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Image for MURZIN and others. Khabarovskii...kadetskii korpus. Bloomington, 1977. #3

Trained in Khabarovsk, Siberia

MURZIN, Nikolai, and others

Khabarovskii grafa Muraviova-Amurskogo kadetskii korpus: Istoricheskii ocherk

£375

MURZIN, Nikolai, and others, Khabarovskii grafa Muraviova-Amurskogo kadetskii korpus: Istoricheskii ocherkAn excellent example of this scarce émigré publication on the pre-Revolution Siberian military school. A fine Californian production, richly illustrated. Read More

Image for D.H. LAWRENCE, first edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover in Russian, Berlin, 1932 #2

In the publisher's wrappers

LORENS, D. G. [D. H. LAWRENCE] and Tatiana LESHCHENKO (transl.)

Liubovnik ledi Chatterlei

£3,950

LORENS, D. G. [D. H. LAWRENCE] and Tatiana LESHCHENKO (transl.), Liubovnik ledi ChatterleiFirst edition in Russian of Lawrence's famous scandalous work, banned in the UK, USA and Soviet Union. An early translation by a talented Russian woman who went from Moscow to New York and to the GULAG, and inspired Solzhenitsyn. Very rare: no copy in Russian libraries, none in the UK, only two traced in WorldCat (Princeton and Syracuse). Read More

Image for Nabokov, Mashenka, first edition of his first novel, Berlin, 1926, in the original wrappers. #2

The birth of a great novelist

[NABOKOV, Vladimir Dmitrievich, as:] SIRIN, V

Mashenka

£6,950

[NABOKOV, Vladimir Dmitrievich, as:] SIRIN, V, MashenkaFirst edition of Nabokov's first novel, in the original Russian: a great example of this important edition, in the original publisher's wrappers in very good condition. Read More

Image for Bulgakov, Heart of Dog, first Russian book edition, Paris, YMCA, 1969. #2

U-u-u-u-u-u... in first edition

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache serdtse

£1,450

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Sobache serdtseUncommon first book edition in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece. A lovely copy in its original wrappers by Annenkov. Read More

Image for BURTSEV, Tsar i vneshniaia politika, Russo-Japanese War, Berlin, 1910. #1

Another war which didn't go the 'right' way...

BURTSEV, Vladimir Lvovich

Tsar i vneshniaia politika. Vinovniki russko-iaponskoi voiny

£65

BURTSEV, Vladimir Lvovich, Tsar i vneshniaia politika. Vinovniki russko-iaponskoi voinyGreat denunciation of the catastrophy for Russia of the war against Japan. A pre-revolutionary publication banned in tsarist Russia. Read More

Image for Fletcher, Of the Russe Commonwealth, first Russian book edition, very rare. Geneva, Kasatkin, 1867. #1

Banned Russian edition of a banned English book

FLETCHER, Dzhails [Giles]

O gosudarstve russkom, ili Obraz pravleniia russkago tsaria (obyknovenno nazyvaemago tsarem moskovskim). S opisaniiem nravov i obychaev zhitelei etoi strany

£6,750

FLETCHER, Dzhails [Giles], O gosudarstve russkom, ili Obraz pravleniia russkago tsaria (obyknovenno nazyvaemago tsarem moskovskim). S opisaniiem nravov i obychaev zhitelei etoi stranyFirst Russian book edition -banned- of Fletcher's famous -and banned- description of Russia which first appeared in 1591. A very rare edition, printed in Geneva by Russian revolutionaries, in a fine, fresh example. Read More

Image for DAVIDENKOV, Iurii. Russian in Australia, issue of November 1957. #1

The Russian community and litterature in Australia

DAVIDENKOV, Iurii (editor).

Russkii v Avstralii

£35

DAVIDENKOV, Iurii (editor).

, Russkii v AvstraliiA 1957 issue of the magazine of the Russian community in Australia, with news, comments, literature and religious, military and anti-Soviet pieces. Read More

Image for Svitkov, Masontsvo, Russian Masonry, Sao Paulo, 1964 #1

In South America after Paris

SVITKOV, Nikolai [pseud. for Nikolai STEPANOV]

Masonstvo v Russkoi Emigratsii

£85

SVITKOV, Nikolai [pseud. for Nikolai STEPANOV], Masonstvo v Russkoi EmigratsiiUncommon second edition of Svitkov's main work on Russian Masonry, published in Brazil. Read More

Image for Akhmatova, Brodsky and others, Important poems and other texts, incl. Poem bez geroia [Poem Without a Hero], first editions. #1

The Pantheon of the Silver Age - a complete set

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Isaac BABEL, Iosif BRODSKII, Osip MANDELSHTAM, Vladimir NABOKOV, Boris PASTERNAK, Marina TSVETAEVA et al

Vozdushnye Puti

£1,500

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Isaac BABEL, Iosif BRODSKII, Osip MANDELSHTAM, Vladimir NABOKOV, Boris PASTERNAK, Marina TSVETAEVA et al, Vozdushnye PutiThe 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. Read More

Image for Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog, first publication in Russian, Flegon, 1968. #1

U-u-u-u-u-u....: the first publication

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache serdtse

£1,000

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Sobache serdtseFirst publication in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece, banned in Soviet Union until 20 years later. Read More

Image for Akhmatova, typed letter signed by her, 1962 #2

The great Russian poetess lists her Russian publications

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Typed letter signed ('Anna Akhmatova') to Boris Tarasov ('Dear Boris Aleksandrovich')

£2,750

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Typed letter signed ('Anna Akhmatova') to Boris Tarasov ('Dear Boris Aleksandrovich')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. Read More

Image for PASTERNAK, B. Doktor Zhivago. Milan, 1959. First Feltrinelli edition, with dust-jacket #1

A most famous edition, with literary provenance

PASTERNAK, Boris

Doktor Zhivago

£1,750

PASTERNAK, Boris, Doktor ZhivagoA very good example of this important edition of the Nobel Prize laureate, with literary provenance. Read More

Image for Melgunov, Towards a Palace Coup, first edition, 1931 #1

In lovely condition

MELGUNOV, Sergei

Na putiakh k dvortsovomu perevorotu (zagovory pered revoliutsii 1917 goda)

£175

MELGUNOV, Sergei, Na putiakh k dvortsovomu perevorotu (zagovory pered revoliutsii 1917 goda)Rather objective historical analysis of the Russian political plots around Tsar Nicholas II before the revolution. A fine example of the first edition. Read More

Image for Belzen, Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni, album of Russian caricatures of the Civil War, Berlin, 1921. #2

Large caricatures of a troubled year

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist)

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 Skitalets, Famous Russian People, rare Japan imprint, first edition, 1927 #1

From Tolstoy to Lenin, Gorky and Chaliapin - in Japan

SKITALETS [pseud. of Stepan Gavrilovich PETROV].

O znamenitykh russkikh liudiakh

£750

SKITALETS [pseud. of Stepan Gavrilovich PETROV].

, O znamenitykh russkikh liudiakhVery rare Russian book published in Japan, presenting short sketches of important Russian contemporaries, such as Tolstoy, Lenin, Gorky and Pleakhanov. 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

Image for Jabotinsky, Piatero, rare first edition in original Russian, 1936 #1

Odessa sung by her celebrated Zionist son

ZHABOTINSKII, V. (ALTALENA). [also JABOTINSKY]

Piatero

£4,950

ZHABOTINSKII, V. (ALTALENA). [also JABOTINSKY], PiateroVery rare first edition of Jabotinsky's best novel: one of 75 copies on papier Japon, out of a total printrun of only 125 copies. A fine novel about Jabotinsky's native city in Ukraine, Odessa, far from his important Zionist militant activities. In original Russian. Read More