Grand Duke Aleksei's copy

SERAFIM Igumen [ie. Georgii Mikhailovich KUZNETSOV]

Torzhestvo Dolga [The Triumph of Duty]
£7,500

Grand Duke Aleksei's copy
SERAFIM Igumen [ie. Georgii Mikhailovich KUZNETSOV]. Torzhestvo Dolga. [The Triumph of Duty]
Published/created in: 1914

£7,500

Tsesarevich Aleksei Nikolaevich's copy of a rare work printed in the Urals and using a historical event to promote the Tsar, Orthodoxy and the Russian Motherland.

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Spiritual thoughts, presented to a business woman

SIMEON, Novyi Bogoslov [SYMEON, the New Theologian]

Prepodobnogo ottsa nashego Simeona Novago Bogoslova...slovesa zelo polezna [Practical Words]
£2,950

Spiritual thoughts, presented to a business woman
SIMEON, Novyi Bogoslov [SYMEON, the New Theologian]. Prepodobnogo ottsa nashego Simeona Novago Bogoslova...slovesa zelo polezna. [Practical Words]
Published/created in: early to mid-19th century]

£2,950

Lovely manuscript of 'Words' still unpublished at the time. In unusually fresh condition on fine blue paper and presented to a Russian business woman.

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Poetry on the wall - signed by the poet

BRODSKII, Iosif [Joseph BRODSKY] and Jamie FULLER (translator)

A Stop in a Desert
£950

Poetry on the wall - signed by the poet
BRODSKII, Iosif [Joseph BRODSKY] and Jamie FULLER (translator). A Stop in a Desert.
Published/created in: 1972]

£950

One of the earliest US publications by Brodsky and one of the first collaborations between him and Ardis, initiating a long-lasting and fruitful publishing history. Scarce poetical poster, with Brodsky's original signature.

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Anna Karenina in first edition and contemporary binding

TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich

Anna Karenina
£14,500

Anna Karenina in first edition and contemporary binding
TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich. Anna Karenina.
Published/created in: 1878

£14,500

Tolstoy's masterpiece in first edition: a complete example of this classic of Russian and world literature in contemporary Russian binding.

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Very rare poetry in Civil War – twice inscribed

EVANGULOV, Gerogii, G. A[STAKHOV], Liudmila BERIDZE, Riurik IVNEV, Konst. IUST, and Ivan IVANOV (artist)

Koster. Stikhi [Bonfire. Poems]
£2,250

Very rare poetry in Civil War – twice inscribed
EVANGULOV, Gerogii, G. A[STAKHOV], Liudmila BERIDZE, Riurik IVNEV, Konst. IUST, and Ivan IVANOV (artist). Koster. Stikhi. [Bonfire. Poems]
Published/created in: 1920

£2,250

Extremely rare provincial publication in the aftermath of the Civil War - a choice copy with the striking cover coloured and a double inscription to its artist.

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Chinese artists for Soviet children

ZHANG, Leping, Vladimir SUTEEV and other artists, Ia. AKIM (translator)

Veselye Kartinki: Detskii iumoristicheskii zhurnal TsK VLKSM Funny Pictures: Children's Humourous Magazine of the Central Committee of the Komsomol]
£420

Chinese artists for Soviet children
ZHANG, Leping, Vladimir SUTEEV and other artists, Ia. AKIM (translator). Veselye Kartinki: Detskii iumoristicheskii zhurnal TsK VLKSM. Funny Pictures: Children's Humourous Magazine of the Central Committee of the Komsomol]
Published/created in: 1959

£420

Lovely issue of this famous Soviet children's magazine, focuing on Chinese artists just a year before the decline of the collaboration between the USSR and China.

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Chinese pioneers in USSR

[ZHANG, Tianyi] CHZHAN, Tiani and Nikolai KOCHERGIN (artist)

Druzia-Pionery: Rasskazy o kitaiskikh detiakh [Pioneer Friends: Stories about Chinese Children]
£750

Chinese pioneers in USSR
[ZHANG, Tianyi] CHZHAN, Tiani and Nikolai KOCHERGIN (artist). Druzia-Pionery: Rasskazy o kitaiskikh detiakh. [Pioneer Friends: Stories about Chinese Children]
Published/created in: 1953

£750

Very rare first edition, with no copies traced in Americas or Europe.

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Chinese colour graphic novel for Soviet children

YAN WENJING, LIU JIYOU (artist)

Udivitelnoe Puteshestvie [A Wonderful Journey]
£320

Chinese colour graphic novel for Soviet children
YAN WENJING, LIU JIYOU (artist). Udivitelnoe Puteshestvie. [A Wonderful Journey]
Published/created in: 1957

£320

A lovely Beijing production in the frame of USSR-China friendship, with full-page colour illustrations. Very rare with no copies traced in USA or Europe.

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Striking original colours and designs for post-revolutionary children

TUROVA, E[katerina] (artist) and Natan VENGROV

Khvoi [Conifers]
£2,300

Striking original colours and designs for post-revolutionary children
TUROVA, E[katerina] (artist) and Natan VENGROV. Khvoi. [Conifers]
Published/created in: 1918

£2,300

An attractive avant-garde Russian children book, here in the preferred version with original colour, one of only 125 copies.

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For children about Southern Siberia, by a Soviet explorer

SNEGIREV, Gennadii and Ivan BRUNI (artist)

Golubaia Tuva [Blue Tuva]
£325

For children about Southern Siberia, by a Soviet explorer
SNEGIREV, Gennadii and Ivan BRUNI (artist). Golubaia Tuva. [Blue Tuva]
Published/created in: 1965

£325

Lovely Soviet children book about life in the taiga. Rare edition.

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Siberian minorities in poetry

SHESTALOV, Iuvan, Mai MITURICH and Ivan BRUNI (artists)

Po Vode Shuba Plyvet [A Fur Coat Floats on the Water]
£500

Siberian minorities in poetry
SHESTALOV, Iuvan, Mai MITURICH and Ivan BRUNI (artists). Po Vode Shuba Plyvet. [A Fur Coat Floats on the Water]
Published/created in: 1966

£500

Rare edition of this lovely Soviet children book about Khanty and Mansi people, living in Western Siberia.

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Avant-garde children book in post-revolutionary Petrograd

TUROVA, E[katerina] (artist) and Aleksei REMIZOV

Snezhok [Snowball]
£2,500

Avant-garde children book in post-revolutionary Petrograd
TUROVA, E[katerina] (artist) and Aleksei REMIZOV. Snezhok. [Snowball]
Published/created in: [1918]

£2,500

Fine example of this rare, fragile edition of the Russian avant-garde, in the preferred version with original hand-colouring.

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