Search Results: Russia from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition. Frederick A. Praeger. New York. Washington. 1969. Octavo. xii, (1), 423pp. 31 maps (2 folding - one coloured). Original green cloth, a little spotted, gilt to spine. In the original dust wrapper slightly chipped at edges and corners. A nice crisp bright copy with no inscriptions.Dorothy Woodman (1902-1970) Journalist, writer and activist, "vegetarian, pacifist, and dynamic revolutionist" [Louis Fischer]

Alfa Art Publishers. Saint Petersburg. 2003. Large Quarto. 231, (23)pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Original blue cloth, gilt to spine and upper board, in original dust wrapper. A fine copy with no inscriptions. Foreword by Mikhail Piotrovsky. Essays by Nina Vernova, Larisa Bardovskaya, Nicolai Tretyakov, Yury Mudrov, & Vladimir Semionov.

First edition, limited to 500 copies on Van Gelder paper, this being number 305. Charles Carrington. Paris. 1897. Octavo. Original cover, half title, title, xix, 265pp. Coloured frontispiece and six further coloured plates by J. Wely. Further monochrome illustrations throughout. Red half morocco, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with gilt floral motifs and lettering. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Shelf wear and rubbing. Front hinge cracked at base. Stitching strained at original cover, 64/5 and at 81. One plate loose. Some toning, spotting and marks throughout. Historic yellowed sellotape repair to tear at p17/18 - text still readable though. Original cover darkened. A scarce volume of bawdy erotica.https://parisolympiapress.com/2021/01/31/charles-carrington-collection-stories-from-the-folk-lore-of-russia-aleksander-n-afanasyev-done-into-english-by-the-translator-of-the-book-of-exposition-in-the-science-of-coition-the-old-man-young/

First edition. Art Print. Sevastopol. 2001. 125pp. Colour photo and monochrome plates. Original photographic pictorial boards, gilt lettering. Photographic endpapers. 8 colour plates, 8 monochrome plates, maps and plans. Price inscribed below isbn. Small bump to lower corner of upper board, otherwise a near fine copy."the hero-city, the city monument, the museum in an open air ... the industrial and scientific centre of the South of Ukraine ... Every day the main city clock plays 'Legendary Sevastopol'. While listening to this melody remember everything this glorious, hospitable city survived and watch its sights attentively and respectfully" A guide to the cultural life, buildings and monuments, vine growing and wine making, religion, and history of the city published before the 2014 annexation by Russia, and the current war in Ukraine.