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459 - Russia – Soviet Union
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Estimate €250 - €350
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Russia – Soviet Union Rodionoff, Nicholas Soviet Geography. A Bibliography. 2 volumes (complete set). I. U.S.S.R. Geography by Subject. II: Administrative, Natural and Economic Regions. Washington D.C.: The Library of Congress, Reference Department, 1951. XX, 668 pp. Contemporary half-leather with gold-stamped title and coloured head cut; covers bound in lapwing paper, with the original light blue dust jackets and their titles bound in (corners and edges slightly bumped in places). A very rare LOC bibliography of geographical works from and about the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. - Typescript containing 4,421 bibliographical entries on works ‘originating from and describing the USSR’ (preface) as well as Tsarist Russia from the 19th century onwards, compiled by the Reference Department of the Library of Congress. The entries mainly concern works in Russian, but also in other languages, including those in the fields of geography, expeditions and research journeys, economic, historical, physical, political and military geography, as well as cartography (with a chapter on atlases), and cover all the republics of the USSR. With a comprehensive index of authors and subjects. - A withdrawn copy from the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, bearing library stamps and numbering on the reverse of the title pages and the final pages, as well as printed library labels on the reverse of the back covers and front covers; the interior is in good condition. Russia. – Soviet Union. – A very rare Library of Congress (LOC) bibliography on geographical works from and about the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. - A typescript containing 4,421 bibliographic entries on works ‘originating from and describing the USSR’ (preface) as well as Tsarist Russia from the 19th century onwards, compiled by Nicolas Rodionoff of the Reference Department of the Library of Congress. The entries primarily concern works in Russian, but also in other languages, including works in the fields of geography, discoveries, expeditions and travel, economic, historical, physical, political and military geography, as well as cartography (with a chapter on atlases), and cover all the republics of the USSR. Includes a comprehensive index of authors and subjects at the end. – A former library copy from the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, bearing library stamps and numbering on the reverse of the title pages and the final pages, as well as printed library labels on the reverse of the back and front covers; a well-preserved copy overall.
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