, tiny owner's label with number on the inner part of the front cover. Otherwise a near fine clean copy. 1... More about ON AMERICAN LIBRARIES] Sovremennye biblioteki v Amerike. Ocherki i statyi / Per. s nem. pod red....

Price: $800.00

EAST COST OF NORTH AMERICA & CUBA] Puteshestvie po Severo-Amerikanskim Shtatam, Kanade i ostrovu...

[EAST COST OF NORTH AMERICA & CUBA] Puteshestvie po Severo-Amerikanskim Shtatam, Kanade i ostrovu Kube [i.e. Travel across the North-American States, Canada and the Cuba Island]

Lakier, A.B.

St. Petersburg: Typ. of K. Wolf, 1859. 2 vols. bound together. [4], iv, 374; [4], [iv], 399, vii. 21x14,5 cm. With a large folding lithographed map. Contemporary quarter leather, spine with gilt lettered title. Binding mildly rubbed on extremities, otherwise a very good copy. First and only edition. Very... More about EAST COST OF NORTH AMERICA & CUBA] Puteshestvie po Severo-Amerikanskim Shtatam, Kanade i...

Price: $4,500.00

FIRST BOOK IN RUSSIAN ABOUT LINCOLN] Avraam Linkol'n i velikaya bor'ba mezhdu Severnymi i...

[FIRST BOOK IN RUSSIAN ABOUT LINCOLN] Avraam Linkol'n i velikaya bor'ba mezhdu Severnymi i Yuzhnymi amerikanskimi shtatami v prodolzheniye 1861-1865 godov. Per. s nem. [i.e. Abraham Lincoln and The Great Struggle between the North and South during 1861-1865. Translated from German].

Lange, M.

St. Petersburg: tip. Kukol'-Yasnopol'skogo, 1867. [2], 474, IV pp., 1 port. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-leather binding with gilt-lettering and decoration on the spine, decorations on boards in blind. Very good. Rubbed, few spots and owner's ink stamp on the title-page. First edition. The book is translated from German the year... More about FIRST BOOK IN RUSSIAN ABOUT LINCOLN] Avraam Linkol'n i velikaya bor'ba mezhdu Severnymi i...

Price: $1,500.00

SOVIET CRITICS OF USA IN 1930] Sovremennaya Amerika [i.e. Modern America]. A. G. Lebedenko, A.,...

[SOVIET CRITICS OF USA IN 1930] Sovremennaya Amerika [i.e. Modern America]

Lebedenko, A.G., Rashkovskaya, A.

Leningrad: Krasnaya gazeta, 1929. 100 pp.: ill. 17х13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restoration of the spine, previous owner's ink stamp on the title page, margin of p.65 is cut off (the text is not affected). Cover design by Georgy Fitingof (1905-1975), Soviet artist and illustrator well known... More about SOVIET CRITICS OF USA IN 1930] Sovremennaya Amerika [i.e. Modern America

Price: $750.00

REED'S THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE] Vdol' fronta / Per. s angl. I.V. Sablina i V.F. Korsha [i.e....

[REED'S THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE] Vdol' fronta / Per. s angl. I.V. Sablina i V.F. Korsha [i.e. The War in Eastern Europe / Transl. from English I.V. Sablin i V.F. Korsh]

Reed, J.

Moscow: Zemlya i Fabrika, 1928. 324, [2] pp. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated oversized wrappers. Small tears of the wrappers, Soviet bookshop stamp on the back cover. 1 of 6000 copies. First translation. Cover design by P. Miturich. Pyotr Vasilievich Miturich (1887-1956), Russian artist. In 1910-1920... More about REED'S THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE] Vdol' fronta / Per. s angl. I.V. Sablina i V.F. Korsha [i.e....

Price: $1,300.00

USE OF AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR RUSSIANS] Zaboty o prosveshchenii v Soedinyennykh...

[USE OF AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR RUSSIANS] Zaboty o prosveshchenii v Soedinyennykh Shtatakh [i.e. Education in the United States of America]

Russell, W.F.

New York: New Section of Foreign Language Information Service of American National Red Cross, 1920. 110 pp. 8vo. In original publisher's wrappers. Few tears and losses of the spine, owner's label on the front cover, light soiling of the wrappers. First edition. Text in Russian. Added title page, foreword, table... More about USE OF AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR RUSSIANS] Zaboty o prosveshchenii v Soedinyennykh...

Price: $350.00

PHOTOMONTAGE ON JIMMIE HIGGINS] Dzhimmi Khiggins [i.e. Jimmie Higgins]. U. Sinclair

[PHOTOMONTAGE ON JIMMIE HIGGINS] Dzhimmi Khiggins [i.e. Jimmie Higgins]

Sinclair, U.

Moscow: TsK Soiuza Textil’shchikov, 1928. 110, [2] pp. 22x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Repaired spine, otherwise very good.  Very rare imprint of the Russian edition.  Striking photomontage on the front cover produced by A. Romanov combining the face of a British gentleman and some buildings that... More about PHOTOMONTAGE ON JIMMIE HIGGINS] Dzhimmi Khiggins [i.e. Jimmie Higgins

Price: $950.00
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SINCLAIR FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS] Izbrannye rasskazy: Rasskaz dlya nachal'nogo chteniya na...

[SINCLAIR FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS] Izbrannye rasskazy: Rasskaz dlya nachal'nogo chteniya na angliiskom yazyke [i.e. Peter Gudge Becomes a Secret Agent / from "100 Percent". Story for beginners studying English]

Sinclair, U.B.

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 35 pp. 17х13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Front cover is separate from the text block, some rubbings of wrappers, slightly rusted staples. Cover design by illustrator D.A. Bazhanov (1902-1946). The story is followed by small vocabulary. More about SINCLAIR FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS] Izbrannye rasskazy: Rasskaz dlya nachal'nogo chteniya na...

Price: $100.00

FIRST RUSSIAN STEINBECK] Grozdiya gneva / Perevod s angl. N. Volzhinoi [i.e. The Grapes of Wrath...

[FIRST RUSSIAN STEINBECK] Grozdiya gneva / Perevod s angl. N. Volzhinoi [i.e. The Grapes of Wrath / Translated from English by N. Volzhina]

Steinbeck, J.

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1940. 504 pp.: ill., 1 front. (ill.). 20x13,5 cm. Illustrations by L. Brodaty. In original publisher's illustrated card boards. Covers slightly rubbed, owner's signature on the front endpaper, owner's ink book stamp on the title page, pp. 17, 41, 504; a small wormhole on the lower side of... More about FIRST RUSSIAN STEINBECK] Grozdiya gneva / Perevod s angl. N. Volzhinoi [i.e. The Grapes of Wrath...

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FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION OF  THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA]  Starik i more [The Old Man and the Sea] /...

[FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION OF  THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA]  Starik i more [The Old Man and the Sea] / translated from English by E. Golisheva and B. Izakov.

Hemingway, E.

Moscow: Detgiz, 1956. 96pp. Front ill. 4to. Original card boards and dustwrapper. The wrapper and the frontispiece by Mark Klyatchko (1924- 2000), design of the book by Solomon Telingater. The d/wrapper is rubbed at the edges and backed with tape in several places but generally fine. First separate edition in... More about FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION OF  THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA]  Starik i more [The Old Man and the Sea] /...

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FIRST RUSSIAN BIOGRAPHY OF BEECHER STOWE] Uchitel vzroslykh i drug detei: Bicher-Stou....

[FIRST RUSSIAN BIOGRAPHY OF BEECHER STOWE] Uchitel vzroslykh i drug detei: Bicher-Stou. Biografichesky ocherk [i.e. A Teacher of Adults and A Friend of Children: Beecher Stowe. Biographical Essay]

Ivanov, I.I.

Moscow: Yunaya Rossiya, 1914. 126, [2] pp.: port. 19,5x15 cm. Later owner's binding. Cut edges, narrow piece of paper glued between pp. 4-5. Otherwise a very good clean copy. Uncle Tom's Cabin was very popular in Russia. It was first published in 1857 in Russia in periodical. Soon after... More about FIRST RUSSIAN BIOGRAPHY OF BEECHER STOWE] Uchitel vzroslykh i drug detei: Bicher-Stou....

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RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA] V strane svobody i truda: Rasskaz iz amerikanskoi...

[RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA] V strane svobody i truda: Rasskaz iz amerikanskoi zhizni [i.e. In the Country of Freedom and Labour: The Story of American Life]

Pospelov, S.A.

St. Petersburg: A.F. Devrien, 1907. [2], II, 227 pp.: ill. 19x14,5 cm. In original publisher's illustrated card boards. Loose, rubbed copy lacks front free end-paper, the material on the spine is partly detached, markings on the front cover, title-page and few other pages, pre-revolutionary stamp on the title-page and few... More about RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA] V strane svobody i truda: Rasskaz iz amerikanskoi...

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RUSSIAN COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN OBJECTS] Otdel Severnoi Ameriki: Putevoditel' po Muzeyu...

[RUSSIAN COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN OBJECTS] Otdel Severnoi Ameriki: Putevoditel' po Muzeyu antropologii i etnografii [i.e. North America Department. Guide to Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography]

Ratner-Shternberg, S.A.

Leningrad: Izd-vo Akad. nauk SSSR, 1929. 102, [10] pp.: ill., 1 map. 20х14 cm. In original publisher's wrappers. Some browning of the wrappers, chipped crown, closed tear of the front cover and tears of the lower spine and extremities. Otherwise a very good clean copy. 1 of 1500 copies. First edition... More about RUSSIAN COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN OBJECTS] Otdel Severnoi Ameriki: Putevoditel' po Muzeyu...

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RUSSIAN TRADE IN NORTH PACIFIC AND TRAVEL TO THE USA] Vokrug svyeta: Sorok shest tysiach verst po...

[RUSSIAN TRADE IN NORTH PACIFIC AND TRAVEL TO THE USA] Vokrug svyeta: Sorok shest tysiach verst po moryu i sushe: Putevye vpechatleniya K. Skalkovskogo [i.e. Around the World: Forty-Six Thousand Versts on Land and Sea: Travel Notes by K. Skalkovsky]

Skalkovsky, K.A.

St. Petersburg: Typ. T-vo ‘‘Obshchestvennaya Polza’’, 1881. [8], 185 pp. Octavo. With ten woodcut plates. Contemporary Russian brown quarter sheep with marbled paper boards. Private library ink stamps on the title page and p. [5], Soviet bookshops’ stamps on the rear pastedown endpaper, binding rubbed on extremities, faint stain on..... More about RUSSIAN TRADE IN NORTH PACIFIC AND TRAVEL TO THE USA] Vokrug svyeta: Sorok shest tysiach verst po...

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Lithograph Titled:] Novo Arkhangelsk. Na Severozapadnom Beregu Ameriki [i.e. New Archangel. On...

[Lithograph Titled:] Novo Arkhangelsk. Na Severozapadnom Beregu Ameriki [i.e. New Archangel. On the North-West Coast of America]

[Tebenkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich]

St. Petersburg: Lith. of Prokhorov, 1851. Lithograph 23x33,5 cm mounted on the original mount leaf 24,5x35 cm, with lithographed title and date on the lower margin of the album leaf. Three flattened creases on the upper margin of the lithograph, the album leaf with cut margins, strengthened with paper on... More about Lithograph Titled:] Novo Arkhangelsk. Na Severozapadnom Beregu Ameriki [i.e. New Archangel. On...

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HAWAII & FRENCH POLYNESIA IN 1850s] Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo Plavaniya v...

[HAWAII & FRENCH POLYNESIA IN 1850s] Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo Plavaniya v 1857, 1858, 1859 i 1860 godakh [i.e. Sketches in Pen and Pencil from the Circumnavigation in 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860]

Vysheslavtsev, A.V

St. Petersburg: M.O. Wolf, 1867. 2nd corrected ed. [6], 592 pp. 24,5x18 cm. With a lithographed title page and twenty-three tinted lithographed plates (complete). Modern (period style) gilt tooled half leather. Half title with a minor repair of blank lower corner, a few minor stains of blank fore edge, otherwise... More about HAWAII & FRENCH POLYNESIA IN 1850s] Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo Plavaniya v...

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