AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF RARE LITERATURE, DIARIES, AND OTHER MATERIALS RELATING TO THE IMPERIAL CAVALIER GUARDS, THEIR HISTORY, AND THEIR EMIGRATION TO THE WEST, comprising: (a) A guest and minute book bearing the signatures of attendees to Gatherings of the Union of Cavalier Guards, in Paris, maintained by Wladimir Kozlianinoff, containing the dates of their meetings, invitations, handwritten and printed menus from dinners, and, signatures of the attendees from Illustrious and historical figures such as the GRAND DUKE DMITRY PAVLOVICH, Cousin of Emperor Nicholas II, and accessory to the murder of Rasputin. The bookwas kept assiduously with entries starting in 1931 and ending in 1959. In addition to Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, the book contains AUTOGRAPHED SIGNATURES including those of: KNYAZ I. KUDASHEV, A. POLOVTSEV, N. RUZSKII, V. VRANGEL, KNYAZ K. SHIRINSKII-SHIKMATOV, KNYAZ SHALIKOV, KNYAZ V. GOLITZIN, KNYAZ S. OBOLENSKY, KNYAZ V. SHAKHOVSKY, KNYAZ S.BELOSELSKY-BELOZERSKI, KNYAZ N. TROUBETZKOY, AND OTHERS (b) Yubileinaya Pamyatka Konnogvardeitsa, 1730-1930, 1706-1931 [Jubilee Commemorative Manual of the Cavalier Guards], written and compiled by Colonel and Aide-de-Camp V. Kozlianinoff. Paris: Izdanie Ego Imperatorskago Visochestva Velikago Knyaza Dmitriya Pavlovicha, 1931. 8vo. 87 pp. With numerous illustrations, color plates, and text documenting the history of the Cavalier Guards. No. 6 out of 500 copies published, THIS COPY PRINTED FOR GRAND DUKE ANDREI VLADIMIROVICH (HIS COPY), commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of the Cavalier guards. Numbers 1-250 were presented to Members of the Russian Imperial Family, all members of the Association of Former Officers of the Cavalier Guards and members who had left their country. Original wrappers with handcolored illustration on the front cover. (c) Istoriya Leib Gvardii Konnago Polka, 1706-1801 Vols. I-III [History of the Life Guards Cavalier Regiment 1706-1801],Paris: 1938, 1964, 1966 .Three Volumes and Atlas of Illustrations. Folio. Modern half-leather binding. Plates of illustrations stored in publishers clam-shell box with cover designed by B. ZVORYKIN, comprising 12 folders of plates, chromolithographs, and list of illustration. Each volume with copious text, black and white illustrations, maps, tipped-in color plates, with titles and vignettes by Zvorykin. (i) Volume 1 (1706-1801) text partially based on manuscript of Col. of the the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment Herzog Georgy Nikolaevich Leuchtenberg, edited by Col. and Aide-de-Camp of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment Vladimir Feodorovich Kozlyaninov, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, and Capital A.P. Tuchkov. Paris, 1938 NO. 27 OUT OF 85 PUBLISHED. (ii) Volume 2, Paris: Izdatel Knyaz S.S. Beloselsky-Belozersky, 1966. NO. 29 OUT OF 125 PUBLISHED. 330 x 260 mm. 216 pp. (iii) Volume 3, Paris: Izdatel Knyaz S.S. Beloselsky-Belozersky, 1964. NO. 29 OUT OF 200 PUBLISHED. 330 x 260 mm. 337 pp. (d) V. Zvegintsov, Kavalergardi Dekabristi / Dopolnenie k sborniku biografii kavalergardov 1801-1826, Paris: 1977. Out of an edition of 200 copies published. 175 pp. (e) Three period photographs. AN INDISPENSABLE AND UNIQUE REFERENCE AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENT.