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Books, documents and photographs on the history of Russia, from the Romanov empire to the Revolution and the Soviet era.

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  • Incredibly rare illustrated Russian translation of the famous French version of the bible.
    Incredibly rare illustrated Russian translation of the famous French version of the bible.

    [Royaumont, de] and Vasiliy KRYLOV (translator).
    Sviashchennaia istoriia vetkhago i novago zaveta. 1820.
    $12,654.00

  • Beaded embossed leather presentation portfolio.
    Beaded embossed leather presentation portfolio.

    SUVOROV, Aleksandr Arkadevich (Prince).
    Beaded embossed leather presentation portfolio. ca.1850.
    $2,394.00

  • Zapiski o nekotorykh narodakh i zemliakh srednei chasti Azii.
    Zapiski o nekotorykh narodakh i zemliakh srednei chasti Azii.

    [KHANATE OF KOKAND]. NAZAROV, Filipp.
    Zapiski o nekotorykh narodakh i zemliakh srednei chasti Azii. 1821.
    $5,814.00

  • Патерик Киево-Печерский
    Патерик Киево-Печерский

    [Киево-Печерская Лавра] -
    Патерик Киево-Печерский [n.d., second half of XIX c.].
    $2,394.00

  • Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezh, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskogo pribora, izvlechnnoe iz rukopisei arkhiva moskovskoi oruzhennoi palaty
    Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezh, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskogo pribora, izvlechnnoe iz rukopisei arkhiva moskovskoi oruzhennoi palaty

    SAVVAITOV, Pavel Ivanovich.
    Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezh, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskogo pribora, izvlechnnoe iz rukopisei arkhiva moskovskoi oruzhennoi palaty 1865.
    $3,420.00

  • Moskovskaia Oruzheinaia Palata [Moscow's Armoury Palace].
    Moskovskaia Oruzheinaia Palata [Moscow's Armoury Palace].

    VEL'TMAN, Aleksander Fomich.
    Moskovskaia Oruzheinaia Palata [Moscow's Armoury Palace]. 1860.
    $3,762.00

  • Published in Krasnodar in 1925, the publication aimed to showcase the development of the Adyghe region in its first years under the Soviet rule.
    Published in Krasnodar in 1925, the publication aimed to showcase the development of the Adyghe region in its first years under the Soviet rule.

    [ADYGEA].
    Sovetskaia Adygeia [Soviet Adygea]. 1925.
    $3,420.00

  • A scarce work on carpets of the Caucasus with a focus on Azerbaijan.
    A scarce work on carpets of the Caucasus with a focus on Azerbaijan.

    [AZERBAIJAN]. ISAEV, M. D.
    Kovrovoe proizvodtsvo Zakavkaz'ia [Carpet Production in the Caucasus]. 1932.
    $5,130.00

  • L'architecture religieuse Russe, 1st edition, by famous art historian Loukomski, bound in green cloth, with 144 black and white plates.
    L'architecture religieuse Russe, 1st edition, by famous art historian Loukomski, bound in green cloth, with 144 black and white plates.

    LOUKOMSKI [LUKOMSKIY] Georgiy Krestsentevich.
    L'architecture Religieuse Russe 1929.
    $342.00

  • A wonderfully designed trade catalogue of spirits and liqueurs produced by the Soviet ministry of food.
    A wonderfully designed trade catalogue of spirits and liqueurs produced by the Soviet ministry of food.

    [SOVIET TRADE CATALOGUE].
    Katalog likerno-vodochnykh izdelii [Catalogue of Liquor and Vodka Products]. 1957.
    $650.00

  • Series of 'chastushki' postcards depicting newly-emancipated Soviet village girls and women, accompanied with humorous <em>chastushki</em> rhymes, created by the master of Soviet propaganda lubok.
    Series of 'chastushki' postcards depicting newly-emancipated Soviet village girls and women, accompanied with humorous <em>chastushki</em> rhymes, created by the master of Soviet propaganda lubok.

    KULIKOV, Afanasiy Efremovich.
    Feminist Soviet chastushki postcards. 1928.
    $1,300.00

  • Rare insight into the early days of Soviet cinema.
    Rare insight into the early days of Soviet cinema.

    BURSAK, I. N. (editor).
    Kino [Cinema]. 1925.
    $2,736.00

  • Tsar Nicholas II's coronation in the elaborate deluxe binding designed by Samokish complete with the gold medallion.
    Tsar Nicholas II's coronation in the elaborate deluxe binding designed by Samokish complete with the gold medallion.

    [CORONATION ALBUM: NICHOLAS II]. KRIVENKO, V.S. (editor).
    Les Solennités du Saint Couronnement. 1899.
    $27,359.00

  • The first book to be published on the history of Peterhof, complete with 33 views of the palace and two plans.
    The first book to be published on the history of Peterhof, complete with 33 views of the palace and two plans.

    GEIROT, A. F. (Alexander Friedrich von Heiroth).
    Opisanie Petergofa 1501-1868 [Description of Peterhof 1501-1868]. 1868.
    $3,762.00

  • Rare first and only edition of a diary of a Russian expedition in the Baltic Sea by Captain Gavriil Sarychev, a veteran of the Billings Expedition.
    Rare first and only edition of a diary of a Russian expedition in the Baltic Sea by Captain Gavriil Sarychev, a veteran of the Billings Expedition.

    SARYCHEV, Gavriil Andreevich.
    Dnevnye zapiski plavaniia Vitse-admirala [...] Gavrily Sarycheva po Baltiiskomy moriu i Finskomu zalivu [...] 1808.
    $10,260.00

  • A complete run of one year of one of the major periodicals of the 1920s, with striking cover designs.
    A complete run of one year of one of the major periodicals of the 1920s, with striking cover designs.

    [SOVIET WOMEN].
    Zhenskiy Zhurnal [Women's magazine]. 1929.
    $5,404.00

  • An excellent example of of this extremely rare work on St Petersburg, inscribed to Secretary of State Vladimir Ivanovich Panaev.
    An excellent example of of this extremely rare work on St Petersburg, inscribed to Secretary of State Vladimir Ivanovich Panaev.

    TSYLOV, Nikolai Ivanovich.
    Plany S. Peterburga v 1700, 1705, 1725, 1738, 1756, 1777, 1799, 1840 и 1849 godakh, s prilozheniem planov 13 chastei stolitsy 1853 goda. 1853.
    $11,970.00

  • Remarkably fine series of hand-coloured prints of military costumes after Paul I in an exceptional conteemporary Russian binding.
    Remarkably fine series of hand-coloured prints of military costumes after Paul I in an exceptional conteemporary Russian binding.

    [PETROVICH, Paul I (Tsar of Russia)].
    Risunki sobstvennym voiskam pokoinago Imperatora Pavle I. 1835.
    $17,100.00

  • Tabel'-Kalendar na 1911 g. [Wall calendar for the year 1911].

    BILIBIN, Ivan.
    Tabel'-Kalendar na 1911 g. [Wall calendar for the year 1911]. 1910.
    $3,420.00

  • First edition of this illustrated description of peoples governed by the Russian Tsar, Alexander I.
    First edition of this illustrated description of peoples governed by the Russian Tsar, Alexander I.

    HEMPEL, Friedrich Ferdinand; GEISSLER, C.G.H.
    Abbildung und Beschreibung der Voelkerstaemme und Voelker unter des Russischen Kaisers Alexander menschenfreundlichen Regierung. [1803].
    $5,130.00

  • Very good example of this souvenir album published on the eve of the coronation.
    Very good example of this souvenir album published on the eve of the coronation.

    [CORONATION ALBUM]. BACKMANSON, Hugo.
    Souvenir du Couronnement de Leurs Majestés Imperiales à Moscou 1896. 1896.
    $15,732.00

  • First edition of this large work, a very good copy, complete with the three volumes of text and all maps, plans and views of Sevastopol.

    [CRIMEAN WAR] - ELPHINSTONE, H[oward] C[rawfurd], Harry D. JONES and W[illiam] Edward M[oyses] REILLY.
    Siege of Sebastopol. 1854-5. 1859.
    $3,078.00

  • An important contemporary description of the developments of Russia under Peter the Great, with an early plan of the new city of St Petersburg.
    An important contemporary description of the developments of Russia under Peter the Great, with an early plan of the new city of St Petersburg.

    [WEBER, Friedrich Christian].
    Das Veränderte Russland [The Present State of Russia]. 1729-1740.
    $4,788.00

  • An exceptional example of a remarkable survival. A large collection of 589 plates of Eckert's European military costumes in the original wrappers.
    An exceptional example of a remarkable survival. A large collection of 589 plates of Eckert's European military costumes in the original wrappers.

    ECKERT, Heinrich Ambrose; MONTEN, Dietrich.
    Sammtliche Truppen von Europa. 1838-1842.
    $82,076.00

  • Zhanna D'Ark. [Joan of Arc].
    Zhanna D'Ark. [Joan of Arc].

    GRANSTREM, Eduard.
    Zhanna D'Ark. [Joan of Arc]. [1900].
    $1,300.00

  • Incribed by the author to Mirra Lot-Borodina, 'the first famel orthodox theologian'.
    Incribed by the author to Mirra Lot-Borodina, 'the first famel orthodox theologian'.

    BERDIAEV, Nikolai.
    Filosofiia Svobodnogo Dukha. [Philosophy of the Free Spirit]. [1927-28].
    $5,130.00

  • Incribed from the author to existential philosopher Berdiaev.
    Incribed from the author to existential philosopher Berdiaev.

    MOCHULSKY, Konstantin.
    Vladimir Solovev. Zhizn' i Uchenie. [Vladimir Solovev. His Life and Works]. 1936.
    $3,831.00

  • First edition of this compilation containing the first detailed eyewitness ethnography of Russia, a country largely unkown to Europeans at the time.
    First edition of this compilation containing the first detailed eyewitness ethnography of Russia, a country largely unkown to Europeans at the time.

    HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund von.
    Rerum Moscoviticarum auctores. 1600.
    $8,208.00

  • Internally fresh example of the first edition of this richly illustrated work.
    Internally fresh example of the first edition of this richly illustrated work.

    BOZHERYANOV, Ivan Nikolaevich; SOKOLOVSKIY, Mikhail Konstantinovich; DIMITRIEV-KAVKAVSKIY, Lev Evgrafovich (illus.); RUNDALTSEV, Mikhail Viktorovich (illustrator).
    Voina i nasha trofei [The War and Our Trophies]. [1915].
    $2,052.00

  • a very fresh example of this uncommon emigre efition that comprises selected articles by the famous russian historian exploring alexander i
    a very fresh example of this uncommon emigre efition that comprises selected articles by the famous russian historian exploring alexander i

    MELGUNOV, Sergey Petrovich.
    Dela i liudi Aleksandrovskogo vremeni [Affairs and People of Alexander I's epoch]. 1923.
    $1,334.00

  • first edition of this fine portfolio containing a history of the white movement during the early years of the civil war
    first edition of this fine portfolio containing a history of the white movement during the early years of the civil war

    DENISOV, Sviatoslav Varlamovich (editor).
    Belaia Rossia 1937.
    $924.00

  • a first-hand account of the service of the detachment charged with protection of the emperor during the russo-turkish war
    a first-hand account of the service of the detachment charged with protection of the emperor during the russo-turkish war

    MATSKEVICH, Nikolay Ivanovich.
    Gvardeiskii otriad pochetnogo konvoia Ego Velichestva v Turetskuyu voinu 1877-1978 gg. 1880.
    $1,710.00

  • the programme for the coronation gala concert at the kremlin

    [NICHOLAS II].
    Programme. Palais du Kremlin. 25 Mai 1896. 1896.
    $684.00

  • one of the most important researches into the tragic episode of the post-war history, 'very rare, especially comeplete'
    one of the most important researches into the tragic episode of the post-war history, 'very rare, especially comeplete'

    NAUMENKO, V.G.
    The Great Betrayal: The forced deportation of Сossaks in Lienz and other locales. 1962; 1970.
    $1,026.00

  • fine example of this luxurious publication comemorating the completion of the construction of the upper trading rows in the red square
    fine example of this luxurious publication comemorating the completion of the construction of the upper trading rows in the red square

    RAZMADZÉ, A.S. and F.A. TASTEVIN.
    Grandes Galeries du Commerce sur la Place Rouge à Moscou. 1894.
    $3,078.00

  • lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century
    lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century

    [PETER THE GREAT].
    Petr Velikiy, ego polkovodtsy i ministry: 23 portreta s prisovokupleniem kratkikh o zhizni ikh opisaniy. 1848.
    $8,140.00

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