Russia from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

New York : Simon , 2023. Book. Illus. by endpaper maps of the Cold War. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. There are plenty of spy books out there, but this is the best Cold war history of intelligence that I have seen Successes and failures, counter intelligence, collection by various means,… Read more about this item

London: Henry Colburn, 1827. Book. Illus. by Folding Map with Route in Red, 4 Handcolored Lithographs, 8 Text illustrations. Fine. Full-Leather. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "By Bussorah, Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the Court of Persia, the Western Shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney Novogorod, Moscow & St. Peterburgh." This is a… Read more about this item

Simsbury CT and Takoma Park, MD: Mandel Vilar Press & Dryad Press, 2021. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first edition in Englishof the 2011 Slovak edition. As new inside and out, with no prior owner marks. A brilliant novel of the 1968 Prague Spring, Czechoslovak resistance to USSR… Read more about this item

New York: Riverhead, 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A wondrous farce, the immigrant experience in the U.S. A crease in the lower corner of the front cover. Clean and tight inside with no prior owner marks. .

Published just : Belhaven Press, with Scott Polar Research Institute, 1991. Book. Illus. by photos, drawings, graphs and maps. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published just as the Soviet Union was disbanding, but a most pertinent book if you substitute the word Russian for "Soviet" in the title. Putin wants to compete an… Read more about this item

London and New York: Routledge, 1988. Book. Illus. by pertinent northern maps. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Again pertinent, as Putin has reopened the Cold War. A military consideration of the Russian naval threat in and near the Arctic. Original black cloth with a bright gilt title on the spine and… Read more about this item

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Book. Illus. by drawings, photos and small maps. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth with no stains or edge wear. Inside, as new, with no prior owner marks. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has no tears or rubs. The author is an… Read more about this item

Durham: Duke Universtiy Press, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth with a bright silver title on the spine, and no wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has no tears. Inside, very clean and tight. No prior owner marks. The tensions between practical economic benefits… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Bros, 1908. Book. Illus. by 26 Pages Sepia, Old Photos. Very Good. Pictorial Cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An old, photographic travel book, more than half in Norway and the remainder in Russia. Delightful old photos. Slight edgewear, but clean and tight inside. Decorated lime cloth, with a… Read more about this item

New York: Metropolitan, and Henry Hot, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First U.S.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Vladimir Putin is very irritated and is still trying to revise the demise of the "mighty" USSR. So this book remains important in understanding current Russian msnufactured crises. Black cloth unfaded spine with a bright gilt title,… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Press, 2015. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The brilliant thinker, sadly now deceased, has consistently given us passionate and lucid history and current affairs of Europe and the U.S. An unblemished copy, no prior owner marks and dust jacket is NOT price clipped. .

Odysseus Books, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An impeccable copy, as new inside and out, dust jacket NOT price clipped, no prior owner marks. Very readable essays oincluding to Moscow, Prague, Serbia, Petra in Jordan, South Africa, Afghanistan and South Korea. But more, including a chapter on American newspapers. … Read more about this item

Stanford, Cal: Stanford Univ Press, 1968. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine , unread copy of the 1968 reissue of the 1954 first edition. Early Russian communism, influence exerted primarily through the Comintern, and they were ugly times for China. Thorough, but there may be a bit more known now… Read more about this item

Beirut: Khayats, 1965. Book. Illus. by Maps, Plans & profuse Illustrations. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Khayats Oriental Reprint No. 15". The first edition was London, 1901 in 2 volumes. This is a facsimile reproduction. There is a large, folding map at the rear of volume one in a pocket. … Read more about this item

London: Richard Phillips, 1809. Book. Illus. by 41 plates, 3 folding including 28 hand-color aquatints (collated, complete). Very Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 2 volumes in one, black morocco leather spine with raised bands and bright gilt title. Large leather corners with very slight wear at the bottom edge, and marbled… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1816. Book. Illus. by 18 Etched or Aquatint Plates. Near Fine. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Young author James was a student of Christ Church, Oxford when it took this trip. It is studiously observant, but still a good read. A majority of the plates are of Russia. … Read more about this item