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Image for Chekhonin's Orange Peels for Children, 1921 #2

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Poems for children

CHEKHONIN, S. (artist) and M. MORAVSKAIA

Apelsinnye korki. Stikhi dlia detei [Orange Peels. Poems for Children]

Poems for children
CHEKHONIN, S. (artist) and M. MORAVSKAIA. Apelsinnye korki. Stikhi dlia detei. [Orange Peels. Poems for Children]
Published/created in: 1921

£525

Scarce émigré edition illustrated by one of the most famous Russian book illustrators and designers of the early 20th century. With an attractive cover design.

Image for BERNOVILLE, R. La Souanétie libre. Paris, 1875. First edition, in wrappers. #1

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Such a beautiful region...but "savage"?

Raphael BERNOVILLE

La Souanetie libre. Episode d'un voyage a la chaine centrale du Caucase

Such a beautiful region...but "savage"?
Raphael BERNOVILLE. La Souanetie libre. Episode d'un voyage a la chaine centrale du Caucase.
Published/created in: 1875

£2,750

Attractive and uncommon account of southern Caucasus, illustrated with large plates and missing in the usual bibliographies. First edition; a pleasant example in the original printed wrappers.

Image for LEITSINGER, Photographs of Arkhangelsk and Northern Russian people, late 19th century #1

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Samoyeds, barrels and snow

LEITSINGER, Jakob Ivanovich

Photographic Views of Arkhangelsk and its Region

Samoyeds, barrels and snow
LEITSINGER, Jakob Ivanovich. Photographic Views of Arkhangelsk and its Region.
Published/created in: 1890-1900s

£895

A lovely group of rare Russian photographs, showing Northern indigenous peoples and local trades by one of the main photographers of the Russian North, and future mayor of Arkhangelsk.

Image for Svishchennaia istoriia... First edition in 6 languages. #2

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Kiev printing in 6 languages, on blue paper

[RUMOVSKII-KRASNOPEVKOV, Veniamin]

Sviashchennaia istoriia dlia maloletnikh detei… Sacra historia in gratinam puerorum… L'histoire sacrée composée en langue russe a l'usage des jeunes gens…

Kiev printing in 6 languages, on blue paper
[RUMOVSKII-KRASNOPEVKOV, Veniamin]. Sviashchennaia istoriia dlia maloletnikh detei… Sacra historia in gratinam puerorum… L'histoire sacrée composée en langue russe a l'usage des jeunes gens….
Published/created in: 1829

£1,950

Six languages with 5 different fonts: a rare introduction to biblical story for children, printed on blue paper a lovely copy.

Image for [BAKST] - ALEXANDRE, A. and J. COCTEAU. L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst. First edition, 1913. #2

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Beautiful copy in its striking binding

[BAKST] – ALEXANDRE, Arsène and Jean COCTEAU

L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst

Beautiful copy in its striking binding
[BAKST] - ALEXANDRE, Arsène and Jean COCTEAU. L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst.
Published/created in: 1913

£3,950

The earliest, largest and most impressive work on Bakst's striking art. A fine, fresh example, in its great art-déco binding.

Image for BLOK, A. O liubvi, poezii i gos. sluzhbe. Berlin, 1920. First book edition. #2

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First book edition

BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

O liubvi, poezii i gosudarstvennoi sluzhbe [Dialogue About Love, Poetry and Government Service]

First book edition
BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich. O liubvi, poezii i gosudarstvennoi sluzhbe. [Dialogue About Love, Poetry and Government Service]
Published/created in: 1920

£125

Very good example of this first separate edition of Blok's thoughts on a wide range of themes.

Image for GRIGORIEV, B. Faces of Russia. Berlin, 1924. #1

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In fine condition

GRIGORIEV, Boris Dmitrievich

Faces of Russia

In fine condition
GRIGORIEV, Boris Dmitrievich. Faces of Russia.
Published/created in: 1924

£1,850

A lovely, clean copy of this great book of artistic portraits of Russians. First English edition, copy num. 7.

Image for AZOULAI, A. Mercy to Abraham, in Hebrew. Zhovka, Ukraine, 1802. #2

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Printed in Western Ukraine

AZOULAI Abraham ben Mordechaï

Sefer Hesed le-Avraham Hibro Hekhino ve-gam Hikro Ha-Aluf [Mercy to Abraham]

Printed in Western Ukraine
AZOULAI Abraham ben Mordechaï. Sefer Hesed le-Avraham Hibro Hekhino ve-gam Hikro Ha-Aluf. [Mercy to Abraham]
Published/created in: 1802

£1,750

Rare edition of this important cabalistic treatise, a lovely production of a provincial Ukrainian city.

Image for FOX, G.V., Narrative of the Mission to Russia, first edition in full red morrocco, New York, 1873. #2

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In a signed full-morocco binding

FOX, Gustavus Vasa

Narrative of the Mission to Russia, in 1866 From the journal and notes by J. F. Loubat. Edited by J. D. Champlin.

In a signed full-morocco binding
FOX, Gustavus Vasa. Narrative of the Mission to Russia, in 1866. From the journal and notes by J. F. Loubat. Edited by J. D. Champlin.
Published/created in: 1873

£1,100

Fine example, in full red morocco, of the account of this official American mission to Russia, just 6 months before the sale of Alaska.

Image for D.H. LAWRENCE, first edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover in Russian, Berlin, 1932 #2

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In the publisher's wrappers

LORENS, D. G. [D. H. LAWRENCE] and Tatiana LESHCHENKO (transl.)

Liubovnik ledi Chatterlei [Lady Chatterley's Lover]

In the publisher's wrappers
LORENS, D. G. [D. H. LAWRENCE] and Tatiana LESHCHENKO (transl.). Liubovnik ledi Chatterlei. [Lady Chatterley's Lover]
Published/created in: 1932

£3,950

First edition in Russian of Lawrence's famous scandalous work, banned in the UK, USA and Soviet Union. An early translation by a talented Russian woman who went from Moscow to New York and to the GULAG (in that order), and inspired Solzhenitsyn. A lovely example, and very rare: no copy in Russian libraries, none in the UK, only two traced in WorldCat (Princeton and Syracuse).

Image for Nabokov, Mashenka, first edition of his first novel, Berlin, 1926, in the original wrappers. #2

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The birth of a great novelist

[NABOKOV, Vladimir Dmitrievich, as:] SIRIN, V

Mashenka [Mary]

The birth of a great novelist
[NABOKOV, Vladimir Dmitrievich, as:] SIRIN, V. Mashenka. [Mary]
Published/created in: 1926

£6,950

First edition of Nabokov's first novel, in the original Russian: a great example of this important edition, in the original publisher's wrappers in very good condition.

Image for Akhmatova, Podorozhnik, first edition in original Russian, 1921 #2

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One of 60 nominal copies

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Podorozhnik [Plantain]

One of 60 nominal copies
AKHMATOVA, Anna. Podorozhnik. [Plantain]
Published/created in: 1921

£1,750

First edition of this celebrated poetry collection by one of Russia's best poets. A fresh example of the rare issue of only 60 nominal copies.

Image for RUSTAVELI, Vepxistqaosani, The Knight in the Panther's Skin, in Georgian, Berlin, 1943 #2

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For the Georgian soldiers of the Third Reich

RUSTAVELI, Shota

Vepxistqaosani [The Knight in the Panther's Skin]

For the Georgian soldiers of the Third Reich
RUSTAVELI, Shota. Vepxistqaosani. [The Knight in the Panther's Skin]
Published/created in: 1943

£4,750

The main national epic of Georgia in a very unusual, small-format production, in Georgian, for the Third Reich's "Georgian Legion". An extremely rare edition of Rustaveli's masterpiece, and a fantastic example from the 50 deluxe copies, here in a luxurious binding.

Image for Tsar Nicholas II's coronation in details, finely bound in red calf, 1896 #1

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The last Russian coronation in a deluxe binding

Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II: Three Ceremonials

The last Russian coronation in a deluxe binding
[ROMANOVS]. Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II: Three Ceremonials.
Published/created in: 1896

£3,950

Details of the processes of the coronation of the last Russian tsar, together with the list of important foreign attendees - including one volume more unusually luxuriously bound in full soft red calf gilt.

Image for MILLER, Tropik raka: first Russian edition, New York, 1964. #2

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First Russian edition, at Miller's request

MILLER, Genri [Henry] and Georgii EGOROV (transl.)

Tropik raka [Tropic of Cancer]

First Russian edition, at Miller's request
MILLER, Genri [Henry] and Georgii EGOROV (transl.). Tropik raka. [Tropic of Cancer]
Published/created in: 1964

£2,750

First Russian edition, initiated by Miller himself as soon as 1964, of this most transgressive work, banned in the USA and in Soviet Union. Published by Rosset in New York, limited to 200 copies, and now very rare on the market.

Image for Mayakovsky discovers the USA: first edition, with Rochenko's original wrappers. #1

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A Russian poet in the US

MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and Aleksandr RODCHENKO (illustrator)

Moe otkrytie Ameriki [My Discovery of America]

A Russian poet in the US
MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and Aleksandr RODCHENKO (illustrator). Moe otkrytie Ameriki. [My Discovery of America]
Published/created in: 1926

£1,000

Mayakovsky travelling to and photographed in the USA: first edition, in fine condition, with Rochenko's original wrappers.

Image for BURTSEV, Tsar i vneshniaia politika, Russo-Japanese War, Berlin, 1910. #1

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Another war which went wrong...

BURTSEV, Vladimir Lvovich

Tsar i vneshniaia politika. Vinovniki russko-iaponskoi voiny [The Tsar and Foreign Affairs. The Culprits of the Russo-Japanese War]

Another war which went wrong...
BURTSEV, Vladimir Lvovich. Tsar i vneshniaia politika. Vinovniki russko-iaponskoi voiny. [The Tsar and Foreign Affairs. The Culprits of the Russo-Japanese War]

Published/created in: 1910

£65

Great denunciation of the catastrophy for Russia of the war against Japan. A pre-revolutionary publication banned in tsarist Russia.

Image for Laudy, Dessins aquarelles des uniformes de la Garde de Napoleon et Regiments de la Ligne, 2 volumes #1

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Napoleon's stay at Waterloo's farm

Drawings of Napoleon's Imperial Guard AND Regiments of the Line

Napoleon's stay at Waterloo's farm
LAUDY, Lucien. Drawings of Napoleon's Imperial Guard AND Regiments of the Line.
Published/created in: 1909-11]

£1,850

More than 60 watercolours of Napoleonic uniforms, drawn by a Nopoleon fan who initiated a museum in the house where Napoleon stayed before the final battle of Waterloo. An historical object, finely bound.

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