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ILYUSHIN IL-2 / IL-10 SHTURMOVIK (FAMOUS RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT)
Written by Yefim Gordon; Sergey Komissarov.
Stock no. 1829737
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Perhaps the most famous aircraft in the history of Russian aviation. During World War 2, this rugged ground attack aircraft was arguable the Soviets' mmost effective weapon. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 431 pages. ISBN: 9781857803228. Light wear to top of spine. Couple of small marks to front pastedown (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Else a lovely copy!

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GENERAL WRANGEL: RUSSIA'S WHITE CRUSADER
Written by Alexis Wrangel.
Stock no. 1329369
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards with gilt title to spine. Baron Peter Wrangel was one of the most important of the "White Generals" to fight the Red Army and one of the first officers to join the White Army against the Bolsheviks. This biography has been carefully compiled by his son. ISBN: 0850528909. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning, small green felt-tip pen mark to lower edge of textblock, contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is slightly creased to spine and a little worn to top corner of front panel.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD
Written by Vasili Ivanovich Chuikov; Harold Silver.
Stock no. 1829562
Published by MacGibbon & Kee. 1st thus 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Story of the Battle for Stalingrad as told by the Supreme Commander of Soviet Land Forces. Translated from the Russian by Harold Silver. Red/blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 388 pages including index. Lower front corner of boards lightly bumped. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly faded to spine, a little grubby with minor foxing to rear panel.

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GUY BURGESS: A PORTRAIT WITH BACKGROUND
Written by Tom Driberg.
Stock no. 1829548
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1956. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the spy. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 123 pages. Remains of a label to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rubbed to spine and front panel, grubby to rear panel.

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TOLSTOY: A RUSSIAN LIFE
Written by Rosamund Bartlett.
Stock no. 1829394
Published by Profile Books. Circa 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In November 1910 Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station. He was 82 and had led a remarkable and long life during one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history. Purple cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 544 pages. ISBN: 9781846681387. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE WAR OF THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Faith Jaques.
Stock no. 1328359
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Published posthumously, another collection of Russian fairy-stories. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224022156. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and wrapper flaps.

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THE OSPREY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT 1875-1995
Written by Bill Gunston.
Stock no. 1327958
Published by Osprey Aerospace. 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 526 pages. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 1855324059. Reprint of Autumn 1996. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

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THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Written by Fainna Solasko.
Stock no. 1327752
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House. Almost very good condition.

Soviet Children's Library For Tiny Tots. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Translated by Solasko. Covers are slightly edge rubbed and creased. Light finger creases to page margins. Name in ink to top edge of front cover.

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PATCHIE THE SPANIEL
Written by Vitaly Bianki; Irina Zheleznova. Illustrated by A. Yakobson.
Stock no. 1327751
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House. Almost very good condition.

Soviet Children's Library For Tiny Tots. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Translated by Zheleznova. Covers are slightly edge rubbed, foxed and creased. Light finger creases to page margins. Name in ink to top edge of front cover.

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MAGPIE, MAGPIE!
No author listed. Illustrated by Y. Vasnetsov.
Stock no. 1327750
Published by Foreign Language Publishing House Moscow. Good condition.

Large format, paper wraps. Cover and page corners creased. Staples rusty. Some foxing. Small tear to top edge of front cover. Name in ink to top edge of front cover.

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KARS: VICTORY INTO DEFEAT
Written by Anthony J. Rundell.
Stock no. 1827835
Published by Impress. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. SIGNED by the author 'to mark the 150th anniversary of the capitulation of Kars'. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed.

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MOSCOW'S ROAD TO NUREMBERG: THE SOVIET BACKGROUND TO THE TRIAL
Written by George Ginsburgs.
Stock no. 1827826
Published by Martinus Nijhoff. Circa 1996. Nearly fine condition.

The Soviet regime's contribution to the pre-history of the Nuremberg trial i.e. the repertory of official acts and pronouncements as well as scholarly treatment of issues which ultimately shaped the legal complexion of the Nuremberg test. Blue boards. ISBN: 9789041101822. Still in original shrinkwrap which is just starting to split at joins and lower corners are rubbed.

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