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Preis-courant neuerhaltener, ausgesuchter, bester Chinesischer Thee die zu haben sind in den Magazinen der Kaufmanns Gregorius Marinin, in St. Petersburg.
Published/created in: 1843
£2,750
Extremely rare broadside boasting "the all-best" teas from China available at a merchant's in St. Petersburg. The poster contains much interesting information and is illustrated with many Asian scenes. Very fragile but in very good condition.
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N.B. [presumably Nikolai Alekseevich BOGATOV] and Vasilii PEROV (artists)
Russkie tipy [Russian types]
Russkie tipy. [Russian types]
Published/created in: [ca. 1889]
£375
Lovely set of depictions of various peoples of the Rusisan empire, most probably published for the Paris 'Exposition Universelle'. Of great rarity, as we couldn't find any other example. With (most of) the original printed envelope.
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LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others
Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill]
Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill].
Published/created in: 1923
£1,950
Lovely gathering of three 'ephemera' items produced for the first Russian ball of the avant-garde in Paris - an eclectic show with music and dances in newly designed costumes. With Larionov's ticket, Goncharova's handbill and the famous programme with many artistic contributions.
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BABKIN 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]
Nash Vestnik. Literaturno-sportivnyi zhurnal Kruzhka Fizicheskogo Razvitiia KFR. [Our Newsletter. Literary and Sports Magazine of the Physical Development Club]
Published/created in: 1921-23
£13,500
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.
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S. Chekhonin. A Master of the Soviet Empire Style [and] On the Art of Chekhonin.
Published/created in: 1923
£1,450
Avant-garde and propaganda's early days: the English version of this celebration of one of most striking Russian artists and designers.
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Mekhanicheskii Teatr Sveta. Obiavlenie. [Mechanical Theatre of Light. Announcement]
Published/created in: 1833
£500
Rare broadside for series of entertainments in Moscow, including an optical theatre of animated figures by a versatile performer and craftsman.
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Kinetozograficheskie vidy. Obiavlenie. [Kinetozographic Views. Announcement]
Published/created in: 1834
£650
Rare broadside for an impressive Russian kinetozographic theatre of 400 animated figures in Pushkin's Moscow, by a hot-air balloon enthusiast now in the Guinness World Records.
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Four Ceremonials.
Published/created in: 1882, 1889, [1894], 1902
£6,500
Uncommon luxurious full cream calf binding for the wedding of two first cousins of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II - together with three other ceremonials detailing important events in the close family of Alexander III. A fine group.
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Two Menus.
Published/created in: 1900]
£1,300
Lovely menus related to Dmitrii Oznobishin and his assigmnments in China. One menu is fully watercoloured (not printed), the other a fine chromolithograph - abundantly inscribed and signed by Oznobishin's friends and colleagues.
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Uzhin 28 Marta 1910. [Dinner on 28 March 1910]
Published/created in: 1910]
£1,950
Fine example of this very rare Russian imperial menu, drawn by one o fthe greatest illustrators and artists of the time in Russia.
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Kubanets. Informatsionnyi zhurnal gruppy starshikh ofitserov i obshchestvennykh deiatelei kubantsev v SShA. [The Kubanian. Information Journal of a Group of Kuban Senior Officers and Community Leaders in the USA]
Published/created in: 1951 and 1953
£250
Two issues of a very rare, almost home-made magazine for Russian émigrés in the US.
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Obiavlenie o Koronovanii Nikolaia II i Aleksandry Fedorovny 14 maia 1896g. [Announcement of the Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna on 14 May 1896]
Published/created in: [1896]
£1,500
Beautiful broadside for the coronation of Russia's last tsar, very decorative and in very good condition.
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Signed Letter to Charles Hart, with Envelope.
Published/created in: October 4, 1918
£195
The US Ambassador to Japan recounts his views of Vladivostok, just a year after the Russian Revolution while the Civil War front is moving eastwards: a fine letter on embossed official paper of the Embassy, kept with its signed original envelope.
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RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist)
Kharbin v krivom zerkale [Harbin in a crooked mirror]
Kharbin v krivom zerkale. [Harbin in a crooked mirror]
Published/created in: mid-1930-early 1940s]
£1,750
Witty depictions of the Russian diaspora in Harbin under Japanese occupation. A complete set of these fine postcards, within the printed wrappers: very rare so.
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Obiavlenie. Magazin sukon i kitaiskikh chaev. [Announcement. Fabrics and Chinese Tea Shop].
Published/created in: 1833
£750
Rare broadside by the pioneer of the Russian tea industry, advertising teas and fabrics from international origins, available in 1830s Pushkin's Moscow.
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