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Item #1152 [WHALING IN THE SOVIET UNION] «Slava»: Zapiski sovetskikh kitoboyev [i.e....

[WHALING IN THE SOVIET UNION] «Slava»: Zapiski sovetskikh kitoboyev [i.e. “Fame”: Notes of Soviet Whalers]

Odessa: Odes. obl. izd-vo, 1952. 320 pp.: ill. 20.5x13.3cm. In original publisher’s illustrated cardboards. Stamp of the library of the whaling ship Slava (the library was located at the vessel and was intended for Soviet whalers exclusively) and inventory number on the title-page, p.17, and p. 320. Spine and edges..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #502 [SEAL BREEDING] Kotikovoe khoziaystvo [i.e. The Northern Fur Seal Breeding]. L. Boytsov

[SEAL BREEDING] Kotikovoe 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

Price: $750.00

Item #147 [RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Na 'Malygine' v polyarnykh l'dakh: S 5...

[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

Price: $550.00

Item #153 [WRANGEL ISLAND] Na "Litke" k ostrovu Vrangelya. Zapiski uchastnika spasatel'noi...

[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

Price: $800.00

Item #1158 [TIRED, FROZEN, BEATEN - TRAGIC DIARIES OF CAPTAIN SCOTT] Dnevnik kapitana R. Skotta...

[TIRED, FROZEN, BEATEN - TRAGIC DIARIES OF CAPTAIN SCOTT] Dnevnik kapitana R. Skotta [i.e. Diary of Captain R. Scott]

Scott, R.

Leningrad: Vses. arktich. in-t, 1934. 392 pp., 1 map: ill. 13.8x20.4 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with lettering on the front board and the spine. Near fine. Scarce. Second extended edition. First edition published in 1917. Translated from original English by the Russian and American writer Zinaida Ragozina..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #148 [RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Tragediya v ledyanoi pustyne [i.e. The Tragedy...

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

Yampol'sky (Severny), B.S.

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

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Item #1102 [SOVIET ARCTIC] Po sovetskoi Arktike [i.e. Around Soviet Arctic

[SOVIET ARCTIC] Po sovetskoi Arktike [i.e. Around Soviet Arctic]

Moscow: n.p., 1933. 16 pp.: ill. 20x29 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of edges, otherwise very good. Very rare. A brochure supplemented to an early issue of the magazine ‘The USSR on Construction’ (#9 for 1933). It is illustrated throughout with the first photographs of the newly explored Severnaya..... More

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Item #986 [FIRST NORTHERN AIR EXPEDITIONS] Puti Severa. (Severnyye vozdushnyye ekspeditsii 1927 i...

[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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Item #316 [ARCTIC: POLAR URALS] Puteshestviya P.I. Krusensterna k Severnomu Uralu v 1874-1876...

[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

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Item #985 [YAKUTSK] Russkie krestiane i osdelie inorodtsy Yakutskoy oblasti [i.e. The Russian...

[YAKUTSK] Russkie krestiane i osdelie inorodtsy Yakutskoy oblasti [i.e. The Russian Peasants and the Settlers from Different Ethical Groups in Yakutsk Area]

Mainov, I.

St. Petersburg: V.F. Kirshbaum, 1912. XVI, [4], 357, 29 pp. 23,5x17 cm. Very good. Loss of the small piece of the spine, edges and spine rubbed, paper label on the upper left corner of the front wrapper, inventory numbers on the front wrapper and title page. First edition..... More

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Item #215 [ARCTIC: NOVAYA ZEMLYA] Na Novoi Zemle: Ocherki i nabroski [i.e. At the Novaya Zemlya:...

[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

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Item #1157 [A PLAY ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF CHELYUSKINTSY WRITTEN BY THE MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION]...

[A PLAY ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF CHELYUSKINTSY WRITTEN BY THE MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION] Ne sdadimsya: Narodno-geroich. predstavleniye v 4 d. i 66 kart [i.e. We will not Surrender: Folk Heroic Performance in 4 Acts and 66 Episodes]

Semenov, S.

Leningrad: Bol’shoy dramatich. teatr im. M. Gor’kogo, 1935. 40 pp., 1 ill.: ill. 20x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine and covers. Very rare. First edition. One of 3,250 copies. With 14 illustrations (1 color). An interesting work dedicated to the production of..... More

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Item #587 [AMERICA: COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE EARLIEST EDITIONS OF ALL SHELEKHOV’S ACCOUNTS]...

[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

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Item #222 [NORTH PACIFIC: RUSSIAN SHIPWRECKS FROM 1713 TO 1854] Letopis' Krusheniy i Pozharov...

[NORTH PACIFIC: RUSSIAN SHIPWRECKS FROM 1713 TO 1854] Letopis' Krusheniy i Pozharov Sudov Russkogo Flota on Nachala yego po 1854 god [i.e. A Chronicle of Wrecks and Fires on the Vessels of the Russian Fleet from its Inception to 1854]

[Sokolov, A.P.]

St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1855. Xxi, [2], 365 pp. 23,5x16 cm. With an additional woodcut title page (decorated with a vignette), a woodcut vignette on p. 365, and nine folding engraved maps at rear. Contemporary half leather, rebacked in style with gilt lettered title. Previous owner’s ink inscriptions..... More

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Item #315 [ARCTIC: THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE] Istoriya otkrytiya morskogo puti iz Evropy v Sibirskiye...

[ARCTIC: THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE] Istoriya otkrytiya morskogo puti iz Evropy v Sibirskiye reki i do Beringova proliva [i.e. History of Discovery of the Maritime Passage from Europe to the Siberian Rivers and the Bering Strait]

Studitsky, F.D.

St. Petersburg: Typ. of D.I. Shemetkin, 1883. In 2 vols. bound together. [2], xv, 318, [2]; [2], iii. 288 pp. Octavo. Period Russian olive quarter leather with marbled boards and faded gilt lettered title on the spine. Faded ink inscription on the first free endpaper, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the..... More

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