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Image for L. TOLSTOY. War and Peace. First edition. Moscow, 1868-69. #2

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TOLSTOY, Lev

Voina i mir [War and Peace]

Ris, Moskva, 1868-69.

First edition of this great classic of Russian, and indeed world literature. A fine set, in fresh condition.

Image for Ilf & Petrov, Ostap Bender: second part of The Golden Calf, first edition in wrappers, Riga, 1931 #1

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The Twelve Chairs carry on

ILF i PETROV [ie. Ilya ILF and Evgeny PETROV]

Novyia pokhozhdeniia Ostapa Bendera: Kniga vtoraia romana "Zolotoi telenok" [New Adventures of Ostap Bender: Second part of the novel "The Golden Calf"].

Zhizn i kultura, Riga, 1931.

After "The Twelve Chairs": rare first edition of the second part of "The Golden Calf", Ilf and Petrov's beloved masterpiece of Soviet satire. A lovely example in original wrappers and published outside the Soviet Union.

Image for L. TOLSTOY. Anna Karenina. First edition, in contemporary binding. Moscow, 1878. #2

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Anna Karenina in first edition and contemporary binding

TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich

Anna Karenina

T.Ris, Moskva, 1878.

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.

Image for M. BULGAKOV. Master & Margarita. First complete edition, in the original Russian. Frankfurt, 1969. #2

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First complete - with the striking dust-jacket

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Master i Margarita [Master and Margarita]

Possev-Verlag, Frankfurt/M., 1969.

Very attractive copy of one of the most important editions of this fantastic novel: the first complete edition, by the CIA-backed publisher Posev. Rarely found, here complete with its dust-jacket.

Image for A. AKHMATOVA., Rekviem [Requiem]. First edition, Munich. 1963 #2

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Celebrated poetical tamizdat

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Rekviem [Requiem]

L. Andrejeff for T-vo Zarubezhnikh izdanii, Miunkhen, 1963.

First edition of one of Akhmatova's most famous works, considered by many to be her finest. An important tamizdat of one of the best Russian poets; one of 500 copies only.

Image for G. ORWELL. Kolhosp tvaryn. First Ukrainian edition of Animal Farm. Neu-Ulm, 1947. #2

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With the only preface Orwell ever wrote for the work

ORWELL, George and Ivan CHERNIATYNSKYI (transl.; pseud. for Ihor SHEVCHENKO)

Kolhosp tvaryn [Animal Farm: A Fairy Tale]

[Neu-Ulm], Vydavnytstvo "Prometei", [1947].

Pleasant copy, in the pictorial original wrappers, of this celebrated and important edition, the first Ukrainian translation of Orwell's masterpiece.

Image for SOLZHENITSYN. Arkhipelag GULag. First edition, Paris, 1973-75 #2

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His masterpiece

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr

Arkhipelag Gulag [The Gulag Archipelago]

Imprimerie Moderne (vol. 1) and Impressions Internationales (vol. 2-3), for YMCA Press, Paris, 1973-75.

First edition of Solzhenitsyn's best work, an extensive account of the Soviet camps.

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Inscribed first edition

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich

Arkhipelag GULAG [The Gulag Archipelago]

Imprimerie Moderne (vol. 1) and Impressions Internationales (vol. 2-3), for YMCA Press, Paris, 1973-75.

First edition of Solzhenitsyn's magnum opus on the prison camp system and his best work, here in a choice copy inscribed to a leading broadcaster for the BBC Russian service in London.

Image for A. CHEKHOV. Pesy [Plays]. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1897. #2

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First edition of Chekhov's first collection of plays

Chekhov, Anton

Pesy [Plays]

А.S. Suvorin, Skt Peterburg, 1897.

Fine example of this important book in Russian literature, with some of Chekhov's most famous plays.

Image for A. CHEKHOV. Tri Sestry. First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1901. #2

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Chekhov at his best

CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich

Tri Sestry. Drama v 4-kh deistviiakh [Three Sisters. A Drama in Four Acts]

A.F.Marks, Skt Peterburg, 1901.

First separate edition of this major play, very rare.

Image for E. ZAMIATIN. Litsa [Faces]. First edition, in Russian. New York, 1955 #2

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From the author of 'We'

ZAMIATIN, Evgenii [also ZAMYATIN]

Litsa [Faces]

Chekhov, Niu Iork, 1955.

First edition of these articles and memoirs by one of the great anti-Soviet writers.

Image for AKHMATOVA, Rekviem, Requiem, first edition, 1963 #2

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Celebrated poetical tamizdat

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Rekviem [Requiem]

L. Andrejeff for T-vo Zarubezhnikh izdanii, Miunkhen, 1963.

First edition of one of Akhmatova's greatest works.. An important tamizdat of one of the best Russian poets; one of 500 copies only.

Image for BULGAKOV, M. Master i Margarita, first edition. Paris, 1967. #2

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First edition of one of the greatest Russian novels

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Master i Margarita [Master and Margarita]

J. Floch, Mayenne, for YMCA-PRESS, Paris, 1967.

Pleasant example, in the original wrappers, of the first edition of this amazing novel, one of the best ever written in Russia. Banned in Soviet Union.

Image for A. AKHMATOVA. Anno Domini. Peterburg, 1923. #2

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First appearance of new poems

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Anno Domini

Zinaburg, Berlin, for Petropolis and Alkonost, Peterburg, 1923 [printed in Oct. 1922].

Akhmatova's poetry during the Civil War, here in the first expanded edition.

Image for BUNIN, I. Pod otkrytym nebom [and] Stikhi i rasskazy. First editions, Moscow, 1898 and 1900. #1

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Inscribed by the future Nobel Prize

BUNIN, Ivan

Pod otkrytym nebom [bound with:] Stikhi i Rasskazy

[Under the Open Skies [bound with:] Poems and Short stories]

Kushnerov i Ko, Moskva and Rikhter, Moskva, 1898, 1900.

A lovely volume with two first editions, including one inscribed by Bunin. Both works are rarely found.

Image for N. CHERNISHEVSKII. Chto Delat? First book edition, Geneva, 1867. #2

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Women's emancipation, Lenin's reshaping, and "the emotional dynamic" of the Russian revolution

CHERNYSHEVSKII, Nikolai

Chto delat? Iz rasskazov o novykh liudiakh [What Is to Be Done? Tales of New People]

Elpidin, Zheneva for Benda, Vevey, 1867.

First book edition of this groundbreaking novel, a cornerstone of Russian literature and, by its influence, political thought. A pleasant example in contemporary binding. Very rare.

Image for SHAKESPEARE & GOLDBERG, Romeo and Juliette in Yiddish, first edition, Minsk, 1935; inscribed. #2

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First in Yiddish - inscribed

SHAKESPEARE, William and I. GOLDBERG (translator)

Romeo un Zshulyete: tragedya in finf aktn [Romeo and Juliet: the Tragedy in Five Acts]

Minsk, Melukh-farlag fun Vaysrusland. Natssekter, 1935.

Lovely example of a rare book: the first 'Romeo and Juliet' published in Yiddish, here in fine condition and inscribed by the translator to a famous Yiddish author and professor.

Image for NABOKOV, BLOK, TEFFI, REMIZOV etc. Rodnaia Zemlia. Complete first edition, 1920-21. #2

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Very early publication by Nabokov

[NABOKOV, Vladimir, A. BLOK, TEFFI, A. REMIZOV and others]

Rodnaia Zemlia, Sbornik 1-2 [The Native Land; First [and] Second Collection]

Up-To-Date Printing for Narodopravstvo, Niu Iork, 1920-21.

Possibly the earliest appearance of Nabokov in the West - together with several works many other important authors. A fine example in original wrappers.

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