Des Progres de la Puissance Russe, depuis son Origine jusqu'au Commencement du XIXe Siecle by Lesur, Charles Louis - 1812

Dublin: J. Moore, 1800. Hardcover. Acceptable. 8vo. 3 volume set. Cloth spine. J. Moore, 1800. Dublin imprint. 5th edition. Internally good, without marks or significant damage. Vol. 1 includes fold out map of Russia. Covers are worn, bindings chipped, front board of vol. 1 detached. Outer visage is not agreeable.

T. Nelson and sons. London. 1853. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7 x 4.6 inches). Frontis, vignette on extra title page and four full page engraved plates, each with a tissue guard. Aside from a couple of small water marks to the frontis and title pages this is a bright copy in original publishers red cloth with elaborate blind stanped decoration to both boards and spine. Gilt lettering to the centre of the front board and the spine. Yellow coated endpapers. A hint of fading to the spine and mild mottling to the front board but overall a lovely copy.

London and Boston : Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co., 1900. SCARCE First Edition of his first published book. Herbert H. Munro would go on to write under the pen name of Saki or just H.H. Munro, becoming well-known for sardonic writing on Edwardian society, generally in the form of short stories. Very Good in original yellow cloth, the cloth lightly soiled, small rubs at spine ends and corners. slight toning to end pages, the name stamp of Rawson Bennett, front gutter and at p.143. Rawson Bennett was "Head of Electronics Design Division, from 1943 to 1946. He was awarded the Legion of Merit 'for exceptionally meritorious conduct' during his tour of duty in the Bureau of Ships. The citation further states: '(he) also designed sonic and supersonic underwater sound apparatus so urgently required by the Fleet for the destruction of Axis submarines and Japanese shipping"." He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral.(Naval History and Heritage Command website). . First… Read More

Stalinabad [Dushanbe]: Tajikistan State Publishing House. Good with no dust jacket; Boards toned and worn, dings to top edges of . front boards, pages toned, front hinge cracked.. 1956. Hardcover. Gray cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Text in Tajik. Many illustrations. Folded printed alphabet sheet laid in. School primer published during the era of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. Many illustrations reflect Russification policies with depictions of obedient children studying, tractors and orderly agricultural scenes, factories, military equipment, Moscow landmarks, Lenin, and women hard at work with sewing machines. Not in WorldCat. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .

This is a small book of poetry by Madame de Basily in English. Her story can be read on the Hoover Institution website. She is American born and the donor of the items in the Nicolas de Basily room. This book was published in Paris the year after her marriage in November, 1919. Her husband was the Diplomat of Imperial Russia 1903 - 1917. The poetry in this 31 page book is dated 1915 - 1917. It appears to be one of a kind. There are marbled end papers plus three from, front and back. The cover has wear as shown. There is foxing from page 21 onward. The poems are titled: In Tifles, The Cry of Holy Russia, Anarchist Lullaby, Human Wreckage, Afternoon Service in the Alexander Newsky Monastery, The Kremlin, White Night on the Gulf of Finland,Republic of Cronstadt, ProphesyTo Life. There is also a dedication to her mother. Mr. and Mrs. de Basily are buried in Baltimore. Land, Estates, and Wealth were never recovered in Russia.

Leipzig & Paris: Karl Baedeker & Paul Ollendorff. Very Good+. 1902. Third Edition. Flexible cloth. Clean red flexible cloth with bright gilt titles on front cover and spine. Fold out color map frontispiece. Avec 19 cartes et 32 plans (Manuel De Langue Russe Edite A Part). Marbled page edges. French text, Russia; Maps & Plans; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 476 pages .

T. Nelson and sons. London. 1853. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7 x 4.6 inches). Frontis, vignette on extra title page and four full page engraved plates, each with a tissue guard. Aside from a couple of small water marks to the frontis and title pages this is a bright copy in original publishers red cloth with elaborate blind stanped decoration to both boards and spine. Gilt lettering to the centre of the front board and the spine. Yellow coated endpapers. A hint of fading to the spine and mild mottling to the front board but overall a lovely copy.

London and Boston : Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co., 1900. SCARCE First Edition of his first published book. Herbert H. Munro would go on to write under the pen name of Saki or just H.H. Munro, becoming well-known for sardonic writing on Edwardian society, generally in the form of short stories. Very Good in original yellow cloth, the cloth lightly soiled, small rubs at spine ends and corners. slight toning to end pages, the name stamp of Rawson Bennett, front gutter and at p.143. Rawson Bennett was "Head of Electronics Design Division, from 1943 to 1946. He was awarded the Legion of Merit 'for exceptionally meritorious conduct' during his tour of duty in the Bureau of Ships. The citation further states: '(he) also designed sonic and supersonic underwater sound apparatus so urgently required by the Fleet for the destruction of Axis submarines and Japanese shipping"." He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral.(Naval History and Heritage Command website). . First… Read More

Stalinabad [Dushanbe]: Tajikistan State Publishing House. Good with no dust jacket; Boards toned and worn, dings to top edges of . front boards, pages toned, front hinge cracked.. 1956. Hardcover. Gray cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Text in Tajik. Many illustrations. Folded printed alphabet sheet laid in. School primer published during the era of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. Many illustrations reflect Russification policies with depictions of obedient children studying, tractors and orderly agricultural scenes, factories, military equipment, Moscow landmarks, Lenin, and women hard at work with sewing machines. Not in WorldCat. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .

This is a small book of poetry by Madame de Basily in English. Her story can be read on the Hoover Institution website. She is American born and the donor of the items in the Nicolas de Basily room. This book was published in Paris the year after her marriage in November, 1919. Her husband was the Diplomat of Imperial Russia 1903 - 1917. The poetry in this 31 page book is dated 1915 - 1917. It appears to be one of a kind. There are marbled end papers plus three from, front and back. The cover has wear as shown. There is foxing from page 21 onward. The poems are titled: In Tifles, The Cry of Holy Russia, Anarchist Lullaby, Human Wreckage, Afternoon Service in the Alexander Newsky Monastery, The Kremlin, White Night on the Gulf of Finland,Republic of Cronstadt, ProphesyTo Life. There is also a dedication to her mother. Mr. and Mrs. de Basily are buried in Baltimore. Land, Estates, and Wealth were never recovered in Russia.