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Large caricatures of a troubled year

Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni

£1,950

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist), Geroi Smutnogo VremeniVery 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. Read More

Image for SOLZHENITSYN, Odin den Ivana Denisovicha, London, 1962. First edition. #1

In striking wrappers

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich

Odin den Ivana Denisovicha

£2,500

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich, Odin den Ivana DenisovichaFirst edition of the celebrated author's first book § a famous 'pirate' edition published without Solzhenitsyn's consent. A very good copy, with the striking original wrappers. Read More

Image for AKHMATOVA, Rekviem, Requiem, first edition, 1963 #2

Celebrated poetical tamizdat

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Rekviem

£750

AKHMATOVA, Anna, RekviemFirst edition of one of Akhmatova's most famous works, considered by many to be her finest. An important tamizdat of one of the best Russian poets; one of 500 copies only. Read More

The failed revolt - very rare

[DECEMBRISTS]

Donesenie Varshavskogo komiteta

£3,750

[DECEMBRISTS], Donesenie Varshavskogo komitetaVery rare first edition of this important report on the Decembrists' revoltof the end of 1825. A lovely copy with contemporary provenance. Only one example traced outside Russia. Read More

Image for ORZHIKH, B. Albom Bortsov za Svobodu. Nagasaki, 1907. First edition, with wrappers. #2

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With the striking wrappers

ORZHIKH, Boris

Albom Bortsov za Svobodu

ORZHIKH, Boris, Albom Bortsov za SvoboduImpressive publication of a politically active Russian émigré to Japan. Richly illustrated, here with the original publisher's printed wrappers. Read More

Image for RUF ANANIN, Kharbin v krivom zerkale, 1930s, complete set of postcards. #2

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"International city": Russian caricatures in Japanese China

RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist)

Kharbin v krivom zerkale

RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist), Kharbin v krivom zerkaleWitty depictions of the Russian diaspora in Harbin under Japanese occupation. A complete set of these fine postcards, within the printed wrappers: very rare so. Read More

Image for Tsvetaeva, Lebedinyi Stan - The Swans' Camp, illegal home-made production, Russia, mid 1970s. #2

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Illegal in Soviet Union until the late 1980s

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Lebedinyi stan. Stikhi 1917 - 1920 g

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna, Lebedinyi stan. Stikhi 1917 - 1920 gA computer-printed samizdat of Marina Tsvetaeva's epic poetic cycle about the October Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War, An interesting illegal production of a text banned in Soviet Union and not published in Russia until 1991. One of the major texts by Russia's great poetess. Read More

Image for Grossman, Vse techet, Posev, 1973 #1

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Pocket format on thin paper

GROSSMAN, Vasilii

Vse techet

GROSSMAN, Vasilii, Vse techetGrossman's first novel being published abroad,and banned in Soviet Union until 1989. A fine example of this pocket-size edition, aimed at being smuggled into the USSR. Read More

Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni

Odin den Ivana Denisovicha

Rekviem

Donesenie Varshavskogo komiteta

Albom Bortsov za Svobodu

Kharbin v krivom zerkale

Lebedinyi stan. Stikhi 1917 - 1920 g

Vse techet

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