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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]

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]
Published/created in: 1920-21

£1,650

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

Image for PASTERNAK, B. Doktor Zhivago. Ann Arbor, 1959. #3

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The first edition in Russian after the Nobel Prize award

PASTERNAK, Boris

Doktor Zhivago [Doctor Zhivago]

The first edition in Russian after the Nobel Prize award
PASTERNAK, Boris. Doktor Zhivago. [Doctor Zhivago]
Published/created in: 1959 [but December 1958]

£1,250

First printing of the first "legal" Russian edition of this famous Nobel Prize winner. A lovely copy of Pasternak's masterpiece.

Image for DOSTOEVSKY, F. Besy [The Possessed]. First edition, in wrappers. St. Petersburg, 1873. #1

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In superb original condition, with all wrappers

DOSTOEVSKY, Fedor Mikhailovich

Besy [The Devils, sometimes The Possessed or Demons]

In superb original condition, with all wrappers
DOSTOEVSKY, Fedor Mikhailovich. Besy. [The Devils, sometimes The Possessed or Demons]
Published/created in: 1873

£75,000

The best example we've handled of the first edition of this important Russian novel.

Image for MAYAKOVSKY & BURLIUK. Otkrytie Ameriki. New York, 1925. First edition. #2

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On the way to the New World

MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and David BURLIUK (artist)

Otkrytie Ameriki [Discovery of America]

On the way to the New World
MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and David BURLIUK (artist). Otkrytie Ameriki. [Discovery of America]
Published/created in: [1925]

£1,850

Rare first edition of Mayakovsky's poem, illustrated by Burliuk, here in a fine, pleasant copy.

Image for TSVETAEVA, Lebedinyi Stan, first edition. Munich, 1957. #2

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The unpublishable finally published

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Lebedinyi stan [A Swans' Wedge. Poems from 1917-1921]

The unpublishable finally published
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Lebedinyi stan. [A Swans' Wedge. Poems from 1917-1921]
Published/created in: 1957

£450

First edition of this important cycle about the Revolution and the Civil War, impossible to publish in the USSR and even abroad for several decades. A very good copy.

Image for TOLSTOY, L. Recent Stories and Articles. First book edition, Berlin, 1894. #1

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A Tolstoy rarity

Poslednie rasskazy i statii [Recent Stories and Articles]

A Tolstoy rarity
TOLSTOY, Leo. Poslednie rasskazy i statii. [Recent Stories and Articles]
Published/created in: 1894

£1,800

Tolstoy the Wise and the Experienced, here in a series of writings difficult to publish in full in Tsarist Russia. A very rare edition, here in its original wrappers.

Image for TSVETAEVA, M. Stikhi k Bloku. First edition, Berlin, 1922. #2

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A great poetess to a great poet

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Stikhi k Bloku [Poems to Blok]

A great poetess to a great poet
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Stikhi k Bloku. [Poems to Blok]
Published/created in: 1922

£1,500

Tsvetaeva's second poetry cycle published in exile, dedicated to a major Russian poet who died the year before, with the first publication of Tsvetaeva's 'Podruga' dedicated to Blok's lover. Lovely copy of this first edition.

Image for TSVETAEVA, M. Razluka, first edition. Berlin, 1922. #2

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Exempt of any restoration

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Razluka [Separation]

Exempt of any restoration
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Razluka. [Separation]
Published/created in: 1922

£1,500

A very attractive example of this fragile production, Tsvetaeva's first poetry collection published abroad. First edition.

Image for TSVETAEVA, M. Versty. Second, expanded edition, Moscow, 1922. #2

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With almost 3 times more poems

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Versty [Mileposts]

With almost 3 times more poems
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Versty. [Mileposts]
Published/created in: 1922

£275

Tsvetaeva's first post-war and post-Revolution collection of poetry, here in its most important edition.

Image for TSVETAEVA, Poslee Rossii, first edition in wrappers, 1928 #1

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Her last poems - in original wrappers

TSVETAEVA, Marina

Posle Rossii. 1922-1925 [After Russia. 1922-1925]

Her last poems - in original wrappers
TSVETAEVA, Marina. Posle Rossii. 1922-1925. [After Russia. 1922-1925]
Published/created in: 1928

£3,950

The last poetry of Russia's great poetess, banned in the USSR: a fine example of the first edition, in the original wrappers. Includes one of Tsvetaeva's most famous poems.

Image for TSVETAEVA, M. Konets Kazanovy. Moscow, 1922. #2

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The great Russian poetess on stage

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Konets Kazanovy [The End of Casanova]

The great Russian poetess on stage
TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna. Konets Kazanovy. [The End of Casanova]
Published/created in: 1922

£750

Tsvetaeva's play in verses and 'declaration of love for Casanova'. The only life-time book edition - with the original decorated wrappers.

Image for AKHMATOVA, A. U samogo moria. First edition, 1921. #7

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A Black Sea youth

AKHMATOVA, Anna

U samogo moria [At the Edge of the Sea]

A Black Sea youth
AKHMATOVA, Anna. U samogo moria. [At the Edge of the Sea]
Published/created in: 1921

£895

A fine example of the first edition of this important autobiographical poem by one of the best Russian poets, and a victim of Soviet censorship.

Image for TOLSTOY, War and Peace in first edition in the original Russian, publ. Moscow, 1868-69. #2

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In 6-volume contemporary bindings

Voina i mir [War and Peace]

In 6-volume contemporary bindings
TOLSTOY, Lev. Voina i mir. [War and Peace]
Published/created in: 1868-69

£35,000

A bibliophile set of the first edition of Tolstoy's masterpiece, and one of the greatest novels of world literature. Very rare in contemporary, 6-volume binding.

Image for Akhmatova, U samogo moria, first edition, 1921 #2

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A Black Sea youth

AKHMATOVA, Anna

U samogo moria [At the Edge of the Sea]

A Black Sea youth
AKHMATOVA, Anna. U samogo moria. [At the Edge of the Sea]
Published/created in: 1921

£850

A fine example of the first edition of this important autobiographical poem by one of the best Russian poets, and a victim of Soviet censorship.

Image for GONCHAROV, I. Fregat Pallada, first edition, 1858 #1

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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.

Image for KOTLIAREVSKII, I. Virgil's Aeneid translated into Ukrainian, 1809 edition #2

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The birth of Ukrainian literature

KOTLIAREVSKII, Ivan Petrovich

Virgillieva Eneida, na malorossiiskii iazyk prelozhennaia [The Aeneid, translated into the Little Russian/Ukrainian]

The birth of Ukrainian literature
KOTLIAREVSKII, Ivan Petrovich. Virgillieva Eneida, na malorossiiskii iazyk prelozhennaia. [The Aeneid, translated into the Little Russian/Ukrainian]
Published/created in: 1809

£5,950

The first literary work wholly written in modern Ukrainian: a important edition of the main book written by "the father of modern Ukrainian literature" (Encycl. Britannica). This is the first edition authorised by the author and the first to include 4 parts, with a dictionnary of more than 1000 Ukrainian words. A very rare book: only two copies in WorldCat and no copy traced outside Russia and Ukraine in recent decades.

Image for PUSHKIN, A. Bratia razboiniki. Moscow, 1827. #1

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Printed on a single sheet

PUSHKIN, A[leksandr Sergeevich]

Bratia razboiniki [The Robber Brothers]

Printed on a single sheet
PUSHKIN, A[leksandr Sergeevich]. Bratia razboiniki. [The Robber Brothers]
Published/created in: 1827

£3,000

The most affordable Pushkin's lifetime edition, here in a stunning uncut, unopened and unbound single sheet. A great example of Russia's golden age of poetry.

Image for BLOK, A. O liubvi, poezii i gos. sluzhbe. Berlin, 1920. First book edition. #2

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First book edition

BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

O liubvi, poezii i gosudarstvennoi sluzhbe [Dialogue About Love, Poetry and Government Service]

First book edition
BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich. O liubvi, poezii i gosudarstvennoi sluzhbe. [Dialogue About Love, Poetry and Government Service]
Published/created in: 1920

£125

Very good example of this first separate edition of Blok's thoughts on a wide range of themes.

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