Saint Petersburg: Dmitri Bulanin, 2006. Softcover. Butter yellow wraps with brown decoration and Cyrillic lettering. 352 pp. with numerous bw illus. Text in Russian. A historical guide to the palace and park estates, up to the early 21st century. Includes a bw map. More
Moscow: 1963. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; Unpaginated, approx. 120 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color photos. Parallel text, Russian and Spanish; A wonderful collection of color photos depicting Moscow--its architecture, natural beauty, monuments, industrty, and people; Short introductory text by Nikita Khruschev; A wonderful snapshot of the time; Scarce. More
Moskva: Izd. Nauka, 1979. Original. Softcover. Tan wraps/cream spine; white Cyrillic lettering and black decoration. 175 pp. with occasional images. Text in Russian. The Nogai are a Turkic ethnic group of Southern European Russia. This explains and illustrates parts of their culture, especially those related to marriage and family. With..... More
Mockva: Studiia Trite, 1994. Hardbound. Grey embossed cloth. 463 pp. Some illustrations. Text is entirely in Russian. This set is comprised of volumes 1-7 and 9 (which was published in 1999), as well as volumes from 2002 and 2003. Volumes 2 and three are combined in one published volume. A...... More
St. Petersburg: Tipografia V.C. Balasheva, 1879. Softcover. Grey paper covers with ornate navy and red Cyrillic lettering; older-style Cyrillic lettering in text, all in capitals. 649, (8). With one bw portrait. Text in Russian. This is an original printing of the first volume of this series. The title of this..... More
New York: Random House, 1995. First. Hardcover. Off-white boards, white ill. DJ. xiii, 301 pp. Numerous bw plates. The story of painting masterworks, the Trojan Gold and other treasures stolen by Stalin's "Trophy Brigades" from both private citizens and museums during the end of the Second World War. More
Moskva: Russkaya Panorama, 2003. Hardcover. Green cloth with gold Cyrillic lettering; 350 pp. with occasional bw images and tables. Text in Russian. Reprint of Toma 9 of the series of 1-148. Material in this volume goes as far as 2002. This volume includes three main essays: Maltiyskiy orden i Rossiya..... More
Milan, Italy: Edizioni per il Club del Libro, 1963. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 325 pgs w/ bw & color plates. glossy, white color illustrated dustjacket. bw illustrated slipcase. Text in Italian. Remains a nice, sharp copy. Light, spots of foxing to opening pages. Pages remain bright..... More
Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou / Musee national d'art moderne, 1979. Softcover. white, glued wraps w/ black & red printing. 285 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. Text in French. Translated titled: "Russian Art And Poetry: 1900-1930, Selected Texts." Nicely illustrated. More
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1988. Hardcover. Duotone illus. paper over boards; Illus. endpapers; 278 pp.; Numerous bw figures. Essays concerning Pososhkov, Lomonosov, Liberalism, Reformism, Peasant Socialism, Populism, Marxism, and much more; Inscription at title page. More
Sankt-Peterburg: 000 Almaz, 1997. Softcover. BW pictorial wraps with Cyrillic lettering; 175 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. Text in Russian. About the Russian branch of the House of Oldenburg as well as their houses and palaces. Duke Peter Alexandrovich Oldenburg was the first husband of Grand Duches Olga Alexandrovna of..... More
Moskva: Nauka, 2002. Hardcover. Brown faux leather with color illustrations tipped on and gold decoration and Cyrillic lettering; 304 pp. with color and duotone images throughout. Text in Russian but with brief English summary on page 302. A monograph for the Doctor of History, this deals with the problems of..... More
Moscow: Nauka, 2006. Hardcover. Blue boards with color illustration and white lettering. 651 pp. BW illustrations. Text in Russian. More
New York: Pantheon, 1989. Hardcover. Pearl grey buckram with black lettering. Bw photographic dj with navy/maroon lettering. 260 pp. with duotone images throughout. Stunning photos of a bygone era covering the breadth of the Russian empire under the tsars. Includes Russians of every ethnic group, including Central Asia, as well..... More
Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2003. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 272 pp.; No illustrations. Features twenty essays by various authors, including "Discovering Rural Russia: A Forty-Year Odyssey" by Priscilla Roosevelt, "Cathering the Great and Rats" by John T. Alexander, "Prisoner of the Zeitgeist" by Laura Engelstein, "Post-Soviet Improvisations: Life and..... More
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards with metallic red lettering. Color-illus. dj with black lettering. 380 pp. with 18 bw images and one map. Selections from the memoirs of 8 leading participants in the aborive insurrection of December 14, 1825 among the Russian upper classes against the Tsarist..... More
Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2007. Hardcover. White and BW-illustrated boards with magenta lettering. xi, 549 pp. Papers from the VII International Conference of the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia, Wittenberg, 2004. Text in Russian and English. More
Columbus, OH: Slavica Publishers, Inc., 1984. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ gilt printing. 220 pgs. no dustjacket. A nice sharp copy. From a college library. Due date card has only one removal stamp. More
Moscow: Moscow Kremlin, 2008. Softcover. Cream decorated wraps with maroon Cyrillic lettering; 88 pp with 2 bw images. Text entirely in Russian. Consists of 37 scholarly papers from the conference to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Archangel Cathedral in Moscow. Includes such topics as ceremonial coronations, restoration, history, problems of..... More
Moskva: Molodaya Gvardiya, 2000. Hardcover. Green/color-illus. glossy boards with gold/white Cyrillic lettering. 384 pp. with occasional bw illus. Text in Russian. With an introduction and 7 chapters, each divided into several sections. A scholarly work on this period of Russian history and culture. More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1975. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; xiv, 340 pp; music. Contents: The music culture of Kirghizia -- The music culture of Kazakhstan -- The music culture of Turkmenia -- The music culture of Tajikstan -- The music culture of Uzbekistan -- Appendix..... More
Moskva: Rossiyskiy Arkhiv, 1999. Hardcover. Glossy yellow boards with brown Cyrillic lettering on spine. 527 pp. with occasional bw illus. Text in Russian. Russian Historical and household dictionary includes about four thousand words and concepts of Russian life from the XVIII to early XX centuries. In general, the dictionary includes..... More
Vologda: Admistratsiya Goroda Vologdy, 1994. Hardcover. Black cloth with gold Cyrillic lettering and design; 540 pp. with several sepia and bw photographs and numerous woodcut illustrations. Text in Russian. Out of print. A very thorough look through part of Volodga's history: archaeology; old traditions; history of the people; historical panorama;..... More
Washington, D. C. Pergamon-Brassey, 1985. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ black spine printing. 226 pgs. cream dustjacket w/ red illustration, black printing. Tightly bound; appears to be a lightly read or unread copy. Remains a nice, bright copy. More
Moskva: Moskovskii gos. universitet, 1998. Softcover. Yellow wraps with Cyrillic lettering; 351 pp. with facsimile images through out. Main text in Russian, but images of communiques are in German and translated to Russian. World War II history. The first publication of the catalogue from the archive of the German headquarters..... More
