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Image for TOLSTOY, Lev. Pervyi Vinokur. First edition. Moskva, 1886. #1

Tolstoy the playwright

Pervyi vinokur ili kak chertenok kraiushku zasluzhil. Komediia [The First Distiller, or How the Little Devil Earned his Crust. A Comedy]

£1,750

Tolstoy the playwright
TOLSTOY, Lev. Pervyi vinokur ili kak chertenok kraiushku zasluzhil. Komediia. [The First Distiller, or How the Little Devil Earned his Crust. A Comedy]
Published/created in: 1886

£1,750

First edition of Tolstoy's successful play on wine and some of its effects... Lovely example in wrappers. Scarce.

Image for PUSHKIN and DOBUZHINSKY. Evgenii Onegin. Paris & Bruxelles, 1938. #1

Finely illustrated

PUSHKIN, Aleksandr and Mstislav DOBUZHINSKY (artist)

Evgenii Onegin. Roman v stikhakh [Eugene Onegin. Novel in verse, ed. by V.F. Khodasevich]

£750

Finely illustrated
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr and Mstislav DOBUZHINSKY (artist). Evgenii Onegin. Roman v stikhakh. [Eugene Onegin. Novel in verse, ed. by V.F. Khodasevich]

Published/created in: 1938

£750

Pushkin's novel in verses in the original Russian, here illustrated by Dobuzhinsky: the first edition of the full set of illustrations.

Image for HARDING and ALEXANDER. Costume of the Russian Empire. London, 1811 #1

With a focus on Siberian costumes

HARDING, E[dward] (publisher) [and William ALEXANDER]

Costume of the Russian Empire. Costume de l'empire russe. Illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings. Representé en plus de soixante-dix gravures superbement colorées

£2,500

With a focus on Siberian costumes
HARDING, E[dward] (publisher) [and William ALEXANDER]. Costume of the Russian Empire. Costume de l'empire russe. Illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings. Representé en plus de soixante-dix gravures superbement colorées.
Published/created in: 1811

£2,500

A lovely example of this famous hand-coloured costume book showing the wide variety of 'Russian' dresses, from Western Russia to Central and Eastern Siberia.

Image for Watercolour portrait of Hadji Murat. Tbilisi, 1852. #2

Contemporary portrait

French school of the 19^th century

Portrait de Hadji Mourad

£4,750

Contemporary portrait
French school of the 19^th century. Portrait de Hadji Mourad.
Published/created in: 30 January 1852

£4,750

Extremely rare contemporary portrait of a famous Caucasian rebel - described by Gagarin and Tolstoy.

Image for IAKINF [BICHURIN]. Zapiski o Mongolii. Skt. Peterburg, 1828. #2

In a particularly fine Russian binding

IAKINF [ie. Nikita Iakovlevich BICHURIN]

Zapiski o Mongolii. S Prilozheniem karty Mongolii i raznykh kostiumov [Notes on Mongolia. With a Map of Mongolia and Various Costumes]

£7,500

In a particularly fine Russian binding
IAKINF [ie. Nikita Iakovlevich BICHURIN]. Zapiski o Mongolii. S Prilozheniem karty Mongolii i raznykh kostiumov. [Notes on Mongolia. With a Map of Mongolia and Various Costumes]
Published/created in: 1828

£7,500

Very attractive example of one of the most important Russian works on Mongolia and Northern China - one of the rare early Russian books with hand-coloured plates. With a large folding map.

Image for FORBIN, A. Voyage dans le Levant. Paris, 1819. #2

Famous account of the Middle East

FORBIN, Auguste, comte de

Voyage dans le Levant en 1817 et 1818

£295

Famous account of the Middle East
FORBIN, Auguste, comte de. Voyage dans le Levant en 1817 et 1818.
Published/created in: 1819

£295

Forbin's text volumes describing his celebrated travel to the Middle East; in very good condition.

Image for SKALKOVSKII, K. Vneshniaia politika Rossii [Russia's external policy]. First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1897 #2

The World Powers seen from Russia - and bound in Istanbul

SKALKOVSKII, Konstantin

Vneshniaia politika Rossii i polozhenie inostrannykh derzhav [Russia's External Policy and the Position of Foreign States]

£1,950

The World Powers seen from Russia - and bound in Istanbul
SKALKOVSKII, Konstantin. Vneshniaia politika Rossii i polozhenie inostrannykh derzhav. [Russia's External Policy and the Position of Foreign States]

Published/created in: 1897

£1,950

Wide-ranging and fascinating analysis of the world powers and their relationships with Russia at the turn of the 20th century - with great comments on China and the USA. First edition, bound in Constantinople and with interesting, related modern provenance.

Image for HOLMAN, J. A Voyage Round the World. First edition, London, 1834-35. #2

The Blind Traveller - in cloth

HOLMAN, James

A Voyage Round the World, including travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc. etc., from 1827 to 1832

£3,500

The Blind Traveller - in cloth
HOLMAN, James. A Voyage Round the World, including travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc. etc., from 1827 to 1832.
Published/created in: 1834-35

£3,500

The first circumnavigation by a blind person: first edition, illustrated with more than 20 plates, and very rare in the original cloth.

Image for SCLEISSING, G.A. La Religion des Moscovites, rare edition of 1705, with plates by Picart. #2

With Russian soldiers chasing a monkey

[SCHLEISSING, Georg Adam]

La Religion ancienne et moderne des Moscovites

£975

With Russian soldiers chasing a monkey
[SCHLEISSING, Georg Adam]. La Religion ancienne et moderne des Moscovites.
Published/created in: 1705

£975

Great study of the religious habits and dogmas of Western Russians in th 17th century - finely illustrated with engraved plates by Picart. A fine copy of this uncommon edition.

Image for Romanov Family, Four ceremonials: baptism, adulthood and weddings of Gd. Dukes and Duchesses #1

From baptism to wedding

[ROMANOVS]

Four Ceremonials

£6,500

From baptism to wedding
[ROMANOVS]. Four Ceremonials.
Published/created in: 1882, 1889, [1894], 1902

£6,500

Uncommon luxurious full cream calf binding for the wedding of two first cousins of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II - together with three other ceremonials detailing important events in the close family of Alexander III. A fine group.

Image for Samokish, Vasilkovskii and Evarnitskii, Iz ukrainskoi stariny, complete first edition, 1900 #2

Celebrating Ukraine's past in folio and in colour

SAMOKISH, N.S. and S.I. VASILKOVSKII (artists), text by D.I. EVARNITSKII

Iz ukrainskoi stariny. La Petite Russie d'autrefois

£3,750

Celebrating Ukraine's past in folio and in colour
SAMOKISH, N.S. and S.I. VASILKOVSKII (artists), text by D.I. EVARNITSKII. Iz ukrainskoi stariny. La Petite Russie d'autrefois.
Published/created in: 1900

£3,750

Beautiful portfolio showing 20 folio colour plates of Ukrainian Cossacks's scenes, costumes and heroes - with a vibrant text in Russian and French by an important Ukrainian scholar.

Image for Bulgakov, Heart of Dog, first Russian book edition, Paris, YMCA, 1969. #2

U-u-u-u-u-u... in first edition

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache serdtse [Heart of a Dog]

£1,450

U-u-u-u-u-u... in first edition
BULGAKOV, Mikhail. Sobache serdtse. [Heart of a Dog]
Published/created in: 1969

£1,450

Uncommon first book edition in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece. A lovely copy in its original wrappers by Annenkov.

Image for Pushkin through the Caucasus, one of 50 copies, by Serge Lifar #1

Svetlov-Fekula copy - one of 50 only

PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich, Sergey LIFAR and Prof. M. L. GOFMAN (editors)

Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda [Journey to Arzrum during the campaign of 1829]

£2,950

Svetlov-Fekula copy - one of 50 only
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich, Sergey LIFAR and Prof. M. L. GOFMAN (editors). Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda. [Journey to Arzrum during the campaign of 1829]
Published/created in: 1934

£2,950

Pushkin's best travel account in a fine bibliophilic edition, one of 50 'ad nominem' copies only, this one for Valerian Svetlov.

Image for Fletcher, Of the Russe Commonwealth, first Russian book edition, very rare. Geneva, Kasatkin, 1867. #1

Banned Russian edition of a banned English book

FLETCHER, Dzhails [Giles]

O gosudarstve russkom, ili Obraz pravleniia russkago tsaria (obyknovenno nazyvaemago tsarem moskovskim). S opisaniiem nravov i obychaev zhitelei etoi strany [Of the Rvsse Common Wealth: Of the Russian State, or the Manner of Government of the Russian Emperor]

£6,750

Banned Russian edition of a banned English book
FLETCHER, Dzhails [Giles]. O gosudarstve russkom, ili Obraz pravleniia russkago tsaria (obyknovenno nazyvaemago tsarem moskovskim). S opisaniiem nravov i obychaev zhitelei etoi strany. [Of the Rvsse Common Wealth: Of the Russian State, or the Manner of Government of the Russian Emperor]
Published/created in: 1867

£6,750

First Russian book edition -banned- of Fletcher's famous -and banned- description of Russia which first appeared in 1591. A very rare edition, printed in Geneva by Russian revolutionaries, in a fine, fresh example.

Image for HOSER. Description of Teplice, first edition in the original German, complete with hand-coloured view, Prague, 1798. #4

Central Europe's oldest spa town in colour

[HOSER, Joseph Carl Eduard]

Beschreibung von Teplitz in Böhmen

£1,250

Central Europe's oldest spa town in colour
[HOSER, Joseph Carl Eduard]. Beschreibung von Teplitz in Böhmen.
Published/created in: 1798

£1,250

A scarce description of Central Europe's oldest spa town, now in Czech Republic, with a fine double-page view with original hand-colour. Attractive example with royal provenance.

Image for Akhmatova, Brodsky and others, Important poems and other texts, incl. Poem bez geroia [Poem Without a Hero], first editions. #1

The Pantheon of the Silver Age - a complete set

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Isaac BABEL, Iosif BRODSKII, Osip MANDELSHTAM, Vladimir NABOKOV, Boris PASTERNAK, Marina TSVETAEVA et al

Vozdushnye Puti [Airways. Almanach. Vols I-V]

£1,500

The Pantheon of the Silver Age - a complete set
AKHMATOVA, Anna, Isaac BABEL, Iosif BRODSKII, Osip MANDELSHTAM, Vladimir NABOKOV, Boris PASTERNAK, Marina TSVETAEVA et al. Vozdushnye Puti. [Airways. Almanach. Vols I-V]
Published/created in: 1960-67

£1,500

The first publication of Akhmatova's 'Poem Without a Hero' [Poem bez geroia] - as well as many other works by some of the best Russian poets and authors of the 20th century: a complete set of this important literary almanac, rare so.

Image for Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog, first publication in Russian, Flegon, 1968. #1

U-u-u-u-u-u....: the first publication

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache serdtse [Heart of a Dog]

£1,000

U-u-u-u-u-u....: the first publication
BULGAKOV, Mikhail. Sobache serdtse. [Heart of a Dog]
Published/created in: 1968

£1,000

First publication in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece, banned in Soviet Union until 20 years later.

Image for SKRINNIKOV, The Science of the Horse, very rare first edition, in Russian, Warsaw, 1866-67 #2

How to understand horses - no copy traced

SKRINNIKOV, Mikhail

Ippologiia, ili Nauka o loshadi. Chast I-II [Hippology, or The Science of the Horse. Parts I-II]

£1,950

How to understand horses - no copy traced
SKRINNIKOV, Mikhail. Ippologiia, ili Nauka o loshadi. Chast I-II. [Hippology, or The Science of the Horse. Parts I-II]
Published/created in: 1866-67

£1,950

First edition of this influential Russian work on horse education and hippiatry, illustrated with 3 plates. Very rare: no copy traced on the market nor in libraries.

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