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Edité par Paris. Typographie Philippe Renouard, 1909
Vendeur : Librairie Les Autodidactes - Aichelbaum, Paris, France
Membre d'association : ILAB
Edition originale
. In-12 br. E.P Demidoff est le petit-fils du Prince Elim Mestcherski et de P.N. Demidoff, fils de Paul Pavlovitch Demidoff et de la princesse Marie Elimovna Mechtcherskaïa, ancienne demoiselle d'honneur de l'impératrice Marie. Demidoff fut le dernier ambassadeur de l'Empire Russe en Grèce. Il y est resté en exil comme ambassadeur de Russie blanche. E.O. tirée à 150 exemplaire sur Hollande, non mis dans le commerce.
Edité par Rowland Ward, London, 1898
Vendeur : Tradewinds Books, Ainslie, ACT, Australie
Livre Edition originale
Cloth. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo volume. Complete with half title, [xv]+319 pages and publisher's ads. Includes frontispiece, 96 illustrations and the fold out map in a pocket on the rear endpaper. Light blue cloth, lettered in gilt, although with the spine slightly faded. Patterned endpapers. Internally bright and crisp. Very good condition overall. Demidov (1868-1943) was among the richest men in the world (due to his family's industrial holdings) and was sent by Tzar Nicholas II as the Russian Ambassador to Greece, where he remained in exile after the revolution. A profusely illustrated account of Demidov's three hunting trips in 1895 and 1896 to the Caucasus mountains of Georgia and Azerbaijan, then amongst the sprawling estates of Russian Grand Duke Sergei Mickhailovich. Czech, in his 'Annotated Bibliography of Asian Big Game Hunting Books', notes that Demidoff variously hunted aurochs, ibex, antelopes, and bears. Demidoff also wrote separate accounts of hunting trips to Mongolia and Kamchatka.
Edité par Rowland Ward, London, 1898
Vendeur : Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, Etats-Unis
Edition originale Signé
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Demidoff to former owner "with kindest regards from the author" the half title. xvi, 319, [1] +4 four ad pp; fold-out map in pouch on rear paste down. Very Good, cloth lightly worn and soiled with sunned and slightly scratched spine, former owner's bookplate on front paste down, hinges starting. Map verso a little toned but basically fine. Housed in custom slipcase. A Russian nobleman's photo-illustrated account of three hunting trips in 1895 and 1896 to the Caucasus mountains of Georgia and Azerbaijan, a minor classic of hunting literature that is quite scarce signed.