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Image for GONCHAROVA & RUBAKIN. Gorod. La Cité. Paris, 1920. First edition, Copy num. 4. #2

Copy N° 4 in a Monique Mathieu binding

GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN

Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité [The City. Poems]

£12,500

GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN. Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité. 1920.

An excellent example from the 25 copies on china paper ('tirage de tête'), in a binding by one of the best French binders. First edition of this great Russian avant-garde book, finely produced in Paris and showing a wealth of illustrations by Goncharova.

More than 120 full-page watercolours for some great edifying stories

[OLD BELIEVERS]

[Sinodik]

£10,000

[OLD BELIEVERS]. [Sinodik]. late 18th-early 19th-century].

The Afterllife and its wonders in original watercolours: a wealthy visual catalogue for Russian Old Believers, remarkable for the large quantity of full-page images - one on every leaf.

Image for BAKST, L. Inedited works. First edition, New York,1927 #2

In luminous pochoir with silver highlights

[BAKST] – REAU, Louis, Denis ROCHE, Valerian SVETLOV and A. TESSIER

Inedited Works of Bakst

£3,250

[BAKST] - REAU, Louis, Denis ROCHE, Valerian SVETLOV and A. TESSIER. Inedited Works of Bakst. 1927.

Among the best representations of Bakst's costumes for the Ballets Russes, especially remarkable for its pochoir technique. A lovely copy of the first edition.

Image for Th. GAUTIER. Russia. Philadelphia, 1905. #2

A striking copy

GAUTIER, Théophile

Russia

£850

GAUTIER, Théophile. Russia. 1905.

Impressive American publication, here in fantastic condition, bringing to the English-speaking reader an account of Russia by one of the great French authors.

Image for HERBERSTEIN. Rerum Moscoviticarum, first book edition in Russian. St. Petersburg, 1866. #2

Authorised, but censored, with three pages in one

[HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund] Sigizmund GERBERSHTEIN and I. N. ANONIMOV (transl.)

Zapiski o Moskovii. (Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii) [Notes about Muscovy]

£1,750

[HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund] Sigizmund GERBERSHTEIN and I. N. ANONIMOV (transl.). Zapiski o Moskovii. (Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii). 1866.

Finally available in Russia, more than 300 years after the first edition: this is the first book edition of Herberstein's groundbreaking travel account. A pleasant copy, with provenance, and showing a remarkable censor's afterthought, resulting in an interesting pagination feature.

Image for F. DOSTOEVSKII. Idiot. Skt. Peterburg, 1884. In wrappers. #2

One of his masterpieces in wrappers

DOSTOEVSKII, Fedor [also DOSTOEVSKY]

Idiot [The Idiot]

£1,250

DOSTOEVSKII, Fedor [also DOSTOEVSKY]. Idiot. 1884.

An early edition of Dostoesvky's great novel, in superb condition: a very rare case in any example of Russian literature of the 19th century.

Image for NASH VESTNIK. Manuscript magazine, unique copy. Soviet Union, 1921-23. #2

Fun, absurd, art and sport in the first years of the URSS

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]

£13,500

BABKIN K., M. NEKRASOV, A. ALEKSANDROV, V. SVETLISHIN and others. Nash Vestnik. Literaturno-sportivnyi zhurnal Kruzhka Fizicheskogo Razvitiia KFR. 1921-23.

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.

Image for TOLSTOY, L. Vlast Tmy [The Power of Darkness]. First edition, 1887. #1

"For adults" as printed on the title page

TOLSTOY, Lev

Vlast Tmy [The Power of Darkness]

£1,100

TOLSTOY, Lev. Vlast Tmy. 1887.

First edition of Tolstoy's play, forbidden for the stage during some years. A very good example in contemporary binding.

Image for J.G. KOHL. Petersburg in Bildern und Skizzen. Dresden & Leipzig, 1841. First edition. #2

Russia and Saint Petersburg in Gogol's time

KOHL, J[ohann] G[eorg]

Petersburg in Bildern und Skizzen

£425

KOHL, J[ohann] G[eorg]. Petersburg in Bildern und Skizzen. 1841.

Attractive example of this unusually wide-ranging description of Russia and its northern capital, from food to libraries and many other subject matters. First edition, with its fine folding map of the city.

Image for ARTAUD. Dictionaire des Halles. Brussels, 1696. First edition #2

Out of stock

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Talks at market stalls in 17th-c. France

[ARTAUD, attributed]

Le Dictionaire des Halles, ou Extrait du Dictionaire de L'Academie Francoise

[ARTAUD, attributed]. Le Dictionaire des Halles, ou Extrait du Dictionaire de L'Academie Francoise. 1696.

Lovely copy of this scarce book, fascinating for the low-class language and expressions in France during Louis 14th's reign. With provenance.

Image for GONCHAROVA & RUBAKIN. Gorod. La Cité. Paris, 1920. First edition. #2

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Goncharova's wide artistic spectrum

GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN

Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité [The City. Poems]

GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN. Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité. 1920.

An excellent example of this great Russian avant-garde book, finely produced in Paris and showing a wealth of illustrations by Goncharova. First edition.

Image for A. PUSHKIN. Kapitanskaia Dochka. Illustrated edition, Moscow, 1891. #2

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Pushkin illustrated

PUSHKIN, Alexandr

Kapitanskaia Dochka [The Captain's Daughter]

PUSHKIN, Alexandr. Kapitanskaia Dochka. 1891.

Very attractive copy of this typical example of Russian "artistic literature", finely produced almost a century after Pushkin's birth.

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