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Image for A. AKHMATOVA., Rekviem [Requiem]. First edition, Munich. 1963 #2

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Celebrated poetical tamizdat

Rekviem [Requiem]

L. Andrejeff for T-vo Zarubezhnikh izdanii, Miunkhen, 1963.

First 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.

Image for L. TOLSTOY. Ivan Durak. Second edition, Leipzig, 1892. #2

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"Confiscated in Russia!"

TOLSTOY, Lev

Skazka ob Ivane Durake i ego dvukh bratiakh [The Tale of Ivan the Fool and his Two Brothers]

Pets for Wolfgang Gerhard, Leipzig, 1892.

Tolstoy banned in Russia: a rare edition of this novella, kept in its fragile wrappers. Printed in Leipzig; and also an unusual example of decorative wrappers on a Russian literary work.

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"Imenno tak tolko i mozhno perevodit"

TEFFI, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna

Autograph Letter to Natalia Vladimirovna LIMANT-IVANOVA, with the Latter's Autograph Note

Brides-les-Bains [France], [late July-early August] 1929.

A fine letter by Teffi about her works' translation into French, with some explanations of certain Russian words.

Image for ORWELL, STRUVE & KRIGER. Animal Farm, 2nd edition in Russian, Frankfurt, 1967. #2

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Some more equals than others - in Russian

[ORWELL, George] Georg ORVELL

Skotskii khutor [Animal Farm]

[Frankfurt-am-Main], Posev, 1967.

The first and highly symbolic translation into Russian of George Orwell's satirical allegory on Stalinism: the very rare second edition.

Image for SOLZHENITSYN. Arkhipelag GULag. First edition, Paris, 1973-75 #2

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His masterpiece

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr

Arkhipelag Gulag [The Gulag Archipelago]

Imprimerie Moderne (vol. 1) and Impressions Internationales (vol. 2-3), for YMCA Press, Paris, 1973-75.

First edition of Solzhenitsyn's best work, an extensive account of the Soviet camps.

Image for TEFFI & PAREN. Baba Yaga, first edition in Russian. Paris, 1932. #2

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Of large dimensions

TEFFI, Nadezhda and Natalia PAREN [PARAIN] (artist)

Narodnaia skazka. Baba Iaga [Folk fairytale. Baba Yaga]

YMCA Press, Paris, 1932.

Fine example of this famous children book, in the original Russian by the great Russian female author Teffi. With striking illustrations by a student from VKhUTEMAS.

Image for J. BRODSKY. Verses and Poems, first edition in the original Russia. USA, 1965. #2

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A Nobel Laureate's first book

BRODSKII, Iosif [also Joseph BRODSKY]

Stikhotvoreniia i poemy [Verses and Poems]

Inter-Language Literary Associates, Washington, D.C.-New York, 1965.

First edition of an important start: the future nobel prize winner's first collection of poems that had to be published abroad after he was sentenced to five years of hard labor for "social parasitism" in 1964.

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Inscribed first edition

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich

Arkhipelag GULAG [The Gulag Archipelago]

Imprimerie Moderne (vol. 1) and Impressions Internationales (vol. 2-3), for YMCA Press, Paris, 1973-75.

First edition of Solzhenitsyn's magnum opus on the prison camp system and his best work, here in a choice copy inscribed to a leading broadcaster for the BBC Russian service in London.

Image for B. PASTERNAK. Doktor Zhivago. First pocket edition, Paris, 1959. #2

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CIA-produced with a fake French imprint

PASTERNAK, Boris

Doktor Zhivago [Doctor Zhivago]

[Paris], Societe d'Edition et d'Impression Mondiale [SEIM], 1959.

Fine example of this edition, specially made for smuggling into the USSR - one of the early editions of the great novel, which saw light in just a couple of years.

Image for E. ZAMIATIN. Litsa [Faces]. First edition, in Russian. New York, 1955 #2

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From the author of 'We'

ZAMIATIN, Evgenii [also ZAMYATIN]

Litsa [Faces]

Chekhov, Niu Iork, 1955.

First edition of these articles and memoirs by one of the great anti-Soviet writers.

Image for GONCHAROVA & RUBAKIN. Gorod. La Cité. Paris, 1920. First edition. #2

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Goncharova's wide artistic spectrum

GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN

Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité [The City. Poems]

Parizh, [for the author], 1920.

An excellent example of this great Russian avant-garde book, finely produced in Paris and showing a wealth of illustrations by Goncharova. First edition.

Image for GONCHAROV. Kak bylo v staroi Rossii. First edition, California, 1972. #2

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Nostalgia of pre-Soviet Russia...

GONCHAROV, I.E

Kak bylo v staroi Rossii [How It Was in Old Russia]

Kaliforniia, 1972.

Another émigré work with a wide variety of texts, articles, memoirs about the good old Russia before the Bolsheviks.

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

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Celebrated poetical tamizdat

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Rekviem [Requiem]

L. Andrejeff for T-vo Zarubezhnikh izdanii, Miunkhen, 1963.

First edition of one of Akhmatova's greatest works.. An important tamizdat of one of the best Russian poets; one of 500 copies only.

Image for GORCHAKOV. Sionskie protokoly. Paris, 1927. #2

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One of the most famous and enduring conspiracy theories

[GORCHAKOV, M.K., Prince (publisher)]

Sionskie protokoly [The Protocols of Zion]

Doloi Zlo, Parizh, 1927.

Paris edition of these famous 'protocols', here with its cover showing a "forbidden" photography of the "Jewish government in Russia", with Trotsky and Sverdlov in the front row.

Image for A. AKHMATOVA. Chetki, Belaia Staia, Anno Domini. 3 volumes, 1923. #2

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The whole series: Akhmatova's first 'collected works'

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Chetki [with] Belaia staia [with] Anno Domini [Beads [with] White Flock [with] Anno Domini]

Zinaburg, Berlin, for Petropolis and Alkonost, Peterburg, 1923 [printed in Oct. and Nov. 1922].

Most of Akhmatova's pre-1923 poetry in three matching volumes, including some new publications. Rarely found together in satisfying condition without restoration. With continuous bibliophile provenance and poems added in manuscript.

Image for V. BAKHCHANIAN. Zerkalo No.21. First edition, New York, 1975. #2

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Americano-Soviet pop art

BAKHCHANIAN, Vagrich (also BAKHCHANYAN)

Zerkalo No.21. Chitat s pomoshchiu zerkala [Mirror #21. Read with a Mirror]

Niu Iork, 1975.

A booklet of contemporary art by a Ukraine-born Armenian artist, then just recently emigrated to the US. Extremely rare: only copy traced.

Image for GROSSMAN, V. Vse techet. Posev, 1974 #2

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"A bitter indictment of the Soviet system" (Terras)

GROSSMAN, Vasilii

Vse techet [Everything flows]

Posev, Frankfurt/Main, 1974.

Grossman's first novel being published abroad, and banned in Soviet Union until 1989. Pleasant example of this larger format edition.

Image for N. CHERNISHEVSKII. Chto Delat? First book edition, Geneva, 1867. #2

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Women's emancipation, Lenin's reshaping, and "the emotional dynamic" of the Russian revolution

CHERNYSHEVSKII, Nikolai

Chto delat? Iz rasskazov o novykh liudiakh [What Is to Be Done? Tales of New People]

Elpidin, Zheneva for Benda, Vevey, 1867.

First book edition of this groundbreaking novel, a cornerstone of Russian literature and, by its influence, political thought. A pleasant example in contemporary binding. Very rare.

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