New York: Basic Books, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket faintly rubbed.
In 1992 the British Secret Intelligence Service exfiltrated from Russia a defector whose presence in the West remained a secret until the publication of The Sword and the Shield in 1999. That man was Vasili Mitrokhin.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket lightly crinkled.
xvi, 494 pp. "Uncovers the story of Francis Gary Powers's flight in a CIA U-2 spy plane into Soviet airspace two weeks before a vital Paris summit meeting in 1960 between Eisenhower and Khrushchev."
New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Light edge wear to jacket.
Uncovers the story of Francis Gary Powers's flight in a CIA U-2 spy plane into Soviet airspace two weeks before a vital Paris summit meeting in 1960 between Eisenhower and Khrushchev.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Hard Cover.
Light general wear to jacket. Top page ridge faintly foxed.
xviii, 1081 pp. A dual biography told in the context of Berlin-Moscow relations tells how the two similar men temporarily took total command of the historical forces swirling around them.
New York: Random House, 1952. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Light general wear.
808 pp. "First published in 1952, Witness is the true story of Soviet spies in America and the trial that captivated a nation. Part literary effort, part philosophical treatise, this intriguing autobiography recounts the famous Alger Hiss case.....
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Small tear along bottom edge of front jacket panel.
xix, 218 pp. "How the letter was forged by a group of reckless Russian emigres in Berlin. How it was planted in the European intelligence network. How.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges lightly foxed.
xviii, [4], 312 pp. 8vo. Genealogical table, black-and-white photographs. "After the Bolshevik murder of Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra and other members of the Russian royal family in 1918, what became of the Romanov jewels.....
New York: Walker & Company, 2008. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. Light edge wear, faint wave.
xiii, 416 pp. "The extraordinary family story of George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II: they were tied to one another by history, and history would ultimately tear them apart. Known among their.....
Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, 1973. Hard Cover.
A very nice copy.
xvii, 457 pp. "Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million men and women. It was perhaps the single most important engagement of World War II and.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. 12th Printing. Hard Cover.
Twelfth printing. No jacket. Minor loss to spine base, ink gift note on front free endpaper.
xxii, 683 pp. This book tells the inside story of Russia from the treason trials to the Nazi-Soviet war. Joseph E. Davies was appointed.....
Norwich: Michael Russell, 1994. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
1996 2nd printing. An exceptional copy.
160 pp. 8vo. An early 19th century journal detailing a visit to St. Petersburg, written by a woman who served as maid of honour to the Princess of Orange-Nassau, youngest sister of Emperor Alexander I. Translated.....
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1979. Duncan, David Douglas. Large Softcover.
Bottom corner of front wrapper creased, wrappers lightly toned.
139 pp. This enormous volume features full-color photography of art rarely seen in the West. From one of the most extensive - yet hidden - collections in Europe comes this.....
New York: Robert M. McBride Co., 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket stained, rear jacket panel stuck to rear board, jacket rubbed with some small chips and tears. Stain on rear board, sticker on front paste-down endpaper.
160 pp. "This is the personal story of one of Soviet.....
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1985. Hard Cover.
Jacket edges rubbed.
293, [3] pp. 8vo. Photographic endpapers. Includes section of black-and-white photographs. "In this book, the well-known Soviet historian Natan Eidelman describes Russia's first, aristocratic revolutionaries - the Decembrists, who staged an insurrection in 1825 against Tsar Nicholas I in an attempt.....
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with a few small tears, jacket clipped.
xiii, 440 pp. Endpapers illustrated with a map of the main operations of the Soviet Air Force from the Relief of Moscow and Stalingrad to.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1980. Stein, Larry. Large Softcover.
One inch tear to spine base.
"Here in this striking volume, Faberge Eggs: Imperial Russian Fantasies, these eggs are presented in a way that will bring enjoyment to countless lovers of art and beauty everywhere with their splendor and.....
New Haven, Connecticut: The Beinecke Library / Yale University, 2003. Large Softcover.
Pages very faintly toned.
143 pp. This book celebrates the unique collections of Yale University, chiefly of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, on the occasion of the tercentenary of the city of St. Petersburg. They are.....
Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1984. Soft Cover.
Bottom edge of rear wrapper bumped, smudge on title page.
xii, 211 pp. Includes rear pocket with fold-out black-and-white maps. This study, in demonstrating the ability of Russian airborne and partisan forces to survive and fight behind.....
Wien: C. Bertelsmann, 1976. Hard Cover.
Jacket lightly rubbed.
316, [4] pp. 8vo. A German-language book on the history of the Cossacks.
New York: Chartwell Books, 1985. Large Hardcover.
Lacks jacket.
61 pp. A detailed exploration of Soviet Aircraft!
Garden City, New York: International Collectors Library, 1977. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Ink owner stamp on front endpaper.
383, [1] pp. 8vo. London Fleet Street replica binding: red boards, gilt titles and decorations. A study of the German princess who became one of Russia's most important leaders.
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991. Soft Cover.
An exceptional copy.
Russia's history, from her beginnings as a pagan Slav community centered on Kiev to superpower status, has its own unique rhythm. Appalling calamities have shaped Russia: the Time of Troubles; the Napoleonic invasion; two world wars separated by a......
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper ('To Brenda, to whom this book owes so much! Best wishes, Steve Hutchings'). Jacket lightly rubbed.
316 pp. "This book interprets the baffling complex of meanings attached by Russian culture to.....
New York: Ballantine Books, 1968. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. Wrappers rubbed.
160 pp. Stalingrad... Where Hitler threw in entire divisions in suicidal attacks, and the Russians annihilated them in the most vicious battles of the Second World War...When it was all over, the once proud German VI Army.....
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Two small tears along top edge of front jacket panel, front jacket flap price-clipped. Ink name on front endpaper, page ridges lightly foxed.
xv, 290 pp. The eve of the Russian Revolution is one of the.....