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1914 Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and PekingLeipzig : 1914A pleasing first edition of Baedeker's Russia handbook, complete with folding maps and plans. -
1906 2Vols Virgin Soil I and A Sportsman's Sketches IILondon: 1906A lovely set of two illustrated novels by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, in the publisher's original cloth. -
1913 With the Russian Pilgrims To JerusalemLondon : 1913A smart half vellum copy of this account of the journey of Russian peasants to Jerusalem, with a frontispiece, 37 plates and a coloured map. -
1856 Kars and Our captivity in Russia: With Letters from Gen. Sir W.F. Williams Bart., of Kars, Major Teesdale and The Late Captain ThompsonLondon: 1856The second edition in decorative red cloth of this 1856 work by Atwell Lake about the Crimean War siege and subsequent Russian captivity, with two monochrome portrait frontispieces of both Lake (author) and General Sir W.F. Williams Bart. -
1904 Russland: Europaisches Russland, Eisenbahnen in Russ.-Asien, Teheran, PekingLeipzig : 1904A smart German edition of this Baedeker handbook to Russia, complete with folding maps and plans. -
1971 Baedeker's Russia 1914London: 1971A facsimile printing of this culturally significant Russian handbook from Karl Baedeker. -
1851-1854 The National Illustrated LibraryLondon: 1851-1854Illustrated throughout, this is a delightful collection of four volumes from the National Illustrated Library, including the first English language translation of a travelogue from Alexander Dumas. -
1912 MoscowLondon: 1912A very scarce first edition of this illustrated guide to Moscow, adorned with many colour and monochrome plates. -
1855 The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol, Written in the CampEdinburgh and London: 1855Vibrantly illustrated with chromolithographs, this is an excellent example of the first edition of Edward Bruce Hamley's account of the Siege of Sebastopol. -
1839 Travels in the Trans-Caucasian Provinces of RussiaLondon: 1839The illustrated first edition of Captain Wilbraham's account of his travels in the lands between the Caspian and the Black Sea, including Georgia and the Caucasus -
1901 Russland: Handbuch fur ReisendeLeipzig : 1901The fifth edition of this turn-of-the-century guide to Russia from authoritative German publisher, Karl Baedeker. -
1879 Report on the Russian Army and Its Campaigns in Turkey In 1877-1878New York: 1879The first edition of Francis Vinton Greene's account of the Russo-Turkish war in 1877-78, with the uncommon 'Atlas' volume containing copious maps. -
1877 Turkistan: Notes of A Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and KuldjaNew York: 1877An early edition of Eugene Schuyler's important illustrated work on the political and social landscape of Turkistan and life under Russia's conquest of central Asia. -
1915 Russia, The Balkans and The DardanellesLondon: [1915]The first edition Granville Fortescue's very scarce work written during WWII, providing a sketch of the military and political landscape of the Balkans. -
1854 The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852 With A Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through The Country of the Don CossacksEdinburgh: 1854An early edition of Laurence Oliphant's account of his journey to Russia, written only a year before the start of the Crimean war, with this enlarged edition including remarks upon the political landscape of Russia. -
1860 Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower AmoorLondon: 1860The first edition of English architect, artist and traveller Thomas Witlam Atkinson's illustrated account of his travels in central Asia with his wife and son. -
1971 The Cooking of RussiaNederland : 1971An uncommon exploration of Russian cooking, from American writing couple George and Helen Papashvily. -
1902 All the Russias: Travels and Studies in Contemporary European RussiaLondon: 1902The first edition of Henry Norman's illustrated account of his travels and studies in Russia. -
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1984-2006 Five Signed Travel Works by Colin ThubronLondon: 1984-2006A collection of five, signed travel works by Colin Thubron, surrounding his travels in Asia and Russia. -
1959 The Origins of RussiaOxford: 1959A smart first UK edition of this historical work on the origins of Russia as a country. -
1934 The Russian Journals of Martha and Catherine WilmotLondon: 1934A fascinating collection of letters and diaries of two Irish ladies' time spent as guests of Princess Dashkova. -
1858 Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Exploration and AdventuresLondon: 1858The first edition of Thomas Witlam Atkinson's account of his mid nineteenth century travels in the Russian orient, illustrated throughout. -
1870 Free RussiaLondon: 1870The two volume first edition of William Hepworth Dixon's study of nineteenth century Russia. -
1964 Journey into RussiaLondon: 1964A smart first edition of this detailed account of the author's travels across Russia, with a folding map. -
1908 The Oil Fields of RussiaLondon: 1908The scarce second edition of Arthur Beeby-Thompson's discussion of work on the oil fields of present day Azerbaijan. -
1851-55 Twelve Volumes of Works from the 'Traveller's Library'.London: 1851-55Twelve volumes of works from the Longman's 'Traveller's Library' series, all bound in half straight grain morocco. -
1964 Prerequisites of the October Revolution in Siberia Written in CyrillicNovosibirsk : 1964A very scarce work on the October Revolution, written in Cyrillic. -
1901 The Geographies of Russia Written in Russian CyrillicRiga: 1901A very scarce work on the geography of Russia, written in Cyrillic, with illustrations and a folding map of European Russia. -
1914 Through Siberia, The Land of the FutureLondon: 1914The first English language edition of this study of Siberia, by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. -
1903 Sixteen Years in Siberia Some Experiences of a Russian RevolutionistLondon: 1903The first English language edition of the memoir of Leo Deutsch's time spent in exile in Siberia, a fascinating account complete with plates throughout. -
1916 In Far North-East SiberiaLondon: 1916The first edition of Anglo-Jewish journalist I. W. Shklovsky account of life in the far north-east of Siberia, illustrated throughout. -
c1842 Recollections of Siberia, In the Years 1840 and 1841London: c1842An early edition of Charles Herbert Cottrell's account of his 1840-1841 voyage to Siberia. -
1923 The Far Eastern Republic of SiberiaLondon: 1923The first edition of this exciting travel work exploring Siberia in the first decades of the twentieth century. -
1883 Through SiberiaLondon: 1883The fifth edition of Henry Lansdell's account of his experiences in Siberia in the late Victorian era, illustrated with a folding map. -
1914 Through Siberia the Land of the FutureLondon: 1914A striking first English edition of this ode to Siberia, by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, illustrated throughout. -
1900-02 The Traveller For Whom the World is a PlaygroundLondon: 1900-02A very scarce illustrated travel magazine from the beginning of the twentieth century, a total of seventy-eight issues exploring the globe.