Marsh odinokikh. [The March of the Lonely]
Published/created in: 1983
£2,250
First edition thus, inscribed to a fellow journalist and author.
Read More Read MoreMEKSIN, Iakov, Nina SAKULINA, and Aleksandr MOGILEVSKII (artist)
Vystavka detskoi knigi i detskogo tvorchestva Iaponii [An Exhibition of Japanese Children Books and Art Work]
Vystavka detskoi knigi i detskogo tvorchestva Iaponii. [An Exhibition of Japanese Children Books and Art Work]
Published/created in: 1928
£395
Uncommon booklet presenting a very early cultural exchange between Japan and the USSR, centred on children books. A lovely item, here in very good condition in spite of its fragility.
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Zona: zapiski nadziratelia. [The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story]
Published/created in: 1982
£3,000
First edition Dovlatov's famous work, inscribed to a figure of the Russian emigration in the US.
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Skazka ob Ivane Durake i ego dvukh bratiakh. [The Tale of Ivan the Fool and his Two Brothers]
Published/created in: 1892
£650
Tolstoy banned in Russia: a rare edition of this novella, kept in its fragile wrappers. Printed in Leipzig; and also an unusual example of decorative wrappers on a Russian literary work.
Read More Read MoreNARBUT, Egor (artist) and Ivan Andreevich KRYLOV
Basni Krylova [Krylov's Fables]
Basni Krylova. [Krylov's Fables]
Published/created in: [1912]
£850
Some of the most famous Russian fables here illustrated by the leading Ukrainian artist. Scarce in this lovely condition.
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Notes on the Boats of Siberia.
Published/created in: [1920]
£395
Fine essay on Siberian boats, their history, construction, use etc., with illustrations. Very rare offprint.
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Ocherk piatidesiatiletnei deiatelnosti Elisavetinskoi Klinicheskoi Bolnitsy dlia Maloletnikh Detei 1844-1894. [An Overview of Fifty Years of Activity of the Elizavetinsky Clinical Hospital for Small Children]
Published/created in: 1894
£1,850
Rare account describing the first 50 years of an innovative hospital for childen based in St. Pertersburg, and the first in the world focusing on very early age (< 3 y-old). With a wealth of statistics and graphs. A pleasant copy, retaining most of its first, luxury binding.
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Opyt kazanskoi istorii drevnikh i srednikh vremian. [Essay on the History of Kazan in Ancient Times and the Middle Ages]
Published/created in: 1767
£10,000
A major work in Catherine the Great's active discovery of her empire: the first printed book on Kazan, its history and the Tatar region. First edition, in contemporary binding. Rare: the last copy at auction in the West was 50 years ago.
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L'Huile de foie de morue envisagée sous tous les rapports comme moyen thérapeutique.
Published/created in: 1853
£1,850
Lovely copy of the first edition of the definitive treaty on cod liver oil and its medical properties. Attractively bound in red morocco with the arms of Russia.
Read More Read More[ZIDE, Iogann Khristoforovich [Johann Christian SIEDE] and Gleb GROMOV (translator)]
Nezhnyia obiatiia v brake i potekhi s liubovnitsami (prodazhnymi) izobrazheny i sravneny pravdoliubom [Tender Embraces in Marriage and Pastime with (Venal) Mistresses, Depicted and Compared by a Truth Seeker]
Nezhnyia obiatiia v brake i potekhi s liubovnitsami (prodazhnymi) izobrazheny i sravneny pravdoliubom. [Tender Embraces in Marriage and Pastime with (Venal) Mistresses, Depicted and Compared by a Truth Seeker]
Published/created in: [1798]
£9,500
A risqué book for Russian readers of the 1800s onwards, celebrated as a rarity by many bibliographers. A lovely copy of the first edition, in contemporary binding and fine condition.
Read More Read MoreGENKEL, German and Nikolai SUETIN (artist)
Ford i fordizm: vpechatleniia [Ford and Fordism: Impressions]
Ford i fordizm: vpechatleniia. [Ford and Fordism: Impressions]
Published/created in: 1925
£1,750
Fine cover for one of the great Russian books on the influential American industrialist. Uncommon, and here in a pleasant example.
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Anarkhiia mysli: sobranie kriticheskikh ocherkov. [Anarchy of Thought: a Collection of Critical Essays]
Published/created in: 1879
£1,450
Important little book announcing Lenin and the Russian Revolution. First separate edition, scarce, and here in an attractive binding, rather unusual for this type of text.
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The Seat of War in the East.
Published/created in: 1855-56
£17,500
A most famous plate book on the Crimean War. First edition, a very good example complete of the deluxe version, with the smaller text volume.
Read More Read MoreGONTCHAROVA [Natalia GONCHAROVA] and LARIONOW [Mikhail LARIONOV] (artists), and Valentin PARNAKH
L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne
L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne.
Published/created in: 1919
£10,000
Fine complete copy of the first, limited edition. With beautiful plates by the two Russian avant-garde artists working for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris, some of these illustrations large and strikingly colourful.
Read More Read MoreESENIN, Sergei (also Sergei YESENIN)
Stikhi skandalista [Poems of a Scandalist]
Stikhi skandalista. [Poems of a Scandalist]
Published/created in: 1923
£3,500
Pleasant example of the frst edition of this important collection. With a famous cycle, banned in the USSR. Published in Berlin but scarce on the market outside Russia.
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