![Book ID: P5301 Dve linii revoliutsii [Two lines of the revolution].; Biblioteka...](/pictures/thumb/P5301_1.jpg?v=1592501223)
Petrograd: Knigoizdatel'stvo "Ogni", 1917. Octavo (16 × 12 cm). Original printed wrappers; 15, [1] pp. A fine copy. First brochure-form publication of an important essay by the Russian revolutionary and Marxist thinker Georgi Plekhanov (1856-1918), published as part of a series titled "The citizen's library" (Biblioteka grazhdanina). Plekhanov uses writings..... More
![Book ID: P5308 O voine [On the war]. G. V. Plekhanov](/pictures/thumb/P5308_1.jpg?v=1592501223)
Petrograd: Knigoizdatel'stvo "Ogni", 1917. First edition. Octavo (16 × 12 cm). Original printed wrappers; 108, [4] pp. of advertisements. A fine copy. Early edition of this work about World War I by the Russian revolutionary and Marxist thinker Georgi Plekhanov (1856-1918), published as part of a series titled "The citizen's..... More
Geneva: Izdanie "Soiuza Russkikh Sotsial'demokratov", 1896. 12mo (15.3 × 10.5 cm). Original staple-stitched beige wrappers; 16 pp. Publisher's catalog to wrappers. Stamps of the Boris Nicolaevsky Collection (Hoover), with duplicate deaccession stamp. Very good, save for tear to lower right corner. А report presented by the Union of Russian Social..... More
XXIV, 104 pp. catalogue of 467 entries for manuscripts and letters by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, 17th century French clergyman, orator, monarchist and tutor to Louis XV, 14 plates of facsimiles. 4to. Wrpps. Paris (Emile-Paul Frères/Henri Darel) 1932. More
Geneva: Izdanie G. A. Kuklina, 1903. 12mo (17 × 11.5 cm). Original side-stapled printed wrappers; 100, [4] pp. Hoover Institute duplicate stamp to wrapper. Publisher’s catalog to wrappers and inside leaf. Wrapper lightly discolored; wrapper edges chipped; frequent underlining in pencil throughout, still good or better. This concise overview of..... More
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1920. Octavo (24 × 13.5 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 16 pp. First leaf soiled; else good or better. An interesting pamphlet reviewing the failures and successes of the new Soviet state in the three years since the October Revolution. Reminding the workers of their achievements, the author..... More
Moscow: Izdanie E. V. Kozhevnikovoi i E. A. Kolomiitsevoi, 1906. Octavo (20.5 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers on orange stock; 38, [2] pp. Very good or better. Arguing for absolute religious tolerance, this pamphlet brings attention to the questionable practice of confinement of prisoners in monastery prisons, through..... More
![Book ID: P5571 Stikhotvoreniia 1815—1836 godov [Verse 1815—1836]. Narodnaia biblioteka...](/pictures/thumb/P5571_1.jpg?v=1580499150)
Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo., 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 48, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Wrappers evenly toned; spine extremities lightly frayed. Still about very good. An early post-revolutionary attempt at creating a “Soviet Pushkin,” this collection of poems was edited by one of the founders..... More
![Book ID: P5494 Stikhotvoreniia o svobode [Verse about freedom]. Narodnaia biblioteka No....](/pictures/thumb/P5494_1.jpg?v=1580499149)
Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo., 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 56, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Very good. Focusing on Pushkin’s political poetry, this collection is an early post-revolutionary attempt at creating a “Soviet Pushkin.” This volume was edited by one of the founders of Russian Symbolism..... More
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1932. Octavo (25 × 18 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 18 pp. (including wrappers) of musical notations and lyrics. Rust to staple; one gathering detached; old inventory number to front wrapper and title; still about very good. A musical score with lyrics for seven songs for Soviet pilots..... More
Petrograd: Izdatel'stvo Soiuza kommun severnoi oblasti, 1919. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 30 pp. A very good copy. A published lecture by the pedagogue S. Ravich that attempts to define the Soviet republic in its historical development and ideal form. The printed lecture compares the republics of..... More
Berlin: Parabola, [1936]. Octavo (21.5 × 15.5). Modern red quarter-leather binding over five raised bands, with gilt title to spine, with original printed wrappers preserved; 311, [1] pp. Frontis portrait of the author. Signed and inscribed by the author to Vera Nikolaevna and Ivan Aleksandrovich (Alekseevich) Bunin, “In memory of..... More
Grodno: 1796. February 22, 1796. Original signed manuscript letter on single sheet of laid paper (ca. 36 x 25 cm), folded once vertically; 4 pp. Additional old fold lines; near fine. Nicholas Repnin was one of the foremost Imperial Russian statesmen of the eighteenth century, second in fame only to..... More
Unpag. (4 pp.) text and list, 42 plates of color reproductions of historic maps and prints of views, landmarks and events of the cities and towns of Provence, some folding. Folio. Box portfolio (box slightly water stained and corners worn). N.p. (Editions Hier et Demain) 1971. More
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo "Iskusstvo", 1938. Octavo (17 × 12.6 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 15, [2] pp. followed by seven plates. Stamp of “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. Note in blue ink to inside wrapper indicating this as a duplicate copy. Front wrapper beginning to split at bottom; else about very..... More
Petrograd: Biblioteka svobodnoi Rossii, [1917]. Octavos (20 × 12 cm). Original pink printed wrappers; 15, [1] and 16 pp. Very good; one volume uncut and unopened; the other with trace of a book distributor stamp and private inventory number to front wrapper. Two attractive popular pamphlets issued in the days..... More
Tashkent: Izd. Narodnogo Kommisariata Zemledelii︠a︡ Kazakhskoi Respubliki i Sredne-Aziatskogo gos. universiteta, 1930. Octavo (25 × 18 cm). Original printed wrappers; 203, [1] pp. Eleven leaves of plates with two photographs each. Small tear to lower spine extremity; light chipping to spine; stamp of the Société asiatique in Paris and inventory..... More
1882. Kostroma: Tipo-litografiia A. Fal'k, 1882. Small quarto (23 × 15.6 cm). Contemporary pebbled boards; gilt title to front board; 98 pp. Two folding maps, partially in color. Spine recently re-backed; corners scuffed; faint Soviet bookstore stamps to rear pastedown; still about very good. Rare provincial imprint, which argues against..... More
Sandberg. 15 pp. introduction to a presentation of 16 plates (many printed in red and black) by the German draughtsman and caricaturist (1908-1991) showing politically charged themes based on Marx and Engels' treatise. Small folio. Text and plates loose as issued and housed in cloth portfolio, hinges torn. Berlin (Henscheverlag)..... More
147 pp. text on the development and construction of the Italian national motorway system, a great source of pride for Mussolini and his Fascist regime, including introductory text, indices of relevant locations and people, and 142 fine photographic plates showing roads, bridges, and other infrastructure both under construction and completed..... More
Tallinn: Alfred Offenbach; Eesti Noorsotsialistliku Liidu häälekandja, 1926–1933. Octavos (21 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (not attributed); ca. 14–30 pp. per issue (continuous pagination). Disbound from bindings; light soil and staining to wrappers; some restoration to corners; still overall very good. Three issues of the scarce Estonian Marxist periodical..... More
[Warsaw, 1944]. Single leaf, measuring 29.5 × 21 cm, printed to recto. Drawing signed "Mjölnir", V.[ölkischer] B.[eobachter] v. 25.08.1944." Stamp of private collection of Andrej Gołoś. Small insect damage, not affecting text; else about very good. A Nazi propaganda broadside by Hans Schweitzer, published by the Völkischer Beobachter, the official..... More
New York: American-Armenian Progressive Union, 1940. Octavo (22.8 × 15.4 cm). Numerous photographs and illustrations throughout. Original pictorial wrappers; 112 pp. Light wear to wrappers; about very good. Scarce work documenting the achievements of Soviet Armenian during its first twenty years, apparently issued by the American-Armenian Progressive League. The organization..... More
[London]: Izdanie partii sotsialistov revoliutsionerov i agrarno-sotsialisticheskoi ligi, 1903. Octavo (16 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 31, [1] pp. Wrappers lightly chipped at corners; spine extremities frayed; evenly toned due to stock, else about very good. First edition. Published in the lead-up to the first Russian Revolution, this..... More
![Book ID: P6668 Perezhitoe: 1914 [Bygone days: 1914]. Sergeevskii, oris, ikolaevich](/pictures/thumb/P6668_1.jpg?v=1580327113)
Belgrade: self-published, 1933. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Original printed wrappers; 192 pp. Two folding maps. Partially unopened and uncut. Very good. First edition. A WWI memoir written by one of the commanding officers of the General Army Headquarters of the Russian Empire, Boris Sergeevskii (1883–1976). A nobleman, Sergeevskii graduated..... More