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: 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

215 pp. text of the first English edition of the letters and memoirs of a group of sixteen French army men deported to Guiana following the failed coup d'etat of September 4, 1797, with descriptions of events including escaping from prison, death in exile, and memoirs of the two who..... 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

Meppen/Ems: Ems-Kopp, [1974]. Original folio (fifteen unnumbered, loosely gathered folded leaves DIN A4, ca. 30 x 21.5 cm), mimeographed text. Pages lightly toned; outer leaf with tear to fold; still very good. Rare bibliography of anarchist books and related publications, crudely mimeographed and distributed by students in provincial West-German Meppen..... 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

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

[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

1924. Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1924. Octavo (18.5 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unattributed); 234, [3] pp. Light wear to wrappers; spine extremities frayed; text evenly toned due to stock, still about very good. Owner signature dated 1925 to title page. First edition. An early novel by the prolific Soviet..... More

St. Petersburg: self-published (Tipografiia M. M. Stasiulevicha), 1901. Large octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Publisher's decorative green wrappers preserved in contemporary ochre cloth binding with gilt tooling to front board; [4], 147, [3] pp. With numerous photographs, one reproduction on coated stock, and two folding maps bound at the back..... More

Paris: Izdanie Soiuza Tsarskikh Oprichnikov, 1923. Octavo (23 × 15 cm). Original printed wrappers; 28, 8 pp. Stamps of the Mladoross Organization library in Paris. Spine covered with opaque tape; the fragile wrappers somewhat chipped and tearing along tape edge; text toned; still good or better. This issue reproduces previously..... More

Prague: F. M. Mueller, 1936. Octavo (21.2 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers on red stock; [16] pp. of letterpress-printed text and one large woodcut illustration on facing pages. A very good, partially uncut and unopened copy. Striking bibliophile edition containing the Czech translation of a "Tale about Lenin," supposedly..... More