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  • Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske.

    Russian Imperial Style [Cerwinske, 1990]

    Laura Cerwinske. Russian Imperial Style.  An elegant and beautifully illustrated, full-color paean to the lost world of 19th century Russia's aristocratic opulence melded with formal design. Cerwinske (1948-) focuses on eye-catching object d'art,...
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  • Coryne Hall. Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Fedorovna (1847-1928). Empress Marie Feodorovna, consort of the next-to-last Tsar of Russia (Alexander III, father of Nicholas II). A daughter of the king of Denmark, Marie exchanged the informality of her native country for an opulent yet rigid Russian court life, but the premature death of her husband in 1894 devastated her. NY: Holmes & Meier, 2001. 402 pages. Black & white plate photographic illustrations. Endpapers with a detailed genealogy of the Russian Imperial family. Index, extensive bibliography, notes and a postscript.

    Biography of Empress Marie Fedorovna

    Coryne Hall. Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Fedorovna (1847-1928). Empress Marie Feodorovna, consort of the next-to-last Tsar of Russia (Alexander III, father of Nicholas II). A daughter of the king of Denmark, Marie exchanged the...
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  • Memoirs of Count Bernstorff. Translated from the German by Eric Sutton. Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff (1862-1939) was a German ambassador, politician, and all-around prime mover and shaker in the early 20th century. NY: Random House, 1936. 1st American edition. Black cloth hardcover. Frontis photo of Bernstorff and 5 more photos. Index, appendix. 383 pages.

    Memoirs of Count Bernstorff [1936]

    Memoirs of Count Bernstorff. Translated from the German by Eric Sutton. Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff (1862-1939) was a German ambassador, politician, and all-around prime mover and shaker in the early 20th century. His father, Albrecht Graf von...
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  • Ekaterina Meshcherskaya. A Russian Princess Remembers. The mesmerizing, well-written and harrowing memoirs of a Russian princess, her family and her 19th century life, and who survived the Russian revolution by staying her home country. 
NY: Doubleday, 1989. 1st edition. 228 pages. Photo illustrations.

    A Russian Princess Remembers

    Ekaterina Meshcherskaya. A Russian Princess Remembers. The mesmerizing, well-written and harrowing memoirs of a Russian princess, her family and her 19th century life, and who survived the Russian revolution by staying in her home country. NY:...
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  • Margrethe Floryan. Gardens of the Tsars: A Study of the Aesthetics, Semantics and Uses of Late 18th Century Russian Gardens. Dr. Floryan traces the development of the Russian garden tradition during Catherine's reign in the dual context of Russian roots and Western influence. Through the eyes of 18th century poets, painters, and scholars, she reconstructs the appearance of the 18th century parks and recreates the experiences of their visitors.

    Gardens of the Tsars

    Margrethe Floryan. Gardens of the Tsars: A Study of the Aesthetics, Semantics and Uses of Late 18th Century Russian Gardens. Dr. Floryan traces the development of the Russian garden tradition during Catherine's reign in the dual context of Russian roots...
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  • Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia. Peter Carl Gustavovich Fabergé (1846-1920) raised the creation of fine jewelry and fantasy objects to their highest point in history. Although he is famous for the Imperial Easter Eggs his firm created, the House of Faberge produced many fine objects, which included silver tableware, elegant picture frames, fabulous miniature hardstone animals and ornaments, and fine jewelry - all of exceptional quality and beauty. Of the many black and white and color photographs of these exquisite objects, the author additionally takes us into Faberge's studio for an inside look.

    Carl Faberge Goldsmith to Imperial Russia

    A. Kenneth Snowman. Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia. Peter Carl Gustavovich Fabergé (1846-1920) raised the creation of fine jewelry and fantasy objects to their highest point in history. Although he is famous for the...
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  • Olga Ivinskaya. A Captive Of Time: My Years With Pasternak. Biography, autobiography and memoirs of Ivinskaya, the inspiration for "Lara", the heroine in Dr. Zhivago. Translated by Max Hayward. NY: Doubleday, 1978. 462 pages with index, source of quotations, appendices, biographical guide, and illustrations.

    A Captive Of Time: My Years With Pasternak

    Olga Ivinskaya. A Captive Of Time: My Years With Pasternak. Biography, autobiography and memoirs of Ivinskaya, the inspiration for "Lara", the heroine in Dr. Zhivago. Translated by Max Hayward. NY: Doubleday, 1978. 462 pages with index, source of...
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  • Pushkin: The Man and His Age. Robin Edmonds. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 1st edition. 303 pages. Index, chronology, bibliography, chapter notes.

    Pushkin: Man and His Age (biography)

    Pushkin: The Man and His Age. Robin Edmonds. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 1st edition. 303 pages. Index, chronology, bibliography, chapter notes. 1 copy only. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's (1799-1837) short and dramatic life is at odds with his...
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  • Henri Troyat. Alexander of Russia: Napoleon's Conqueror. 1982. Paperback, part of the Grove Great Lives Series. 336 pages. Used, like new.

    Alexander of Russia {Henri Troyat]

    Henri Troyat. Alexander of Russia: Napoleon's Conqueror. 1982. Paperback, part of the Grove Great Lives Series. 336 pages. Used, like new. Touch of wear at the extremities, sound binding, no names or writing. In Paris and London, the crowds hailed him as...
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  • Tatiana Tchernavin. Escape from the Soviets. Tchcernavin (1887-1971) wrote one of the earliest accounts of escaping the Soviet Gulag system, along with her husband Vladimir V. Tchernavin. Both were arrested in the early 1930s

    Escape from the Soviets [1934]

    Tatiana Tchernavin. Escape from the Soviets. Tchernavin (1887-1971) wrote one of the earliest accounts of escaping the Soviet Gulag system, along with her husband Vladimir V. Tchernavin. Both were arrested in the early 1930s, and her husband was...
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  • (Божиею милостию. [Париж, Высший монархический совет]). By God's grace. [Paris, Supreme Monarchical Council]. 1957, no author. IN RUSSIAN. 136 pages, many illustrations. Phototype album.

    By God's grace [Божиею милостию] (Romanovs, 1957)

    (Божиею милостию. [Париж, Высший монархический совет]). By God's grace. [Paris, Supreme Monarchical Council]. 1957, no author. IN RUSSIAN. 136 pages, many illustrations. Phototype album. Softcover version, printed on coated paper. (A hardcover version in...
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  • The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond. Volume II. NY: Farrar, Rinehart, 1935. First edition. Green cloth hardcover, gilt title on front cover.

    Autobiography of John Hays Hammond [1935]

    The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond. Volume II. NY: Farrar, Rinehart, 1935. First edition. Green cloth hardcover, gilt title on front cover, gilt titles on spine (not very visible due to sunning). Illustrations, bibliography and an extensive index...
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  • Kyra Petrovskaya (1918-2018) was a Russian-American actress and author. Her autobiography chronicles Russian history from 1920 to the present day.

    Kyra Petrovskaya [1961]

    Kyra Petrovskaya (1918-2018) was a Russian-American actress and author. Her autobiography chronicles Russian history from 1920 to the present day. She was descended from nobility, had a stage career in Russia, and ultimately survived the Siege of...
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  • Flight of the Romanovs

    Flight of the Romanovs

    The Flight Of The Romanovs: A Family Saga. John Curtis Perry and Constantine V. Pleshakov. A well-researched retelling of the history of the Romanovs, beginning with a young Alexander III in the 1860s, and ending with the death in 1960 of his daughter,...
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  • Marvin Lyons. Edited by Andrew Wheatcroft. Nicholas II: The Last Tsar. This was one of the first, and is still one of the best, photobiographies on the remarkable life of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, spanning the years 1870 to 1918. The London editors of the venerable Routledge and Kegan Paul publishing firm sifted through some 35,000 photos, and chose 356 black and white photos which are reproduced in this exceptional book.

    Nicholas II: The Last Tsar [Photobiography]

    Marvin Lyons. Edited by Andrew Wheatcroft. Nicholas II: The Last Tsar. This was one of the first, and is still one of the best, photobiographies on the remarkable life of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, spanning the years 1870 to 1918. The London...
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  • Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

    Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

    Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. Robert Massie. NY: Random House, 2012. 672 pages. Maps, notes, bibliography, index and a reader's guide. Paperback in gently used condition. The eminent Russian history biographer Robert Massie applies his...
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