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Recent binder's blind boards. VG. Russian Political History Izd. Biblioteki dlia vsekh [S.-Peterburg] n.d. [ca.1906?] boards 18x12cm, 40 pp. Text entirely in Russian. This is an undated [probably 1906] edition of Plekhanov's speech on Vissarion Grigor’evich Belinskii [1811-1848] published by Izd. Biblioteki dlia vsekh O.N. Rutenberg. This edition not listed in Worldcat. Full title reads: "V.G. Belinskii : Riech, proiznesennaia vesnoiu 1898 goda, po sluchaiu piati-desiatilietiia so dnia smerti Bielinskago, na russkikh sobraniiakh v Zhenevie, TSiurikhie i Bernie".

Spine cracked, torn & chipped. Worn. Fair condition. Czechia Ceská grafická spol. "Unie" Praze 1903 orig. wrappers 44x33cm, 36,(26) pages., Cover edges toned. Weighs 2 kilos. Consists of 36 pages text + frontispiece portrait, illustrations, 26 single-side plates (some mounted, some color), with tissue guards, of the artwork of Czech painter Vojtech Hynais [1854-1925], a founding member of the Vienna Secession. .

Unopened. Rubberstamp to title. Worn. Good. Russian Literature Gosudarstvennoe Izd. Moskva / Leningrad 1925 orig. wrappers 21x14cm, 96 pages., Series: Kritiko-biograficheskaia seriia. Russian text.Critical-biographical study of Russian author Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin (1855-1888).

Minor rubbing. VG. Literary Criticism Univ. of Massachusetts Press Amherst [MA] 1988 orig.wrappers 23x15cm, xiv,287 pp, PAPERBACK.

VG Classical Antiquity Nagard Roma 1989 orig.wrappers 151 pp, 24x15cm, Illustrated. Contains 23 papers.

Minor wear. VG. Ukraine Instytut skhodoznavstva Kyïv 2011 orig. boards 20x15cm, 542 pages, Published in an edition of 300 copies. "Vasyl Vasyl'ovych Dubrovsky (1897-1966) as an Orientalist". Contains texts in Ukrainian or Turkish ca. 1920s-1950s by this Ukrainian turcologist. Includes an English abstract.

Minor wear. VG. Russian Literary History Harrassowitz Verlag Berlin / Wiesbaden 1992 orig. wrappers 24x17cm, viii,286 pages, Author's presentation inscription on half-title. Series: Veröffentlichungen der Abteilung für Slavische Sprachen und Literaturen des Osteuropa-Instituts (Slavisches Seminar) an der Freien Universität Berlin, Bd. 76.

Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 8pp color plates Russian Art History University Press of Florida Gainesville (1993) orig.cloth 23x15cm, xvii,198 pp Contents: Vereshchagin's Early Life; The Art & Adventure of Turkestan and India; Vereshchagin & the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878; New Directions; Vereshchagin & Napoleon in Russia, 1812; Last Years.

Minor wear. VG. Vietnam Nha xuat ban Tri Thúc Hà Nôi 2010 orig. wrappers 24x18cm, 276 pp. Text entirely in Vietnamese. Proceedings of the workshop on the cultural identity of Hanoi in 20th century literature and art. A collection of papers issued by the Institute of Fine Arts, Viet Nam Fine Arts University.Includes 72pp color photo illustrations.

Some page browning. Good. Russian Literary History Kn-vo pisatelei v Moskvie Moskva (1913) binder's cloth 23x15cm, 198 pages., Title pencilled in Roman script transliteration on title-page. Binder's cloth, with original front cover wrapper bound-in. Cover date given as 1914. Text entirely in Russian. Full title reads: "V sporakh o teatrie : sbornik statei / IU. Aikhenval'd, Sergieia Glagolia, Vl. I. Nemirovicha-Danchenko, F. Kommissarzhevskago, V. Sakhnovskago, M. Bonch-Tomashevskago, A.I. IUzhina,.,.." [ "Aikhenval'd..,. Critic. A proponent of 'art for art's sake', he wrote analytic reviews for the paper 'Russian Thought' (Russkaia mysl). His article 'Rejecting the Theatre' (1912) , which accused the theatre of presenting only a 'falsification of life'provoked an energetic response from such thinkers as Vladimir Nemirovicha- Danchenko and Nikolai Evreinov. Prince Dmitrii Mirskii described Aikhenval'd's critical style as 'a… Read More

Rubbed. Rear cover edges stained. Small front cover stains. Good Textual photo illustrations. Anarchism Izd. "Drug" Detroit 1954 orig. wrappers 22x15cm, 460,(3) pp,, A stain to bottom margin of front flyleaf & title-page. Page-edge stains to first 20 & last 3 pp. Russian text. Entirely in Cyrillic characters. Collected writings of a Russian exile anarchist writer.

Minor rubbing. VG. Textual photo illustrations. Bulgaria Izd. "Makedoniia Press" Sofiia 2004 orig. wrappers 302 pp.,, 20x14cm, Text entirely in Bulgarian. A history of the Inner Macedonia Revolutionary Organization [VMRO]: "VMRO: 100 Years Fighting for Bulgarianness". Contents: Istoriiata na VMRO kato oruzhie ot poznaniia; Makedonskiiat vupros; "Tzentralisti" i "Vurhovisti"; VMRO -durzhava v durzhavata; Ilinden; Sled vustanieto; Novite suiuznitzi na Turtziia. Srubskata i grutzka propaganda v Makedoniia 1904-1908; Luzhovniiat Huriet; Osvoboditelni voini; Novote porobiteli; Vuzstanoviavane na VMRO; VMRO i pravitelstvoto na BZNS; VMRO i intrigite na Kominterna; Navata taktika; VMRO i "Protogerovistite"; Borbata produlzhava; Legalnata denost na VMRO; Mezhdunarodnata deinost na VMRO; VMRO i Hurvatskoto osvoboditelno dvizhenie; Deinostta na VMRO sred bulgarskata emigratziia; SAShT i Kanada; VMRO i masonstvoto; VMRO i obedinena Bulgaria; Zavetut na VMRO; Sled… Read More

Minor rubbing. VG. Textual photoplates. Bulgaria Izd. "Slavena" Varna 2003 orig. wrappers 171 pp, 20x14cm, Text entirely in Bulgarian. Concerns the rebirth of the Inner Macedonian Revolutionary Organization [VMRO]. Contents: Vuzstanoviavane suiuza na Makedonskite druzhestva; VMRO-SMD prez perioda 1991-1994 g.; VMRO-SMD s parlamentarno prisustvie (1995-1999); structuri i mehanizmi na upravlenie vyv VMRO -SMD; kulrurno-prosvetna i propagandna deinost; uchastie na VMRO- SMD vuv vutreshnopliticheskiia zhivot; suzdavane i deinost na VMRO-SMO; posleslov; prilozheniia.

Minor rubbing. VG. Tamil Literature Ulakat Tamilaraycci Niruvana Cennai 2002 orig. wrappers 21x13cm, (6),71 pp., Series: International Institute of Tamil Studies, Publication no. 439. Text entirely in Tamil. Study of the contribution of V.U. Chidambaram Pillai (1872-1936), Tamil author and Indian freedom fighter, to the growth of the Tamil language.

Rubbed. Small chip to dustwrapper. A small tear to spine. Good., dustwrapper. Textual photo illustrations Historical Weapons Vaabenhistorisk Selskab København 1970 orig.wrappers 24x15cm, 215 pp., Corner bump. Contains 5 papers. Includes: Walter Hummelberger "Die Türkenbeute im Historischen Museum der Stadt Wien des 18. und 19. Jahrhundert" [pages 8-94; the catalogue lists & described 115 items]; Th. Møller "Bevæbning og skydning på Straffeanstalten ved Horsens" [pp 95-124] ; Vagn G.B. Christensen "Engelsk 1½ Tomme Signalpistoler" [pp 125-144; includes a 4- page English summary: "British 1½ Inch Signal Pistols"]; James S. Huuytchins "The United States Calvary Saddle McClellan Pattern Model 1857 in Tøjhusmuseet, Copenhagen" [pp 145-162]; Per Terje Norheim "Et euro- japansk Sverd i Nationalmuseet i København" [pp163-175] + notices, reviews,etc.

Minor rubbing. VG. Hindu Architectural Design Navakarnataka Publications Bangalore (2004) 2nd Edition. orig.wrappers 18x12cm, 96 pp., Translated from the Kannada original by D K Seetharama Sastry. An Indian rationalist's study of Vastu Shastra [traditional Hindu system of design based on directional alignments]. Contents: Origin of 'vaastu'; Vaastupurusha mandala; Vaastu regulations: A brief summary; Vaastu - an analysis; Contradictions & absurdities; Modern science of architecture; Vaastushastra & science; In quest of the mysterious power; Conclusion; Appendices: The wind & the sun; Three questions by Sri Premanand; Zodiac forecast - how true?

Small crack to rear interior hinge,minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapp Virasaiva Devotional Verse Karnatak University Dharwar 1978 orig.boards 22x15cm, (823) pp., Weighs 1.3 kilos. An English rendering of the complete works of Siddharamesvara. Pagination runs (14), 634; 175pp

Minor wear. VG. Cambodia Vidyasthan Bhasa Jati Bhnam Ben [Cambodia] 2007 orig. boards 24x15cm, (16),757 pp., Weighs 1.3 kilos. Text entirely in Khmer. A dictionary of homonyms and paronyms of the Khmer language.

Minor wear. VG. Latvia SERDE [Aizpute, Latvia] 2010 orig. wrappers 20x16cm, 112 pages., Series: Tradicju burtnica / Exercise-book of traditions. Bilingual Latvian-English text. Study of Latvian folk medical botany.

Rubbed. A crack to front interior hinge. Corner bumps. Good., dustwrapper. Kannada Literature karanatak University Dharwad 1979 orig. boards 22x14cm, xvi,287 pp,, Series: Karnatak University, Research Publications Series, 38. In a chipped and torn dustwrapper,. Contents: Introduction: Textual & Critical Souces; Title, Authorship & Date; Sources of Stories; Summaries of Stories; Religious Aspect: Quintessence of Bhagavati Aradhana & Its Relation with the Vaddaradhane; Author's Aim & Technical Backround in Narrating Stories in the Vaddaradhane; Stories in the Vaddaradhane: Vehicles of the Principal Tenets & Practices in Jainism; Social Aspect: Problem of Sifting the Social Aspect from the Stories in Aradhana Kathakosas like the Vaddaradhane; Picture of Contemporary Society as Obtaining in the Stories in the Vadddaradhane; Possible Impact of the Stories in the Vaddaradhane on Contemproary & Later Society; Literary Aspect: The Vaddaradhane & other Aradhana Kathakosas;… Read More