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Image for Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog, first publication in Russian, Flegon, 1968. #1

U-u-u-u-u-u....: the first publication

Sobache serdtse [Heart of a Dog]

£1,000

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Sobache serdtse

First publication in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece, banned in Soviet Union until 20 years later.

Image for Akhmatova, typed letter signed by her, 1962 #2

The great Russian poetess lists her Russian publications

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Typed letter signed ('Anna Akhmatova') to Boris Tarasov ('Dear Boris Aleksandrovich')

£2,750

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Typed letter signed ('Anna Akhmatova') to Boris Tarasov ('Dear Boris Aleksandrovich')

Fine book-related letter signed by Akhmatova, one of Russia's greatest poets, where she lists her recent publications in Russia, after a difficult period of hard censorship.

Image for BLOK, Vozmezdie, Skt. Peterburg, 1922. First edition. #2

A 10-year poetical work

BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

Vozmezdie [Retribution]

£200

BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, Vozmezdie

First edition of this epic by the great Russian poet, the result of more than 10 years of work. With long introduction and bibliography.

Image for Melgunov, Towards a Palace Coup, first edition, 1931 #1

In lovely condition

MELGUNOV, Sergei

Na putiakh k dvortsovomu perevorotu (zagovory pered revoliutsii 1917 goda) [On the Paths Towards a Palace Coup (plots ahead of the 1917 Revolution)]

£175

MELGUNOV, Sergei, Na putiakh k dvortsovomu perevorotu (zagovory pered revoliutsii 1917 goda)

Rather objective historical analysis of the Russian political plots around Tsar Nicholas II before the revolution. A fine example of the first edition.

Image for MANDELSHTAM, Kamen [Stone], first edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1913. #1

The very rare first edition

MANDELSHTAM, Osip Emilevich

Kamen [Stone]

£12,500

MANDELSHTAM, Osip Emilevich, Kamen

First edition of the first book by one of Russia's greatest 20th-century poets. A very good example of this rare edition.

Image for BELZEN, Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni, album of Russian caricatures of the Civil War, Berlin, 1921. #2

Large political caricatures of a troubled year

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist)

Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni [Heroes of Troubled Times]

£1,950

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist), Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni

Very rare album of full-page satirical illustrations of the situation in Russia during the turbulent years of the Civil War. Published in Berlin in 1921, and particularly remarkbale for its even-handed swipe at all participants in the War. Only three copies traced in Western public institutions.

Image for SOLZHENITSYN, Odin den Ivana Denisovicha, London, 1962. First edition. #1

In striking wrappers

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich

Odin den Ivana Denisovicha [One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]

£2,500

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich, Odin den Ivana Denisovicha

First edition of the celebrated author's first book § a famous 'pirate' edition published without Solzhenitsyn's consent. A very good copy, with the striking original wrappers.

Image for AKHMATOVA. Poema bez geroia. Samizdat in unusual binding. c. 1968. #2

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Great Akhmatova's memorabilia

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Poema bez Geroia. Triptikh. 1940-1962. Leningrad-Tashkent-Moskva [Poem Without a Hero. Triptych. 1940-1962. Leningrad-Tashkent-Moscow]

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Poema bez Geroia. Triptikh. 1940-1962. Leningrad-Tashkent-Moskva

An interesting and very unusual item: a samizdat copy of Akhmatova's masterpiece, bound in the poetess' dress, with a lengthy inscription detailing part of the provenance.

Image for V. BAKHCHANIAN. Zerkalo No.21. First edition, New York, 1975. #2

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Americano-Soviet pop art

BAKHCHANIAN, Vagrich (also BAKHCHANYAN)

Zerkalo No.21. Chitat s pomoshchiu zerkala [Mirror #21. Read with a Mirror]

BAKHCHANIAN, Vagrich (also BAKHCHANYAN), Zerkalo No.21. Chitat s pomoshchiu zerkala

A booklet of contemporary art by a Ukraine-born Armenian artist, then just recently emigrated to the US. Extremely rare: only copy traced.

Image for M. BULGAKOV. Adam & Eva. First version, samizdat, 1960s-70s. #2

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Never published in his lifetime

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Adam i Eva. Piesa v 4 aktakh [Adam and Eve. A play in 4 acts]

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Adam i Eva. Piesa v 4 aktakh

The very first, Bulgakov's own version of his dystopian play, here in an attractive, unusual samizdat.

Image for GROSSMAN, V. Vse techet. Posev, 1974 #2

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"A bitter indictment of the Soviet system" (Terras)

GROSSMAN, Vasilii

Vse techet [Everything flows]

GROSSMAN, Vasilii, Vse techet

Grossman's first novel being published abroad, and banned in Soviet Union until 1989. Pleasant example of this larger format edition.

Image for G. ROSIMOV. Petrushka's Extraordinary Journey to the Moon. First edition, Berlin, 1922. #2

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Colourful life on the moon

ROSIMOV, Georgii [pseud. of Iurii OFROSIMOV, and Alfred ZANGERL (artist)]

Neobychainoe puteshestvie Petrushki na lunu [Petrushka's Extraordinary Journey to the Moon]

ROSIMOV, Georgii [pseud. of Iurii OFROSIMOV, and Alfred ZANGERL (artist)], Neobychainoe puteshestvie Petrushki na lunu

A rare and finely illustrated children book, with an interesting original story related to the fate of the Russian émigrés in Berlin (and elsewhere). A very good example of the first edition.

Image for F. RASKOLNIKOV. Otkrytoe pismo Stalinu. Samizdat, 1960s-70s. #2

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A Soviet ambassador against Stalin

RASKOLNIKOV, Fedor

Otkrytoe pismo Stalinu [An Open Letter to Stalin]

RASKOLNIKOV, Fedor, Otkrytoe pismo Stalinu

Samizdat copy of a sharp criticism of Stalin's regim. Rare and dangerous in the USSR.

Image for DAVIDENKOV, Iurii. Russian in Australia, issue of November 1957. #1

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The Russian community and litterature in Australia

DAVIDENKOV, Iurii (editor)

Russkii v Avstralii [The Russian in Australia]

DAVIDENKOV, Iurii (editor), Russkii v Avstralii

A 1957 issue of the magazine of the Russian community in Australia, with news, comments, literature and religious, military and anti-Soviet pieces.

Image for BAKHAREV - MAKHNOVETS, V. Kak derzhat sebya na doprosakh. Geneva, 1900; first edition. #2

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Getting ready...

BAKHAREV V. [pseud. for Vladimir Petrovich MAKHNOVETS]

Kak derzhat sebia na doprosakh [How to Conduct Oneself During Interrogations]

BAKHAREV V. [pseud. for Vladimir Petrovich MAKHNOVETS], Kak derzhat sebia na doprosakh

A practical handbook for revolutionaries caught by the tsarist authorities - pretty unusual theme and rare on the market. Attractive example of the first edition, with provenance.

Image for CHERESHNEV. Kubanets. Two issues, Philadelphia, 1851 & 1953. Very rare magazine. #2

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Kuban cossacks émigré in America

CHERESHNEV, V. V. (editor)

Kubanets. Informatsionnyi zhurnal gruppy starshikh ofitserov i obshchestvennykh deiatelei kubantsev v SShA [The Kubanian. Information Journal of a Group of Kuban Senior Officers and Community Leaders in the USA]

CHERESHNEV, V. V. (editor), Kubanets. Informatsionnyi zhurnal gruppy starshikh ofitserov i obshchestvennykh deiatelei kubantsev v SShA

Two issues of a very rare, almost home-made magazine for Russian émigrés in the US.

Image for Russian humorists, New York, 1920. Very rare edition. #2

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Russians laughing in New York during the Civil War in Russia

PRUTKOV, Kozma, Dmitrii MINAEV, Anna BARYKOVA, Stepan RUDANSKYI and others

Iumoristicheskii chtets-deklamator. Polnoe sobranie samykh luchshikh stikhotvorenii [Humorous Reader-Reciter. Complete Collection of the Very Best Poems]

PRUTKOV, Kozma, Dmitrii MINAEV, Anna BARYKOVA, Stepan RUDANSKYI and others, Iumoristicheskii chtets-deklamator. Polnoe sobranie samykh luchshikh stikhotvorenii

Small-format émigré edition to make the Russophones in America laugh. Extremely rare: no copy traced except one in St. Petersburg.

Image for ZAITSEV, M. Liagushka-Tsarevna. Kharbin, 1930s #2

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China-printed children book

ZAITSEV, M. V. [publisher]

Liagushka-Tsarevna [The Frog Princess]

ZAITSEV, M. V. [publisher], Liagushka-Tsarevna

Lovely children book produced in Harbin/Kharbin, in an interesting variant.

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