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13 Three Bridges Street.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Musson Book Company , Toronto , 1945,

Seller ID: 90594

MOORE, Dorothea. 13 Three Bridges Street. Venture Books for Girls. Toronto : The Musson Book Company Ltd., (1945). Pp [1]-253,(3), colour frontis. 8vo, mustard cloth, red lettering to front board and spine, top edge dyed red.“On the death of her father, fourteen year old Gilly Seaton leaves England to go to school abroad. She is accompanied to Dornia by her old friend and protector Denham Chester, affectionately known as “Chuggles.” Dornia, like Russia in many ways, had mystery and adventure to offer and under strange circumstances Chggles disappears. The secret of 13 Three Bridges Street reve...
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1980 Olympics Handbook: A Guide to the Moscow Olympics and a History of the Games. ex-lib.

By: GILLER, Norman

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1980, ISBN:0030560535

Seller ID: 63537

GILLER, Norman. The 1980 Olympics Handbook : A Guide to the Moscow Olympics and a History of the Games. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1980). Pp. (1)-208. Illustrated. Square 8vo, illustrated grey card covers.

Ex-library (spine sticker), faint creasing, else very good. 20.00
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22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on the USSR Foreign Policy (excerpts from documents)

By: USSR - Foreign Relations) KHRUSHCHEV, N. S.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: USSR Embassy in Canada, Ottawa, 1962,

Seller ID: 116157

(USSR - Foreign Relations). 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on the USSR Foreign Policy (excerpts from documents). [Ottawa : USSR Embassy in Canada, 1961?]. Pp (2),1-35,(1). 8vo [148 x 228 mm], yellow stapled card covers, lettered in black. Contents : 1. From the Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to the 22nd CPSU Congress, delivered by N. S. Khrushchev, on October 17,1961. 2. From the Concluding Speech of N. S. Khrushchov at the 22nd CPSU Congress on October 27,1961. 3. From the Resolution of the 22nd Congress of the CPSU, adopte...
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A Five-Year Plan. First Canadian Edition in dustjacket

By: KERR, Philip

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Doubleday Canada Limited, Toronto, 1997, ISBN:0385257155 : 1997

Seller ID: 31796

ISBN-13: 9780385257152

KERR, Philip. A Five-Year Plan: a novel. (Toronto) : Doubleday Canada Limited, (1997). First Canadian Printing. Pp (12),[3]-337,(5). 8vo [152 x 235 mm], blue spine with blue paper-covered boards, silver lettering to spine. Philip Ballantyne Kerr (b. February 22, 1956, Edinburgh, Scotland – d. March 23, 2018, London, England) was a British author best known for his Bernie Gunther series of historical detective thrillers. A thriller in which large, expensive yachts are used in a scheme to launder South American drug money through Russian banks. "Dave Delano didn't spend five years i...
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A Pictorial Scrap Book: A Pleasant and Profitable Companion for Leisure Hours. Original and Selected

By: WRIGHT, Caleb

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Caleb Wright, Northampton, MS, 1850, : 1850

Seller ID: 97712

WRIGHT, Caleb. A Pictorial Scrap Book: A Pleasant and Profitable Companion for Leisure Hours. Original and Selected. Stereotype Edition. Northampton, Massachusetts : Published by Caleb Wright, no date [circa 1850]. "Andover : John D. Flagg, Stereotyper and Printer". Pp (4),[vii]-viii,[9]-413,(1). Illustrated. 8vo (162 x 238 mm), red pressed cloth, gilt vignette to front board, with gilt lettering & decoration to spine. A collection of over 150 engravings, with descriptions, on various subjects. Frontispiece portrait of Nicholas, Emperor of Russia. Rebacked with original spine laid on an...
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A Precocious Autobiography. First American Edition in dustjacket

By: YEVTUSHENKO, Yevgeny

Price: $15.00

Publisher: 1963, : 1963

Seller ID: 9549

YEVTUSHENKO, Yevgeny. A Precocious Autobiography. Translated from the Russian by Andrew R. MacAndrew. New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1963. First American Edition. Pp (10),[11]-124,(4) + an 8-page central section of b&w photos. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (b. July 18, 1932, Zima, Russia - d. April 1, 2017, Tulsa, Oklahoma). "One of the most significant books ever to come out of the Soviet Union, this remarkable lite story is already tne subject of unprecedented international press coverage. When it appeared in part in a French newspaper...
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A Russian Journal. First Edition

By: STEINBECK, John CAPA, Robert

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Viking Press, New York, 1948, : 1948

Seller ID: 8864

STEINBECK, John. A Russian Journal. With Pictures by Robert Capa. New York : The Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Pp (),3-220. With 69 b&w photos by Capa in the text. Large 8vo, (172 x 248 mm), blue grey cloth boards, with tan-grey spine, with dark blue letetring to front & spine. Goldstone and Payne A33b. Robert Capa, né Endre Ern? Friedmann (b. October 22, 1913, Budapest – d. May 25, 1954, Vietnam). Arranged in nine chapters. Includes a short text "A Legitimate Complaint" by Capa (pp.146-149). Minor wear, else very good. 25.00...
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A. I. Herzen, Great Russian Thinker and Revolutionary Democrat

By: TERYAEV, G.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1854,

Seller ID: 109610

TERYAEV, G. A. I. Herzen, Great Russian Thinker and Revolutionary Democrat.Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1954. Pp (4),5-[106],(2). Sma ll 8vo, pale olive wrappers, lettered in white, with a blank white spine. Contents : The Formation of Herzen's World Outlook; Herzen's Militant Materialism and Dialectics; Herzen's Views on the History of Society; Herzen's Views on the State and on the Social Revolution; The 1848 Revolution and Herzen's Spiritual Drama; Herzen the Fighter for the Social Transformation of Russia; Herzen the Revolutionary Democrat; Herzen the Ardent Russian Patriot...
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Abdication of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia : A Memoir by Nicolas de Basily. First Edition in dustjacket

By: BASILY, Nicolas de

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Kingston Press, Inc., Prnceton, New Jersey, 1984, ISBN:0940670267

Seller ID: 113612

BASILY, Nicolas de. Abdication of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia : A Memoir by Nicolas de Basily. Prnceton, New Jersey : The Kingston Press, Inc., (1984). First Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-xi,(9), [1]-209,(1). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to front board and spine. "These are the memoirs of Nicolas de Basily, a highly placed member of the Russian foreign service in the years before the 1917 Revolution who drafted the abdication statement of Tsar Nicholas II. Basily, with a graceful and colorful style which has been ablv translated from the French, gives the reader a vivid im...
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Acclimatization of Fish and Food Organisms in the Seas of the USSR

By: GARPEVICH, A.F., chief ed. VNIRO Proceedings 76

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Scientific-Technical Information Division, All-Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries...., Moscow, 1970,

Seller ID: 76941

GARPEVICH, A.F., chief ed. Acclimatization of Fish and Food Organisms in the Seas of the USSR. Moscow: Scientifc-Technical Information Division, All-Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), 1970.Pp. [1]-276. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and blank spine. VNIRO Proceedings volume LXXVI. Text in Russian, with English chapter summ aries. Bumping to spine ends, else vg. 40.00
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Actions and Reactions in Russia. First Edition

By: LIDDELL, R. Scotland

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Chapman and Hall, Limited, London, 1917,

Seller ID: 113369

LIDDELL, R. Scotland. Actions and Reactions in Russia. With 16 illustrations. London : Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1917. First Edition. Pp (8),[1]-227,(1),+ 16 plates. 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, blindstamped borders to front board. Robert Scotland Liddell (1885-1972) was a British reporter and photographer for The Sphere newspaper, who covered the events on the Russian front during the World War I. Contents : 1. Monotonbe. 2. The Anchored Ship. 3. Early Summer On The Middle Front. 4. War Time Travelling In Russia. 5. The Caucasus - Via Crimea. 6. The British Armoured Cars. 7. "...
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Active Figures of the Trade Union and Working Class Movement of Russia, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Kazakhstan

By: PRIBYLOVSKI, Vladimir (comp.)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Information and Expert Group "Panorama", Moscow, 1992,

Seller ID: 114349

PRIBYLOVSKI, Vladimir (comp.). Active Figures of the Trade Union and Working Class Movement of Russia, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Kazakhstan. [Moscow : Information and Expert Group "Panorama", 1992 ?}. Pp (6),3-72. Index. Tall 8vo, blue unlettered cloth. Wear to corners, else very good. 40.00 "The reference book has been compiled by N.Standrovslcaya, K.Cheremnykh, E.Kniazhev, N.Vinnik, N.Mitrokhin, A.Glubotski, A.Vasilevski, T.Shavshukova, A-Verkhovski, V.Ponomariov, T.Selina, E.Kslov and others. The reference book describespolitical biographies of the trade union figures of both the ne...
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Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers. 1st US in dj.

By: PASTERNAK, Boris LANGNAS, I. (trans.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philosophical Library, New York, 1961,

Seller ID: 55763

PASTERNAK, Boris. The Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers ; translated by I. Langnas. NY: Philosophical Library, (1961). First US Edition. Pp. 87. Small 8vo, cream cloth. The story of "how a thirteen-year-old girl ceases to be a child and becomes a woman, in Russia just before the Communist Revolution." - from the dj. Very small damp spot to head of fore-edge, else vg in nicked dj. 15.00
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Adventure of Wrangel Island. First British Edition

By: STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur KNIGHT, John Irvine

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1926,

Seller ID: 103066

STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur. The Adventure of Wrangel Island. Written by Vilhjalmur Stefansson with the Collaboration of John Irvine Knight upon the Diary of whose Son Errol Lorne Knight The Narrative is Mainly Based. With a Foreword by the Right Hon. L.S. Amery, P.C., M.P. London: Jonathan Cape, (1926).First British Printing. Pp (4),5-416 ) + frontispiece + 15 leaves of plate s + folding color map at rear. 2 maps in text (pp.45-6). 8vo, blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Mattila A11, Arctic Bibliography 16674, Tourville, Alaska, A bibliography 4314; Ricks, Alaska Bibliography p.209; . O'Dea...
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Adventures of Dunsterforce

By: DUNSTERVILLE, L.C., Major-General Kingfisher Library

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1932,

Seller ID: 77861

DUNSTERVILLE, L.C., Major-General. The Adventures of Dunsterforce . London:Edward Arnold & Co., (1932). First Kingfisher Library Edition. Pp. (4),v-i x,(1),1-322, including frontis., + 11 leaves of plates. Illustrated. Map endpapers. Small 8vo, blue cloth with pressed decoration to front, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. A volume in The Kingfisher Library. Dunsterville's account of his "hush-hush" mission into the Caucasus and Persia, whose purpose was to forestall Bolshevik inroads into the Middle East and Indiaat the end of the Great War. Spine sunned, else vg. Uncommon. 75.00
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Adversaries : America, Russia and the Open World 1941-62. Firs Editon in dustjacket

By: BALFOUR, Michael

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, Boston and Henley, 1981, ISBN:071000687X

Seller ID: 113426

BALFOUR, Michael. The Adversaries : America, Russia and the Open World 1941-62. London, Boston and Henley : Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1981). First Edition. Pp (6),vii-xv,(1),1-259,(1). Index. 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "The AtJantic Charter of 1941 constituted the West's blue-print for post-war society. Accordingly it is here that Michael Balfour begins his account of how America and Russia developed as the rival super-powers' in that society. By 1962 the American concept of an Open World had brought a widedegree of political and economic freedom to half the globe, together wi...
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Aeroflot : Soviet Air Transport Since 1923. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: MacDONALD, Hugh.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Putnam, London, 1975, ISBN:0370001176

Seller ID: 114169

MacDONALD, Hugh. Aeroflot : Soviet Air Transport Since 1923. London : Putnam, (1975). First Printing. Pp. (16),1-323,(1). Illustrated with dozens of black and white photos to text. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "This book tells in great detail the story of Soviet civil air transport and in particular the contribution of the Soviet airline Aeroflot. Aeroflot, although responsible for a much wider range of duties than airlines elsewhere, is without question the world's biggest carrier of air passengers andcargo -- its 1973 target was 87 million passengers and 2,100,000 tonnes...
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Africa Fights for Independence

By: SOLODOVNIKOV, V.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, Moscow, 1970,

Seller ID: 108874

SOLODOVNIKOV, V. Africa Fights for Independence. Moscow : Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1970. Pp (4),5-[149],(3). Small 8vo, blue card covers, lettered in red and white, with a blank orange spine. Contents : From thePublishers; African Nations in the Struggle for National Renascence; Slave Trade and Its Consequences; Colonial Division and the Resistance of the Af rican Peoples; Some Consequences of Colonial Domination; Progressive PublicOpinion in Russia and Africa; African Peoples in Struggle for National Ren ascence; Intensification of Anti-Imperialist Struggle in Africa; Between th...
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After Imperialism : The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931.First Edition in dustjacket

By: IRIYE, Akira

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1965,

Seller ID: 40612

IRIYE, Akira. After Imperialism : The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1965. First Edition. Pp. (6),[vii]-viii,(2),[1]-375,(7). Map of Manchuria in the text. 8vo, dark blue-green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. No. 22 in the Harvard East Asian Series. A study of Far Eastern international relations from the time of the Washington Conference in 1921 to the Manchurian Crisis in 1931. "This is the first extensive and systematic study of Far Eastern international relations from the time of the Washington Conference (1921-1922) to the...
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After Imperialism : The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931.First Edition in dustjacket

By: IRIYE, Akira Harvard East Asian Series 22

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1965, : 1965

Seller ID: 58667

IRIYE, Akira. After Imperialism : The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1965. First Edition. Pp. (6),[vii]-viii,(2),[1]-375,(7). 8vo, dark blue-green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. No. 22 in the Harvard East Asian Series. A study of Far Eastern international relations from the time of the Washington Conference in 1921 to the Manchurian Crisis in 1931. "This is the first extensive and systematic study of Far Eastern international relations from the time of the Washington Conference (1921-1922) to the Manchurian Crisis (1931). ...
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