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NARBUT, Egor (artist) and Ivan Andreevich KRYLOV
Tri basni Krylova [Three Fables by Krylov]
Tri basni Krylova. [Three Fables by Krylov]
Published/created in: [1911]
£850
Three fables by the most famous Russian fabulist, here illustrated by the leading Ukrainian artist. Scarce in this attractive condition.
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Fortune Magazine. Issue num. 5, vol. 5.
Published/created in: May 1932
£250
Fine issue of this famous large-format magazine, here in appealing condition with its artistic cover by the Armenian-American artist. Covering many various subjects in 1932, from Mussolini and US construction workers to horse racing and Toscanini in NYC.
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Guide du voyageur à St Pétersbourg.
Published/created in: 1840
£1,750
Excellent example of the first touristic guide devoted to the Russian northern capital, an important publication, here in a fine binding. Complete with its folding map and views of the city.
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Slavianskii i vostochnyi ornament po rukopisiam drevniago i novago vremeni. L'Ornement slave et oriental d'après les manuscrits anciens et modernes.
Published/created in: 1884-87
£1,950
A complete copy of this magnificent production of high-level Russian art history, here focusing on manuscript decorations over centuries and many various regions, with many superb examples, from Central Europe, Georgia, Armenia, Egypt, Central Asia etc.
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GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN
Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité [The City. Poems]
Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité. [The City. Poems]
Published/created in: 1920
£6,250
Fine exampe of this great avant-garde production, strikingly illustrated by Goncharova and here housed in a Miguet binding.
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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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SORINE, Savely [Savelii Abramovich SORIN] (artist) and André SALMON
Portraits
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.
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SNEGIREV, Gennadii and Ivan BRUNI (artist)
Golubaia Tuva [Blue Tuva]
Golubaia Tuva. [Blue Tuva]
Published/created in: 1965
£325
Lovely Soviet children book about life in the taiga. Rare edition.
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TUROVA, E[katerina] (artist) and Aleksei REMIZOV
Snezhok [Snowball]
Snezhok. [Snowball]
Published/created in: [1918]
£2,500
Fine example of this rare, fragile edition of the Russian avant-garde, in the preferred version with original hand-colouring.
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MIRZO, Gaffar, Marianna FOFANOVA (translator), Vladlen BUDNYI (artist)
Chertenok Bezrogii, Beskhvostyi [The Little Imp Without Horns or a Tail]
Chertenok Bezrogii, Beskhvostyi. [The Little Imp Without Horns or a Tail]
Published/created in: 1964
£575
Very rare Russian edition of this Tajik poem for children, published in Tajikistan's capital. Only one other copy traced, in Berlin.
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MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir, A. BREI and A. KRYLOV (artists)
Od At [The Fire Horse]
Od At. [The Fire Horse]
Published/created in: 1940
£1,250
Mayakovsky for Azeris: a scarce edition of this children book in Azerbaijani language, published in 1940.
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FISCHER, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von, and Carl Anton von MEYER
Sertum Petropolitanum seu icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae in horto botanico Petropolitano floruerunt Jardin de Saint-Pétersbourg
Sertum Petropolitanum seu icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae in horto botanico Petropolitano floruerunt. Jardin de Saint-Pétersbourg
Published/created in: 1846 and 1852
£4,500
Unusual work of Russian natural history, finely produced in Saint Petersburg and focusing on the Botanical Garden's Palm House there. In large format and with hand-coloured plates. First edition, rare.
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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.
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Album dédié à Tamar Karsavina.
Published/created in: 1914
£3,950
Fine example of the first edition. Barbier, a great art-deco artist and illustrator, celebrates here one of the star dancers of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - a beautiful production in appealing condition.
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Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire. [Translated from German by F.W.Blagdon].
Published/created in: 1812
£1,750
Fresh example of this classic travel account through Southern Russia, Ukraine and the Crimea - richly illustrated with original hand-colour. In a sturdy modern binding.
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Chant du Prince Igor.
Published/created in: 1950
£4,950
A beautiful work with superb colours. One of only 6 copies on papier de Chine, with an additional print signed by Alexeieff and complete with its suites, kept in the original box. First edition of the plates and of this translation of this important text of Russian literature.
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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.
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