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Image for S. SORINE. Portraits. First edition, full morocco binding. Berlin, 1929. #2

Famous portraits luxuriously bound and with provenance

SORINE, Savely [Savelii Abramovich SORIN] (artist) and André SALMON

Portraits

£5,950

Famous portraits luxuriously bound and with provenance
SORINE, Savely [Savelii Abramovich SORIN] (artist) and André SALMON. Portraits.
Published/created in: 1929

£5,950

A large, famous publication showing the rich and famous of the roaring twenties: an attractive example of this uncommon publication, coming from a descendant of some of the people portrayed. With the maximum number of plates.

Image for [PUSHKIN]. Album of the Pushkin Exhibition. First edition. Moscow, 1899. Turoverov's copy. #2

Pushkin in the library of a poet-collector

Albom Pushkinskoi Vystavki [Album of the Pushkin Exhibition]

£850

Pushkin in the library of a poet-collector
[PUSHKIN]. Albom Pushkinskoi Vystavki. [Album of the Pushkin Exhibition]
Published/created in: 1899

£850

A relatively large-format publication with hundreds of illustrations showing Pushkin's creations, personality, friends, contemporaries, as well as later interpretations. From N. Turoverov's collection, an important Cossack officer, poet and collector.

Image for A. NOS. Nachalo dobrovolnago flota. Voluntary Russian fleet. First edition, Moscow, 1890. #2

Extremely rare work on the Russian fleet, in an even rarer binding

Nachalo dobrovolnago flota [The Beginning of the Voluntary Fleet]

£2,750

Extremely rare work on the Russian fleet, in an even rarer binding
NOS, Andrei. Nachalo dobrovolnago flota. [The Beginning of the Voluntary Fleet]
Published/created in: 1890

£2,750

A diplomatic gift from Nikolay II to the French President Felix Faure, in a great, striking binidng boasting the Russian flag. First edition of this fine illustrated work, very rare as only one other copy traced worldwide.

Image for [ROMANOVS] P. LEBEDEV. Historical album; Portraits of the Royal House of the Russian Land. First edition, very rare. St. Petersburg, 1875. #2

Early photographic album

[ROMANOVS] – P. LEBEDEV (artist)

Istoricheskii albom tysiacheletiia Rossii. Portrety tsarskogo doma zemli russkoi s 862-1862 g [The Millenium of Russia Historical Album. Portraits of the Royal House of the Russian Land 862-1862]

£3,500

Early photographic album
[ROMANOVS] - P. LEBEDEV (artist). Istoricheskii albom tysiacheletiia Rossii. Portrety tsarskogo doma zemli russkoi s 862-1862 g. [The Millenium of Russia Historical Album. Portraits of the Royal House of the Russian Land 862-1862]
Published/created in: 1875

£3,500

Very rare: no copy traced on the Russian market, no copy traced oustide Russia. A luxury celebration of the Russian rulers, with the use of photography, and fine chomolithography. In an impressive full-leather binding.

Image for BENNER. Portraits of the Romanovs. First edition, complete copy. Moscow & St. Petersburg, 1817. #2

Fine stipple-engraved portraits

[ROMANOVS] – Henri BENNER

Sobranie 24-kh portretov imperatorskoi familii. Collection de vingt-quatre portraits de la famille impériale

£12,500

Fine stipple-engraved portraits
[ROMANOVS] - Henri BENNER. Sobranie 24-kh portretov imperatorskoi familii. Collection de vingt-quatre portraits de la famille impériale.
Published/created in: [1817]

£12,500

Attractive example of these famous portraits, kept here in their original portfolio and complete with both titles and subscribers' lists. Possibly from the Duchesse de Berry collection.

Image for [ROMANOVS] Childhood, Education and Young Years of the Russian Tsars. First edition, in the original Russian. Skt. Peterburg, 1914. #2

With the gilt cover in fine condition

[ROMANOVS] – Ivan Nikolaevich BOZHERIANOV

Detstvo, vospitanie i leta iunosti russkih imperatorov [Childhood, Education and Young Years of Russian Emperors]

£4,250

With the gilt cover in fine condition
[ROMANOVS] - Ivan Nikolaevich BOZHERIANOV. Detstvo, vospitanie i leta iunosti russkih imperatorov. [Childhood, Education and Young Years of Russian Emperors]
Published/created in: [1914]

£4,250

Pleasant and attractive example of this great book, a luxurious, richly illustrated production presenting the childhood of the Romanov tsars over 200 years. First edition, scarce in such condition.

Image for SARYKULOVA. Grafika Kazakhstana. First edition, Antoshchenko-Olenev's copy. Alma-Ata, 1967. #2

Kazakh art by a woman art historian - with provenance

SARYKULOVA, Gul-Chara [Abutalipovna]

Grafika Kazakhstana [Graphic art of Kazakhstan]

£1,750

Kazakh art by a woman art historian - with provenance
SARYKULOVA, Gul-Chara [Abutalipovna]. Grafika Kazakhstana. [Graphic art of Kazakhstan]
Published/created in: 1967

£1,750

A groundbreaking work on art from Kazakhstan, written by a major female figure of Kazakh art history - this copy with great artistic provenance. First edition, uncommon, a choice copy.

Image for N. CHAKIROV. Tsars' coronations & history of the Russian empire. First edition, New York, 1971. #2

In bright condition

CHAKIROV, Nikita (editor)

Tsarskie koronatsii na Rusi iz Istorii Derzhavy Rossiiskoi XVI-XX vv. The history of the Russian Empire

£950

In bright condition
CHAKIROV, Nikita (editor). Tsarskie koronatsii na Rusi iz Istorii Derzhavy Rossiiskoi XVI-XX vv. The history of the Russian Empire.
Published/created in: 1971

£950

Fine, fresh example of this luxurious book, which covers the Romanovs' dynasty with an impressive array of illustrations. First edition.

Image for S. COLLINS. Present State of Russia. First edition, London, 1671. #2

Drunk "very unhandsome" Circassian ladies and Russian mushrooms

[COLLINS, Samuel]

The Present State of Russia, in a Letter to a Friend at London, written by an eminent person residing at the great czars court at Mosco [sic] for the space of nine years

£3,000

Drunk "very unhandsome" Circassian ladies and Russian mushrooms
[COLLINS, Samuel]. The Present State of Russia, in a Letter to a Friend at London, written by an eminent person residing at the great czars court at Mosco [sic] for the space of nine years.
Published/created in: 1671

£3,000

Great (if often negative) early account of pre-petrine Russia, with an important portrait of Tsar Alexei and a famous chapter on mushrooms - among many other remarks and anecdotes. Attractive example of the first edition.

Image for TUMANSKII, F. Peter the Great. Rare first edition, St. Petersburg, 1788. #2

Peter's early days: a scarce, illustrated edition

TUMANSKII, Fedor

Polnoe opisanie deianii ego velichestva gosudaria imperatora Petra Velikago [A Complete Description of the Deeds of Peter the Great]

£5,950

Peter's early days: a scarce, illustrated edition
TUMANSKII, Fedor. Polnoe opisanie deianii ego velichestva gosudaria imperatora Petra Velikago. [A Complete Description of the Deeds of Peter the Great]
Published/created in: 1788

£5,950

An early Russian biography of Peter the Great, illustrated and noted for its rarity. Pleasant example in contemporary binding.

Image for KONI? A. Otsy i deti sudebnoi reformy [Judicial Reform]. First edition, Moscow, 1914. #2

Celebrating progress in Russia's legal system

KONI, Anataolii Fedorovich

Otsy i deti sudebnoi reformy. K piatidesiatiletiiu Sudebnykh ustavov. 1864-1914 [Fathers and Children of the Judicial Reform]

£500

Celebrating progress in Russia's legal system
KONI, Anataolii Fedorovich. Otsy i deti sudebnoi reformy. K piatidesiatiletiiu Sudebnykh ustavov. 1864-1914. [Fathers and Children of the Judicial Reform]
Published/created in: 1914

£500

Fine example of this celebratory work, in the pleasant publisher's binding.

Image for Illiustrirovannaia khronika voiny [The Illustrated Chronicle of War], Skt. Peterburg, 1877-78. First edition, in publisher's binding. #1

Fascinating illustrated account

GOPPE, German (publisher)

Illiustrirovannaia khronika voiny [The Illustrated Chronicle of War]

£6,750

Fascinating illustrated account
GOPPE, German (publisher). Illiustrirovannaia khronika voiny. [The Illustrated Chronicle of War]
Published/created in: 1877-78

£6,750

The Balkans, Southern Eastern Europe and Western Turkey in two fascinating folio volumes detailing all events of the 1877-78 war. Very richly illustrated and rarely found in such an attractive example, here in the original publisher's binding.

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 ALTMAN, Natan. Lenin. First edition, Peterburg, 1921 #1

One of the famous covers of the Avant-Garde

Lenin. Risunki Natana Altmana [Lenin. Sketches by Natan Altman]

£1,250

One of the famous covers of the Avant-Garde
ALTMAN, Natan. Lenin. Risunki Natana Altmana. [Lenin. Sketches by Natan Altman]
Published/created in: 1921

£1,250

A pleasant example of this work, with its famous avant-garde cover design by Altman.

Image for BOURKE-WHITE, Meet Some of the Soviet People. First edition, c.1941 #2

By the first American woman war photojournalist

BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret

Meet Some of the Soviet People

£800

By the first American woman war photojournalist
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret. Meet Some of the Soviet People.
Published/created in: [1941?]

£800

The variety of peoples of the USSR in fine photographic portraits by a great photographer, possibly the most significant woman photographer of her time.

Image for MONTESQIEU, Ch. Lettres persanes in Russian. Skt. Peterburg, 1792. #2

French enlightenment in Russia

MONTESKE [MONTESQUIEU, Charles Louis de]

Pisma persidskiia [Lettres persanes] [Persian Letters]

£3,750

French enlightenment in Russia
MONTESKE [MONTESQUIEU, Charles Louis de]. Pisma persidskiia [Lettres persanes]. [Persian Letters]
Published/created in: 1792

£3,750

Rare first illustrated edition of the 'Lettres persanes' in Russian, in contemporary binding with lovely Russian endpapers.

Image for Watercolour portrait of Hadji Murat. Tbilisi, 1852. #2

Contemporary portrait

French school of the 19^th century

Portrait de Hadji Mourad

£4,750

Contemporary portrait
French school of the 19^th century. Portrait de Hadji Mourad.
Published/created in: 30 January 1852

£4,750

Extremely rare contemporary portrait of a famous Caucasian rebel - described by Gagarin and Tolstoy.

Image for SHAKESPEARE, The Works, Imperial edition, full morocco, London, ca. 1875. #1

Impressive edition superbly bound

SHAKESPEARE, William and Charles KNIGHT (editor)

The Works of William Shakspere, Imperial Edition

£2,750

Impressive edition superbly bound
SHAKESPEARE, William and Charles KNIGHT (editor). The Works of William Shakspere, Imperial Edition.
Published/created in: [circa 1875]

£2,750

One of the most impressive editions of Shakespeare in an unusual example, fresh and bound in striking full red morocco richly gilt.

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