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Image for TSVETAEVA, Poslee Rossii, first edition in wrappers, 1928 #1

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Her last poems - in original wrappers

Posle Rossii. 1922-1925 [After Russia. 1922-1925]

Her last poems - in original wrappers
TSVETAEVA, Marina. Posle Rossii. 1922-1925. [After Russia. 1922-1925]
Published/created in: 1928

£3,950

The last poetry of Russia's great poetess, banned in the USSR: a fine example of the first edition, in the original wrappers. Includes one of Tsvetaeva's most famous poems.

Image for TSVETAEVA, M. Konets Kazanovy. Moscow, 1922. #2

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The great Russian poetess on stage

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Konets Kazanovy [The End of Casanova]

The great Russian poetess on stage
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Konets Kazanovy. [The End of Casanova]
Published/created in: 1922

£750

Tsvetaeva's play in verses and 'declaration of love for Casanova'. The only life-time book edition - with the original decorated wrappers.

Image for MAYAKOVSKY, V. Oblako v shtanakh. Moscow, 1918. #1

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"Without censorship"

MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir

Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh [A Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich.]

"Without censorship"
MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir. Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh. [A Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich.]
Published/created in: 1918

£5,000

One of the great poems of Mayakovsky, here in its full version without cut-outs. A fine copy, in the original wrappers.

Image for PUSHKIN, A. Evgenii Onegin, 'miniature' edition, St. Petersburg, 1837. With wrappers. #2

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The last lifetime edition - with both wrappers

PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich

Evgenii Onegin, Roman v stikhakh [Eugene Onegin, Novel in Verse]

The last lifetime edition - with both wrappers
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich. Evgenii Onegin, Roman v stikhakh. [Eugene Onegin, Novel in Verse]
Published/created in: 1837

£18,500

One of Russia's greatest masterpieces, here in a lovely 'miniature' edition - the last one published during Pushkin's lifetime - and in an attractive example with the rare wrappers.

Image for SHAFONSKII, Morozovaia iazva [Description of the Plague]. First edition, Moskva 1775, Imperial copy. #2

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Pandemic in Catherine's Russia - from an Imperial palace

SHAFONSKII, Afanasii Filimonovich

Opisanie morovoi iazvy… [Description of the Plague…in Moscow from 1770 to 1772]

Pandemic in Catherine's Russia - from an Imperial palace
SHAFONSKII, Afanasii Filimonovich. Opisanie morovoi iazvy…. [Description of the Plague…in Moscow from 1770 to 1772]
Published/created in: 1775

£19,500

The first Russian scientific work on the plague : an Imperial copy of a major work, in fresh condition.

Image for SUZUKI, Y. Shin Roshia - New Russia. First edition, Tokyo, 1932-33. #2

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The striking achievements of the young USSR seen from Japan

SUZUKI, Yukiyasu (editor)

Shin Roshia [New Russia]

The striking achievements of the young USSR seen from Japan
SUZUKI, Yukiyasu (editor). Shin Roshia. [New Russia]
Published/created in: Showa 7-8 [i.e. 1932- 1933]

£3,800

Fine photographic illustrations of Soviet Russia for a Japanese audience. First edition, a complete set.

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Russia, Persia and China at the time of Peter the Great

BELL, John

Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia [to Ispahan...to Pekin through Siberia...from Mosco to Derbent in Persia... A Journey from St. Petersburg to Constantinople]

Russia, Persia and China at the time of Peter the Great
BELL, John. Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia [to Ispahan...to Pekin through Siberia...from Mosco to Derbent in Persia... A Journey from St. Petersburg to Constantinople].
Published/created in: 1763

£1,000

The preferred first edition in the Quarto format; with the folding map of Siberia up to China.

Image for RUMOVSKII (ed.), Mesiatsoslov na...1782 [Almanac for...1782], St. Petersburg, 1781. In wrappers. #3

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With news from the American Revolution in the hands of a Russian woman

[ALMANAC] – RUMOVSKII, Sergei (editor), Login BAKMEISTER and others

Mesiatsoslov na leto ot rozhdestva khristova 1782 [Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1782]

With news from the American Revolution in the hands of a Russian woman
[ALMANAC] - RUMOVSKII, Sergei (editor), Login BAKMEISTER and others. Mesiatsoslov na leto ot rozhdestva khristova 1782. [Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1782]
Published/created in: [1781]

£5,450

An attractive example of this extremely rare almanac, unusually preserving its gilt floral wrappers and presenting notes of its contemporary Russian female owner. With an overview of national and international events, including American ones in the aftermath of the independence.

Image for GLADKY, S. & A. SALMON. Synthese du costume theatral. First edition, Paris, 1927. #2

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Cubist theatrical impressions

GLADKY, Serge (artist, also Serhii HLADKY) and André SALMON

Synthèse du costume théâtral

Cubist theatrical impressions
GLADKY, Serge (artist, also Serhii HLADKY) and André SALMON. Synthèse du costume théâtral.
Published/created in: 1927

£7,750

One of only 170 copies of this beautiful album of fresh and striking plates. In a fine modern binding.

Image for AKHMATOVA, A. U samogo moria. First edition, 1921. #7

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A Black Sea youth

AKHMATOVA, Anna

U samogo moria [At the Edge of the Sea]

A Black Sea youth
AKHMATOVA, Anna. U samogo moria. [At the Edge of the Sea]
Published/created in: 1921

£895

A fine example of the first edition of this important autobiographical poem by one of the best Russian poets, and a victim of Soviet censorship.

Image for PETROV-ROPET, Nikolay II's coronation annoucement, Moscow, 1896. #2

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With gold chromolithography

PETROV-ROPET, Ivan (artist)

Obiavlenie o Koronovanii Nikolaia II i Aleksandry Fedorovny 14 maia 1896g [Announcement of the Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna on 14 May 1896]

With gold chromolithography
PETROV-ROPET, Ivan (artist). Obiavlenie o Koronovanii Nikolaia II i Aleksandry Fedorovny 14 maia 1896g. [Announcement of the Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna on 14 May 1896]
Published/created in: [1896]

£1,500

Beautiful broadside for the coronation of Russia's last tsar, very decorative and in very good condition.

Image for CHEREPANOV. Vidy Solovetskogo Monateria. Arkhangelsk, 1884. #2

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A future Gulag camp - printed in Arkhangelsk

CHEREPANOV, V. (publisher)

Vidy Mestnostei Solovetskogo Monasteria [Views of the Solovetskii Monastery and its Environs]

A future Gulag camp - printed in Arkhangelsk
CHEREPANOV, V. (publisher). Vidy Mestnostei Solovetskogo Monasteria. [Views of the Solovetskii Monastery and its Environs]
Published/created in: 1884

£3,950

A lovely work showing many views of a great Orthodox monastery, and future Soviet camp. Printed in a major port of the White Sea.

Image for LEVINSON, A. Bakst: The Story of the Artist's Life. First edition, copy num. 1; Berlin, 1923. #1

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Copy Number 1

[BAKST] – LEVINSON, André

Bakst: the Story of the Artist's Life

Copy Number 1
[BAKST] - LEVINSON, André. Bakst: the Story of the Artist's Life.
Published/created in: 1923

£4,250

The most celebrated artist of the Ballets Russes, celebrated here in this beautiful production - of which it is the copy num. 1 out of only 315 printed for the UK.

Image for ONCHUKOV, N. Northern Tales, in Russian. First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1908. #2

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Oral tradition on the shores of the White Sea

ONCHUKOV, Nikolai Evgenevich

Severnye skazki. Arkhangelskaia i Olonetskaia gg [Northern Tales. From Arkhangel and Olonetsk provinces]

Oral tradition on the shores of the White Sea
ONCHUKOV, Nikolai Evgenevich. Severnye skazki. Arkhangelskaia i Olonetskaia gg. [Northern Tales. From Arkhangel and Olonetsk provinces]
Published/created in: 1908

£375

More than 300 traditional tales are gathered here, in the local dialects: a fine work of ethnographic material on the northern regions of Russia.

Image for LEVCHINE, A. Description des hordes..., Première édition en français, Paris, 1840. #2

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By the "Herodot of Kazakh steppes"

LEVCHINE, Alexis de [Aleksei Iraklevich LEVSHIN, also LIOVSHIN]

Description des hordes et des steppes des Kirghiz-Kazaks ou Kirghiz-Kaïssaks

By the "Herodot of Kazakh steppes"
LEVCHINE, Alexis de [Aleksei Iraklevich LEVSHIN, also LIOVSHIN]. Description des hordes et des steppes des Kirghiz-Kazaks ou Kirghiz-Kaïssaks.
Published/created in: 1840

£2,250

The first extensive study of the people of Kazakhstan: first French edition, with the same illustrations as the original Russian edition; including a folding map of the area, which was very rare at the time.

Image for STRAHLENBERG, Ph. Description - with map - in English. London, 1738. #2

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With the large map of the Russian Empire

STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von

An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia; but More Particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary

With the large map of the Russian Empire
STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von. An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia; but More Particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary.
Published/created in: 1738

£7,500

Fine, fresh example of this famous work, with its impressive map but also with important illustrations and a wide-ranging content on Siberia and other Russian regions.

Image for PASTERNAK, B. Doktor Zhivago. Milan, 1959. First Feltrinelli edition, with dust-jacket #1

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A most famous edition, with literary provenance

PASTERNAK, Boris

Doktor Zhivago

A most famous edition, with literary provenance
PASTERNAK, Boris. Doktor Zhivago.
Published/created in: [1959]

£1,750

A very good example of this important edition of the Nobel Prize laureate, with literary provenance.

Image for PUSHKIN and von MAYDELL, Tsygany. Illustrated edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1924. #2

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With Pushkin's lifetime illustrations

PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich and Friedrich L. von MAYDELL (artist)

Tsygany [The Gypsies]

With Pushkin's lifetime illustrations
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich and Friedrich L. von MAYDELL (artist). Tsygany. [The Gypsies]
Published/created in: 1924

£195

Attractive example of this large-format illustrated edition of Pushkin's poem.