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  • Elizaveta Shelaeva. Photographs from Imperial St. Petersburg.  Russia (St. Petersburg): Unicorn Publishing Group, 2013. 160 pages. English translation edition. Large softcover printed on high quality with 120 crisp and clear blue sepia tone fully captioned photograph. Collected from the Central State Archive of Film and Photo Documents of St. Petersburg.

    Photographs from Imperial St. Petersburg

    Elizaveta Shelaeva. Photographs from Imperial St. Petersburg.  A richly illustrated photographic journey of old St. Petersburg, which, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was the capital of Imperial Russia. The Russia of the Tsars is on...
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  • Artistic Ceramics of Gzhel and Skopin in the Russian State Museum [RUSSIAN]

    Artistic Ceramics of Gzhel and Skopin in the Russian State Museum [RUSSIAN]

    Natalya Grigorieva. Artistic Ceramics of Gzhel and Skopin in the Collections of the State Russian Museum (Художественная Керамика Гжели и Скопина в Собраниях Государственного Русского Музея). An important reference catalog on Gzhel and Skopin ceramics in...
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  • Gyorgy Istvan, & Nemenyi Ferenc. Rubljov [Rublev]. Kepzomuveszeti Alap, Kiadovallalata Budapest, 1973. IN HUNGARIAN (with Russian supplement). Oversize edition with images of the icons of Andrei Rublev (Andrej Rubljov). Approximately 60 color illustrations of is icons and religious paintings. Unpaginated. Hardcover folio with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover.

    Andrei Rublev [IN HUNGARIAN] Illustrated folio

    Gyorgy Istvan, & Nemenyi Ferenc. Rubljov [Rublev]. Kepzomuveszeti Alap, Kiadovallalata Budapest, 1973. IN HUNGARIAN (with Russian supplement). Oversize edition with images of his icons and frescoes. Approximately 60 color illustrations, unpaginated...
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  • Boris Godounov. Alexander Pushkin. Boris Zworykin. Introduction by Peter Ustinov. An exquisite fusion of the epic drama written by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), Modest Mussorgsky's (1839-1881) epic operatic composition, and Boris Zvorykin's (1872-1942) stunning five-color full page illustrations. Additionally, the translation here is by Alfred Hayes (1857-1936), and English poet, who rendered Pushkin's verse into English verse.

    Boris Godunov [Pushkin, Zworykin & Ustinov]

    Boris Godounov. Alexander Pushkin. Boris Zworykin. Introduction by Peter Ustinov. An exquisite fusion of the epic drama written by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), Modest Mussorgsky's (1839-1881) epic operatic composition, and Boris Zvorykin's (1872-1942)...
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  • AIVAZOVSKY 1817-1900 (АЙВАЗОВСКИЙ 1817-1900). Valery Pilipenko (Валерей Пилипенко). Folio art book with excellent color reproductions of Russian marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. Monograph essay details Aivazovsky's connections with contemporary artists and certain historical figures.  USSR (Leningrad): Khudozhnik RFSFR (Художник РСФСР), 1983. 180+ pages. IN RUSSIAN. Folio hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover.

    Aivazovsky 1817-1900 [IN RUSSIAN]

    AIVAZOVSKY 1817-1900 (АЙВАЗОВСКИЙ 1817-1900). Valery Pilipenko (Валерей Пилипенко). Folio art book with excellent color reproductions of Russian marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. Monograph essay details Aivazovsky's connections with...
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  • A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие). Victor Pekelis (Виктор Давыдович Пекелис) (1921-1997). Illustrations by Dmitry Spiridonovich Bisti (Дмитрий Спиридонович Бисти) (1925-1990) throughout. A collection of 16 short stories in Russian, including "Smart Cars", "Foam Houses", "On the Moon", "City in the Sky", and more prescient stories. Detgiz, 1961. 56 pages. Pictorial stiff cardboard covers. Raspberry red endpapers.

    A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие) 1961 [IN RUSSIAN]

    A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие). Victor Pekelis (Виктор Давыдович Пекелис) (1921-1997). Illustrations by Dmitry Spiridonovich Bisti (Дмитрий Спиридонович Бисти) (1925-1990) throughout. A collection of 16 short stories in Russian, including "Smart...
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  • Monasteries and Convents of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad: An Historical Review. George Seide. English translation by Theophilos Lasswell. Munich: Monastery of Saint Job of Pochaev. 210 pages. Standard paperback in very good condition. illustrations and a bibliography.

    Monasteries and Convents of ROCOR [1990]

    Monasteries and Convents of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad: An Historical Review. George Seide. English translation by Theophilos Lasswell. Munich: Monastery of Saint Job of Pochaev. 210 pages. Standard paperback in very good condition. illustrations...
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  • FL: Dramco, 1992. 1st edition. 700 pages. Russian Heraldry and Nobility. Donald Mandich and Joseph Placek. Russian heraldry appeared much later than in most other European countries and by the late 17th century, it achieved great significance. This ambitious and comprehensive tome uses as its primary source the "General Armorial of the Noble Families of the Russian Empire" (Общий Гербовник Дворянских Родов Всеросийской Империи), originally published from 1797 to 1840 serially in 10 volumes by the Russian Government. Included is a History of Russian Heraldry and its structure, a comprehensive accounting of blazons of family arms and their colors, and peculiarities and differences compared to the West.

    Russian Heraldry and Nobility

    Russian Heraldry and Nobility. Donald Mandich and Joseph Placek. Russian heraldry appeared much later than in most other European countries and by the late 17th century, it achieved great significance. This ambitious and comprehensive tome uses as its...
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  • NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 529 pages. 1st edition. Notes, selective bibliography, index. Illustrated. Travels in Siberia. Ian Frazier. A sparkling travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains. Ian Frazier (1951-) is an American writer who turns his perceptive eye on Siberia in this non-fiction travel bestseller. He writes about its history, science, economics, and politic with emphasis on famous exiles, from the well-known€ (”Dostoyevsky, Lenin, Stalin) to the lesser known (like Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the empress for copying her dresses), the Decembrists and the Mongols, and more. An interesting and compelling journey.

    Travels in Siberia [Ian Frazier]

    Travels in Siberia. Ian Frazier. A sparkling travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains. Ian Frazier (1951-) is an American writer who turns his perceptive eye on Siberia in this non-fiction travel bestseller. He writes about its history,...
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  • UK/US: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 1st edition, 256 pages. Illustrated. Translator's notes, preface, notes, bibliograpy. Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir. Mikhail Chekhov shares his memories and insights, while transporting readers into the world of the Chekhov family. He visits the places where his brother lived and worked and introduces the people he knew and loved, such as Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky.

    Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir

    Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir. Mikhail Chekhov shares his memories and insights, while transporting readers into the world of the Chekhov family. He visits the places where his brother lived and worked and introduces the people he knew and loved,...
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  • Vladimir Soloukin. Winter Day (Зимный День). IN RUSSIAN. Includes Black Boards (Notes of a Beginning Collector) (Черные Доски) along with several other tales. Moscow: Советский Писатель, 1967. 287 pages.

    Winter Day IN RUSSIAN [V. Soloukhin]

    Vladimir Soloukin. Winter Day (Зимный День). IN RUSSIAN. Includes Black Boards (Notes of a Beginning Collector) (Черные Доски) along with several other tales (see pic of table of contents). Moscow: Советский Писатель, 1967. 287 pages. Small hardcover...
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  • Pushkin's Prose. Abram Zakharovich Lezhnev. Translated by Roberta Reeder with an introduction by Paul Debreczeny. Lezhnev ((1893-1938) was a Russian author, literary critic and writer. This is a translation of Проза Пушкина which was originally published in 1937.

    Pushkin's Prose [Abram Lezhnev]

    Pushkin's Prose. Abram Zakharovich Lezhnev. Translated by Roberta Reeder with an introduction by Paul Debreczeny. Lezhnev ((1893-1938) was a Russian author, literary critic and writer. This is a translation of Проза Пушкина which was originally...
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  • A.N. Afanasyev. Russian folk tales. IN RUSSIAN. Goslitizdat, 1957. Volume 2 only. 510 pages. Editor, preface and notes by V. Ya. Propp. Classic collection of over 100 tales in Russian. (See pics of index.)

    Russian Folk Tales, Afanasyev [IN RUSSIAN]

    A.N. Afanasyev. Russian folk tales. IN RUSSIAN. Goslitizdat, 1957. Volume 2 only. 510 pages. Editor, preface and notes by V. Ya. Propp. Classic collection of over 100 tales in Russian. (See pics of index.) Vintage printing. Hardcover, spine repaired with...
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  • The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852). IL: (University of Chicago Press), 1985 (revised edition). 259 pages and 352 pages. Translations by Constance Garnett, updated and revised by Leonard Kent, with notes and introduction. This set brings all of Gogol's fiction (except his novel Dead Souls) together in paperback. With these two volumes and a copy of Dead Souls, you will have all of Gogol's fiction.

    Gogol: Complete Tales [English]

    The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852). IL: (University of Chicago Press), 1985 (revised edition). 259 pages and 352 pages. Translations by Constance Garnett, updated and revised by Leonard Kent, with notes and...
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  • Edvard Radzinsky. The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II.  Russian historian and author Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, and sets out a minute-by-minute account, in detective-like fashion, of his last days. One of the most compelling books on the subject and a best seller.

    The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II

    Edvard Radzinsky. The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II.  Russian historian and author Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, and sets out a minute-by-minute...
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  • Spala, the Royal Residence. Poland: Wydawnictwo CEL Konstancin-Jeziorna, 2011. Quarto hardcover, pictorial boards. 144 pages. 131 archival photographs, never-published documents, and a wealth of fascinating facts.

    Spala, the Royal Residence

    Spala, the Royal Residence (Spala, carska rezydencja). Svetlana Chestnykh, Karen L. Kettering, Michal Sloniewski. A group of historians from three countries joined forces to find and save traces of an almost unknown world of Imperial Russian hunting and...
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  • GA (Athens}: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2013. 230 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Royal purple illustrated endpapers, many full color and black and white illustrations.

    Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796)

    Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796). Asen Kirin (curator), et al. This companion book to an exhibition in 2013-2014 at the Georgia Musuem of Art catalogues more than 60 works of art and books, most of which...
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  • Golden Ring: Old Towns Around Moscow. Fiodor Kudriavtsev. USSR (Leningrad): Aurora Art Publishers, 1974. 230 pages, 117 illustrations. Text is in both English and Russian. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Map endpapers. Near fine condition, no ownership marks. Photo-filled overview of historic sites in and around Moscow, including Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Suzdal, Zagorsk (today Sergiev Posad), Bogoliubovo, Kostroma, and many more.

    Golden Ring: Old Towns Around Moscow [1974]

    Golden Ring: Old Towns Around Moscow. Fiodor Kudriavtsev. Photo-filled overview of historic sites in and around Moscow, including Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Suzdal, Zagorsk (today Sergiev Posad), Bogoliubovo, Kostroma, and many more. USSR (Leningrad): Aurora...
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  • О воззрениях русского народа. Марина Михайловна Громыко, Александр Викторович Буганов. (Gromyko, Buganov: On the views of the Russian people.) Паломник, 2007. 528 pages, black and white illustrations. IN RUSSIAN.

    On the views of the Russian people IN RUSSIAN

    О воззрениях русского народа. Марина Михайловна Громыко, Александр Викторович Буганов. (Gromyko, Buganov: On the views of the Russian people.) Паломник, 2007. 528 pages, black and white illustrations. IN RUSSIAN. Hardcover, decorative endpapers. In near...
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