1. Russia – Blaeu, Willem J. (1571 – 1638).

Russiae, Vulgo Moscovia dictae, Pars Occidentalis. Auctore Isaaco Massa.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam Blaeu, [c.1664]. Plate Size: 48.7 cm x 38.6 cm. Sheet Size: 65.2 cm x 55.7 cm. Original map. In very good, clean condition. Wide margins. Latin text on reverse.

2. [Catharine II] Castera, Jean-Henri / Tooke, William.

The Life of Catharine II. Empress of Russia. With Eleven Elegant Portraits, A View of the Fortress of Schlusselburg, and a correct Map of the Russian Empire.

The Fourth Edition, with Great Additions and a copious Index. Three Volumes (complete set with all portraits and illustrations and map). London, T.N.Longman and O. Rees, 1800. Quarto. Volume I: Frontispiece with two Portraits, XI, Large Folded Map of “The Russian Empire”, 520 pages and a full-page-engraving of Fortress Schlusselburg / Volume II: Frontispiece with five Portraits, VIII, 485 pages plus three pages of a Bookcatalogue of Publisher’s Longman & Rees / Volume III: Frontispiece with four Portraits, VIII, 563 pages plus five pages of a Bookcatalogue from Publisher’s Longman & Rees. Hardcover / Modern half-leather with marbled-paper-covered boards and new endpapers. All three Volumes have been beautifully rebound by our favourite bookbindery in Frankfurt / Germany. All Volumes are now in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

3. Stephens, J.L. / Park, Mungo.

Sammelband with three publications on Travels in Africa: Volume I: J.L. Stephens – Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and The Holy Land / Volume II: Incidents of Travel in Greece Turkey Russia and Poland / Volume III: The Life and Travels of Mungo Park – Comprising An Original Memoir of His Early Life, A Reprint of the ’″Travels in the Interior of Africa,” Written by Himself, And Published in Quarto in 1798, And An Original Narrative of His Second Journey. Also, An Original Account of the Progress of African Discovery from the Death of Park Till the Year 1838. Illustrated by a Map.

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838-1839. 15.5 cm x 25 cm. Volume I: 120 pages / Volume II: 114 pages / Volume III: 88 pages with a full-page-map of Park’s Travels. Hardcover / publisher’s original half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Good+ condition with signs of external wear, sometimes significant. Edges and corners of boards are bumped and rubbed. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still strong and firm. Occasional foxing throughout only.

4. Daniljuk, Natalija V. [Hrsg.] (Karl Hahn).

Russland – Deutschland – Europa. Tagungsband zu Ehren von Prof. em. Dr. Karl Hahn.

Münster, Lit, 2004. 8°. IX, 287 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Extrem seltene, vergriffene Publikation ! Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Europa 2000 ; Bd. 21].

5. Fox, Gustavus Vasa.

Russian Account of the Official Mission to Russia of Hon.G.V.Fox in 1866.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1867. 8°. 38 pages. Softcover. Original brochure. Some light foxing only.

6. Durcan, Paul.

Going Home to Russia.

Belfast and Wolfeboro. The Blackstaff Press, 1987. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 102 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7. Lawford, Stephen.

Youth Uncharted.

Second Edition. London, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1935. Octavo. XV, 367 pages with beautiful maps printed on the pastdowns, illustrating the many travels of the author. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Foxing to edges and first and last pages. Otherwise in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

8. Voznesenskaya, Julia.

The Star Chernobyl. Translated from the Russian by Alan Myers.

London, Methuen, 1988. 11 cm x 18 cm. 181 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Yellowed pages. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

9. Sibirien – Stolypin, P.A. / Kriwoschein, A.W.

Die Kolonisation Sibiriens – Eine Denkschrift. [Die Verwaltung der Kirgisen / Das sibirische Getreide und die sibirische Viehzucht / Die sibirische Buttererzeugung ] Einzig berechtigte Übersetzung von Carl Erich Gleye.

Berlin, Hermann Paetel Verlag, 1912. 4°. VI, 163 Seiten, eine Karte. Hardcover / Privater Halbleinenband mit aufgezogener Original-Broschur. Handbeschriftetes Titel-Etikett auf dem Buchrücken der Privatbindung. Neue Vorsätze. Bibliotheks-Exemplar (Bibliotheks-Etikett auf dem Buchrücken, Bibliotheks-Stempel [Ausgeschieden] auf dem Titelblatt). Innen ansonsten sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Keine Anstreichungen! Kein Besitzervermerk! Keine Stockflecken! Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren.

10. Overy, Richard.

1939 – Countdown to War.

London / a.o., Penguin Books, 2009. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. IX, 158 pages. One black and white map. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Allen Lane an Imprint of Penguin Books].