A scarce, very early pamphlet with important excerpts from Pasternak's celebrated novel - banned in the USSR and published here with help of the CIA.
SHAKESPEARE, William, and Boris PASTERNAK (translator)
Gamlet. Prints Datskii. Tragediia [The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]
First separate edition of Shakespeare's famous tragedy in Pasternak's fine translation. A pleasant example of this scarce edition.
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr and Boris TOMASHEVSKII (editor)
Gavriiliada [The Gabrieliad]
Pushkin's most famous censored work, here in a lovely and important scholarly edition, finely produced.
First edition of this important cycle about the Revolution and the Civil War, impossible to publish in the USSR and even abroad for several decades. A very good copy.
The last poetry of Russia's great poetess, banned in the USSR: a fine example of the first edition, in the original wrappers. Includes one of Tsvetaeva's most famous poems.
One of Russia's greatest masterpieces, here in a lovely 'miniature' edition - the last one published during Pushkin's lifetime - and in an attractive example with the rare wrappers.
More than 300 traditional tales are gathered here, in the local dialects: a fine work of ethnographic material on the northern regions of Russia.
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich and Friedrich L. von MAYDELL (artist)
Tsygany [The Gypsies]
Attractive example of this large-format illustrated edition of Pushkin's poem.
TUROVEROV, Nikolai Nikolaevich, Aleksei ACHAIR, Pavel GUSEV and others
Kruzhok Literaturov Kazakov [Circle of Cossack Writers]: an Archive
Fine group of letters and other documents relating to the émigré literary activity before and during WWII - from Kharbin to Paris and its surroundings.