POLEVOI, Petr Nikolaevich (editor) and Ivan PANOV (artist)
Rodnye Otgoloski [Echoes from the Fatherland / Familiar Echoes]
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.
Empress Mariia Fedorovna's copy of an important Russian textbook for arithmetic. First edition, in a lovely example finely bound in green silk with attractive endpapers.
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TEFFI, Nadezhda and Natalia PAREN [PARAIN] (artist)
Narodnaia skazka. Baba Iaga [Folk fairytale. Baba Yaga]
Fine example of this famous children book, in the original Russian by the great Russian female author Teffi. With striking illustrations by a student from VKhUTEMAS.
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.
Very attractive copy of this significant grammar of the Georgian language, the third such grammar to appear in the West. First edition, complete with its two folding plates, finely produced by the French State press. Uncommon.
Lovely copy of this scarce book, fascinating for the low-class language and expressions in France during Louis 14th's reign. With provenance.
BURTSOV, Vasilii (also BURTSEV)
[Bukvar] Nachalne uchenie ch[e]l[o]v[e]kom khotiashchim razumeti bozh[es]tvenago pisaniia [ABC, or Primer]
The first primer printed in Russia, first edition, in a great, complete example almost without restoration, and in its contemporary binding allowing generous margins showing an extremely rare typographic sign. A great rarity, with only one copy in public libraries outside Russia.
Great example of possibly the greatest Ukrainian ABC.
ROSIMOV, Georgii [pseud. of Iurii OFROSIMOV, and Alfred ZANGERL (artist)]
Neobychainoe puteshestvie Petrushki na lunu [Petrushka's Extraordinary Journey to the Moon]
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.
An unusual book: produced by a Scottish protestant in Western China, printed in mimeography and detailing and translating many Central Asian dialects related to Turkish. First edition of this remarkable item, here in appealing condition.
PEVZNER, Teodor (artist) and Evgenii SHVARTS [Evgeny SHWARTZ]
Skotnyi dvor [The Farmyard]
Celebrated Soviet children book with beautiful full-page images. First edition, in excellent condition.
Ivan BILIBIN, Viktor VASNETSOV (artists) and Alexander PUSHKIN
Skazki, bound with Pesn o Veshchem Olege [Folk Tales] and [The Song of the Wise Oleg]
All of Bilibin's famous portrait illustrations for Pushkin's tales bound in one single volume - very unusual, and in lovely condition.
BARTO, Agniia and Georgii ECHEISTOV, Georgii (artist)
Bratishki [Little Brothers]
A fine, fresh example of this great internationalist children book.