[N.p., likely New York: American Defense Society, ca. 1919]. 20,[2]pp. printed on a continuous accordion- fold strip, each panel 3 x 4 inches, eleven of the pages containing full-page illustrations. Light soiling and wear. Near fine. A small, unrecorded propaganda booklet produced by the nationalistic American Defense Society (ADS) in.....
Dublin: Printed by Christopher Bentham, 1823. 174pp. plus illustrations. Frontis. Engraved titlepage vignette. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt. Hinges tender, spine ends worn. Internally clean and fresh. A very good copy. The further fictitious travels of William Walsh, an Irishman, and Capt. Blisset, of the Royal Navy. Another volume.....
St. Petersburg. 1823. [3],iv,126pp. plus folding table and map. Half title. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Small closed tear in map from lower gutter margin, neatly repaired. Light dust soiling and occasional faint foxing. A near fine copy. Untrimmed. The extremely rare and significant first.....
New York. 1871. 529pp., including in-text and full-page illustrations, plus folding map and advertisements. Frontispiece. Original gilt cloth. Cloth soiled, chipped at spine ends and with a neat horizontal split across center portion of backstrip. Internally clean. Overall good. "This book complements George Kennan's TENT LIFE IN SIBERIA. It describes.....
Edinburgh. 1816. 288pp. plus folding frontispiece map. Original blue paper-covered boards, rebacked in linen, original label laid down. Moderate wear to corners, light soiling and ink drops on boards. Internally clean. Very good. Untrimmed. In a brown cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. The scarce first edition of this valuable account.....
Venice. 1543. 40 leaves. 12mo. Modern half morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt. Occasional very minor spots, some leaves expertly restored in lower margin, not affecting text. Leaf C3 bound before C2, leaf C7 bound before C6. A very good copy. The rare third edition of Contarini's account of his.....
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1861. iv,147pp. Original printed tan wrappers. Wrappers a bit stained and foxed, splitting along the lower joint of the front wrapper. Quite clean and fresh internally. Very good. In a cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. The Thomas W. Streeter-William S. Reese copy. This is a......
Paris: Le Mercier, 1735. Four volumes. Titlepages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes by M. Baquoy after A. Humblot. Sixty-five engraved maps and plates (sixty-two folding, one page of engraved sheet music, two single-page plates) by Delahaye, Desbrulins, and Fonbonne after d'Anvillee, Humblot, Lucas, Le Parmentier, and others;.....
Moscow. 1949. 150pp. Cloth and pictorial boards. Some shelf wear, printed on poor paper, but a decent copy. In Russian. Later edition. Describes early Russian discoveries.
London. 1801. viii,278pp. Modern paper wrappers. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor foxing and soiling. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase. Collection of treaties and other public documents relating to maritime diplomacy among European nations, published at the height of the conflict of the Napoleonic.....
Washington. 1988. 360pp. Profusely illustrated. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Second printing. Catalogue of a joint exhibition between the Smithsonian Institution and the Soviet Academy of Sciences. The exhibit brought together artifacts from Russian and American collections to examine the shared ethnographic history of the North Pacific Rim. An enlightening look.....
Hartford: Published by Robins & Smith, 1846. [2],504,[4]pp., plus frontispiece and twenty- seven plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, both boards embossed in blind with large floral pattern, edges of boards stamped in gilt. Somewhat rubbed, with moderate shelf wear. Interior slightly foxed throughout, heavier in some sections. Contemporary ownership inscription.....
1742. 27pp. Text in parallel English and French columns. Quarto. Later plain wrappers (front wrap detached). Untrimmed. Clean and very good. A treaty of military alliance between Great Britain and Russia.
[London]. 1755. 18pp. Text in parallel French and English. Quarto. Dbd. Titlepage and final leaf a bit tanned. Else quite good. Detailed military alliance treaty between Great Britain and Russia, setting forth the need for a capable defense force in case of attacks on dominions of both nations. One of.....
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[Chaumont & Paris]: Published by Authority, 1814. 13; 13; 13; 15; 39pp. Five documents bound in one volume. Modern three-quarter leather, preserving contemporary marbled boards. Occasional contemporary marginalia. Internally clean. Very good. The first three are Post-Napoleonic Wars treaties ensuring the balance of power in Europe, or, in the treaties'.....
London. 1812. 5pp. Half title. Small quarto. Dbd. Very good. The treaty of friendship between England and Russia cementing their alliance to crush Napoleon.
Philadelphia. 1857. 507pp. plus twenty-nine plates and ads. Modern three-quarter polished calf and boards, gilt-lettered spine. Some internal soiling. Overall, very good. "Habersham was an American naval officer who later became a tea and coffee merchant. He was descended from a family of early English settlers in Georgia who became.....
Boston. 1861. 171pp. plus [4]pp. of ads. Frontispiece portrait. 12mo. Original brown publisher's cloth, stamped in blind, expertly rebacked retaining portion of original spine. Light foxing and soiling. About very good. A scarce account of a teenager's adventures at sea, including Pacific whaling experiences and visits to Hawaii and Siberia.....
Basel: [Bey Niclauss Brillinger vnnd Maxx Russinger], 1563. [12],CCXVpp., including seven woodcut illustrations (five of them full-page) plus three double-page maps. Lacks the index. Folio. 20th-century grey-printed paper boards, green gilt label. Some wear and scrapes to boards, corners bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown (see below). Occasional light tanning and.....
[New York and Sayre, Pa. Murrelle Printing Company, 1950]. Ten volumes of TRANSCRIPT OF RECORD, consecutively paginated to 3900pp., including scores of exhibits, many of them folding. [with:] [THREE MOTIONS AND AFFIDAVITS REGARDING A THIRD TRIAL FOR ALGER HISS]. New York. 1952. 26,7,22pp., each with additional exhibits. Seven octavo and.....
Dublin: Printed by R. Napper, 1818. [4],v,[3],472pp., including errata. Contemporary speckled calf boards, tooled in gilt, recently rebacked, spine gilt, new endpapers. Boards a bit rubbed and scuffed. Interior quite clean and bright, with only minor foxing and occasional paper defects in blank margins. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on title page.....
London. 1706. [14],110,[2],115-210pp. plus a large folding map and thirty plates (eight folding). Small quarto. Contemporary paneled calf. Corners and hinges lightly worn. Contemporary bookplate on verso of titlepage. Light scattered foxing. Very good. The first English edition of an account of the travel of Ambassador Evert Ysbrants Ides, a......
New York. 1891. Two volumes. xv,409;x,575pp. Frontispiece in each vol. Illus. Gilt publisher's cloth. Extremities worn, some fraying at head and toe of spines, hinges cracked. Internally very good. Includes the author's observations gleaned from extensive travels in Siberia.
New York. 1881. ix,425,[5]pp. Original blue cloth,stamped in black and gilt. Spine and corners worn. Generally quite clean internally. Good. Later edition of this work, originally published in 1870. Kennan was an American explorer, who was noted for his travels in Russia and the arctic. This work includes material on.....
Glocester: Printed by R. Raikes for T. Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty, London, 1764. [8],280,[8]pp. plus seven plates, including two folding maps. Quarto. Handsomely bound to style in three- quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt extra, leather label. Light foxing and toning; light scattered soiling. John Carter Brown duplicate.....
