Search Results: Russian History from Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Moscow: Moscow Kremlin, 2008. Softcover. NF. Cream decorated wraps with maroon Cyrillic lettering; 88 pp with 2 bw images. Text entirely in Russian. Consists of 37 scholarly papers from the conference to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Archangel Cathedral in Moscow. Includes such topics as ceremonial coronations, restoration, history, problems of perestroika, iconography and more.

New York: The Rand School of Social Science, 1919. Softcover. G, cover soiled, light bumping, light discoloration. Yellow stapled wraps. 48 pp. No ills. A matter-of-fact introduction to Soviet Russia, prepared in order to set the record straight for those misinformed about the 'red scare'.

Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2003. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps; 272 pp.; No illustrations. Features twenty essays by various authors, including "Discovering Rural Russia: A Forty-Year Odyssey" by Priscilla Roosevelt, "Cathering the Great and Rats" by John T. Alexander, "Prisoner of the Zeitgeist" by Laura Engelstein, "Post-Soviet Improvisations: Life and Work in Rural Siberia" by Golfo Alexopoulos, and more.

New York: Octagon Books, 1972. Hardcover. Good+ (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, spine IDs & usual markings, etc. light, moisture like staining & speckling to upper textblock; appears to be no internal damage. cloth has scuffs & scratches; light rubbing to edges). blue cloth w/ gilt emblem & spine printing. 1,016 pgs total w/ bw frontispieces. no dustjackets. text in English. From a college library. Only volume one has removal stamp on due-date card. A few Instances of random, pencil scribbles, otherwise, volumes appear clean. "As the principal representative of Russia's greatest ally in Europe, M. Paléologue had easy access to all the major political figures associated with the court of Nicholas II, including Nicholas himself, the Empress Alexandra, Grand Duke Nicholas, the Montenegrin sisters, Anna Vyroubova, Foreign Minister Sazonov, and, of course, Rasputin. Better yet, Maurice Paléologue was a profoundly ‘clubbable' man (probably in more ways than one - he had a reputation for… Read More

Boulder/ New York: East European Monographs / Columbia University Press, 1986. Hardcover. VG- (light shelfwear to boards, bookplate from library inside front cover. Pages otherwise very clean and clear.). Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; ix, 245 pp; 46 unnumbered pages of plates; bw illustrations. East European Monograph Series. Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-234) and index.

Moskva: Voyennoye izdatel'stvo narodnogo komissariata oborony Soyuza SSR, 1940. Hardcover. Good+ with museum ex-lib. book plate inside front cover and light wear to covers; o/w interior is VG+. Saddle leatherette with red Cyrillic lettering; 63 pp. with occasional bw images. Text in Russian. A brief historic look at Arkhengelsk from the 5th century on with photos of the grand buildings of the city and surrounding area. A bit of a propagandic volume but full of interesting information and mid-century views of this very northern European/Russian city on the White Sea.

Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou / Musee national d'art moderne, 1979. Softcover. Good+. covers have scratches & scuffs w/ discoloring marks & edge toning; rubbing to spine top. creasing top corner pgs; pgs clean.. white, glued wraps w/ black & red printing. 285 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. Text in French. Translated titled: "Russian Art And Poetry: 1900-1930, Selected Texts." Nicely illustrated.

New York: Dorset Press, 1985. Hardcover. VG / VG- ; bookplates of museum ex-lib. and museum patron. Red paper over boards; Black cloth at spine; cranberry dj with white spine lettering; approx. 175 pp.; 146 bw maps. Includes maps tracing wars, expansions, famine, trade, rebellion, areas of anarchy, and more.

New York: Random House, 1995. First. Hardcover. NF/VG+. Off-white boards, white ill. DJ. xiii, 301 pp. Numerous bw plates. The story of painting masterworks, the Trojan Gold and other treasures stolen by Stalin's "Trophy Brigades" from both private citizens and museums during the end of the Second World War.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1994. Hardcover. VG- (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges & usual markings etc. pgs have instances of light pencil marginalia & notations; primarily isolated to one chapter. dustjacket taped to cover edges; ID sticker to lower spine; scuffs to plastic cover). green boards. book x, 455 pgs. green & red illustrated dustjacket w/ protective plastic. Former college library copy. Due date card stamped with one removal date. A nice copy.

New York: OUP, 1987. Hardcover. NF/VG with light age toning to back of dj. Maroon cloth/boards with silver lettering. Red dj with bw illus. and white lettering. 285 pp. with no illus. The history of the 25,000ers, the vanguard of the Soviet industrial proletariat, who were sent into the Soviet countryside to collectivize agriculture and serve as the frist ccolective farm chairmen. It was the regime's breakthrough attempt to implement a radical transformation of Russian agriculture and peasant life.

Smolensk (Russia): Vserossiyskoe Geral'dicheskoe Obshestvo, 1993. first. Hardcover. VG+/VG- no tears but with some soiling. Turquoise cloth/boards with blind stamp decoration. White, color-illus. dj with black Cyrillic lettering. 241 pp. with color images. Prefatory text in Russian, English, French, German; main text in Russian only. A beautiful book about the historic heraldry of the Smolensk area, from the 1000s to the late 1980s.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1975. Hardcover. VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Binding is tight and pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; xiv, 340 pp; music. Contents: The music culture of Kirghizia -- The music culture of Kazakhstan -- The music culture of Turkmenia -- The music culture of Tajikstan -- The music culture of Uzbekistan -- Appendix: Comparative table of various Uzbek and Tajik ?Maq ms. Abridged English translation from the first volume of Ocherki po istorii muzyki naradov SSSR. Includes bibliographical references (page 335).

Moskva: Kuna, 2006. Softbound. VG, bookplate and cardpocket in rear, appears unused. Color glossy pictorialo wraps. 88 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Text isa entirely in Russian. A fabulous presentation of the subjects is made, with lengthy and detailed annotations.

Moscow, Russia: Pinakoteka, 2006. Hardcover. VG+. scuffs & scratches to cloth covers & corners. crease to upper corner.. red cloth boards w/ vertical debossed printing & tipped-in color light bulb illustration. 328 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. Text in Russian w/ limited English. Details 382 gifts to Russian leaders from the past to the early present. Beautifully illustrated. English text section with translated details of each item.

Munich, Germany: C. H. Beck, 1980. Hardcover. VG- (No dust jacket; Book is bent slightly, perhaps from sitting at an angle on shelf.). Forest-green cloth with photo laid-in on front cover, 33 pp. + 477 BW plates on unpaginated pages. Text is in German. Translated from the 1979 original, "The Russian Empire: A Portrait in Photographs." A remarkable collection of photographs depicting Russian life.

Moskva: Russkaia Kniga, 1997. Hardcover. VG/VG with only a few museum ex-lib. marks. Dark green leatherette with color-pictorial dj and Cyrillic lettering; 197 pp. with several bw and color illustrations. Text in Russian. The story of the Riabushinskikh family and the beautiful Art Nouveau home in which they lived, later the home of writer Maxim Gorky. Pavel Riabushinskikh was a Russian entrepreneur and liberal politician.

Sankt-Peterburg: Ministry of Seals and Information, 1992. Hardcover. VG, clean and tight./Good; starting to wear a bit at edges.. Olive green boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Color-illus. dj with Cyrillic title lettering. 279 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Includes separate folding Romanov family tree. Text in Russian. A very thorough study of the House of Romanov/The Romanov Dynasty, complete with images of most members of the family. Includes your very own Romanov Family Tree to hang on the wall as a reference. The family tree end papers include tiny pictures of twig members. A Who's Who to get you through any study of Russian Imperial history, and a beautifully-presented book.

St. Petersburg: Izd-vo Sergeia Khodova, 2006. Hardcover. VG+. Color illus. paper over boards; 288 pp with 105 illustrations. Text in Russian. Documents the history of Gatchina Palace and Park, Russia, (now part of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments) in the 18th century between 1712 and 1801.

Saint Petersburg: Evropeiskii Dom, 2007. Softcover. VG- with light cover wear and museum ex-lib. marks. Brown pictorial wraps with Cyrillic lettering; 622 pp. with very occasional bw illustrations and charts. Text in Russian. Social history of the Russian family; especially the aristocracy.