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1. Biography; History; Political; Royalty; War; Spy & Espionage; True Crime; Aircraft

[19861] No Author. Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. London: Soviet News, 1955. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good 48 pages. As amended and added to at the first, second, third, fourth and fifth sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R third convocation. £4.00Keyword: Communism Russian Russia Communist

Catalogues: Political

[20120] No Author. Planning in the U.S.S.R. Brussels: U.S.S.R. Section, 1958. First Edition - Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Paperback. Good Reading Copy 100 pages. Bottom front edge is bumped, but this does not affect the contents. £10.00Keyword: Planning Politics Russia Russian Catalogues: Political

[B 02096] No Author. THE STRANGE ALLIANCE. THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN EFFORTS AT WARTIME CO-OPERATION WITH RUSSIA. . Comments: John Murray (1947] - Working Copy - Hardback without Dustwrapper. No inscriptions, cover bumped and rubbed to edges and corners. Aged and Dusty book sold as working copy. Collectible - Acceptable. £3.49

[B 02711] No Author. WITH NAPOLEON IN RUSSIA 1812 The Diary of Lt H.A.Vossler a Soldier of the Grand Army 1812 - 1813. . Comments: Folio Hardback in rubbed Slipcase. Book good, slightly faded spine no inscriptions. Collectible - Good. £8.99

[1535] Aksyutin, Yuri. Lenin - Pages from a Life of Struggle. Moscow: Novosti Press Agency, 1983. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good 5 x 7.5"; 80pp; laminated linen covers; a clean copy; £3.00Keyword: Lenin, capitalism; socialism; communism; politics; Russia;Catalogues: Biography

[13518] Alexander, John T.. Catherine the Great: Life and Legend. New York: Oxford University Press Inc, USA, 1989. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-19-505236-6. Empress of the vast Russian Empire by the age of 33, Catherine's private and public life generated tremendous controversy, and she has been portrayed variously as a political genius, a despotic foreign adventuress, a tyrant, and a nymphomaniac. John Alexander's detailed research draws on little-known sources, including Catherine's love notes, to produce a balanced appraisal of this remarkable woman throughout the whole of her long reign. £12.00Keyword: Russia Catherine Empress Royalty Women Woman

Catalogues: Biography; History; Royalty

[8841] Alexander, John T.. Catherine The Great - Life and Legend. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0195052366. 6.25 x 9.5"; 418 pages; red boards, black cloth spine with gilt title, very light foxing to top edge; dustwrapper; very good; £10.00Keyword: Catherine; Queen; Russia; royalty; history; Germany; woman;

Catalogues: Biography; History; Royalty

[9214] Anthony, Katharine. Catherine The Great - The Life and Letters Series No. 13. London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Ex-Library. Good 5.5 x 8"; 317 pages + 18 pages publishers advertisements; blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board, remains of 'Boots Library' sticker to front board; ex-library stamps The Queen Victoria Institute to front endpapers and title page; g/-; £5.00Keyword: Catherine; Russia; royalty; imperial; Germany; Prussian;

Catalogues: Royalty

[4998] Barr, Pat. Deer Cry Pavilion, The - A Story of Westerners in Japan 1868-1905. London: Macmillan, 1968. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Good. 5.5 x 8.75"; 282pp; green cloth with black; dustwrapper, chipped to edges; illustrated; good clean copy; £12.00 Keyword: Japan; history; industry; Western; war; Russia;

Catalogues: History

[7803] Brzezinski, Zbigniew K. with an introduction by Robert R. Bowie. Soviet Bloc, The - Unity and Conflict. Cambridge, MS: Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1960. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Poor. 6.5 x 9.5"; 467pp; black cloth with gilt; dustwrapper chipped to edges with some loss, priceclipped; top edge dusty, good copy. Ideology and power in the relations among the USSR, Poland, Yugoslavia, China and other Communist states. £10.00Keyword: communism communist Russia USSR Poland Yugoslavia China politics History

Catalogues: History; Political

[24478] Carlyle, Thomas. History of Friedrich II of Prussia - Called Frederick the Great. London: Chapman and Hall, 1903. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full-Leather. Good / No Jacket - as issued. Ten volumes in five. Numerous fold-out maps. Green leather with gilt titles and decorations. Spine of volume II is sunned. All five books are scuffed and would benefit from some careful restoration. £80.00Keyword: History Prussia Royalty

Catalogues: History; Royalty

[15392] Charlton, Michael. Star Wars History, The : From Deterrence to Defence - The American Strategic Debate. London: BBC, 1986. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. ISBN: 0-563-20505-9. The twenty-three contributors to this unique oral history are eminent Americans and Europeans - among them President Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, etc. £6.50Keyword: America Nuclear Ballistic Star Wars Russia

Catalogues: War

[24859] Chesterton, Mrs. Cecil. Salute The Soviet. London: Chapman & Hall, 1942. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 221 pages. Behind the title of Mrs. Chesterton's latest book there is marshalled a mass of revealing and illuminating facts. Dustjacket spine is darkened. £8.00Keyword: Russia Russian Communist Politics PoliticalCatalogues: Political

[22432] Chorbajian, Levon - Donabedian, Patrick and Mutafian, Claude. Caucasian Knot, The : The History and Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh. London: Zed Books, 1994. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Good ISBN: 1-85649-288-5. 198 pages. This book examines the history of Mountainous Karabagh, the ancient Artsakh of the Armenians. £15.00

Keyword: Armenia Azeri War Russia Russian Soviet Union History

Catalogues: War

[6411] Chuikov, Vasili I.. End of the Third Reich, The. London: MacGibbon, 1967. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good Reading Copy / Fair. 5.5 x 8.75"; 261pp; brown cloth with gilt; dustwrapper, chipped and with small stain to front; pages 1-38 have been creased; good reading copy; £12.00Keyword: war; Germany; Third Reich; Russia; Stalingrad; Berlin; army;

Catalogues: War

[24842] Cornford, John. Communism Was My Waking Time. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1958. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 141 pages. Introduction is in Russian text, contents in English. Loosely inserted to front is the original invoice for the book, dated 9.9.58 addressed to Trade Delegation of the USSR in the United Kingdom, 32 Highgate West Hill, LONDON, N.6/ENGLAND. £150.00Keyword: Communism Politics Political Russia RussianCatalogues: Political

[14440] Costello, John and Tsarev, Oleg. Deadly Illusions: The First Book from the KGB Archives. London: Century, 1993. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good / Good - Priceclipped. ISBN: 0-7126-5500-X. Chronicles the rise to dominance of the spy master Alexander Orlov, the principal architect and founder of the USSR's espionage networks. £10.00Keyword: Russia Russian Spy KGBCatalogues: Spy & Espionage

[19434] Dostoevskaia, A. G. and Stillman, Beatrice. Dostoevsky : Reminiscences. London: Wildwood House, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-7045-0202-X. Quite simply, this is the most important firsthand account ever given of the life and character of the great Russian novelist. £20.00Keyword: Russia Russian Novelist Writer Literary

Catalogues: Biography

[5824-M] Elletson, Harold. General against the Kremlin, The - Alexander Lebed, Power and Illusion. London: Little, Brown, 1998. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. As New / As New. ISBN: 0316644773. 5.5 x 9"; 335pp; black cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; illustrated. £10.00 Keyword: Russia; Soviet Union; army; politics; history; guerrilla; Caucasus; Kremlin; Moscow; Yeltsin; Gorbachev; Chechnya;Catalogues: Political
[545] Epstein, Edward Jay. Legend -The secret world of Lee Harvey Oswald. New York: McGraw-Hill with Readers Digest, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Fair. ISBN: 0-07-019539-0. Dustjacket has several small tears. £6.00 Keyword: Politics, Kennedy, USA, Assasination, Crime, FBI, President, Russia Spy

Catalogues: Biography; Politics; Spy & Espionage, True Crime

[2536] Fischer, Henry W.. Private Lives of William II & His Consort, The - A secret history of the court of Berlin. London: William Heinemann, 1904. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket - as issued. 6.25 x 9"; 349pp; blue cloth with gilt, with gilt emblem to front board; all edges uncut, top edge dusty; foxing to front and rear; good copy £12.00 Keyword: Prussia; Germany; royalty;Catalogues: Royalty

[22828] Gollwitzer, Helmut. Unwilling Journey - A Diary from Russia. London: SCM Press, 1953. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Poor. 316 pages. The books which set out to present Russia as it is are few and far between. Herr Gollwitzer's diary of his prison years is a triumphant example - The Observer. £15.00Keyword: Russia Russian Politics PoliticalCatalogues: Political
[6225] Gorbachev, Mikhail. Perestroika - New Thinking for Our Country and The World. London: Fontana / Collins, 1988. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0-00-637356-9. 5 x 7.75; 310pp; paperback; very good copy; updated to include Mikhail Gorbachev's June 1988 speech to the party conference; £5.00Keyword: Russia; perestroika; communist; Soviet Russia; politics; history; USSR;

Catalogues: Political

[21512] Krassnoff, P. N.. From Double Eagle to Red Flag. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good Reading Copy / No Jacket. 851 pages. Rear hinge is shaken, otherwise book is complete. £10.00 Keyword: History Russia RussianCatalogues: History

[4865] Kuchumov, A.. Pavlovsk Palace & Park. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1975. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. 8.25 x 10.25" tall; 443pp + 1pp bibliography +2pp plans; illustrated cloth boards with brown/black titles to white spine; dustwrapper chipped to top edge and small tear to back flap without loss, small chip to bottom edge of spine; fully illustrated in colour; a beautiful publication translated from the Russian by V. Travlinsky and J. Hine with photographs by M. Velichko and designed by L. Yatsenko; some fold out pages; £175.00Keyword: Leningrad; Pavlovsk; history; Russia; palace; park; art; furniture;Catalogues: History; Travel

[21488] Kuznetsov, Edward. Prison Diaries. New York: Stein and Day, 1975. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. ISBN: 0-8128-1810-5. 254 pages. Loosely inserted is a letter from the Committee for the Release of Soviet Jewish Prisoners addressed to Mr. Benyon and signed by Barbara Oberman. Benyon was a leading political figure and owner of the Englefield Estate. £30.00Keyword: Russia Russian Political Prisoner Jew JewishCatalogues: Political

[19999] Lengyel, Jozsef. Confrontation. London: Peter Owen, 1973. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. ISBN: 0-7206-0093-6. 192 pages. The long-suppressed and revealing story of a traditional communist. £10.00Keyword: Communism Communist Russia Russian Hungary Hungarian PoliticalCatalogues: Political
[7344] Lake, Jon. MiG-29 - Soviet Superfighter. London: Osprey, 1989. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good 8.25 x 8.75"; 127pp; glossy paged, pictorial paperback in very good condition; £5.00 Keyword: superfighter; mig; aircraft; Russia; Farnborough; aeroplane;

Catalogues: Aircraft

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4096] Lockhart, R. H. Bruce. Memoirs of a British Agent. London: Putnam, 1937. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Signed by Author. Good / Fair. 5.75 x 8.75"; 355pp; black/grey cloth with black; dustwrapper, chipped, torn and with minor loss; signed to title page R. H. Bruce Lockhart - London, 18 Nov. 1938.; good copy; being an account of the Author's early life in many lands and of his official mission to Moscow in 1918; £60.00 Keyword: spy; Russian; Moscow; London; England;

Catalogues: Spy & Espionage

[10551] Manker, Ernst. People of Eight Seasons. Gothenburg: Wahlström & Widstrand , 1963. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. ISBN: 91-46-19958-6. 11 x 11.5"; 214 pages; red cloth with black decorations; g/g; fully illustrated; a fascinating look at life in Lapland; £30.00 Keyword: Lapland; Sweden; Russia; history; anthropology;Catalogues: Anthropology; History; Topography

[13326] Nicolson, Nigel. Napoleon 1812. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0-297-78710-1. An excellent summary of the campaign - Sunday Telegraph £8.00Keyword: Napoleon France French War RussiaCatalogues: History; War

[8742] Nolan, E. H.. Illustrated History of The War Against Russia, The - 2 Volumes. London: James S. Virtue, 1857. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Half-Leather. Good 6.5 x 10"; 812+772 pages; half red leather with red cloth boards, black title labels with gilt, vol.1 title label loosely inserted to front, vol.2 label missing; raised bands to spine; leather is scuffed; all page edges marbled; 65 engraved plates and 7 double page coloured maps; good tight clean copies that would benefit from sympathetic restoration; shipping weight 4.2kg £200.00Keyword: war; Russia; England; France; Turkey; Sebastopol; Europe; Czar; Napoleon; Crimea; Queen Victoria; History; Black Sea; Cambridge; army;Catalogues: History; War

[16378] Pitcher, Harvey. Smiths of Moscow, The. Cromer: Swallow House Books, 1984. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN: 0-905265-01-7. A story of Britons abroad. Signed by the author to title page. £50.00Keyword: Moscow History Russia Russian Trade Industry Victorians ExpatriateCatalogues: History

[5748] Rabbe, Alphonse and Duncan, Jonathan. History of Russia from the Foundation of the Empire by Rourick to the close of the Hungarian War - Volume II. London: A & C Black, 1854. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Good Reading Copy / No Jacket - as issued. 5 x 7.5"; 314pp; brown blind stamped cloth with gilt title and decorations to spine, faded; half title page, frontispiece; illustrated title page, full title page and fold out map detached, but all correct and present. 6 further engravings, one detached; good clean copy in need of repair. £20.00Keyword: Russia; history;

Catalogues: History

[10124] Ryan, Cornelius. Last Battle, The. London: New English Library, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. ISBN: 0-450-04433-5. 5.5 x 8.5"; 446 pages; black cloth with gilt title to spine; former owners signature to free front endpaper; dustwrapper; g/g; £10.00 Keyword: war; Russia; Berlin; Stalingrad; Germany; Hitler; US; America; United States; allied; soldiers;

Catalogues: War

[22906] Samuel, Marcus and Caplan, Leonard. Great Experiment, The - Results of Five-Year Plans. London: John Murray, 1935. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Inscribed By the Author. Good / Good. 133 pages. Inscribed to verso of short title page - If you read it, don't laugh too much. Leonard Caplan. Spine of dustjacket is sunned. £25.00Keyword: Russia Russian Politics History

Catalogues: Political

[5831] Sobchak, Anatoly. For a New Russia - The Mayor of St. Petersburg's Own Story of the Struggle for Justice and Democracy. London: Harper Collins, 1992. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0002550520. 6 x 9.5"; 191pp; black cloth with gilt; dustwrapper, small crease to laminate on front; very good copy; £8.00Keyword: justice; democracy; St. Petersburg; Russia; soviet union; Leningrad; resistance; communist; Gorbachev; Tbilisi; Lithuania; history;Catalogues: Political

[5119] Sumner, B. H.. Survey of Russian History. London: Duckworth, 1945. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Fair. 5.75 x 8.75"; 464pp; blue cloth with gilt; dustwrapper, browned to spine and chipped to edges; 5 maps and 16 illustrations, The basic influences which have shaped the Soviet Union and Russia; £8.00Keyword: Russia; Soviet Union; USSR; U.S.S.R.; communism; war; history; revolution;Catalogues: History

[5197] Ustinov, Peter. My Russia. London: Macmillan, 1983. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. 7.5 x 10"; 224pp; red cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; illustrated; very good copy; £12.00 Keyword: Russia; history; Soviet; Ivan; Catherine; Napoleon; Crimea; war; revolution; facism; communism;Catalogues: History

[10235] Vowles, Hugh P.. Ukraine and its People - The essential background of one on Europe's vital problems.. London: Chambers, 1939. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Card. Good 5 x 7.75"; 224 pages; stiff card covers; maps to endpapers; some foxing; good; £15.00 Keyword: Ukraine; Russia; history; politics; Europe; slav; serf; freeman; religion; Cossack; peasant; revolt;Catalogues: History
[22833] Wigmans, Johan H.. Ten Years in Russia and Siberia. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1964. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Fair. 234 pages. This very human story of the battle to convince Russians that he was not a spy covers ten years, and is dedicated to the unknown millions who passed through these camps of suffering. Dustjacket is torn with some loss. £10.00Keyword:Keyword: Russia Russian Siberia Political Politics Prison War

Catalogues: Political

[24594] Zamoyska, Priscilla. Arch Intriguer - A Biography of Dorothea De Lieven. London: Heinemann, 1957. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 261 pages. An interesting insight into the political in the 19th century. All plates as listed. Spine is lightly sunned. £10.00 Keyword: Biography Russia Russian London History PoliticsCatalogues: Political

2. Antiques & Collecting; Art & Artists; Theatre & Performing Arts; Music; Museums & Galleries

[B 03042] No Author. Peter Carl Faberge: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court ~ His Life and Work. . Comments: Spring Books (1966] - Good - Hardback with non price-clipped Dustwrapper. No inscriptions, some shelf marking to cut page edge bottom. Contents clean. Used - Good.£15.99

[12834] No Author. Property from the Fowler Museum. London: Sotheby's, 1985. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated Laminated Card. Good A fascinating collection of objects collected by Francis E. Fowler, Jr. collected over a period of 75 years, and sold in 1985 for the benefit of the University of California, Los Angeles. Colour illustrations, some scuffing and creasing to cover. £10.00Keyword: Museum Fowler Los Angeles Silver Russian Clocks Watches Paperweights Ceramics Arms Armour Guns Pistols CannonCatalogues: Antiques & Collecting

[13657] No Author. Russian Avant-Garde and Soviet Contemporary Art. London: Sotheby's, 1988. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated Laminated Card. Very Good Catalogue of the sale held on Thursday 7th July 1988 in Moscow. Fully illustrated. £20.00Keyword: Russian Avant-Garde Soviet Contemporary Art Artist PaintingCatalogues: Antiques & Collecting; Art & Artists

[24946] Arnold, Tom. Moscow State Circus of 1959 - Official Programme. London: Tom Arnold, 1959. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Good Not paginated. Black and white illustrations throughout. £6.00

Keyword: Circus Russia Russian Wembley

Catalogues: Theatre & Performing Arts

[1458] Camner, James and Constance. Ballet Quiz Book, The. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-312-06608-2. 6 x 8.5", 110pp, black cloth with silver title to spine; dustwrapper; includes questions from George Balanchine, Fernando Bujones, Patrica McBride, and many other ballet greats. Such questions as who invented the leotard and that Nijinsky was fired by his Russian company for wearing indecent costume (close fitting tights) Illustrated throughout; very good; £5.00Keyword: Ballet; Quiz; Games Questions; Catalogues: Music

[B 01917] Newmarch, R. Educational Series of Russian Music in six progressive books, selected and edited by A. T. Weston ... With an introduction to the study of Russian music by . [P. F.]. . Comments: J & W Chester (undated] - Fair - Paperback. Aged and dusty cover, marked . No inscriptions , light tanned pages, due to paper quality. Collectible - Acceptable. £5.99

[24561] Tchekoff, Anton. Ivanoff. London: Brentano's, 1924. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 88 pages. Edited by Oliver M. Sayler. Bottom half of spine is detached from the front board, this does not affect the contents. £5.00Keyword: Play Theatre Theater Russia RussianCatalogues: Theatre & Performing Arts
[943] Voronikhina, L.. Hermitage, The. Leningrad: Sovietsky Khudozhnik, 1965. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Good The Hermitage in Leningrad ranks among the world's outstanding art museums; 5.75x8.5", 107pp, plus floor plans, with black & white illustrations throughout. £5.00Keyword: Art; Hermitage Russia History GuideCatalogues: Museums & Gallaries

Topography; Travel; Geography
[2253] No Author. Views of the U.S.S.R. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket. 9 x 11.75"; 271pp; grey cloth with gilt; black and white illustrations. Not dated, but appears to be c1955 £12.00 Keyword: Russia; photography;Catalogues: Topography
[9595] Danziger, Nick. Danziger's Travels - Beyond Forbidden Frontiers. London: Paladin, 1990. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0-586-08706-0. 5 x 7.75"; 426 pages; paperback; illustrated; some light creasing to front cover and former owners inscription, otherwise very good; £6.00Keyword: travel; Asia; Turkey; Iran; Afghanistan; Chinese; Russian; war; guerrillas; Pakistan; China;Catalogues: Travel

[9981] Ingram, Jim. I Found Adventure.

London: John Long, 1961. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. 5.5 x 8.5"; 222 pages; blue boards with black title to spine, foxing to edges; dustwrapper, chipped to edges with some loss; 25 illustrations; £18.00Keyword: travel; author; explorer; archaeologist; Manchester; Russia; monastery; gold; Arctic; reindeer; Lapland; Spitzbergen; blind; cripple;Catalogues: Travel
[9004] Kish, Dr George. American Geographical Society - Russia - Around the World Program. New York: Doubleday, 1963. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Paperback. Very Good 5.5 x 8"; 64 pp; booklet; £5.00Keyword: Russia; Ukrainian; Byelorussian; Siberia; Soviet Union;Yenisy;Catalogues: Childrens; Geography

[4865] Kuchumov, A.. Pavlovsk Palace & Park.

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1975. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. 8.25 x 10.25" tall; 443pp + 1pp bibliography +2pp plans; illustrated cloth boards with brown/black titles to white spine; dustwrapper chipped to top edge and small tear to back flap without loss, small chip to bottom edge of spine; fully illustrated in colour; a beautiful publication translated from the Russian by V. Travlinsky and J. Hine with photographs by M. Velichko and designed by L. Yatsenko; some fold out pages; £175.00Keyword: Leningrad; Pavlovsk; history; Russia; palace; park; art; furniture;Catalogues: History; Travel

[10551] Manker, Ernst. People of Eight Seasons.

Gothenburg: Wahlström & Widstrand , 1963. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. ISBN: 91-46-19958-6. 11 x 11.5"; 214 pages; red cloth with black decorations; g/g; fully illustrated; a fascinating look at life in Lapland; £30.00Keyword: Lapland; Sweden; Russia; history; anthropology;Catalogues: Anthropology; History; Topography
[2408] Miller, Wright. Cities of the World - Number 13 Leningrad. London: Dent, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Good / Fair. ISBN: 0-460-17913-1. Illustrated with 16 pages of half-tone plates and 2 line maps. Dustjacket spine lightly faded. £10.00Keyword: Cities City Leningrad RussiaCatalogues: Travel

3. Nordic & Eastern European; Reference; Nature

[23908] Akhmanova, O. S. And Wilson, Elizabeth A. M.. Russian English Dictionary.

Moscow: Russian Language Publishers, 1978. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 520 pages. 25,000 words approximately. £10.00Keyword: Dictionary Russia Russian EnglishCatalogues: Reference; Nordic & Eastern European

[21545] Golikov A. N. et al. Zhivotnie i Rastenila Zaliva Petra Velikogo - Animals and Plants From the Gulf of Peter the Great, Sea of Japan. Leningrad: Nauka, 1976. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Good 361 pages. Russian text throughout. Black and white illustrations. Sorry we cannot offer any more details, as we do not speak or read Russian. Pictures available. £30.00Keyword: Animals Plants Gulf Japan Sea NatureCatalogues: Nature; Nordic & Eastern European

[21546] Lambrev. Prof. Dr. Zhivko. Zhivot, Starienie, Smrt. Poreditsa Chovek't I Prirodata - 7 - Life, Ageing and Death . Relationship of Man and Nature - 7.

Sofia: Nauka, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good 187 pages. Russian text throughout. Sorry we cannot offer any more details, as we do not speak or read Russian. Pictures available. £10.00Keyword: Life Ageing Death MedicalCatalogues: Medical; Nordic & Eastern European

[23912] Lindberg, G. U.. Families of the Fishes of the World - A Check List and a Key.

Leningrad: Nauka, 1971. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 469 pages. Majority of text is in Russian, although there is an English index. Green boards with silver titles and illustration of a fish to front board. £50.00Keyword: Fish Sea OceanCatalogues: Reference; Nordic & Eastern European

[796] Plicky, Karla. Praha ve fotografi Karla Plicky. Prague: Nase Vojsko, 1955. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. 10 x 13.25"; 221pp plus index in Czech, Russian, English and French; 224 sepia photographs; £50.00Keyword: Czech Photography Prague PrahaCatalogues: Nordic & Eastern European Travel; Photography; Topography

[23914] Vinogradov, M. E.. Oceanology - Biology of the Ocean - Vol. 1. Moscow: Nauka, 1977. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Poor. 398 pages. Russian text throughout. Dustjacket is scuffed with small tears. Biological structure of the ocean. Black and white illustrations and diagrams. £20.00Keyword: Fish Sea Ocean ResearchCatalogues: Science; Reference; Nordic & Eastern European

4. Novels: ( Spy & Espionage; History; Adventure; Sci-Fi & Fantasy; Erotica )

[B 01788] Aksakov, Serghei. A Russian Gentleman. . Comments: Folio Society (1976] - Almost As New - Hardback without slipcase. No inscriptions . Used - Like New.£5.99
[5733] Allbeury, Ted. Special Collection, The. London: Peter Davies, 1975. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-432-00423-8. Brown cloth with gilt title. This is the first UK edition. £80.00Keyword: Spy; Germany; Russia; Moscow; agent; British; war; espionage; novel;Catalogues: Spy & Espionage

[11384] Bainbridge, Beryl. Winter Garden. London: Flamingo, 1985. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good ISBN: 0006541283. 5 x 7.75"; 157 pages; paperback; good; £4.00Keyword: erotica; thriller; Russia; novel;Catalogues: Erotica; Novel
[13989] Baumann, Hans. Dimitri and the False Tsars. Brockhampton, 1972. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0-340-15924-3. Translated by Anthea Bell. Dustjacket is chipped and rubbed to edges. £15.00Keyword: History Russia NovelCatalogues: Novel; History
[18664] Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich. Country Doctor's Notebook, A. London: Collins Harvill, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Good ISBN: 0-00-271064-1. "Wryly funny - and fascinating" - Sunday Times. £5.00Ke yword: Novel Russia Russian Doctor MedicalCatalogues: Novel
[24281] Bunin, Ivan. Shadowed Paths. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 453 pages. This is a collection of nine stories by Ivan Bunin (1870-1953) written at different times. £18.00Keyword: Novel Russia RussianCatalogues: Novel

[13927] Chekhov, A.P.. Chekhov: The Early Stories, 1883-88. London: John Murray, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0-7195-3936-6. The translators have, for the first time, grouped the stories chronologically, sketching their biographical background in an Introduction and providing Notes and a Select Bibliography. Spine of dustjacket is slightly sunned. £30.00Keyword: Writer RussiaCatalogues: Novel
[8542] Denis, John. Moscow Horse, The. London: Futura, 1978. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good ISBN: 0-7088-1454-9. 4.25 x 7"; 313 pages; paperback; good copy; £4.00Keyword: suspense; adventure; spies; Russia; KGB; novelCatalogues: Adventure
[4888] Feifer, George. Moscow Farewell. New York: Viking, 1976. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Good. 5.75 x 9.25"; 446pp; blue boards, black spine with blue; dustwrapper, chipped to edges; very good copy; £6.00Keyword: Russia; Moscow; university; student; love; romance; secret; novel;Catalogues: Novel
[11767] Forbes, Bryan. Quicksand. London: Arrow, 1998. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good ISBN: 0749311797. Framed for murder and exiled in Russia, Alec Hillsden faces a bleak future until an offer of amnesty arrives..... At a price; Top edge is marked, not affecting contents £3.00Keyword: Russia; amnesty; murder;Catalogues: Murder, Mystery & Crime
[4887] Gordon, Donald. Leap in the Dark. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. ISBN: 0340128666. 5.25 x 8"; 221pp; black cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; very good copy; £12.00Keyword: aircraft; aerplane; supersonic; Russia; Tupelov; Canada; Thriller; novel;Catalogues: Adventure
[7282] Griswold, George. Pinned Man, The. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good - Priceclipped. 5 x 7.5"; 192pp; red cloth with black; dustwrapper with small closed tear to top front edge, priceclipped; good copy; £12.00Keyword: spies; inteligence; American; British; Russian; Swiss; Switzerland; espionage;Catalogues: Spy & Espionage

[17522] Haldeman, Joe. Tool of the Trade. London: Victor Gollancz, 1987. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. ISBN: 0-575-04118-8. "If there was a Fort Knox of the science fiction writers who really matter, we'd have to lock Haldeman up there" - Stephen King £5.00Keyword: Science Fiction Sci-Fi America Russia UltrasonicCatalogues: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
[8663] Jones, Dickens. Rubicon One - Heart stopping suspense as the world reaches Midnight. London: Arrow, 1985. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0-09-938640-2. 4.25 x 7"; 309 pages; paperback; very good; £4.00Keyword: Armageddon; Kremlin; Moscow; Russia; America; intelligence; CIA;Catalogues: Adventure
[24327] Konsalik, Heinz G.. Doctor of Stalingrad. London: Macdonald Futura Publishers, 1980. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good ISBN: 0-7088-1959-1. 272 pages. Camp5110/47. Some fought for freedom. Most prayed for death. £20.00Keyword: War Germany Germany Russia Russian StalingradCatalogues: Novel; War
[B 04053] Moorcock, Michael. The Russian Intelligence. Savoy Books, 1980. ISBN: 9780861300273. Spine: Uncreased; Spine Ends: V.Good; Book: V.Good; Book Edges: marked at top edge; Pages: Tanned; Inscriptions: none. Very Good. Paperback. £1.99

[9371] Smith, Jack Nickle. Operation Red Poppy. Cheddar: Tallis, 1985. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-284-98658-5. 5 x 7.5"; 158 pages; blue cloth with gilt title to spine; dustwrapper; vg/vg; this book has been inscribed on the title page 'For Jennifer & Pete with best wishes - Jack Smith; a post-it note written by the author states - 'Creative' bit starts P101 - Note 'Gene & Alison Welch' are the names of our American guests - as I said Gene was in CIA. This is light hearted froth - 'NEMESIS' is serious!; The free front end paper has a label which reads 'Nemesis by Jack Nickle Smith - Robert Hale Ltd. Jan 1994 14.95 A Thriller, at the edge of the label the author has put an exclamation mark. £50.00Keyword: America; Russia; espionage; spy; spies; British; Scotland; CIA; KGB; MI6;Catalogues: Spy & Espionage
[23981] Tolstoy, Count Lev N.. Moscow Acquaintance - Vol. III - The Snow-Storm, Domestic Happiness, Miscellanies. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1904. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 471 pages. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Three illustrations as called for. £60.00Keyword: Novel Russia RussianCatalogues: Novel
[24007] Turgenev, Ivan. Hunter's Sketches, A. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Poor. 454 pages. A number of realistic miniatures of life under the system of serfdom... Dustjacket has loss to top right corner. £10.00Keyword: Novel Russia RussianCatalogues: Novel
[4994] Winnett, Ralph. Hurricane Season. London: Harrap, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Good. 5.5 x 8"; 288pp; red cloth with white; dustwrapper; top edge lightly foxed, otherwise a good copy; £10.00Keyword: Russian; America; Southern; newspaper; journalist; novel;Catalogues: Novel
[10604] Yevtushenko, Yevgeny. Wild Berries. London: Macmillan, 1984. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-333-37559-9. 5.5 x 9"; 296 pages; blue cloth with gilt title; dustwrapper; page edges slightly browned and former owners name to free front endpaper, otherwise vg/vg; translated by Antonina W. Bouis; £15.00Keyword: Siberia; taiga; primitive; wilderness; scientists; Moscow; mineral; Russia; novel;

Catalogues: Novel

5. Literature; Poetry
[13200] Chekhov, Anton. Russian Master and Other Stories, The (World's Classics). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0-19-281680-2. These stories are translated with an introduction by Ronald Hingley. £5.00Keyword: Literature Chekov Russia RussianCatalogues: Literature

[9933] Moore, Harry T. & Parry, Albert. Twentieth-Century Russian Literature;.

London: Heinnemann, 1976. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0-435-39402-9. 5.25" x 8.5"; 194pp; paperback; vg/-; preface by Harry T. Moore; £8.00Keyword: literature; poetry; war; Russia; theatre; soviet;Catalogues: Literature

[24377] Obolensky, Dimitri. Russian Verse, The Penguin Book of. London: Penguin, 1962. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good 444 pages. The index lists 56 of Russia's finest poets. Russian and English text. £25.00Keyword: Poetry Poems Verse Russia RussianCatalogues: Penguin; Poetry

[23948] Tolstoy, L.N. ( Tolstoi, Lev ). Short Stories. ill. Basov, V.. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Good. 412 pages. Six short stories from Tolstoy - Two Hussars, Yardstick, A Happy Married Life, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Kreutzer Sonato and After the Ball. £10.00Keyword: Russia Russian TolstoyCatalogues: Literature
[5911] Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace. London: Penguin, 1972. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good / Slipcase. 4.25 x 7"; 1443pp in 2 vols.; contained in chipped slipcase, with small tear to top edge; good copy; £6.00Keyword: Russia; war; peace; novel;Catalogues: Classic; Penguin

6. Reference: Technical; Pets

[24955] Chernoukhin, A. E.. Russian English Technical Dictionary. Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1971. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. 1027 pages. 80,000 terms in Russian translated into English. Dustjacket has closed tear to rear. £20.00

Keyword: Dictionary Reference Russia Russian Technical

Catalogues: Reference; Technical

[2126] Gordon, John. Borzoi, The. London: John Bartholomew, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. 7.75 x 9.25"; 112pp; red cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; nice clean copy; illustrated; £18.00Keyword: dogs; canine; Borzoi; Russia

Catalogues: Pets

7. Children’s: Folktales; Geography

[9004] Kish, Dr George. American Geographical Society - Russia - Around the World Program. New York: Doubleday, 1963. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Paperback. Very Good 5.5 x 8"; 64 pp; booklet; £5.00Keyword: Russia; Ukrainian; Byelorussian; Siberia; Soviet Union;Yenisy;

Catalogues: Childrens; Geography

[17601] Magnus, Leonard A.. Russian Folk-Tales. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1915. Fifth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: B0014M25V0 . Contains 73 Russian tales. Green cloth with decorations. 350 pages. £75.00Keyword: Russia Russian Folk Tales Fables SlavCatalogues: Myths & Legend

8. Olympic Related

[768] Pawson, Tony. Observer on Soccer, The - An Anthology of the Best Soccer Writing. London: Unwin Hyman Limited, 1989. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-04-440533-2. 6.5 x 9.5"; 294pp; blue cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; a very clean copy; 'a selection from the sports pages of a Sunday newspaper which has reported and commented on the game for over a hundred years'; £10.00Keyword: sport; football; soccer; cup final; olympic; Eton; goal;

[19854] Graves, Robert. Greek Myths. London: Quality Paperbacks Direct, 1992. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good 256 pages. In The Beginning - The Olympians - Of Heroes, Gods and Men - Minos and Theseus - Thebes and Mycenae - Heracles - The Argonauts and Medea. £5.00Keyword: Greek Greece History

[23458] No Author. Cuisine Au Rhum Par Olympe, La. Collection Negrita, 1981. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 63 pages. French text throughout. Business card from Le Restaurant D'Olympe loosely inserted to front. £12.00

Keyword: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes French France

9. Skating
[11631] Miller, A. Austin & Parry, M.. Everyday Meteorology. London: Hutchinson, 1967. Hardback. Good / Fair. 270 pages; black cloth with gilt titles; dustwrapper with sellotape to edges; owners name to free front endpaper; good; £7.00Keyword: meteorology; thames; flood; stains; weather; reading; skating; clouds; thunder; tornado; westmorland; fog; avalanche; anticyclone; typhoon;

[20053] No Author. 2003 World Figure Skating Championships. Washington, DC: 2003. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Good Full details of all the events and of those taking part. £14.00Keyword: Skating Ice Sport
[21261] Siposs, George. Model Car Racing by Radio Control. Watford: Model & Allied Publications, 1976. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated Card. Good / No Jacket - as issued. ISBN: 0-85344-047-6. 86 pages. Everything you need to know about radio controlled racing cars. £4.00

[21263] Craven - Carleton, John William. Walker's Manly Exercises and Rural Sports. London: H. G. Bohn, 1855. Ninth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback. Good Reading Copy / No Jacket - as issued. 264 pages plus index and publishers advertisements. Sailing, rowing, driving, riding, hunting, racing, skating, swimming, vaulting, climbing, &c. &c. Contents shaken and loose, but complete. Top edge of spine is torn. £50.00Keyword: Sport Exercise Skating

Maps & Skiing
[24034] No Author. Kandersteg und Undumbegung. Berne: Kümmerly & Frey, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good Fold out colour map - 60cms x 56cms (24x 22 inches) Wonderful colour map. Vergrösserung der 1:50000 mit Bewilliung der Landestopographie vom 7.2.64. Covers are damaged without loss, but map is complete and bright. £12.00Keyword: Map Switzerland Ski Skiing Mountains

10. Russian COOKERY

[21346] Chamberlain, Lesley. Russian, Polish and German Cooking. London: Hermes House, 2008. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated Laminated Card. Very Good ISBN: 1-84309-886-5. 256 pages. The very best of Eastern European cuisine, with more than 185 delicious recipes shown in 750 photographs. Overseas customer please note this book has a shipping weight of 1.5kg, additional shipping charges will apply. £10.00

Keyword: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes Russia Russian Poland Polish German Germany

[16658] Patten, Marguerite. Make a Menu Book. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Good / Poor. ISBN: B0013K74R8. The mind boggles - New-every-day dishes - over a million different meals to choose from! Starters, main course and afters are on each page, just turn the pages to find the right combination for you - how about Mimosa Eggs, followed by Russian Rosy Pork followed by St. Clement's Cloud? Dust jacket is torn with loss to top front edge. £10.00Keyword: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes
[21495] Petit, Alphonse. Gastronomie En Russie, La. Paris: Chez L'Auteur et Émile Mellier, 1860. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full-Leather. Ex-Libris Alan Davidson. Very Good / No Jacket - as issued. 275 pages. Green leather with gilt title and decorations. A treatise containing practical information on Russian cookery, with a French-Russian vocabulary for provisions, technical terms, utensils, and accessories. French text throughout. Vicaire 677, Oberlé 251, Bitting 366. Alan Davidson was a British diplomat and historian, but best known for writing and editing on food and gastronomy. £500.00Keyword: Cookery Cooking Food Recipes Russia Russian