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Image for Bulgakov, Heart of Dog, first Russian book edition, Paris, YMCA, 1969. #2

U-u-u-u-u-u... in first edition

Sobache serdtse

£1,450

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Sobache serdtseUncommon first book edition in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece. A lovely copy in its original wrappers by Annenkov. Read More

Image for Svitkov, Masontsvo, Russian Masonry, Sao Paulo, 1964 #1

In South America after Paris

SVITKOV, Nikolai [pseud. for Nikolai STEPANOV]

Masonstvo v Russkoi Emigratsii

£85

SVITKOV, Nikolai [pseud. for Nikolai STEPANOV], Masonstvo v Russkoi EmigratsiiUncommon second edition of Svitkov's main work on Russian Masonry, published in Brazil. Read More

Image for PASTERNAK, B. Doktor Zhivago. Milan, 1959. First Feltrinelli edition, with dust-jacket #1

A most famous edition, with literary provenance

PASTERNAK, Boris

Doktor Zhivago

£1,750

PASTERNAK, Boris, Doktor ZhivagoA very good example of this important edition of the Nobel Prize laureate, with literary provenance. Read More

Image for Lenin, Razvitie kapitalizma, first edition, 1899 #1

Lenin's first significant work

[LENIN, pseud.:] Vladimir ILYN [pseud. for Vladimir Ilyich ULIANOV]

Razvitie kapitalizma v Rossii. Protsess obrazovaniia vnutrenniago rynka dlia krupnoi promyshlennosti

£4,750

[LENIN, pseud.:] Vladimir ILYN [pseud. for Vladimir Ilyich ULIANOV], Razvitie kapitalizma v Rossii. Protsess obrazovaniia vnutrenniago rynka dlia krupnoi promyshlennostiFirst edition of Lenin's first substantial work, and one of his first two books published in 1899. A landmark economic analysis. Read More

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

A 10-year poetical work

BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

Vozmezdie

£200

BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, VozmezdieFirst edition of this epic by the great Russian poet, the result of more than 10 years of work. With long introduction and bibliography. Read More

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)

£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. Read More

Image for Esenin, Pasternak, Belii et al., Yav', Stikhi, first edition inscribed, 1919. #1

Fantastic association copy in striking binding

ESENIN, Sergei, with Boris PASTERNAK, Andrei BELII et al

Iav. Stikhi

£9,500

ESENIN, Sergei, with Boris PASTERNAK, Andrei BELII et al, Iav. StikhiExceptional association copy of these scandalous Russian imaginist poems, extensively inscribed by three co-authors – including Esenin - to a fourth one, Alexander Olenin. With Aristarkh Lentulov's striking cover bound in a very unusual cloth-and-wicker binding of the time. One of the best, if not the best example of this famous book of Russian poetry. Read More

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

Large caricatures of a troubled year

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist)

Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni

£1,950

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist), Geroi Smutnogo VremeniVery 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. Read More

Image for Skitalets, Famous Russian People, rare Japan imprint, first edition, 1927 #1

From Tolstoy to Lenin, Gorky and Chaliapin - in Japan

SKITALETS [pseud. of Stepan Gavrilovich PETROV].

O znamenitykh russkikh liudiakh

£750

SKITALETS [pseud. of Stepan Gavrilovich PETROV].

, O znamenitykh russkikh liudiakhVery rare Russian book published in Japan, presenting short sketches of important Russian contemporaries, such as Tolstoy, Lenin, Gorky and Pleakhanov. Read More

Image for ORZHIKH, B. Albom Bortsov za Svobodu. Nagasaki, 1907. First edition, with wrappers. #2

Out of stock

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With the striking wrappers

ORZHIKH, Boris

Albom Bortsov za Svobodu

ORZHIKH, Boris, Albom Bortsov za SvoboduImpressive publication of a politically active Russian émigré to Japan. Richly illustrated, here with the original publisher's printed wrappers. Read More

Image for RUF ANANIN, Kharbin v krivom zerkale, 1930s, complete set of postcards. #2

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"International city": Russian caricatures in Japanese China

RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist)

Kharbin v krivom zerkale

RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist), Kharbin v krivom zerkaleWitty depictions of the Russian diaspora in Harbin under Japanese occupation. A complete set of these fine postcards, within the printed wrappers: very rare so. Read More

Image for Bulgakov, White Guard, second issue of the second foreign edition, UK, 1971 #2

Out of stock

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With the dust-jacket

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Belaia Gvardiia

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Belaia GvardiiaAn attractive example, with the rare original dustjacket, of the second complete 'tamizdat' edition of the Bulgakov's first novel. Read More

Sobache serdtse

Masonstvo v Russkoi Emigratsii

Doktor Zhivago

Razvitie kapitalizma v Rossii. Protsess obrazovaniia vnutrenniago rynka dlia krupnoi promyshlennosti

Vozmezdie

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

Iav. Stikhi

Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni

O znamenitykh russkikh liudiakh

Albom Bortsov za Svobodu

Kharbin v krivom zerkale

Belaia Gvardiia

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