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. A great rarity, with only one copy in oublic libraries outside Russia.
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Appealing set of this first miniature edition of the Gospels in Russian, a typographic feat as the text is perfectly readable. Bound in full morocco and in excellent condition, from Vera Tishchenko's collection - a fine collector's provenance. Scarce outside Russia.
Read More Read MoreBABKIN K., M. NEKRASOV, A. ALEKSANDROV, V. SVETLISHIN and others
Nash Vestnik. Literaturno-sportivnyi zhurnal Kruzhka Fizicheskogo Razvitiia KFR [Our Newsletter. Literary and Sports Magazine of the Physical Development Club]
Exceptional manuscript describing sporting and other recreative activities in a small town of Russia immediately after the Civil War. A very entertaining read, mixing much information with humour and many illustrations.
Read More Read MorePEVZNER, 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.
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An exceptionnal example, uncut, unopened and unbound, of a banned and later destroyed account of Peter the Great's Russia. First edition, rare.
Read More Read MoreCHERNYI, Sasha (pseud. for Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG) and Boris GRIGORIEV (artist)
Detskii ostrov [The Children's Island]
Grigoriev's famous children book, in the original publisher's binding; a very good example.
Read More Read MoreSHKLOVSKII, Viktor and El LISITSKII [LISSITZKY] (artist)
Zoo. Pisma ne o liubvi ili tretia Eloiza [Zoo. Letters Not About Love or the Third Eloise]
Cover design by El Lissitzky for this depiction of the Russian emigration in Berlin in the Golden Twenties.
The preferred first edition, rarer than the Russian one published shortly afterwards.
Read More Read MorePOUCHKINE, Alexandre and Boris ZWORYKINE (artist) [PUSHKIN and ZVORYKIN]
Boris Godounov
One of the great productions of the Parisian Russian artists - this one from the "tirage de tête" on Japon with a watercolour by Zworykine.
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Avant-garde and propaganda's early days: the English version of this celebration of one of most striking Russian artists and designers.
Read More Read MoreKOZAK, Edvard and Liuboslav HUTSALIUK
Lys Mykyta [WITH] Lys Mykyta. Kalendar na rik 1949 [The Fox Mykyta [WITH] The Fox Mykyta. Calendar for Year 1949].
A striking satirical magazine, published in the US in Ukrainian, remarkable for its Cold-War caricatures covering more than 20 years. An important run of more than 170 issues, with the very first 1949 Almanac.
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The most lavish illustrated edition of Gogol's masterpiece, in its original binding.
Read More Read MoreILIAZD [also ILYAZD, pseud. for Ilia ZDANEVICH]
Lidantiu faram [Le Dentu the Beacon]
Excellent example of this famous, innovative avant-garde work, in brilliant condition and inscribed by Iliazd to André Salmon.
Read More Read MoreSOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich
Odin den Ivana Denisovicha [One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]
First edition of Solzhenitsyn's first book - here with the very rare variant of the cover showing a watchtower. A fine example of this great novel.
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A great example of this lovely production: one of 10 copies on 'papier japon', with a supplementary print, loose and inscribed by Lebedeff.
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