The ideal dacha on the Black Sea coast

GOLITSYN, V

Tsikhis-Dziri. Dachnoe mesto bliz Batumi [Tsikhis-Dziri: A Place for Summer Homes Near Batumi]
£750

The ideal dacha on the Black Sea coast
GOLITSYN, V. Tsikhis-Dziri. Dachnoe mesto bliz Batumi. [Tsikhis-Dziri: A Place for Summer Homes Near Batumi]
Published/created in: 1911

£750

A detailed publication advertising the dacha-lifestyle on the Georgian coast, a relatively recently conquered region - richly illustrated, with the folding map and much practical information. Very rare, with no copied traced in the West.

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Goncharova's wide artistic spectrum

GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN

Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité [The City. Poems]
£6,250

Goncharova's wide artistic spectrum
GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN. Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité. [The City. Poems]
Published/created in: 1920

£6,250

Fine exampe of this great avant-garde production, strikingly illustrated by Goncharova and here housed in a Miguet binding.

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Cult of personality from Europe and the Caucasus to Central Asia and Far Eastern Siberia

[STALIN]

I.V. Stalin v tvorchestve narodov SSSR. Pesni, stikhi, chastushki, poslovitsy, pogovorki [I.V. Stalin in the Songs, Poems, Stories, Fairytales and Proverbs of the Peoples of USSR]
£185

Cult of personality from Europe and the Caucasus to Central Asia and Far Eastern Siberia
[STALIN]. I.V. Stalin v tvorchestve narodov SSSR. Pesni, stikhi, chastushki, poslovitsy, pogovorki. [I.V. Stalin in the Songs, Poems, Stories, Fairytales and Proverbs of the Peoples of USSR]
Published/created in: December 1949

£185

A remarkable compendium of texts praising Stalin for his 70th jubilee - with translations into Russian from many various languages and dialects of the USSR. A fine production of the Soviet propaganda machine.

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Smoking in Pushkin's Russia

[TOBACCO] – ARTO, Amedei

Obiavlenie [Announcement]
£575

Smoking in Pushkin's Russia
[TOBACCO] - ARTO, Amedei. Obiavlenie. [Announcement]
Published/created in: 1834

£575

Detailed price list of tobacco products offered in Moscow during Pushkin's time, showing a broad and very international range. A rare, unusual ephemera in excellent, fresh condition.

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No amputations of hands anymore please

[ROMANIA]

Regulamentul organik [Organic Regulation]
£2,950

No amputations of hands anymore please
[ROMANIA]. Regulamentul organik. [Organic Regulation]
Published/created in: 1832

£2,950

Pleasant, crisp copy of this important legal text of modern Romania, published by a major literary figure. First edition, scarce.

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Chinese tea in Pushkin's Russia

[GASTRONOMY]

Preis-courant neuerhaltener, ausgesuchter, bester Chinesischer Thee die zu haben sind in den Magazinen der Kaufmanns Gregorius Marinin, in St. Petersburg
£2,750

Chinese tea in Pushkin's Russia
[GASTRONOMY]. Preis-courant neuerhaltener, ausgesuchter, bester Chinesischer Thee die zu haben sind in den Magazinen der Kaufmanns Gregorius Marinin, in St. Petersburg.
Published/created in: 1843

£2,750

Extremely rare broadside boasting "the all-best" teas from China available at a merchant's in St. Petersburg. The poster contains much interesting information and is illustrated with many Asian scenes. Very fragile but in very good condition.

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The complete, uncensored text - with the striking dust-jacket

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Master i Margarita [Master and Margarita]
£1,750

The complete, uncensored text - with the striking dust-jacket
BULGAKOV, Mikhail. Master i Margarita. [Master and Margarita]
Published/created in: 1971

£1,750

Bulgakov's masterpiece in its entirety, complete with the famous dust-jacket. A very good copy, fresh internally. This is the 1971 second printing.

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Famous portraits luxuriously bound and with provenance

SORINE, Savely [Savelii Abramovich SORIN] (artist) and André SALMON

Portraits
£5,950

Famous portraits luxuriously bound and with provenance
SORINE, Savely [Savelii Abramovich SORIN] (artist) and André SALMON. Portraits.
Published/created in: 1929

£5,950

A large, famous publication showing the rich and famous of the roaring twenties: an attractive example of this uncommon publication, coming from a descendant of some of the people portrayed. With the maximum number of plates.

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First edition of a landmark novel

RAFFI [pseud. for Hakob Melik HAKOBIAN]

Gaidzer [Sparks]
£4,950

First edition of a landmark novel
RAFFI [pseud. for Hakob Melik HAKOBIAN]. Gaidzer. [Sparks]
Published/created in: 1883 and 1887

£4,950

Fine copy of this celebrated, patriotic novel, a major work for the 19th-c. Armenian identity against oppression. Very rare, with no other examples traced oustide Armenia, including the major Russian libraries.

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Faience craze in imperial Russia

DZHUNKOVSKII, Vasilii Iakovlevich

Nastavleniie o delanii faiansovoi posudy, po preporucheniiu Volnago Ekonomicheskogo obshchestva, iz dostovernykh opytnykh sochinenii [Instruction on Making Faience Ware, by Assignment of the Free Economic Society, from Reliable Experimental Works, Collected by a Member of the Society]
£3,950

Faience craze in imperial Russia
DZHUNKOVSKII, Vasilii Iakovlevich. Nastavleniie o delanii faiansovoi posudy, po preporucheniiu Volnago Ekonomicheskogo obshchestva, iz dostovernykh opytnykh sochinenii. [Instruction on Making Faience Ware, by Assignment of the Free Economic Society, from Reliable Experimental Works, Collected by a Member of the Society]
Published/created in: 1814

£3,950

Extremely rare work, with no copy traced outside Russia. The first Russian book on faience, with an overview of the internatial state of knowledge in the field. Illustrated with a plate of an English oven. An attractive example, with contemporary provenance.

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Cordier's beautiful copy of Moser's journey through Central Asia

MOSER, Henri

A travers l'Asie centrale
£1,650

Cordier's beautiful copy of Moser's journey through Central Asia
MOSER, Henri. A travers l'Asie centrale.
Published/created in: [1885]

£1,650

An excellent example of the first edition of this travel account in nowadays Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan - inscribed by the author to Henri Cordier. Richly illustrated, with a folding map of the region.

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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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