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Image for ODERBORN, P. Wunderbare...Geschichte...Joan Basilidis. Gorlitz, 1596. #2

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The birth of Ivan the Terrible's literary features

Wunderbare, Erschreckliche, Unerhörte Geschichte, und wahrhaffte Historien: Nemlich, des nechst gewesenen Großfürsten in der Moschkaw Joan Basilidis, (auff ire Sprach Iwan Basilowitz genandt) Leben [Unusual, Terrifying, Extraordinary Story and Realistic Tales: Namely, the Life of Recently Deceased Grand Duke of Moscow Joan Basilidis (Called Ivan Vasilievich in Their Language)]

The birth of Ivan the Terrible's literary features
ODERBORN, Paul. Wunderbare, Erschreckliche, Unerhörte Geschichte, und wahrhaffte Historien: Nemlich, des nechst gewesenen Großfürsten in der Moschkaw Joan Basilidis, (auff ire Sprach Iwan Basilowitz genandt) Leben. [Unusual, Terrifying, Extraordinary Story and Realistic Tales: Namely, the Life of Recently Deceased Grand Duke of Moscow Joan Basilidis (Called Ivan Vasilievich in Their Language)]
Published/created in: 1596

£4,250

A rare but important 'russica' title, being the first biography of Ivan the Terrible. Pleasant example of an early edition.

Image for POSSEVINO, A. Moscovia. Cologne, 1587. #2

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Ivan the Terrible's Russia

POSSEVINO, Antonio

Moscovia, et alia opera, de statu huius seculi, adversus Catholicae Ecclesiae hostes. Nunc primo in unum volumen collecta, atq. ab ipsomet auctore emendate & aucta

Ivan the Terrible's Russia
POSSEVINO, Antonio. Moscovia, et alia opera, de statu huius seculi, adversus Catholicae Ecclesiae hostes. Nunc primo in unum volumen collecta, atq. ab ipsomet auctore emendate & aucta.
Published/created in: 1587

£3,250

Early description of Eastern Europe, Poland, the Baltic regions, and Russia/Muscovy, by a Jesuit legate of the Pope: an important and famous book on late 16th-c. Russia.

Image for SHAKESPEARE & PASTERNAK. Hamlet. Moscow, 1941. #2

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Hamlet in war time

SHAKESPEARE, William, and Boris PASTERNAK (translator)

Gamlet. Prints Datskii. Tragediia [The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]

Hamlet in war time
SHAKESPEARE, William, and Boris PASTERNAK (translator). Gamlet. Prints Datskii. Tragediia. [The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]
Published/created in: 1941

£1,150

First separate edition of Shakespeare's famous tragedy in Pasternak's fine translation. A pleasant example of this scarce edition.

Image for BORISOV, A. U Samedov. First edition, 1907. #7

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Northern regions seen by a Russian artist

BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich

U Samoedov. Ot Pingi do Karskogo moria. Putevye ocherki [Among the Samoyeds. From the Pinega river to the sea of Kars. Travel sketches]

Northern regions seen by a Russian artist
BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich. U Samoedov. Ot Pingi do Karskogo moria. Putevye ocherki. [Among the Samoyeds. From the Pinega river to the sea of Kars. Travel sketches]
Published/created in: 1907

£1,250

An artist-explorer gives his impressions of his polar trip to Northern Russia.

Image for BORISOV, A. Krainii Sever. First edition, 1931. #7

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The first Russian painter of the Arctic

BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich

Krainii sever [The Far North]

The first Russian painter of the Arctic
BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich. Krainii sever. [The Far North]
Published/created in: 1931

£2,250

Great images due to an artist-explorer discovering the Arctic regions of Russia. Scarce, and this copy inscribed by a leading Soviet explorer.

Image for PUSHKIN & TOMASHEVSKII. Gavriiliada. Peterburg, 1922. #1

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Pushkin's erotica with erudite comments

PUSHKIN, Aleksandr and Boris TOMASHEVSKII (editor)

Gavriiliada [The Gabrieliad]

Pushkin's erotica with erudite comments
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr and Boris TOMASHEVSKII (editor). Gavriiliada. [The Gabrieliad]
Published/created in: 1922

£50

Pushkin's most famous censored work, here in a lovely and important scholarly edition, finely produced.

Image for TSVETAEVA, Lebedinyi Stan, first edition. Munich, 1957. #2

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The unpublishable finally published

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Lebedinyi stan [A Swans' Wedge. Poems from 1917-1921]

The unpublishable finally published
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Lebedinyi stan. [A Swans' Wedge. Poems from 1917-1921]
Published/created in: 1957

£450

First edition of this important cycle about the Revolution and the Civil War, impossible to publish in the USSR and even abroad for several decades. A very good copy.

Image for TOLSTOY, L. Recent Stories and Articles. First book edition, Berlin, 1894. #1

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A Tolstoy rarity

Poslednie rasskazy i statii [Recent Stories and Articles]

A Tolstoy rarity
TOLSTOY, Leo. Poslednie rasskazy i statii. [Recent Stories and Articles]
Published/created in: 1894

£1,800

Tolstoy the Wise and the Experienced, here in a series of writings difficult to publish in full in Tsarist Russia. A very rare edition, here in its original wrappers.

Image for LIFAR, S. Diagilev i s Diagilevym. First edition, large-paper copy, Paris, 1939. #1

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Exceptionally large paper - inscribed

Diagilev i s Diagilevym [Diaghilev, and with Diaghilev]

Exceptionally large paper - inscribed
LIFAR, Serge. Diagilev i s Diagilevym. [Diaghilev, and with Diaghilev]
Published/created in: 1939

£4,750

A bibliophile's pleasure (and definitely Lifar was one!): an extra-large paper copy of his standard work on Diaghilev, one of 15 ad nominem copies, warmly inscribed to the wife of a leading Russian publisher and bookdealer in Paris. An exceptional example.

Image for THORY, C.A. Annales originis...HIstoire de la fondation du Grand Orient de France. First edition, Paris, 1812. #2

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Very rare illustrated Freemasonry

Annales originis magni Galliarum O. ou Histoire de la fondation du Grand Orient de France

Very rare illustrated Freemasonry
[THORY, C.-A.]. Annales originis magni Galliarum O. ou Histoire de la fondation du Grand Orient de France.
Published/created in: 1812

£2,750

Edition originale de la première histoire de la principale loge française - une rareté reconnue, ici bien complète de ses planches et avec provenance maçonnique.

Image for DILTHEY, Ph. Opy rossiskoi geografii - Essay géographique sur la Russie. First edition, Moscow, 1771-72. #2

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From Ukraine to North America, from the origins to Catherine the Great

DILTEI Filipp Genrikh – Philippe Henry DILTHEY

Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts

From Ukraine to North America, from the origins to Catherine the Great
DILTEI Filipp Genrikh - Philippe Henry DILTHEY. Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov. Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts
Published/created in: 1771[-1772]

£5,750

Detailed and wide-ranging description of the history, peoples and geography of the Russian empire under Catherine the Great. Very rare: only four copies outside Russia, one only in the US.

Image for NIKOLAEV, A.M. Pol-veka tomu nazad. New York, 1968. First edition. #2

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Russian missions during the First World War

Pol-veka tomu nazad [Half Century Ago]

Russian missions during the First World War
NIKOLAEV, A.M. Pol-veka tomu nazad. [Half Century Ago]
Published/created in: 1968

£125

An account of Russian diplomatic missions to the West during WWI. Fine example.

Image for SOLLOGUB, A. Rossiia 862-1917. New York, 1973. Second edition. #2

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'Lord, Save Russia!'

SOLLOGUB, Apollon

Rossiia. 862-1917 [Russia]

'Lord, Save Russia!'
SOLLOGUB, Apollon. Rossiia. 862-1917. [Russia]
Published/created in: 1973

£175

A take on Russian history, with a large quantity of illustrations and in fine condition.

Image for TSVETAEVA, M. Stikhi k Bloku. First edition, Berlin, 1922. #2

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A great poetess to a great poet

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Stikhi k Bloku [Poems to Blok]

A great poetess to a great poet
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Stikhi k Bloku. [Poems to Blok]
Published/created in: 1922

£1,500

Tsvetaeva's second poetry cycle published in exile, dedicated to a major Russian poet who died the year before, with the first publication of Tsvetaeva's 'Podruga' dedicated to Blok's lover. Lovely copy of this first edition.

Image for TSVETAEVA, M. Razluka, first edition. Berlin, 1922. #2

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Exempt of any restoration

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Razluka [Separation]

Exempt of any restoration
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Razluka. [Separation]
Published/created in: 1922

£1,500

A very attractive example of this fragile production, Tsvetaeva's first poetry collection published abroad. First edition.

Image for TSVETAEVA, M. Versty. Second, expanded edition, Moscow, 1922. #2

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With almost 3 times more poems

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Versty [Mileposts]

With almost 3 times more poems
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Versty. [Mileposts]
Published/created in: 1922

£275

Tsvetaeva's first post-war and post-Revolution collection of poetry, here in its most important edition.

Image for KRAFFT, H. A Travers le Turkestan russe. First edition, Paris, 1902. #2

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Central Asia in beautifully subtle tones

A Travers le Turkestan Russe

Central Asia in beautifully subtle tones
KRAFFT, Hugues. A Travers le Turkestan Russe.
Published/created in: 1902

£4,950

Remarkable photographic record of nowadays Uzbekistan and neighbouring regions - a beautiful, luxury production, and a fine example, inscribed by the photographer and author.

Image for DEMIDOV, A. and RAFFET. Voyage dans la Russie méridionale... First edition of the preferred folio format. Paris, 1848. #2

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Extra-illustrated, in a signed binding

DEMIDOFF, Anatole de [Anatolii DEMIDOV], and Denis Auguste RAFFET (artist)

Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie, et la Moldavie

Extra-illustrated, in a signed binding
DEMIDOFF, Anatole de [Anatolii DEMIDOV], and Denis Auguste RAFFET (artist). Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie, et la Moldavie.
Published/created in: [1848]

£9,500

An unusual and attractive copy of this classic plate book, here with plates in various states and with contemporary provenance.

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