Search Results: Russia from Sue Lloyd-Davies Books

London: Heinemann. As New in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0434928895 . Red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped and has slight fading to the base colour of the spine although the lettering is still bright and clear. The paper is uniformly cream and the page fore-edges are slightly tanned, otherwise there are no Inscriptions or other Marks. 542 pp. Illustrated with b/w plates and b/w maps. Source Notes; Bibliograpy; Index. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "This narrative covers four centuries of history, telling the story of Siberia's conquest and settlement, from the first crossing of the Ural Mountains by an outlaw band of Cossacks in 1581, up to the present. It describes the subjugation of Siberia's aboriginal tribes; the great explorations of the 18th century… Read More

London: Routledge. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0415061490 . Black boards with bright silver-gilt titling decoration to the spine and front board. No dustjacket. Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. (viii) + 222 pp. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy this is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. "Daniels puts Perestoika firmly in its long-term historical perspective by placing it in a broad theory of revolutionary process, within the context of Leninism, Stalinism and Breshnevism. In this systematic interpetation of the Soviet experience, he places it as the final stage in a broad theory of revolutionary process beginning with the Russian Revolution of 1917. He puts forward a new interpretation of the striking events that led to the downfall of Gorbachev and Communism in the late Soviet Union. Emphasizing continuity with the past, he argues that Gorbachev's reforms did not constitute a new revolution, but a… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Reprint. Paperback. 0713104724 . In the original publisher's glossy pictorial card covers. Ex Reference library usual MINIMAL stamps, marks, etc, protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket. Overall a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages .

Moscow: 'Grand Holding' Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 2005. 1st English Language Edition. Hardcover. 5723503057 . A Near AS NEW copy, apart from the former owner's name, location and date written in ink on the front free endpaper (= Vicar Patrick Thomas - author of books on Armenia, etc, etc). Pictorial Laminated boards as published - very clean, tight and bright. Internally No other inscriptions or marks - clean white page edges. Published on quality shiny paper suitable for reproducing artworks in full colour throughout. 287 pp with copious colour illustrations. The book consists of Separate Essays by Experts on all aspects of the subject. Also including = Inscriptions on Icons; Chronological table; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; and a Glossary of Icon Terms. An Excellent copy. If Seller's images are not shown - Images available on Request. ; 4to 10.5" - 11" tall .

London: Blackie & Son.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Modern? (ish) half leather, bound with a heavy plain black unlettered leather spine, with 4 raised bands, and corners over burgundy cloth boards. Reinforced inner hinge in blue 'cloth' with marbled paper endpapers stuck down to white card, and similar to the rear endpapers - which in this case should be 'endcards'. These 'endcards' have the half title and the last page stuck down to these white card endpapers. Possibly an Amateur binder? . Large Folio/Small Elephant Folio. Approx 38 cm x 31 cm (15" x 12.5"). (xi) + [i] + 100 maps plus Index 117 pp. These 100 numbered maps are hand-coloured in outline, mainly on double-page sheets, but some on single page sheets and some are 'North' and 'South' (ie: half a map) on individual double pages. All page fore-edges are gilt. The maps are generally VG but all have uniform and light brown (dust engrained) edges to… Read More

London: Constable & Co Ltd,. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1911. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. In the Original red cloth with gilt titling to the spine. Bright gilt titling to the front board. The base colour of the spine is very slightly faded, but this is fairly negligible and all the gilt titling is clean and pretty bright. Some 'pushing' to the head/tail of the spine from storage - but no damage or nicks. Overall Very Good clean, tight covers. The page fore-edges are foxed and lightly toned with age/dust as usual. Internally some light tanning to the plain cream endpapers, and some scattered small spotting (foxing) here and there throughout the book, more at the beginning and on a couple of later pages but generally quite clean. This seems to be a general fault with this type of paper used. NO Inscriptions or other marks. (xii) + (2) + 292pp + (4pp Publisher's Book Adverts) . Also enclosed loosely is an 8vo sepia/illustrated 4pp… Read More

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1897. Second Edition. Hardcover. Baedeker's 'Russia' in French. Slim Red cloth Boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and to the front board. The background colour to the spine is slightly fading towards pink but all lettering is clear and bright. The very corner tip to the lower front cover is rubbed through but all else is near fine. The book is in Excellent condition - Very Clean, Tight and Bright. All hinges secure. Good deep colour to the front and rear boards. This is the "Deuxieme Edition. Avec 14 cartes et 22 Plans" - ALL Maps and plans are in Near Fine condition, intact and as called for. The original 'russian green' ribbon bookmarker is still present and complete. All edges marbled. (xlviii) + 447 pp. Plain Lemon endpapers - but the front pastedown has a black printed list of 'Guides Baedeker'. The ffep has a former owner's name, place, and date written in pencil, and his… Read More

London: Hutchinson and Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Handsomely bound in the original maroon cloth boards with stamped decoration and bright gilt titling/blocking to the spine (slightly rubbed) and with the Title/other detail picked out on two bright gilt decorated blocks, to front cover. The tips of the corners and the head/tail of the spine and a couple of points on the front edge are also LIGHTLY rubbed and very slightly bumped. There is a 'Swansea National School ' Prize Bookplate to the front pastedown. No Inscriptions or major Marks. There are couple of neatly closed tears repaired with clear archive tape to the Index. Also a few of the small pinpoint 'sewn' binding holes in the main body of the book which haven't been caught up in the binding during publishing and a couple have widened and torn slightly here and there, otherwise this is an EXCELLENT COPY. (iv) + 792pp. This volume covers November 1906 to April 1907, and… Read More

Yorklyn, DE, USA: Caissa Editions,. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0939433109 . FINE red cloth-covered boards with Bright Gilt titling to the spine and the front cover, which also has the Caissa 'logo', rather larger than usual, in bright gold. No dustjacket as issued. A few very light spots and a few marks to the page fore-edges but the remaining edges are crisp, and white. Internally NO Inscriptions or Marks. (2pp) + 118 pages, with black & white photographs of the 4 combatants at the front and b/w Chessboard/Moves throughout. " At the closing banquet of the Hastings (1895) tournament, Chigorin announced that the top prizewinners had been invited to St. Petersburg for a match-tournament to begin in December that year. The top finishers Pillsbury, Chigorin and Lasker, plus fifth-place finisher Steinitz agreed to play; fourth-place finisher Siegbert Tarrasch declined. It is worth noting that St. Petersburg posed unusual… Read More

London: His Majesty's Stationary Office. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Booklet. "Both 'Notes' Sent by V. M Molotov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, to all Governments with Which the U. S. S. R. Has Diplomatic Relations". These two stapled paper booklets are Ex-Library copies. Both have a tick on the top left of the front cover and 'M of Information' written in ink on the right top corner of the front cover. The library markings are minimal with a small stamp to the bottom front and rear covers. The front cover of the first booklet is detached. The paper is uniformly cream/lightly browned with possible very light tanning to the page edges, otherwise there are No Inscriptions or other Marks. Overall, apart from the 'faults', as detailed above, these are 'Good Plus' copies. " These are important historical booklets published during The Second World War. They detail Nazi German War Crimes from the perspective of… Read More

London: Methuen and Co, Ltd. ,. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Rose pink Boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The dustjacket is NOT price-clipped. The dustjacket has some 'shelfwear' = a few closed tears all of which are now neatly repaired to the reverse of the d/j with clear archive tape and the d/j is rubbed and slightly chipped, but is complete. The page fore-edges are slightly browned and there is some light foxing. NO Inscriptions or Marks. 248 pp. Illustrated in b/w; some b/w Maps. Index. Overall , apart from the minor 'Faults' noted above, this is a Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'Very Good' copy. " Roeder was an officer in the Hessian army during the ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812-13. This is an account of the campaign and also a personal story of a man desperate to be reunited with his family." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: The Historical Association. As New with no dust jacket. 1993. Reprint - Second Edition. Paperback. 0852783612 . In the original publisher's pictorial card covers. Number Seven in the 'New Appreciations in History' Series. 32 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Notes; Further Reading. Looks Unread/untouched. Other titles in similar condition in this series available - please enquire if interested. ; New Appreciations in History; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: J. Davis, Essex Street, Strand. Good with no dust jacket. 1812. 1st Edition (Plus.... see description). Hardcover. In contemporary (1800s) Half-Leather and marbled paper boards. Lacking two thirds of the spine leather. NO Title Label. Scruffy and with damage/some loss to the leather. The boards (and the leather) are worn and badly scuffed to all 4 corners, with loss to the leather. However ALL hinges holding tight and the book is holding tight. The page fore-edges are age-toned and have some light staining. The book, as is the other I have listed (Volume 5) , is a slightly odd collation and consists of - a Full page Engraved Frontispiece of 'His Gracious Majesty George the Third' opposite a most attractive Engraved Title Page to Volume IV, dated 1811 (? ) , with a small rectangular engraved vignette 'View of Horseguards from St James Park'. Both pages have some light damp-staining). This is followed by The Title/Contents page for 'The Royal Military Chronicle or… Read More

London: J. Davis, Essex Street, Strand. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1812/13. 1st Edition (Plus.... see description). Hardcover. In contemporary (1800s) Half-Leather with gilt titling/banding/small decorations and marbled paper boards. Quite an attractive book, but scruffy and with damage/some loss to the leather. The boards (and the leather) are worn and badly scuffed to all 4 corners, with loss to the leather, and the spine edges have split on the top and bottom edges and are cracking all up the sides. Some small loss there and to the head/tail of the spine and to the rear inner edges. There is also some cracking of the leather to the centre of the spine but no loss. ALL hinges holding tight however and for it's age it looks quite reasonable. This is an oddity and the collation is difficult as the book consists of a most attractive Engraved Title Page to Volume V, dated 1813, with a small rectangular engraved vignette 'View of Horseguards from St James Park'. This is followed… Read More

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. (1950). Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. No Date given - but likely 1940s / early 1950? . In red-orange boards with blue decorative titling to the spine and decorated title stamped in blue and white to the front cover. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which has some closed tears (internally repaired with clear archival tape) , some chipping and surface scrapes to the edges but is otherwise complete and now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks VG. Internally some browning to the endpapers o/w FINE. NO Inscriptions or Marks. 243 pp. Illustrated throughout in b/w by T. A. Mavrina and K. V. Kuznetsov. A collection of Russian folk tales - the stories include "Peg-Leg Bear," "The Gossipy Wife," "Father Frost," "The Cock and the Bean", "The Fox and the Crane", "The Cunning Muzhik" and "Death and the… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Good+ in Poor dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean red boards with black illustration to front board and black titling/decs to spine. Rear board has some spots but the boards have been protected by the dustjacket and are still a nice deep colour. The Dustjacket has been repaired/preserved internally by a previous owner with masking tape to edges, folds and spine. Some loss to the jacket , grubby, but the repairs have maintained the major areas of the jacket and keeps the period feel! . A Large folding map at the beginning of the book, some tearing to a couple of folds. Neat but faded name, location and date to the front endpaper. Some Foxing and offsetting. Main part of text clean, tight and bright. An account of the Russian Advance at the onset of World War One. Russian mobilization & the first campaigns.... Overall a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. Quite Scarce and a great Contemporary Source book! ; The Daily Telegraph War Books; 12mo… Read More

Boulder. San Francisco. Oxford: Westview Press Inc. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition (?). Hardcover. 0813376904 . An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy but Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings.. Dustjacket is Not clipped and which has been protected in a clear book plastic cover. "Describes and analyzes the Soviet Union's social problems, focusing on those it shares with Western industrial societies. While the contributors emphasize the current period, they also provide a historical perspective on the development of long-standing problems and on the evolution of official attitudes toward them. Essays examine a broad range of problems including drug and alcohol abuse; nuclear and environmental calamities; poverty; prostitution; health, education, and family issues; crime and juvenile delinquency; and the difficulty of adapting to technological change." ; John M. Olin Critical Issues Series; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;… Read More

London: The Sphere and Tatler Ltd,. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Paperback. An Original illustrated 'newspaper' / magazine. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs/illustrations, full page, multi-photos to a page and double page pictures, etc. Produced during the First World War. This issue is mainly concerned with 'The War in Europe, the Middle East and Russia'. Articles include : - ' The New British Offensive on the Western Front - The Attack between Lens and Arras'. ; 'The United States and the Enemy Outlaws : America's Battle-fleet Tabulated and Described.' ; 'The Russian Revolution'. ; ' The Fight for Bagdad : How the Lancashires Struggled for a Bridgehead on the Diala'. 'The German Submarine And its Fell Work'. ; 'On the Russian Front and Behind it : An Illustrated Narrative by Scotland Liddell. A Double page b/w illustration of 'Germany's Attack upon Hospital Ships and the Symbol of… Read More

London: The Sphere and Tatler Ltd,. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Paperback. An Original illustrated 'newspaper' / magazine. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs/illustrations, full page, multi-photos to a page and double page pictures, etc. Produced during the First World War. This issue is mainly concerned with 'The War in Europe'. Articles include : - 'Scenes with the Roumanian Army. Rusian Help for Roumania...' . ' The Spring of 1917: Its Military Problems'; 'The Weapon which Germany is Wielding'; ''. ; A Double page b/w illustration of ' Worrying the German Submarines from the Sea: A Tell-Tale Patch ...' - Drawn by G. H. Davis. And another by F. Matania; 'The Problem of the Atlantic: How American Intervention would affect the coming of the Submarine Cruiser'. Plus a Full page 'Roll of Honour' - with small individual photographs - for Officers killed whilst serving; and 'The Great… Read More

London: The Sphere and Tatler Ltd,. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Paperback. An Original illustrated 'newspaper' / magazine. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs/illustrations, full page, multi-photos to a page and double page pictures, etc. Produced during the First World War. This issue is mainly concerned with 'The War in Europe'. Articles include : - 'Raiding period on the Western Front'. ' The Fighting on the Ancre'; 'The Kite Balloon as a Naval Look-out'; 'War in the Snow. The Italian Campaign in the Alps'. ; 'A Review of the Trentino Campaign of 1916'. A Double page b/w illustration of ' Storming a German Trench with Bomb and Bayonet: An Episode on the Western Front' - Drawn by Christopher Clark. ; 'With the British Armoured Cars in the Cauasus'. Plus a Full page 'Roll of Honour' - with small individual photographs - for Officers killed whilst serving; and 'The Great… Read More