Congressional hearings on the »National Republic of Georgia« in exile, copy of C. H. Huberich, 1926

Vasili D. Dumbadze et al.: National Republic of Georgia. Hearings Before the Commitee on Foreign Affairs. House of Representatives. 69th Congress. 1st session on H. J. Res. 195. Providing for the appointment of a diplomatic representative to the National Republic of Georgia. April 1 and 2, 1926. Profusely illustrated with numerous full-paged illustrations after photographies as well as maps and tables in the text. Washington: The Government Printing Office, 1926.

8°. XX, 668 pages. Cliché and offset, bound in contemporary private half-calf gilt title, coloured marbled boards and endpapers as well as spangled edges.

Profusely illustrated and comprehensive official documentation of two congressional hearings in 1926 on the »National Republic of Georgia«, then in French exile after having fled the Bolshevik Red Army invasion of their country.

Content: Following statements of Vasili D. Dumbadze, the agent of the U.S. for Georgia, among others, present volume contains 40 documentary appendices about historical, geographical, cultural, social, political and economical matters. The hearings should provide „for the appointment of a diplomatic representative to the National Republic of Georgia“ (title), a state entity founded in 1918 in the wake of the decay of the Tsarist Empire as »Democratic Republic of Georgia« (DRG) and forced into exile in course of the Bolshevik Red Army invasion of Georgia in February 1921. Although short-lived, the DRG continues to be an inspiration for modern day Georgia due to its legacy of democracy and pluralism, in particular since the Russo-Georgian War in 2008 and its aftermath.

Provenance: Charles Henry Huberich (1877-1945), whose name is gilt embossed on the bottom of the leather spine. Huberich was a U.S.-scholar of international law and prominent high society divorce lawyer in Europe in the 1920s and 30s. In 1925 he married Nina Mdivani in Paris, the daughter of the Georgian nobleman Zakhari Mdivani, who had been a Russian army general under Tsar Nicholas II and had fled Russia in 1918. Huberichs Georgian family ties probably made him to add this volume to his library.

Condition: The skilfully made private binding rubbed at joints, edges and corners, paper time-stained, otherwise fresh copy.