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THE SIEGE OF STALINGRAD
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827254
Published by Communist Party Of Great Britain. Circa 1943. Almost very good condition.

This is the Epic Story of the Siege of Stalingrad Told in Photographs, Words and Maps from August 23rd, 1942, to February 3rd, 1943. Small square format. White pictorial paperwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos throughout. 51 numbered pages. Covers grubby, small pieces of paper stuck to rear cover. Contents clean.

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DUTCH PAINTING IN SOVIET MUSEUMS
Written by Yury Kuznetsov; Irene Linnik.
Stock no. 1827169
Published by Aurora Art Publishers. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Five centuries of Dutch painting. Introduction by Yury Kuznetsov provides a satisfying backdrop to the superb plates, accompanied by commentaries that offer brief biographies of the artists, the history of each work and much other information that will be of interest to scholars and art lovers. Compiled and annotated by Irene Linnik. Large, heavy format. Peach silk moire boards, gilt title and decoration to spine, embossed decoration to boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Top edge of text block slightly grubby. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.

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MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE HERMITAGE & PUSHKIN MUSEUMS
Written by Pierpont Morgan Library.
Stock no. 1827132
Published by The Pierpont Morgan Library. Circa 1998. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Believed to be hardback in dustwrapper and contained in publisher's slipcase. Still in original shrinkwrap which is a little scuffed.

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THE FLYING SHIP
Written by Rosemary Harris. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1326304
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Russian folk tale retold. Pictorial boards and blue endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. A delightful book! 10 x 7.5". ISBN: 0571105041. Spine cocked, binding very tight. Small pencil erasure mark to top corner of front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher and very slightly browned at edges. A lovely copy.

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LEO TOLSTOY: THE COLLECTED STORIES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Leo Tolstoy; John Sutherland. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1826934
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Good condition.

3 Volumes. Introduced by John Sutherland. Green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. A lovely set. All faults are with the publisher's slipcase which is split to both sides of base and is a little scuffed.

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LAST VICTORY IN RUSSIA
Written by George M. Nipe.
Stock no. 1826462
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein's Kharkov Counteroffensive February - March 1943. Large format. Beige cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780764311864. Tiny nick in cloth to top front edge of board. Else a fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO 1918-1956: AN EXPERIMENT IN LITERARY INVESTIGATION
Written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn; Brian W. Aldiss.
Stock no. 1826285
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

The author's experiences in the Soviet Gulag system. Edited from the original three volume edition by Edward E. Ericson. Translated from the Russian by Thomas Whitney and Harry Willetts. Introduced by Aldiss. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. Couple of tiny minor marks to rear last page but one. Else a lovely copy, appears unread, contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE BATTLE OF PROKHOROVKA: THE TANK BATTLE AT KURSK, THE LARGEST CLASH OF ARMOR IN HISTORY
Written by Christopher A. Lawrence.
Stock no. 1826190
Published by Stackpole Books. 1st thus 2019. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

First published in 2015, this is the abridged edition. This book focuses on the fights leading up to the Battle of Prokhorovka, the battle itself, and its resolution. The story of the SS Panzer Corps and the III Panzer Corps against the Fifth Guards Army, Fifth Guards Tank Army, and the Sixty-Ninth Army. Red boards, white title to spine. B/w photos and battle plans. ISBN: 9780811738071. Small stain to vertical edge of text block (coffee?). Lower corner creases to a number of pages (not affecting text).

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OKB ILYUSHIN: A HISTORY OF THE DESIGN BUREAU AND ITS AIRCRAFT
Written by Yefim Gordon; Dmitriy Komissarov; Sergey Komissarov.
Stock no. 1325309
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Ilyushin design bureau is one of the best-known Soviet/Russian aircraft design companies. Large format. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour photos. 384 pages. ISBN: 1857801873. Spine is very slightly bumped else a fine copy.

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OKB SUKHOI: A HISTORY OF THE DESIGN BUREAU AND ITS AIRCRAFT
Written by Vladimir Antonov; Yefim Gordon; et al.
Stock no. 1825496
Published by Midland Publishing; Aerofax. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A definitive history of one of the world's most famous aircraft design bureaux. Each individual Sukhoi aircraft type is reviewed in exceptional detail. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. A few colour photos. ISBN: 1857800125. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine and top edge. Front panel is a little scuffed. Otherwise a nice copy.

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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY: IN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
Written by Vladimir Krestianinov.
Stock no. 1825334
Published by Uniform Press Ltd. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

A unique insight into the Imperial Russian Navy containing nearly 430 images from archives, museums and private collections. Large format, cardwraps. B/w photos. 263 pages. ISBN: 9781906509491. Top front corner of covers creased giving rise to a minor corner crease to top corner of contents. Spine slightly cocked. Rear cover has a few minor marks. Contents clean.

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EASTERN APPROACHES
Written by Fitzroy MacLean.
Stock no. 1825026
Published by The Book Society. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author's experiences in World War II from Russia through the Middle East and Africa. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Issued by the Book Society in Association with Jonathan Cape. B/w photos. Folding maps. Early reprint (as indicated by 'Jonathan Cape and The Book Society' at the foot of the title page. Prelims, endpapers and text block foxed, some margins lightly foxed. Otherwise a clean copy. Cream dustwrapper is grubby and strengthened at corners with tape.

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