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A FAREWELL TO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOVIET FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY] Professoru N.P. Brukhanskomu...

[A FAREWELL TO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOVIET FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY] Professoru N.P. Brukhanskomu (20 let psikhiatrich. raboty). Problemy psikhiatrii i psikhopatologii: Sb. statey [i.e. To the Professor N.P. Brukhansky (20 Years of Psychiatric Work). Problems of Psychiatry and Psychopathology: A Collection of Articles]

Moscow: Biomedgiz, 1935. XVI, 728pp., a portrait and a table: ill., tables. 23.1x16cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and the spine. Private library stamp: “Doctor V. E. Iashvili” on the title-page and the pp. 89, 513, occasional pen/pencil markings. Otherwise very good. First..... More

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FOR THE RUSSIAN DARWINISTS] Photograph of Charles Darwin

[FOR THE RUSSIAN DARWINISTS] Photograph of Charles Darwin

Saint Petersburg: Vezenberg i Ko, [1900s]. 16,5x11 cm. Albumen photo mounted on cardboard paper with a printed workshop’s signature. Very good. Stamp of pre-revolutionary Daziaro shop on the back side along with the pencil note in Russian: ‘Darvin’. This is a reproduction of the well-known portrait of Charles Darwin..... More

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MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

[MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS]

Convolute of two works on mathematical analysis: Tikhomandritskiy, M. Kurs teorii konechnykh raznostey [i.e. The Course of Calculations of Finite Differences]. Kharkiv: D.N. Poluekhtov, 1890. [2], III, V, 274 pp. Markov, A. Ischislenie konechnykh raznostey [i.e. Calculations of Finite Differences]. Complete in two parts. Part 1. Interpolirovanie [i.e...... More

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SCIENCE AND THE SOVIET UNION] Iskry nauki [i.e. Sparks of Science

[SCIENCE AND THE SOVIET UNION] Iskry nauki [i.e. Sparks of Science]

Moscow: Izdatelstvo “Gudok”, 1925-1931. #1-12 of 1927. A full run of the year bound in a single volume. Ca. 29,6x23,2 cm. In contemporary binding. Creases at the hinges, slightly rubbed, #3 lacks the front wrapper, #4,5 lack the rear wrapper, #6 lacks the pp. 239-240, #7 lacks the pp. 279-280..... More

CALCULATION OF PROPELLER CONSTRUCTION] Vozdushnye vinty: Teoriya vintovykh dvigatelei i sposoby...

[CALCULATION OF PROPELLER CONSTRUCTION] Vozdushnye vinty: Teoriya vintovykh dvigatelei i sposoby ikh vychislenii / S frantsuzkogo N. Gvozdev [i.e. Air Propellers: The Theory of Screw Engines and Methods of Its Calculation / From French by N. Gvozdev]

Drzewiecki, S.K.

Sevastopol: tip. N.A. Kovaleva, 1910. [3], 60 pp.: diagr. 22,5x16,5 cm. In original wrappers. Lacking back wrapper and spine, loose, tears and owner’s signature on the front wrapper, foxing and stains on the title page with small holes on the margin. First and only Russian translation (original was published..... More

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FEMALE DOCTOR] Uchebnik gigieny, anatomii, fiziologii [i.e. The Textbook on Hygiene, Anatomy and...

[FEMALE DOCTOR] Uchebnik gigieny, anatomii, fiziologii [i.e. The Textbook on Hygiene, Anatomy and Physiology]

Izmailova, L.I.

[4], IV, 134 pp., 2 pl. including 29 ill. 22,5x15 cm. Contemporary quarter-leather. Binding is rubbed. Extremely rare textbook, one of the first examples of the medical book written by a female doctor Lyubov Izmailova from Kutaisi (Georgia). The textbook was created for the female schools. The book has..... More

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MENDELEEV ON AERONAUTICS] O soprotivlenii zhidkostey i o vozdukhoplavanii [i.e. On the...

[MENDELEEV ON AERONAUTICS] O soprotivlenii zhidkostey i o vozdukhoplavanii [i.e. On the Resistance of the Fluids and the Air Flying]

Mendeleev, D.

Issue 1 [and all]. St-Petersburg: V.Demakov, 1880. [2], 160, 80 pp., 14 folding plates, printed separately at the cartographer A.Iliyin in Saint-Petersburg. Contemporary quarter-leather binding. Slightly foxed. Pre-revolutionary stamps of Tiflis Arsenal on the title page, p.1 and front endpapers. The most important Mendeleev’s work on the aeronautics. His..... More

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MENDELEEV ON GASES] Ob uprugosti gazov: Otchet, predstavl. pred. Imp. Rus. tekhn. o-va Petru...

[MENDELEEV ON GASES] Ob uprugosti gazov: Otchet, predstavl. pred. Imp. Rus. tekhn. o-va Petru Arkadiyevichu Kochubeyu. CH. 1 [i.e. On the Elasticity of Gases: A Report Presented to the Chairman of the Imperial Russian Technical Society Petr Arkadievich Kochubey. Part 1 and all published]

Mendeleev, D.

1875. XVI, 262, [1] pp., 12 ill. 34x17 cm. Contemporary binding. Overall in a very good condition. First edition. One of the most important works on the elasticity of gases. Mendeleev became engaged in the study of the topic in the early 1870s, after the publication of the final..... More

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MENDELEEV AS ECONOMIST] K poznaniiu Rossii: S prilozheniem karty Rossii [i.e. To the Cognition of...

[MENDELEEV AS ECONOMIST] K poznaniiu Rossii: S prilozheniem karty Rossii [i.e. To the Cognition of Russia: With Attached Map of Russia].

Mendeleev, D.I.

St. Petersburg: Tipo-lit. M.P. Frolovoi, 1906. [2], 122 pp., 1 folding map. 25x17 cm. In contemporary card boards with mounted core pieces of original wrappers. In good condition, small fragments of spine lost, the map is in parts, tear of map repaired, minor defects of few pages’ outer edge... More

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MARIE CURIE’S FOLLOWER] Radiy i ego primenenie v terapevticheskoy klinike [i.e. Radium and Its...

[MARIE CURIE’S FOLLOWER] Radiy i ego primenenie v terapevticheskoy klinike [i.e. Radium and Its Use in the Clinical Therapy]

Mezernitskiy, P.G.

St. Petersburg: Prakticheskaya meditsina, 1912. With 49 ills. 126 pp. 23,3x17 cm. In contemporary binding. Bound together with 6 other Russian medical papers of the time. The first edition of this book by the founder of Russian radiation therapy Polien Grigorievich Mezernitskiy (1878-1943). In 1909 he was working alongside..... More

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IVAN PAVLOV – LIFETIME EDITION] Proba fiziologicheskogo ponimaniya simptomologii isterii [i.e....

[IVAN PAVLOV – LIFETIME EDITION] Proba fiziologicheskogo ponimaniya simptomologii isterii [i.e. An Attempt to Understand the Symptoms of Hysteria from Physiological Point of View]

Pavlov, I.

Leningrad: izd. i tip. Akad. nauk, 1932. 36 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. First edition. Very rare. With the dedication leaf: “Dedicated to the deeply respected comrade Alexei Vasilyevich Martynov on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his outstanding scientific, teaching and practical work from..... More

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PIROGOV AS THE RED CROSS ACTIVIST] Otchet o poseshchenii voenno-sanitarnykh uchrezhdenii v...

[PIROGOV AS THE RED CROSS ACTIVIST] Otchet o poseshchenii voenno-sanitarnykh uchrezhdenii v Germanii, Lotaringii i El’zase v 1870 godu [i.e. Report of Visiting Military Health Facilities in Germany, Lorraine and Alsace]

Pirogov, N.

St. Petersburg: Izd. Obshchestva popecheniia o bol’nykh i ranennykh voinakh, 1871. [2], 152 pp. 27,5x19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Faded, tears of the spine with small fragments lost, white paint on the upper edge of front cover and the second leaf, foxing occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only..... More

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AUTOPSY IN SIBERIA] Rukovodstvo k vskrytiyu trupov dlia nachinaushchikh [i.e. The Guide to...

[AUTOPSY IN SIBERIA] Rukovodstvo k vskrytiyu trupov dlia nachinaushchikh [i.e. The Guide to Autopsy for the Beginners]

Pokrovsky, M.

Tomsk: 1910. 2nd edition. With 60 ills. 294 pp. 23,5x16 cm. Contemporary quarter leather. Good condition. The first edition came out in 1910 and was called by its author ‘the first attempt to create the guide to autopsy by a Russian’. That statement is correct, prior to that the..... More

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RUSSIAN INVENTOR OF THE RADIO] Pribor dlya obnaruzheniya i registrirovaniya elektricheskikh...

[RUSSIAN INVENTOR OF THE RADIO] Pribor dlya obnaruzheniya i registrirovaniya elektricheskikh kolebanii [i.e. An Apparatus For Detecting and Recording Electrical Oscillations] // Zhurnal russkogo fizikokhimicheskogo obschestva [i.e. The Journal of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society] / Vol. XXVIII. Part 1-2. Pp. 1-14.

Popov, A.S.

St. Petersburg: V. Demakov, 1896. Contemporary half leather with gilt lettering on the spine and marbled boards. Tears of the spine’s and corners’ leather. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First publication. Very rare. In Russian tradition, Alexander Popov (1859-1909) is considered the inventor of the radio and..... More

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FIRST BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY] Istoriya imperatorskogo moskovskogo...

[FIRST BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY] Istoriya imperatorskogo moskovskogo universiteta [i.e. The History of Imperial Moscow University, Written for its 100th Anniversary]

Shevyrev, S.

Moscow: University Press, 1855. XII, 582, [2] pp. 26x17 cm. Contemporary half-leather with gilt lettering on the spine. All edges gilt. Paper loss of the rst 100 pages at the bottom margin (no text affected). Pre-revolutionary stamp on the title page. Otherwise a good clean copy. This book is..... More

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FIRST SYSTEMATIZED BOOK ON ACOUSTICS IN RUSSIAN] Vvedenie v akustiku I optiku [i.e. The...

[FIRST SYSTEMATIZED BOOK ON ACOUSTICS IN RUSSIAN] Vvedenie v akustiku I optiku [i.e. The Introduction to Acoustics and Optics]

Stoletov, A.

Moscow: University press, 1895. XIV, 325, [1] pp. 24,5x17 cm. Contemporary quoter-leather. Small crack of the spine. Otherwise good. The stamp of the private library on the title page as well as the signature of the author. The owner was Alexander Nikolaevich Linkov, the St. Petersburg collector in the beginning..... More

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DARWINISM IN RUSSIA] Kratkii ocherk teorii Darvina [i.e. A Brief Outline of Darwin’s Theory]....

[DARWINISM IN RUSSIA] Kratkii ocherk teorii Darvina [i.e. A Brief Outline of Darwin’s Theory].

Timiryazev, K.A.

St. Petersburg: Glybov lithography, 1865. [4], 2, [2], 90 pp., frontis. 23x15,5 cm. Contemporary quarter leather with marbled card boards. Good, with occasional foxing and damp stains, a small closed tear of the t.p. First separate edition. Very rare. A very important piece by Kliment Timiryazev (1843-1920), who..... More

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COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN RUSSIA] Vozniknovenie i razvitie psikhicheskikh sposobnostei [i.e. The...

[COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN RUSSIA] Vozniknovenie i razvitie psikhicheskikh sposobnostei [i.e. The Emergence and Development of Psychic Abilities]

Wagner, V.A.

Three brochures on comparative psychology: Vozniknovenie i razvitie psikhicheskikh sposobnostei. Vypusk pervyi: Donervnaia zhizn’ [i.e. The Emergence and Development of Psychic Abilities. The First Issue: Life Before Neural System]. 50, [2] pp.: ill. One of 3000 copies. Vypusk tretii: Ot refleksov do instinktov vysshego tipa u cheloveka i...... More

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ON THE WAY TO AERODYNAMICS] O prochnosti dvizheniia [i.e. On the Strength of Motion]. N. Zhukovsky

[ON THE WAY TO AERODYNAMICS] O prochnosti dvizheniia [i.e. On the Strength of Motion]

Zhukovsky, N.

Moscow: V Universitetskoi tipografii, 1882. [2], 104 pp. 25x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers with decorative frame. Tears of the spine with small fragments lost, some foxing, otherwise very good. First and only separate edition. Extremely rare. This is a thesis in applied mathematics that was written by Nikolay..... More

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EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY] Psikhicheskoe utomlenie: Eksperimental’no-psikhicheskie issledovanija...

[EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY] Psikhicheskoe utomlenie: Eksperimental’no-psikhicheskie issledovanija pedagogicheskogo i professional’nogo truda [i.e. Psychic Fatigue: Experimental Psychic Research of Pedagogical and Professional Labour]

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1929. 178, [2] pp. 24,5x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small fragments of the spine lost, some tears of edges, pale water stains, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Cover design by the Soviet master of book graphics and letterpress..... More

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LOMONOSOV AS A PHYSICIST

[LOMONOSOV AS A PHYSICIST]

The sammelband on electricity: 1. Lomonosov, Mikhail. Oratio de Meteroris vi Electrica Ortis [i.e. Discourse on Atmospheric Phenomena Originating from Electrical Force]. St, Petersburg: Academy of Science typography, [1753]. [6], 68 pp., 3 pl. 21x17 cm. In modern period styled half leather. The original endpapers of the sammelband preserved..... More

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MENDELEEV’S FAMILY CHRONICLE] Semeinaia khronika v pis’makh materi, otsa, brata, sestior,...

[MENDELEEV’S FAMILY CHRONICLE] Semeinaia khronika v pis’makh materi, otsa, brata, sestior, diadi D.I. Mendeleeva. Vospominania o Mendeleeve ego plemianitsy N.I. Gubkinoi [i.e. The Family Chronicle in Letters of Mother, Father, Brother, Sisters and Unсle of Dmitry Mendeleev. The Memoirs of His Niece N.I. Gubkina].

St. Petersburg: 1st Mendeleev congress, 1908. [2], 239 pp.: ill., 8 port. and 5 ill. on separate leaves. 23x15.5 cm. Original publisher’s wrappers. Very good. The frontispiece is detached from the text block, some minor tears to the wrapper. Rare. One of the first books about Dmitry Mendeleev’s life..... More

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THE ORIGINS OF SOVIET DEFECTOLOGY] K detskoi psikhologii i psikhopatologii : Sbornik statei...

[THE ORIGINS OF SOVIET DEFECTOLOGY] K detskoi psikhologii i psikhopatologii : Sbornik statei sotrudnikov Gosud. Mediko-pedogogichesk. Inst. NKZ [i.e. To Children’s Psychology and Psychopathology : Collection of Articles by Scholars of State Medical and Pedagogical Institute of People's Commissariat for Health]

Orel: Orlovskoe otdelenie Gosudarstvennogo izdatel’stva, 1922. 202, [2], II pp. 25,5x17 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small fragments of spine lost, pocket on the inner side of front cover, pencil mark on t.p., otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies... More

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SOVIET PSYCHIATRY] Shizofreniia: Voprosy patogeneza osnovnykh iavlenii [i.e. Schizophrenia:...

[SOVIET PSYCHIATRY] Shizofreniia: Voprosy patogeneza osnovnykh iavlenii [i.e. Schizophrenia: Issues of Pathogenesis of General Phenomena]

Moscow: Narkomzdrav SSSR: Medgiz, 1939. 209, [2] pp.: ill, 3 ills. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original cloth binding with colored lettering on front cover and spine. Good. Rubbedсand soiled covers, water stain on the lower margin throughout the copy, blank corner of last page lost, ink signatures on front flyleaf and..... More

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AKSAKOV VS MENDELEEV] Razoblacheniya: Istoriya Medium. komis. Fiz. o-va pri S.-Peterb. un-te s...

[AKSAKOV VS MENDELEEV] Razoblacheniya: Istoriya Medium. komis. Fiz. o-va pri S.-Peterb. un-te s pril. vsekh protokolov i prochikh dokumentov [i.e. Exposures: The History of the Committee for the Examination of Mediumistic Phenomena Founded by the Physical Society at the St. Petersburg University with the Minutes and Other Documents Attached]

Aksakov, A.

St. Petersburg: tip. V. Bezobrazova i K°, 1883. - XXVI, 278 pp.: ill. 24х16 cm. Contemporary quarter-leather. Very good. First edition. Published by the herald of Russian spiritualism, Alexander Aksakov (1832-1903), this book is a response to Dmitriy Mendeleev’s controversial work, Materialy dlya Suzhdenia o Spiritizme [i.e. Materials on..... More

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