ROMANOV, Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich
General-Adiutanty Imeratora Aleksandra I [Adjutants-Generals of the Emperor Alexander I]
Attractive example of this fine production of Russian military history.
KOZAK, Edvard and Liuboslav HUTSALIUK
Lys Mykyta [WITH] Lys Mykyta. Kalendar na rik 1949 [The Fox Mykyta [WITH] The Fox Mykyta. Calendar for Year 1949].
A striking satirical magazine, published in the US in Ukrainian, remarkable for its Cold-War caricatures covering more than 20 years. An important run of more than 170 issues, with the very first 1949 Almanac.
POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Vasily CHOUKHAEFF (artist) [PUSHKIN and SHUKHAEV]
Boris Godounov
One of the great artists' books of the Russian Paris school - here in the deluxe version on Japon Impérial: one of 18 copies only.
TCHAIKOV, Joseph (artist) and Mendele MOCHER-SFORIM
Dos Kelbl [The Calf]
A fine illustrated production of the Kultur Lige, published in Kiyv in 1919. A scarce Yiddish children book, especially unopened without significant restoration.
[GERNING] – SCHÜTZ, Christian Georg (artist) and Jose Joaquin MORA
Viage pintoresco por las orillas del Rin, desde Maguncia hasta colonia
Exceptionally rare edition in Spanish of one of the most successful illustrated books of the time, specifically conceived for the South American market. A beautiful copy.
A lovely example of this famous hand-coloured costume book showing the wide variety of 'Russian' dresses, from Western Russia to Central and Eastern Siberia.
IAKINF [ie. Nikita Iakovlevich BICHURIN]
Zapiski o Mongolii. S Prilozheniem karty Mongolii i raznykh kostiumov [Notes on Mongolia. With a Map of Mongolia and Various Costumes]
Very attractive example of one of the most important Russian works on Mongolia and Northern China - one of the rare early Russian books with hand-coloured plates. With a large folding map.
The first circumnavigation by a blind person: first edition, illustrated with more than 20 plates, and very rare in the original cloth.
SAMOKISH, N.S. and S.I. VASILKOVSKII (artists), text by D.I. EVARNITSKII
Iz ukrainskoi stariny. La Petite Russie d'autrefois
Beautiful portfolio showing 20 folio colour plates of Ukrainian Cossacks's scenes, costumes and heroes - with a vibrant text in Russian and French by an important Ukrainian scholar.
The first colour-plate book on Moscow: a lovely example, uncut in original publisher's boards, with the 12 plates in fine original hand-colour. Published in the wake of Napoleon's catastrophic Campagne de Russie.
GAGARINE, Prince Grégoire – Kniaz Grigorii Grigorevich GAGARIN
Dessins et croquis d'après nature. Risunki i nabroski s natury
Gagarin's artistic record of Turkish and Caucasian types, among other sketches reproduced, including portraits of Russian aristocrats in the Caucasus, Gypsies in Moscow and views of Egypt and Greece. A beautiful, large format production of one of the best Russian presses of the time. A fine example with contemporary provenance.
Complete set of this unusual war satire, written and illustrated in ancient Russian style. Rare when handcoloured, as here. Only 3 complete copies traced in institutions outside Russia.
Very rare album of full-page satirical illustrations of the situation in Russia during the turbulent years of the Civil War. Published in Berlin in 1921, and particularly remarkbale for its even-handed swipe at all participants in the War. Only three copies traced in Western public institutions.
