Excellent photograph of the famous director, beautifully inscribed to a fellow man of theatre.
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The most lavish illustrated edition of Gogol's masterpiece, in its original binding.
Read More Read MoreCHEKHOV, Anton, Ivan BUNIN, Maksim GORKY and others
Sbornik Tovarishchestva "Znanie" za 1903 god [Collection of the "Knowledge" Society for the year 1903].
First Chekhov, first Bunin, first Gorky, first Andreev....A fine example of the uncommon two-volume Collection, with the first publication of 'The Cherry Orchard', among other firsts.
Read More Read MoreLOMONOSOV, Mikhail Vasilievich, Vasilii Kirillovich TREDIAKOVSKII and Alexander Petrovich SUMAROKOV
Choix des meilleurs morceaux de la littérature russe, à dater de sa naissance jusqu'au règne de Catherine II
Attractive example of the first French anthology of Russian literature, with some of the best authors of the 18th century.
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First edition of Tolstoy's successful play on wine and some of its effects... Lovely example in wrappers. Scarce.
Read More Read MorePUSHKIN, Aleksandr and Mstislav DOBUZHINSKY (artist)
Evgenii Onegin. Roman v stikhakh [Eugene Onegin. Novel in verse, ed. by V.F. Khodasevich]
Pushkin's novel in verses in the original Russian, here illustrated by Dobuzhinsky: the first edition of the full set of illustrations.
Read More Read More[PUSHKIN] – Alexandre POUCHKINE, Véra STARKOFF (transl.) and Marie EGOROFF (artist)
Rouslane et Ludmile
The first complete poetic French translation of Pushkin's celebrated work. Strikingly illustrated by an original Russian female artist, and this copy inscribed by the translator: a politically-engaged playwright and one of the main figures of the feminist theatre movement in France. Rarely found, and only 500 copies printed.
Read More Read MorePUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich, Sergey LIFAR and Prof. M. L. GOFMAN (editors)
Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda [Journey to Arzrum during the campaign of 1829]
Pushkin's best travel account in a fine bibliophilic edition, one of 50 'ad nominem' copies only, this one for Valerian Svetlov.
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The last poetry of Russia's great poetess, banned in the USSR: a fine example of the first edition, in the original wrappers. Includes one of Tsvetaeva's most famous poems.
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF Tsvetaeva's SECOND BOOK OF POETRY, CONTAINING TWO OF the MOST FAMOUS POEMS of the Russian writer. One of only 500 copies; an attractive example with the fragile original velvet binding unrestored.
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The birth of a Nobel Prize: Pasternak's first collection of poetry, in a superb, fresh example of the very rare first edition.
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The first publication of Akhmatova's 'Poem Without a Hero' [Poem bez geroia] - as well as many other works by some of the best Russian poets and authors of the 20th century: a complete set of this important literary almanac, rare so.
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Fine book-related letter signed by Akhmatova, one of Russia's greatest poets, where she lists her recent publications in Russia, after a difficult period of hard censorship.
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First publication of the first prose work of the young Gogol, one of the greatest Russian authors. Very rare outside Russia and Ukraine.
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