Anna Karenina in first edition and contemporary binding

TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich

Anna Karenina
£14,500

Anna Karenina in first edition and contemporary binding
TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich. Anna Karenina.
Published/created in: 1878

£14,500

Tolstoy's masterpiece in first edition: a complete example of this classic of Russian and world literature in contemporary Russian binding.

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Chagall's first book and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration

CHAGALL, 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]
£22,500

Chagall's first book and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration
CHAGALL, 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]
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.

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U-u-u-u-u-u....: the first publication

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache serdtse [Heart of a Dog]
£1,000

U-u-u-u-u-u....: the first publication
BULGAKOV, Mikhail. Sobache serdtse. [Heart of a Dog]
Published/created in: 1968

£1,000

First publication in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece, banned in Soviet Union until 20 years later.

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Dostoevsky's most political novel

DOSTOEVSKY, Fedor Mikhailovich

Besy [The Devils, sometimes The Possessed or Demons]
£16,500

Dostoevsky's most political novel
DOSTOEVSKY, Fedor Mikhailovich. Besy. [The Devils, sometimes The Possessed or Demons]
Published/created in: 1873

£16,500

Dostoevsky's most political novel: a very good example of the first edition, in contemporary Russian binding.

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Anna Karenina in first edition and contemporary binding

TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina in first edition and contemporary binding
TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich. Anna Karenina.
Published/created in: 1878

£12,000

One of the best-known novels of Russian literature, here in first edition and in its first binding. A very good copy of this masterpiece, without major condition problem nor important restoration.

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First bananas, curry and sake

GONCHAROV, Ivan

Fregat Pallada [The Frigate Pallada]

First bananas, curry and sake
GONCHAROV, Ivan. Fregat Pallada. [The Frigate Pallada]
Published/created in: 1858

£5,750

One of the best travel accounts by a Russian literary author: Goncharov's travel to Japan, Hong Kong and Africa. An excellent example of the first edition.

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Pandemic in Catherine's Russia

SHAFONSKII, Afanasiy Filimonovich

Opisanie morovoi iazvy… [Description of the Plague…in Moscow from 1770 to 1772]

Pandemic in Catherine's Russia
SHAFONSKII, Afanasiy Filimonovich. Opisanie morovoi iazvy…. [Description of the Plague…in Moscow from 1770 to 1772]
Published/created in: 1775

£37,500

A rare case of a Russian 18th-c. book in Mariia Fedorovna's library: the first Russian scientific work on the plague. An exceptional copy of a major work.

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