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Image for SHKOLVSKII, V. & El LISSITZKY. Zoo. First edition, Berlin, 1923. #2

Berlin's fauna of Russian immigrants

SHKLOVSKII, Viktor and El LISITSKII [LISSITZKY] (artist)

Zoo. Pisma ne o liubvi ili tretia Eloiza [Zoo. Letters Not About Love or the Third Eloise]

£600

Berlin's fauna of Russian immigrants
SHKLOVSKII, Viktor and El LISITSKII [LISSITZKY] (artist). Zoo. Pisma ne o liubvi ili tretia Eloiza. [Zoo. Letters Not About Love or the Third Eloise]
Published/created in: 1923

£600

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.

Image for CHEKHOV, A.P. Povesti i razskazy. First book edition, Moscow, 1894. #2

Great copy with contemporary provenance

CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich

Povesti i razskazy [Novellas and Stories]

£6,750

Great copy with contemporary provenance
CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich. Povesti i razskazy. [Novellas and Stories]
Published/created in: 1894

£6,750

Some of the best short stories of the great Russian author (such as 'The Black Monk'), here in an attractive example with fine bibliophilic provenance.

Image for TOLSTOY, L. Master and Man, first edition, first issue. Moscow, 1895. #2

Famous short story - with the original wrappers

TOLSTOY, Lev

Khoziain i rabotnik. Rasskaz [Master and Man. A Story]

£1,500

Famous short story - with the original wrappers
TOLSTOY, Lev. Khoziain i rabotnik. Rasskaz. [Master and Man. A Story]
Published/created in: 1895

£1,500

Pleasant example, finely bound with the original wrappers, of this important short story by one of the greatest Russian authors. First issue of the first edition.

In contemporary binding

TURGENEV, Ivan Sergeevich

Nov [Virgin Soil]

£4,500

In contemporary binding
TURGENEV, Ivan Sergeevich. Nov. [Virgin Soil]
Published/created in: 1877

£4,500

Pleasant example of this scarce and important Russian novel - first edition, printed outside Russia.

Image for KRYLOV, Ivan. Fables russes. Paris, Didot, 1825. Fine example. #2

Russian fables for Europe: illustrated and translated

KRYLOV – KRILOFF, Ivan Andreevich

Basni russkiia [...] Fables russes [...] imitées en vers Français et Italiens par divers auteurs

£8,750

Russian fables for Europe: illustrated and translated
KRYLOV - KRILOFF, Ivan Andreevich. Basni russkiia [...] Fables russes [...] imitées en vers Français et Italiens par divers auteurs.
Published/created in: 1825

£8,750

Attractive example of this famous edition of Russia's greatest fabulist, in Russian, French and Italian, with engraved plates. A luxury lifetime production, here particularly fresh.

Image for TSVETAEVA, BLOK, BELYI, VOLOSHIN... Antologiia. Musaget, Moscow, 1911. First edition. #2

With many important poets of the Silver Age

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna, et al

Antologiia [Anthology]

£1,000

With many important poets of the Silver Age
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna, et al. Antologiia. [Anthology]
Published/created in: 1911

£1,000

The young Tsvetaeva among other greats: Blok, Belyi, Solovev, Voloshin etc. Her second appearance in print, and the first of two poems of hers. With the original printed wrappers.

Image for STANISLAVSKII, K. Photograph inscribed. Moscow, 1911. #2

Chekhov's innovative director

STANISLAVSKII, Konstantin Sergeevich

Cabinet photograph signed to Andrei Pavlovich Petrovskii

£3,750

Chekhov's innovative director
STANISLAVSKII, Konstantin Sergeevich. Cabinet photograph signed to Andrei Pavlovich Petrovskii.
Published/created in: [c. 1911]

£3,750

Excellent photograph of the famous director, beautifully inscribed to a fellow man of theatre.

Image for TOLSTOY, L. War and Peace - first two parts, first publication; Moscow, 1865-66. #2

War and Peace before War and Peace

TOLSTOY, Lev

Tysiacha vosemsot piatyi god [The Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five]

£4,750

War and Peace before War and Peace
TOLSTOY, Lev. Tysiacha vosemsot piatyi god. [The Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five]
Published/created in: 1865-66

£4,750

The very first publication of any part of Tolstoy's masterpiece 'War and Peace'.

Image for NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO, V. Slazki deistvitelnosti. First edition, Tsarskoe Selo copy. #2

Imperial copy

NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO, Vasilii Ivanovich

Skazki deistvitelnosti [Tales of Reality]

£2,750

Imperial copy
NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO, Vasilii Ivanovich. Skazki deistvitelnosti. [Tales of Reality]
Published/created in: 1891

£2,750

First edition of these great realistic Russian novellas: the Tsarskoe Selo copy.

Image for SOLZHENITSYN, A. Odin den Ivana Denisovicha. First edition, Flegon, London, 1962. #1

With the rarest cover variant

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich

Odin den Ivana Denisovicha [One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]

£4,750

With the rarest cover variant
SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich. Odin den Ivana Denisovicha. [One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]
Published/created in: [1962]

£4,750

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.

Image for SHALAMOV, V. Kolymskie rasskazy. First edition, 1978. #1

With provenance

SHALAMOV, Varlam Tikhonovich

[Kolyma Stories] Kolymskie rasskazy

£1,250

With provenance
SHALAMOV, Varlam Tikhonovich. [Kolyma Stories]. Kolymskie rasskazy
Published/created in: 1978

£1,250

First edition of this classic of "GULAG literature", with literary provenance.

Image for NAKHIMOV, Akim. Works in Verse and Prose. First edition, Kharkov, 1815. #2

Rare Russian fables from Ukraine

NAKHIMOV, Akim Nikolaevich

Sochineniia v stikhakh i proze [Works in Verse and Prose]

£1,250

Rare Russian fables from Ukraine
NAKHIMOV, Akim Nikolaevich. Sochineniia v stikhakh i proze. [Works in Verse and Prose]
Published/created in: 1815

£1,250

Early Russian fables (and other poetical works) at the dawn of Russia's Golden Age of Literature - the authors only book, written and printed in Kharkov, nowadays Ukraine. No copy traced outside Russia.

Tolstoy the playwright

TOLSTOY, Lev

Pervyi vinokur ili kak chertenok kraiushku zasluzhil. Komediia [The First Distiller, or How the Little Devil Earned his Crust. A Comedy]

£1,750

Tolstoy the playwright
TOLSTOY, Lev. Pervyi vinokur ili kak chertenok kraiushku zasluzhil. Komediia. [The First Distiller, or How the Little Devil Earned his Crust. A Comedy]
Published/created in: 1886

£1,750

First edition of Tolstoy's successful play on wine and some of its effects... Lovely example in wrappers. Scarce.

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

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

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache serdtse [Heart of a Dog]

£1,450

U-u-u-u-u-u... in first edition
BULGAKOV, Mikhail. Sobache serdtse. [Heart of a Dog]
Published/created in: 1969

£1,450

Uncommon first book edition in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece. A lovely copy in its original wrappers by Annenkov.

Image for Pushkin through the Caucasus, one of 50 copies, by Serge Lifar #1

Svetlov-Fekula copy - one of 50 only

PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich, Sergey LIFAR and Prof. M. L. GOFMAN (editors)

Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda [Journey to Arzrum during the campaign of 1829]

£2,950

Svetlov-Fekula copy - one of 50 only
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich, Sergey LIFAR and Prof. M. L. GOFMAN (editors). Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda. [Journey to Arzrum during the campaign of 1829]
Published/created in: 1934

£2,950

Pushkin's best travel account in a fine bibliophilic edition, one of 50 'ad nominem' copies only, this one for Valerian Svetlov.

Image for Akhmatova, Brodsky and others, Important poems and other texts, incl. Poem bez geroia [Poem Without a Hero], first editions. #1

The Pantheon of the Silver Age - a complete set

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Isaac BABEL, Iosif BRODSKII, Osip MANDELSHTAM, Vladimir NABOKOV, Boris PASTERNAK, Marina TSVETAEVA et al

Vozdushnye Puti [Airways. Almanach. Vols I-V]

£1,500

The Pantheon of the Silver Age - a complete set
AKHMATOVA, Anna, Isaac BABEL, Iosif BRODSKII, Osip MANDELSHTAM, Vladimir NABOKOV, Boris PASTERNAK, Marina TSVETAEVA et al. Vozdushnye Puti. [Airways. Almanach. Vols I-V]
Published/created in: 1960-67

£1,500

The first publication of Akhmatova's 'Poem Without a Hero' [Poem bez geroia] - as well as many other works by some of the best Russian poets and authors of the 20th century: a complete set of this important literary almanac, rare so.

Image for Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog, first publication in Russian, Flegon, 1968. #1

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.

Image for TOLSTOY, Childhood and Adolescence, Moskva, 1876; in wrappers. #1

In publisher's wrappers

TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich

Detstvo i Otrochestvo [Childhood and Adolescence]

£3,950

In publisher's wrappers
TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich. Detstvo i Otrochestvo. [Childhood and Adolescence]
Published/created in: 1876

£3,950

Tolstoy's own editing of his first novel: a lovely example, rare in original wrappers, of this second edition, specially adapted for children's reading and showing for the first time a different version from the standard text.

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