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No. 9

Czar Alexander II. A book from the church library of the Nikolaevsky Palace

Stamp of the Nikolaevsky Palace Church

No. 10

Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Czar Alexander II

specially bound for the czar in fine leather with embossed gold double headed Imperial eagle on the cover

H. de Mirabal. Manuel Des Courses (book on horse racing), Paris, 1867, 4 4/8 x 7 1/16 in. (11,6 x 18 cm).

Full green morocco, gilt tooled spine and gilded edges.

$4,600.00

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The presentation inscription is dated June 20, 1867.

No. 11

A book from the private library of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918), wife of Nicholas II, in the Alexander Palace.

Francois Bournand “Russes & Francais Souvenirs Historiques et Anecdotiques 1051-1897”, Paris, 1898, 295 pages, sky-blue morocco, doublures of white moire silk, gilt edges. 7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (19 x 27 cm).

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The front cover is boldly stamped with cipher of Empress Alexandra: ‘A’ under a large Russian Imperial crown.

Comes with a receipt, dated ‘Christmas, 1934’, from the Hammer Galleries stating that the book is from the personal library of the empress in the Alexander Palace of Tsarskoe Selo.

Some restoration to the spine.

No. 12

A book from the library of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960), daughter of Alexander III, sister of Nicholas II.

Joiles D’Amour by GYP, Paris, 1897, 367 pages, brown grain morocco. 4 3/8 x 7 in. (11,3 x 18 cm).

$2,500.00

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The cover is embossed in gold with a crowned facsimile in French:
Princesse Olga.

The spine with a monogram ‘O.’ under a large Imperial crown.
All edges are gilded.

No. 13

From the library of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich.

Cipher of Grand Duke Paul is stamped in gold on the spine. Similar ciphers are incorporated into the blind impressed ornaments on the covers at the corners of central rectangular plaques.

The cipher is in the form of interlaced Cyrillic ‘П’ and ‘A’ under the Imperial crown.

Library paper label is decorated with the monogram of Grand Duke Paul: four Cyrillic letters ‘П’ forming a cross, with four Imperial crowns between the arms of the cross.

Photograph circa 1898, first from the left is Grand Duke Paul.

Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, the sixth and the last son of Alexander II, Major-General and Commander in Chief of the Life Guard Horse regiment, was married to princess Alexandra of Greece (died in 1891). In January 1919, the Grand Duke was executed in St. Peter and Paul Fortress, together with other members of the Romanov family, who stayed in St. Petersburg.