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LEBEDEV, Vladimir (artist), Samuil MARSHAK
My Voennye [We Are Soldiers]
Five-year-old tank drivers and children medics with gas mask: an impressive Soviet children book when Europe was preparing for war, and another fine collaboration between Marshak and Lebedev. Scarce first edition.
RAFAIL, monk (engraver, translator, and editor)
Uşa pocăinţei adecă carte foarte umilitoare… [Door of Repentance. That Is, a Very Humiliating and Very Useful Book for the Soul]
A pleasant, complete copy of this beautiful Romanian religious production, apparently the first translation in any language; with unusual, striking plates. Very rare, with no copies traced outside Romania. With feminine provenance.
Lovely ABC for Finns to learn Russian - of utmost rarity, with only 3 holdings in Finland, and possibly a copy in Stockholm and one in Russia; nothing else could be traced. With interesting content including Orthodox texts and fables - at the height of Krylov's popularity. This copy with contemporary Swedish-Finnish aristocratic provenance.
Attractive example of this rare study, printed in St. Petersburg by the renown Academy of Sciences.
Innovative, early study by "one of the most important linguists of the 19th century" (Walravens). Scarce, with no copy traced in recent decades; this one in very good, original condition.
DOSTOEVSKY, Fedor Mikhailovich
Bratia Karamazovy [The Brothers Karamazov]
Fine copy of the first edition of Dostoevsky's masterpiece, with a rare and contemporary Scottish-Moscow provenance. Most desirable.
MILTONI, Ioani [John MILTON] and Vartan Bagdasarovich AVAKOV (translator)
Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].
Very rare first edition in Georgian of Milton's masterpiece. No other copies traced outside Georgia. A very good example in wrappers.
Fine, uncut example of the first part (of 2) of this contemporary abridgement of Karamzin's masterpiece, made for students of the Russian language, with useful, didactic remarks. Scarce.
![Image for N. GUMILEV. Shater [The Tent]. First complete edition. Revel, 1921. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/3256_1-300x330.jpg)
Crisp, attractive example of this important and very detailed description of the Russian northern capital and its region. Complete with both maps, on thick paper.
First edition of this account of the area comprised between Perekop and Mariopol, on the shores of the Sea of Azov; with a particular focus on the nomadic Nogai Tatars, and the local German colonies. Complete, with the fine plates here in bright, bold original watercolours.
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POLANCUS, Joannes [Juan Alfonso de POLANCO] and Sime BUDINIC (transl.)
Ispravnik za erei, ispovidnici, i za pokornih [Guide for Priests, Confessors and the Penitent]
Fresh example of this Propaganda Fide edition in Croatian Glagolitic of an important Jesuit text for priests. Uncommon.
First edition with these striking illustrations, printed with a beautiful technique rendering perfectly the Palekh style of folk art. An impressive, artistic edition in folio format; this copy in excellent condition, with the original wrapper and box.
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Important booklet showing the British interest in new Russian 'missions' in Central Asia, with the first translation of Russian accounts of the region. A lovely copy.