Cossacks, Signed (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Assumed First Edition with no later printing date stated. Chapters: The Grand Review 1890-1894 - The Bill Show 1895-1899 - Troupers to Concert Acts 1906-1911 - Home Sweet Home 1012-1917. 42 illustrations. 436 pages. Pristine as new copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

soft cover. No Jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 22 cm. 111 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers, signed by the author on title page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. This is a Young Readers of America selection. This comes with a facsimile of the author's signature. There is a bookplate on the front paste-down with four names on it toherwise this is a clean book with light wear. The dust jacket has light to moderate wear and is in a high quality Demco protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed Letter By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Good copy with light brown cloth boards which have been somewhat water stained at some point in their history, as is evident by the lighter patches on the boards themselves and also the rub off of dye onto the inner dust jacket. Previous owner small stamp on half title page. Long and unusual inscription from the author to the recipient which reads along these lines: To Anne Vorkodea (?) at the (?? two words hard to read) the Esplanade Hotel, cigarette in mouth, whisky soda on the table and Anne (the recipient) right beside me, Hallelujah! Maurice Hindus (then a word in Russian which is possibly his name in Cossack.). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Published by Brentano's in 1919. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To the President of the Log Cabin Institute, from the author, July 1921. Formerly part of the Stockbridge Library's Historical Room, and contains their book plates on the front endpaper, cards and receptacles on back endpaper, and deaccession markings. Hard cover, no dust jacket. See photos for condition. Hard cover board corners curling in, especially bottom corners. Some bubbling to fabric on front board near fore edge, and top of back board. Some waviness to fabric near top of spine. Fabric on top/bottom of spine creased, with some small rips A few dings to top edge of back board, more minor bumping on bottom edges. Endpaper toned. Front hinge feels a bit tender, moreso on the bottom than top. Title page and photo plate heavily toned brownish. Edges of text block not uniformly trimmed, so some pages have small chips or bumps in their edges. Edges of pages toned. Some pages have thin crease-like lines running down the top edge near the gutter due to age. Light pencil markings present on ~10-20 pages (almost entirely faded bracket marks around parts of text). Ink fading in few places. Some light foxing on pages opposite plates. Fold-out map toned at center of crease. Binding loosened with age, with widening in the gutters with mesh and thread visible in some places, but overall holding together well - no sections feel loose and no apparent splitting or cracking. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Large roy. 8vo. (24 x 18 cm). In English. 75-82 pp., 1 b/w plate. Ken'ân Pasha's expedition against Cossacks. Signed and inscribed by Owens to Turkish art historian Serare Yetkin. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 84pp. Near fine in wrappers with rubbing, toning, and faint dampstain on bottom edge of covers. Inscribed by the author as a gift to Slavic Department of Public Library in New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. original decorated cloth, spine bumped and chipped, nick at head of upper hinge, small splash-mark to spine, upper cover a trifle rubbed, illustrated, folding maps, publisher's catalogue, scattered spotting, ink erasure front free endpaper, joints cracked, good. author's presentation copy inscribed: 'From the author' at head of half-title; same year as the first edition; 380 pages; keywords: travel; Inscribed by Author(s).

Original dà coupage drawing in ink and wash on paper, signed with monogram and dated '17 AO 99' in lower right corner, the dà coupage executed at an early date, laid on paper, 37 x 62 cm (14 1/2 x 24 3/8 in), in contemporary gilt beaded baguette frame with rounded corners. Rare example of early original drawing by one of Alexander Pushkin's favourite artists. Alexander Orlowski (1777 â" 1832) was a Polish painter and lithographer. Of modest birth, his artistic talents grew from a very young age, and he was soon discovered by Izabela Czartoryska, a Polish aristocrat, art collector and writer who founded Poland's first museum in Krakow. Czartoryska financed Orlowski's artistic training with the French painter Jean Pierre Norblin, court artist to the Czartoryska family. At the age of 16, Orlowski decided to volunteer to fight in the KoÅciuszko insurrection. Wounded in battle, he returned to Warsaw, where Prince Jà zef Poniatowski financed the rest of his artistic studies. Orlowski lived in Poniatowski's Palace and was expected to make entertaining portraits and sketches of the prince's guests for their entertainment. In 1802 he moved to St. Petersburg. His drawings were well received at court, and in 1819, after a period travelling around Russia, Orlowski was awarded an official position in the Russian government painting military costumes. Orlowski continued sketching throughout his adventures. This drawing is an early example of the theme that was to bring Orlowski fame and recognition in the coming years. Although not imbued with the same confidence and boldness of touch as his later work, it already reveals the potential that made Pushkin remember the artist in his ÐÑÑеÑеÑÑРРе Ð ÐÑÐ ÑÑм [Journey to Arzrum]: 'У кРбРÑок⦠паÑÑÑÑÑ ÑÑоРлРРÑе, коÑмаÑÑе конР, РнакомÑе Рам по пÑекÑаÑнÑм ÑÐ ÑÑнкам ÐÑлоРÑкоРо' [By the tents were freakish, shaggy horses, which you would recognise from the beautiful drawings of Orlovskii]. Ten years later Orlowski returned to the subject of on-duty Cossacks in his painting Bivuak kazakov, for which he was awarded the title of academician by the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. Examples of Orlowski's early original drawings before his relocation to St. Petersburg in 1802 are exceptionally rare.