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ILYUSHIN IL-12 AND IL-14: SUCCESSORS TO THE LI-2
Written by Yefim Gordon; Dmitriy Komissarov.
Stock no. 2139724
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. Some b/w diagrams. Red Star Series Volume 25. ISBN: 9781857802238.

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THE HISTORY OF SOVIET AIRCRAFT FROM 1918
Written by Vaclav Nemecek.
Stock no. 1823750
Published by Willow Books; Collins. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in Czechoslovakia in 1969, followed by a German edition in 1974. This English translation has been considerably revised and expanded to include newly released information, and additional updating on modern planes. B/w photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 460 pages including colour photos to rear. ISBN: 0002180332. Top edge of text block slightly dusty, contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and lightly scuffed.

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THE PEOPLES OF THE SOVIET FAR EAST
Written by Walter Kolarz.
Stock no. 2139506
Published by George Philip & Son Ltd.. Circa 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Rubbing/wear to top surface of edges of covers; mottled. Some foxing and browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; some creasing; browned to spine.

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THE PEOPLES OF THE SOVIET UNION
Written by Viktor Kozlov; Michael Rywkin; Pauline M. Tiffen.
Stock no. 2139504
Published by Hutchinson Education; Indiana University Press. Circa 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with silver title to spine. ISBN: 0091730333.

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THE ISLAND OF SAKHALIN
Written by Anton Chekhov.
Stock no. 2139445
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

Beige cloth boards, blocked design to front and spine, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers and top edge of text block. B/w photos. xvii and 287 pages. Name in ink to title page. Slip case is very good - a few light marks.

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RUSSIAN SETTLEMENT IN THE NORTH
Written by Terence Armstrong.
Stock no. 2139441
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1965. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth with blue title label, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Scott Polar Research Institute Special Publication Number 3. Ex-lib. with some usual stamps and markings. Wrapper has corners of front flap cut off. Some edge-creasing, chipping and browning.

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IGOR SIKORSKY: THE RUSSIAN YEARS
Written by K.N. Finne; Carl J. Bobrow; Von Hardesty.
Stock no. 2139177
Published by Airlife. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1853100129. Wrapper is edge-creased with 1" tear to top of spine; other smaller nicks.

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SOVIET X-PLANES
Written by Yefim Gordon; Bill Gunston.
Stock no. 2138465
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed review of Soviet experimental aircraft from the early 1900s through to the latest Russian prototypes of today. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations plus a few colour photos to rear. 240 pages. ISBN: 1857800990. A few small knocks along cover edges. Pale page edge browning. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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COLLINS GUIDE: BIRDS OF RUSSIA
Written by Algirdas Knystautas.
Stock no. 2137372
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A journey into the marvellously rich and fascinating world of the former Soviet Union, discussing the physical geography of the area and a general introduction to the bird fauna, highlighting how the varied geography has influenced which birds occur where. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0002199130. SIGNED by author to title page. Wrapper spine is faded.

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ROAD TO POWER
Written by Steven G. Marks.
Stock no. 1322645
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Colonization of Asian Russia, 1850-1917. The story of one of the most difficult and expensive peaceful undertakings in modern history and the most ambitious initiative of the last two Russian tsars. Light grey cloth, black title to spine. 240 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1850433453. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine of book and wrapper.

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GEOLOGY OF THE U.S.S.R.
Written by D.V. Nalivkin; N. Rast.
Stock no. 1322641
Published by Oliver & Boyd. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first complete comprehensive general account of the geology of the U.S.S.R. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 855 pages. B/w photos, pull-out maps and diagrams. ISBN: 0050021974. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little faded to spine and slightly creased at edges.

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RISING SUN AND TUMBLING BEAR - RUSSIA'S WAR WITH JAPAN
Written by Richard Connaughton.
Stock no. 1322602
Published by Cassell. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A major revision of the author's earlier work "The War of the Rising Sun and the Tumbling Bear". Red boards, gilt title to spine. 367 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0304361844. A few small marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine with minimal loss.

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