Sochineniia A. S. Pushkina. Polnoe sobranie v odnom tome (Works of A. S. Pushkin.The Complete collection in One Volume)
by Pushkin, A.
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) : Tipografiia Tovarishchestva "Obshchestvennaia Polza", 1887. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded with two engraved plates of Pushkin's portrait and a scene of his duel, newly-discovered poems, and 500 letters; 10 1/2 x 7; pp. [8], III- XIV, [2], III-LIX, [3], 3-1627, [1], II-VII, [3]; red cloth over boards, with elaborate gilt and black illustrations; cloth to edges and spine repaired; new ffep; heavy glue residue, period gift inscription, and traces of old tape to engravings' verso; personal... Read More
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Ruslan i Lyudmila. Poema (Ruslan and Ludmila. A Poem)
by Pushkin, Aleksandr
Uniform edition; 11 1/2 x 9; pp. [6], 7-113, [3]; white cloth over boards, decorated in red and gilt, and pictorial dust jacket; stunning full-page and in-line Palekh illustrations by noted artists Parilov and Dudorov; book with very minor wear to edges - in near fine condition; DJ with two small, closed cuts to bottom and a tiny chip to head. Tipped-in, printed card with a manuscript note - "With compliments" - of Nikolai Tarassov, Deputy Representative of the Union... Read More
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Polnoe sobranie sochinenii A. S. Pushkina. S zhizneopisaniem poeta, portretami i risunkami, otnosiashchimisia k ego zhizni, i s 35-iu otdelnymi kartinami khudozhnika I. V. Simakova (A. S. Pushkin's Complete Works. With a Biography of the Poet, Portraits and Drawings, an Essay on his Life, and 35 Separate Paintings by the Artist I. V. Simakov)
by Pushkin, Aleksandr
First stereotype edition; 10 3/4 x 7 1/2; pp. [9], II-XXXII, 1-804, [1], II-VIII; lavishly-embossed, red cloth over boards; gilt titles to front board and spine; illustrated with drawings and plates by Ivan Vasilievich Simakov, including frontis; marbled edges; wide, silk book marker; small, rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine and mild wear to cloth; hinges a bit weak; small gift inscription and bookplate of renowned physician and author George Lysloff; endpapers with, bizarrely enough, period watercolor paintings... Read More
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Atentatut vuv "Vulcheto Legovishte"
by Putrament, Iezhi [Putrament, Jerzy]
Sofia: Partizdat, 1983. Softcover. Second edition [translated from the first Polish edition]; 5 x 8; pp. [2], 5-98, [1]; glossy pictorial wraps; small closed cut to tail of spine, else minor wear; near fine condition. "The Assassination at Wolf's Lair" was originally published in Polish as '20 Lipca.' The book described the assassination attempt on Hitler's life on July 20, 1944. The plot had been the culmination point of series of actions by German Resistance groups to overthrow the Nazi... Read More
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Kitaiskie teni. Roman
by Puvurvil, Albert de (Puyou de Pouvourville, Eugene Albert)
Moskva / Leningrad: Gublit, 1925. First Edition. Very good. First edition, 1 of 6000 copies; 7 x 5 1/4; pp. 1-136, [2]; beige pictorial wraps, illustrated in yellow and black; a bit of spotting to margins of wraps mostly; in about very good condition. Eugene Albert Puyou de Pouvourville, pseudonym Matgioi (1861 - 1939) was a French poet, translator, and orientalist. He spent most of his life in the Far East, particularly in China, where he would be initiated... Read More
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Curious Optical Illusion [James Pyle's Pearline Trade Card]
by Pyle, James
New York: James Pyle, 1880. First Edition. Very good. Trade card; 4 1/4 x 2 3/4; beige card stock, printed and illustrated in black; a few spots to margins, not affecting readability; minor wear to corners; in about very good condition. An intersting trade card, it advertised soap merchant James Pyle's Pearline - a washing powder, said to be gentle on fabric and hands, not requiring soap, and working with or without boiling the water with the clothes in... Read More
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The Prison Chaplaincy, and Its Experiences
by Quinby, Rev. Hosea
Concord, NH: Published by D. L. Guernsey, 1873. Hardcover. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [11], 8-198, [2]; embossed, brown cloth over boards; gilt title to spine; a few faded spots to front boards; rubbing to tips of spine with small loss of cloth; rubbed spots to corners; overall in very good- condition. Reverend Hosea Quinby (1804 - 1878) was a Baptist Minister, great proponent of prison reform, and Chaplain of the New Hampshire State Prison from 1869... Read More
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Puteshestvie iz Peterburga v Moskvu [Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow]
by Radishchev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich
Moscow: Detskaia Literatura, 1970. Hardcover. Forth edition; 6 x 8; pp. [2], 3-239, [1]; vloth-backed pictorial boards; some rubbing to corners; mild uniform age-toning to pages; very good or better. Aleksandr Radishchev (1749-1802) was a Russian social critic and author who was said to have brought radicalism to Russian literature. The first edition of his current book, describing the socio-economic conditions in Russia and criticizing serfdom, was published in 1790 and immediately condemned by Catherine the Great. The Queen ordered... Read More
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Istoriia Ukrainskoi literatury. Chast I, davnia i serednia doba / Chast II, nova doba [In 2 Volumes]
by Radzykevych, V.
Miunkhen (Munich):Ukrainske vydavnyche t-vo "Vernyhora", 1947. Softcover. First edition, volumes I and II of three stand-alone tomes; 8 x 6; pp. 92 and 158respectively; stapled beige wraps; a few cuts and nicks to tips of spine of vol. I; light age-toning to margins; very good condition. A DP (displaced persons) camp publications, the books contained history and criticism of the Ukrainian literature of the "Ancient and Middle Ages" - from the oral tradition, through the early religious texts - and... Read More
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Gorod Lomonosov. Dvortsovo-Parkovye Ansambli XVIII Veka
by Raskin, A.
Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1979. First edition; 8 x 10 ½; pp. [5], 6-136, [2]; original glossy pictorial boards; rubbing to lower right corner and a chip to back cover at spine, else very minor wear; illustrated with full-page color plates, in-line photographs, and drawings; summaries and legends in Russian, English, French, and German; very good or better. The Lomonosov estate, also known as Oranienbaum - is the oldest of the imperial palaces around Saint Petersburg. It was also the only one... Read More
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The San Francisco Program
by Rastall, Dr. B. M.
San Francisco: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 1921. Very good. First edition; 9 x 4 1/2; pp. [21]; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; illustrated with a centerfold map; minor spotting to margins of wraps; a small nick to top edge of front wrap; personal stamp to title page of Dr. Alexander Thomas Leonard, Jr. - a decorated WWI veteran and a noted collector of Californiana; overall in very good condition. Benjamin McKie Rastall, a native of Colorado... Read More
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Notice. U. S. Internal Revenue Special Taxes, May 1, 1877, to April 30, 1878 [An Early IRS Broadside]
by Raum, Green B.
Washington DC: Office of Internal Revenue, 1877. Very good. Broadside; 18 1/2 x 12; beige stock, printed in black in various fonts, with several lines filled in manuscript; several punctures along margins from being afixed to a surface (wall [?]); a bit of age-toning and minor spotting; in good to very good condition. The ultimate buzzkill, the special taxes covered every vice one could think of, including alcohol, leaf tobacco, retail liquor, stills, cigars, and various classes of peddlers... Read More
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Zhertvenni kladi (Sacrificial Pyres) [Signed/Inscribed by Author]
by Raztsvetnikov, Asen
Sofiia (Sofia): Pechatnitsa "Obzor", 1924. First Edition. Good. First edition; 9 1/4 x 7; pp. [1], 2, [1], 4-24; beige paper over boards and 1/4 cloth; illustrated in black; several chips and spots to paper along spine; fraying with small loss of cloth to tips of spine; small puncture to lower margin of first few leaves; small, unobtrusive remnant of a label to upper corner of front board; good to very good condition. Cover art by Aleksandur Zhendov.... Read More
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O smysle zhizni (The Meaning of Life)
by Ivanov - Razumnik
Berlin: Izdatelstvo Skify, 1920. Softcover. First emigre edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [3], 6-28; brown wraps printed and illustrated in black; small nicks to corners and tips of spine; bookshop label to front wrap verso; a few spots - mostly to first and last few leaves; several passages underlined; overall in very good condition.Razumnik Vasil'evich Ivanov [Ivanov-Razumnik] (1878-1946) was a Russian author, philosopher, and literary critic. He was a member of the so called Scythian Movement. The... Read More
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Do You Spoonbill? [Signed / Inscribed by the Author]
by Reading, Beach (By the Author of "Picto - Puns")
Berkeley: By the author, 1959. Very good. Mimeo edition, copyright applied for 1959; oblong 8 1/2 x 12; pp. [2], 1-75, recto only; mimeographed, light-brown wraps; mimeographed text and illustrations; minor spotting and a bit of wear to corners; in about very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author and his wife (?) on the Foreword page. An amusing, failrly-amateurish book of puns and jokes by a mystery Berkeley author, who research shows has managed to secure the... Read More
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Christmas Card of Read's Grand Duchess Cologne. The Perfume of America, Elegant for Presents
by Read, William
Baltimore: W. H. Read, 1890. Very good. Large trade card; 11 1/2 x 4; chromolithographed illustration to recto, text to verso; the two right corners slightly rounded; a few small nicks to edges; faint glue residue along margins of verso from previously being affixed in a scrapbook; in good to very good condition. A fabulous advertisement for Read's Grand Duchess Cologne in cut glass and satin-covered bottles, it featured a peacock with its gilded tail feathers stretching down the... Read More
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California Artist Louis E. Rea Advertisement Photograph
by Rea, Louis E.
San Francisco, CA: By the Artist, 1925. Softcover. Silver gelatin photograph in printed yellow wraps, tied with a decorative silk string; photo 3 3/4 x 6 3/4, wraps 4 1/4 x 7 1/4; light creasing to wraps; photo subtitled in lower margin; near fine condition. A beautiful advertising piece from the artist's late years, most probably given to potential customers at his studio, the photograph depicted one of Rea's award-winning paintings of Loma Alta - one of the highest points... Read More
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A Small Group of Amos Reed Papers
by Reed, Amos
Branchville, MD: By the author, 1876. Very good. Two manuscripts; 7 1/4 x 6 1/2 and 4 x 6 1/2; lined paper and brown ink; a few minor spots and creases, in very good condition. After serving as a clerk to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Utah Territory, Amos Reed was appointed by President Lincoln to be the Secretary of the Territory of Utah in 1863. According to his niece, Reed "made many journeys from Washington to Salt... Read More
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How the Mounties Got Their Own Man
by Reed, Don
New Brunswick/Glassville: Brook Farm Books, 1982. Softcover. First edition; 7 x 4 1/4; pp. 107; illustrated, glossy wraps; several small, faint spots to margins of wraps; minor wear to edges; small shop sticker to back wrap; illustrated with drawings and photographs; very good or better condition. The book follows the story of Corporal Al Thiel of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, his unjust dismissal for, allegedly, disobeying direct orders, because he had asked to not be transferred to a new... Read More
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Extra Special Bargain Bulletin (Green Mountain Distillery)
by Reefer, M. C.
Kansas City, MO: Max C. Reefer, 1915. Very good. Large circular; 11 3/4 x 9 1/2; single sheet, pp. [2]; illustrated with two engravings; offest to upper margin from stored together with another publication; small creases to corners and a few minor nicks to edges; overall in very good condition. Born in Austria in 1848, Max C. Reefer immigrated to the US in 1861 and worked as a typesetter for the New York Tribune and several other papers in... Read More
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Have the Baltic Countries Voluntarily Renounced Their Freedom? An Expose Based on Authentic Documentary Evidence
by Rei, August
New York: World Association of Estonians, 1944. First American Edition. Very good. First American edition (originally published in Sweden in 1943); 7 1/2 x 5; pp. 3-47; off-white wraps, printed in black; light age-toning to margins; a bit of wear to edges and corners; small, penciled-in, manuscript note: "From Consulate General of Lithuania, Washn, May 1944" to front wrap verso; very good or better condition. August Rei (1886 - 1963) was an EstonianSocial Democratic politician and, at various times,... Read More
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Old Los Angeles Etching
by Reiner, Ludwig
S. l.: By the artist, 1900. Very good. Etching, n. d. (early 1900s); plate - 6 1/4 x 7 1/4, sheet - 11 1/2 x 13 1/4; signed in pencil - lower right; titled in pencil - lower left; a few small creases to corners; image fine - overall in very good to near fine condition. A beautiful image by the early-20th-century artist, particularly known for his depictions of California landmarks, including San Francisco Chinatown, UC Berkeley,and here -... Read More
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Kukkha. Rozanovy pisma (Kukkha. Rozanov's Letters)
by Remizov, Aleksei
Berlin: Z. I. Grzhebina, 1923. Very good. First edition; 6 1/2 x 4 1/2; pp. [8], 9-124, [4]; striped, yellow-and-orange paper over boards (also published with the paper in dark- and light-blue); title in brown; rebacked with a thin strip of silk; a bit of rubbing along edges; occasional minor spotting to a few pages; in very good condition. Dubbed "especially Rozanovian" and called: "...perhaps the most salacious literary memoir in Russian...," modernist author Aleksei Remizov's (1877 - 1957)... Read More
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Are you lucky? Win a Season Ticket for the Entire Engagement of the Reno Stock Company. The Strongest Repertoire Organization Entour Carrying an Unexcelled List of Royalty Plays and Feature Vaudeville Acts
by [Reno, Denny & Dottie]
S.l.: S.n., 1915. First Edition. Very good. Advertising broadside; 14 x 11; very thick, beige card stock, printed and illustrated in black; a bit of wear and creasing to corners and very mild spotting to margins; overall in very good condition. A beautiful advertising piece for the Reno Stock Company, founded by Denny (1875 - 1969) and Dottie (1878 - 1967) Reno. Circus acrobats by profession, they performed with various circuses and carnivals and travelled extensively throughout the US,... Read More
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Souvenirs San Francisco (Bird's-eye View)
by Philip Fry & Co.'s Art Repository
Philadelphia, PA: Janentzky & Co. (Sole Agents), 1870. First Edition. Good +. First edition, n. d. (ca 1870); 14 pp. of sepia-tone lithographs, illustrating 13 scenes in San Francisco + a bird's-eye view of the city and county of San Francisco; folded accordion-style into an oblong, laquered, embossed, black covers; title and ruling to front board and Seal of California to back board in gilt; each pp. 3 x 4 1/2; bird's-eye view 3 x 9; uncolored lithograph... Read More
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