Rukavichka. Repka. Russkiia Skazki. [Russian Tales: The Mitten. The Turnip]
Published/created in: 1919
£475
A lovely, fragile production of this short-lived publishing house from Kishinev and Odessa. Very rare as we could locate onoly two copies outside Russia. Published in 1919 - a tormented year for Odessa.
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English penmanship. Angliiskaia kalligrafiia.
Published/created in: early 1960s]
£750
How to write English in the USSR, by a Jewish American teacher, produced in Ukraine and very rare such.
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Přísloví česká, Aneb Adagia Bohemica [BOUND WITH] Včení Dobrých Mrawu od Mudrce Katona wydané Aneb Moralia Catonis. [Czech Proverbs, or Bohemian Adages [bound with] Learning Good Manners of the Wise Cato, published as Moralia Catonis]
Published/created in: 1705
£2,450
Attractive small volume, in fine condition, of these two very rare editions focusing on Czech proverbs, theatre, poetry and language. With fine provenances.
Read More Read MoreCHAGALL, Marc (artist) and Der NISTER [pseud. for Pinchus KAHANOVICH]
A Mayse mit a Hon; Dos Tsigele [A Story About a Rooster [and] The Little Goat]
A Mayse mit a Hon; Dos Tsigele. [A Story About a Rooster [and] The Little Goat]
Published/created in: 1917
£22,500
Chagall's first illustrated book, his only children book, and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration, published the year of the Russian revolution. Very rare, especially in this very good condition: about 5 other copies known.
Read More Read MorePUNIN, Nikolai and P[etr] MITURICH (artist)
Skaz gramotnykh detiam [Tale for Literate Children]
Skaz gramotnykh detiam. [Tale for Literate Children]
Published/created in: 1919]
£7,500
A book like we love them: with many different interesting aspects, from the beautiful gold illlustrations, and the research principle at their source, to the 'missed propaganga' theme of the tale and the tragic fate of his author, Akhmatova's husband, who here added a fine handwritten inscription to the copy. Just fantastic.
Read More Read MoreKONASHEVICH, Vladimir (artist) and Evgeniia SOLOVEVA
Rozovaia azbuka [Rose (also Pink) ABC]
Rozovaia azbuka. [Rose (also Pink) ABC]
Published/created in: 1918
£3,950
Only edition of this fine, large-format primer detailing the new Soviet orthography of Russian, illustrated by a master of the genre. A fragile production just after the Russian revolution, and a rare edition.
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Skazka o lisichke-sestrichke i volke. [Tale of Sister Fox and the Wolf]
Published/created in: [ca. 1902]
£1,450
Scarce, large-format Russian children book of Bilibin's time; a lovely copy in attractive condition.
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.
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.
Read More Read MorePOLEVOI, Petr Nikolaevich (editor) and Ivan PANOV (artist)
Rodnye Otgoloski [Echoes from the Fatherland / Familiar Echoes]
Rodnye Otgoloski. [Echoes from the Fatherland / Familiar Echoes]
Published/created in: 1875 [censor's date]
£950
Beautifully fresh example of a fine production for young Russian readers, gathering great Russian poems together with many illustrations - a lovely, charming piece of book design. Rare without any foxing like here.
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Sobstvenniie razskazy i risunki detei. [Actual Stories and Drawings by Children]
Published/created in: 1914
£2,350
Pleasant example of this curious work, gathering children's texts and drawings within the frame of the buoyant Russian avant-garde. A delicate production, fragile, here is fresh internal condition. First edition.
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Teutsch lateinisch und Russisches Lexicon, Samt Denen Anfangs-Gründen der Rußischen Sprache. Nemetsko-Latinskii i Ruskii Leksikon kupno s pervymi nachalami ruskago iazyka.
Published/created in: 1731
£4,500
Fresh example of this rare, imposing and early German-Latin-Russian dictionary, one of only 11 Russian works printed in Russia that year. One of the earliest works in German printed in Russia.
Read More Read MoreCHERNYI, Sasha (pseud. for Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG) and Boris GRIGORIEV (artist)
Detskii ostrov [The Children's Island]
Detskii ostrov. [The Children's Island]
Published/created in: 1921
£1,950
Grigoriev's famous children book, in the original publisher's binding; a very good example.
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Pro Lisu i Kolobok. Russkaia skazka. [The Fox and the Little Brown Bun. Russian Fairy tale]
Published/created in: [1923]
£175
Lovely small fragile book for children drawn by a child. In fine condition in the publisher's wrappers.
Read More Read MoreOSTROGORSKII, Aleksei Nikolaevich
U rabochikh liudei: sbornik rasskazov [Among Working People: Collection of Stories]
U rabochikh liudei: sbornik rasskazov. [Among Working People: Collection of Stories]
Published/created in: 1889
£225
Life among 'working people' for young readers - a fresh example.
Read More Read MoreTCHAIKOV, Joseph (artist) and Mendele MOCHER-SFORIM
Dos Kelbl [The Calf]
Dos Kelbl. [The Calf]
Published/created in: 1919
£3,950
A fine illustrated production of the Kultur Lige, published in Kiyv in 1919. A scarce Yiddish children book, especially unopened without significant restoration.
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