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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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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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SORINE, Savely [Savelii Abramovich SORIN] (artist) and André SALMON
Portraits
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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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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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]
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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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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SIMEON, Novyi Bogoslov [SYMEON, the New Theologian]
Prepodobnogo ottsa nashego Simeona Novago Bogoslova...slovesa zelo polezna [Practical Words]
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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BRODSKII, Iosif [Joseph BRODSKY] and Jamie FULLER (translator)
A Stop in a Desert
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.
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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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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SNEGIREV, Gennadii and Ivan BRUNI (artist)
Golubaia Tuva [Blue Tuva]
Golubaia Tuva. [Blue Tuva]
Published/created in: 1965
£325
Lovely Soviet children book about life in the taiga. Rare edition.
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TUROVA, E[katerina] (artist) and Aleksei REMIZOV
Snezhok [Snowball]
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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MIRZO, Gaffar, Marianna FOFANOVA (translator), Vladlen BUDNYI (artist)
Chertenok Bezrogii, Beskhvostyi [The Little Imp Without Horns or a Tail]
Chertenok Bezrogii, Beskhvostyi. [The Little Imp Without Horns or a Tail]
Published/created in: 1964
£575
Very rare Russian edition of this Tajik poem for children, published in Tajikistan's capital. Only one other copy traced, in Berlin.
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MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir, A. BREI and A. KRYLOV (artists)
Od At [The Fire Horse]
Od At. [The Fire Horse]
Published/created in: 1940
£1,250
Mayakovsky for Azeris: a scarce edition of this children book in Azerbaijani language, published in 1940.
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[BELLARMINO, Roberto and] Pietro PAOLO (transl.)
Arrawyel Parzabanut'iwn K'ristoneakan... Dichiaratione più copiosa della Dottrina Christiana [Further Clarification of the Christian Doctrine]
Arrawyel Parzabanut'iwn K'ristoneakan... Dichiaratione più copiosa della Dottrina Christiana. [Further Clarification of the Christian Doctrine]
Published/created in: 1630
£6,500
The Borghese copy of an important book: the first translation into Armenian of this major text of the Catholic Church. This is the first complete edition in Armenian and the second book printed in Armenian by the Propaganda Fide. Scarce, with only 3 copies traced in the US.
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Otkrytie Ameriki, Kamchatki i Aleutskikh ostrovov: Rasskazy dlia detei. [Discovery of America, Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands: Stories for Children]
Published/created in: 1868
£2,500
Very rare and fascinating children book on the discovery of America and North Pacific, illustrated, with great comments on the conquest of America and other parts of the world. A lovely copy in original publisher's boards.
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