Imperator Nikolai II i Ego Sem'ia (Petergof, Sentiabr 1905 - Ekaterinburg, Mai 1918 g.)
by Zhil'iar, P.
Viena: Rus', 1921. Hardcover. First Russian edition; 5 1/2 x 8; pp. [3], xiv, [3], vi-xii, 1-236, xv; rebound in brown leatherette with original portrait frontis and title cut-out and laid-on; thin band of archival paper to upper margin of title page; scattered spots (mostly to margins); small nicks along edges of several pages; illustrated with numerous photographs (one photo excised, the rest present), facsimile documents, plans, and a map; overall very good-. The first and only complete Russian edition... Read More
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Persha dopomoha (First Aid)
by Zhuk, Dots. Dr. M.
Haidenav: Zahrava, 1946. Very good. First edition; 8 x 5 3/4; pp. [1], 4-80; light-brown wraps, printed in black; illustrated with numerous drawings; tiny chips to tips of spine and mild age-toning to wraps; small repair to upper corner of back wrap; in very good condition. Published in a DP (displaced persons) camp, the book included chapters on using everyday objects to make an improvised splint for broken bones, ways to bandage wounds, how to make tourniquettes, etc.
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Povest' Peteise III. Drevneegipetskaia Proza
by Zhukovskoi, K. N. and Korostovtseva, M. A.
Moskva: Hudozhestvennaia Literatura, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition; 12mo; pp. [4], 5-301, [3]; original red boards with gilt decorations; gilt faded in spots, else covers and pages fine. The book is comprised of 4 parts: ancient Egyptian fairy tales, historic documents, prophetic works, and religious texts. Many of them appear in Russian for the first time.
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David Rikardo i Karl Marks v ikh obshchestvenno-ekonomicheskikh izsledovaniiakh. Opyt kritiko-ekonomicheskago izsledovaniiakh (David Ricardo and Karl Marx and their Socioeconomic Researches)
by Ziber, N. I.
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Tipografiia A. A. Porokhovshchikova, 1897. Hardcover. Third edition; 8 x 5 1/2; pp. [3], 4-546, [2]; rebound in green cloth over boards; gilt title in English to spine; a few small rubbed spots to cloth along spine; previous owner's name to first blank leaf; faint remnants of an erased, penciled note to title page; very good condition. Originally published in 1885, "David Ricardo and Karl Marx and their Socioeconomic Researches" was an expanded version of Nikolai Ziber's... Read More
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Mikroby, Toksiny i Ul'travirusy [Stenogramma Publichnoi Lektsii, Prochitannoi v Tsentralʹnom Lektorii Obshchestva v Moskve]
by Zil'ber, L. A.
Moscow: Pravda, 1948. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 22; minor wear to tips of spine and corners; illustrated with numerous b & w photographs; about near fine. “Vsesoiuznoe Obshchestvo po Rasprostraneniiu Politicheskikh i Nauchnykh Znanii†(The All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge) replaced the ‘League of Militant Atheists’, or ‘The Union of the Godless’, in 1947. The League had been formed in 1925, by the Communist Party, as an atheistic and... Read More
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Uchenie I. P. Pavlova ob Organizme i Srede [Stenogramma Publichnoi Lektsii, Prochitannoi v Tsentralʹnom Lektorii Obshchestva v Moskve] (Pavlov's Studies of Organisms and Their Environment)
by Zilov, G. N.
Moscow: Pravda, 1951. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 28; stapled printed wraps; very minor wear to spine and corners; near fine. Vsesoiuznoe Obshchestvo po Rasprostraneniiu Politicheskikh i Nauchnykh Znanii (The All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge) replaced the League of Militant Atheists, also called The Union of the Godless, in 1947. The League had been formed in 1925, by the Communist Party, as an atheistic and anti-religious organization of common workers and... Read More
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Compliments of the Louvre, San Francisco, Cal. (Leather Billfold)
by Zinkand, Chas. A.
San Francisco: By the proprietor, 1900. Very good. Leather billfold, n. d. (early 20th century); 4 1/2 x 3 1/4; two piecs of polished, brown calf - stitched along three of the sides; tooled image to verso, silver lettering to recto; small spot to upper edge; minor wear to leather; in very good or better condition. The Louvre Restaurant in San Francisco was founded in 1884 by German-American enterpreneur Charles A. Zinkand, aka Chaz, who would be remembered for... Read More
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Russkii Teatr Nachala XX Veka [Russian Theater in the Early Twentieth Century]
by Znosko-Borovskii, Evgenii
Prague: Izdatel'stvo "Plamia", 1925. Softcover. First edition; 5 x 7; pp. 444; illustrated orange wraps; text block split (no missing pages); wraps with small nicks along edges; long gift inscription to first blank page; spine cover curled and creased, but present; good condition. Evgenii Znosko-Borovskii (1884 – 1954) was a Russian chess master, teacher, author, as well as music and drama critic. He escaped Russia after the Revolution and settled in France where he worked until his death.Though largely known... Read More
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Leiboristskie Lidery-Prisluzhniki Anglo-Amerikanskogo Imperializma [Stenogramma Publichnoi Lektsii, Prochitannoi v Tsentralʹnom Lektorii Obshchestva v Moskve]
by Zorina, D. Iu.
Moscow: Pravda, 1947. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 23; stapled printed wraps; chipping to corners, else clean; good to very good condition. “Vsesoiuznoe Obshchestvo po Rasprostraneniiu Politicheskikh i Nauchnykh Znanii†(The All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge) replaced the ‘League of Militant Atheists’, or ‘The Union of the Godless’, in 1947. The League had been formed in 1925, by the Communist Party, as an atheistic and anti-religious organization of common workers... Read More
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Pesmi (Songs)
by Zorman, Ivan
Cleveland: By the author, 1922. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [4], 5-105, [7]; red cloth over boards; gilt title to front board; minor rubbing to corners and tips of spine; occasional, very minor smudging to pages; in very good or better condition. In Slovene and English. Ivan Zorman (1889 - 1957) was a Slovene-American poet, composer, educator, activist, and translator. Emigrating with his family to the US at the age of 4,... Read More
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