Satire, Caricature and Humour

Image for A. REMIZOV & L. BAKST. Tsar Dodon. First edition, 1921. #2

Bakst in miniature erotica

REMIZOV, Aleksei Mikhailovich and Leon BAKST (artist)

Tsar Dodon

£1,500

Bakst in miniature erotica
REMIZOV, Aleksei Mikhailovich and Leon BAKST (artist). Tsar Dodon.
Published/created in: 1921

£1,500

Fine example of the first edition of this Russian erotica, this copy with a printed limitation statement. Rare outside Russia and in such nice condition.

Image for V. EROFEEV. Moskva-Petushki. First edition. Paris, 1977. #2

"One of the major achievements of Russian prose of the 20th century" (Oborin)

EROFEEV, Venedikt

Moskva-Petushki [Moscow-Petushki, also translated as Moscow to the End of the Line]

£2,450

"One of the major achievements of Russian prose of the 20th century" (Oborin)
EROFEEV, Venedikt. Moskva-Petushki. [Moscow-Petushki, also translated as Moscow to the End of the Line]
Published/created in: 1977

£2,450

First book edition of one of the most famous Russian novels of the last century and a celebrated 'tamizdat'. Uncommon on the market, here in lovely condition.

Image for KOTLIAREVSKY & BAZYLEVYCH. Eneida. Kyiv, 1971. #2

"The most popular edition [...] by the outstanding Ukrainian artist" (Lebedeva)

KOTLIAREVSKII, Ivan, Anatolii BAZYLEVYCH (artist)

Eneida [Aeneid]

£195

"The most popular edition [...] by the outstanding Ukrainian artist" (Lebedeva)
KOTLIAREVSKII, Ivan, Anatolii BAZYLEVYCH (artist). Eneida. [Aeneid]
Published/created in: 1971

£195

"The father of modern Ukrainian literature" in a very visual interpretation during Soviet times, by an important Ukrainian artist. Very rare in the West.

Image for NASH VESTNIK. Manuscript magazine, unique copy. Soviet Union, 1921-23. #2

Fun, absurd, art and sport in the first years of the URSS

BABKIN K., M. NEKRASOV, A. ALEKSANDROV, V. SVETLISHIN and others

Nash Vestnik. Literaturno-sportivnyi zhurnal Kruzhka Fizicheskogo Razvitiia KFR [Our Newsletter. Literary and Sports Magazine of the Physical Development Club]

£13,500

Fun, absurd, art and sport in the first years of the URSS
BABKIN K., M. NEKRASOV, A. ALEKSANDROV, V. SVETLISHIN and others. Nash Vestnik. Literaturno-sportivnyi zhurnal Kruzhka Fizicheskogo Razvitiia KFR. [Our Newsletter. Literary and Sports Magazine of the Physical Development Club]
Published/created in: 1921-23

£13,500

Exceptional manuscript describing sporting and other recreative activities in a small town of Russia immediately after the Civil War. A very entertaining read, mixing much information with humour and many illustrations.

Image for PUSHKIN & STALIN. Lukomore. Samizdat, USSR, 1970s #2

The greatest Russian poet and the greatest Soviet dictator...

[PUSHKIN and STALIN]

Lukomore

£100

The greatest Russian poet and the greatest Soviet dictator...
[PUSHKIN and STALIN]. Lukomore.
Published/created in: mid-20th century]

£100

A small leaf containing a funny parody which could send you to a GULAG camp.

Image for LINSKII, DRIZO, AVERCHENKO... Bich - Bitche. Complete set, first edition. Paris, 1920. #2

Colourful satire by Odessans in Paris

LINSKII, Mikhail, Mikhail DRIZO (pseud. MAD), Arkadii AVERCHENKO and others

Bich. Bitche [Whip]

£2,250

Colourful satire by Odessans in Paris
LINSKII, Mikhail, Mikhail DRIZO (pseud. MAD), Arkadii AVERCHENKO and others. Bich. Bitche. [Whip]
Published/created in: 1920

£2,250

Complete set of this scarce satirical periodical of the Russophone community in Paris. With a wealth of caricatural drawings and wide-ranging texts.

Image for GOGOL. Mertvie dushi [Dead Souls]. First edition. Moscow, 1842 #2

Gogol's masterpiece with "All of Russia"

GOGOL, Nikolai

Pokhozhdeniia Chichikova, ili Mertvyia dushi. Poema [The Adventures of Chichikov, or Dead Souls. A Poem]

£39,500

Gogol's masterpiece with "All of Russia"
GOGOL, Nikolai. Pokhozhdeniia Chichikova, ili Mertvyia dushi. Poema. [The Adventures of Chichikov, or Dead Souls. A Poem]
Published/created in: 1842

£39,500

A pinacle of humour and Russia's second great novel (after Lermontov's 'Hero of our Times'), here in a fine example of the first edition, with the very rare and famous upper wrapper.

Image for SYTIN, Lubki. Moscow, 1880s. #2

Striking 'lubki' in great condition

SITINE [Ivan SYTIN] (publisher)

Images et dessins populaires russes jusqu'a 1860 [Title on cover]

£4,750

Striking 'lubki' in great condition
SITINE [Ivan SYTIN] (publisher). Images et dessins populaires russes jusqu'a 1860 [Title on cover].
Published/created in: 1887-89

£4,750

Some great imagery in a rare volume of 85 plates - mostly military but only, with many themes strikingly depicted. A rare item of Russian folk art, here in fine condition.

Image for FRANKLAND, R. Eight Representations of Shooting. First edition, 1813. #2

Hunting caricatures in colour

FRANKLAND, Robert

Eight Representations of Shooting

£2,500

Hunting caricatures in colour
FRANKLAND, Robert. Eight Representations of Shooting.
Published/created in: 1813

£2,500

Lovely humourous plates with original hand-colour, in a Sangorski binding.

Image for KOZAK & HUTSALIUK, Important run of Lys Mykyta. Detroit, 1952-75 #1

Great Ukrainian satire of the Cold War

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].

£3,950

Great Ukrainian satire of the Cold War
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].
Published/created in: 1952-75

£3,950

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.

Image for USPENSKII, Chronicle of the Teutonic War on the Slavs, Petrograd, 1915-16, first edition, handcoloured. #1

WWI caricatures in ancient style

USPENSKII, Vasilii Ivanovich

Letopisets v litsakh o Tevtonstey brani na sloveni [Chronicle of the Teutonic War on the Slavs]

£1,750

WWI caricatures in ancient style
USPENSKII, Vasilii Ivanovich. Letopisets v litsakh o Tevtonstey brani na sloveni. [Chronicle of the Teutonic War on the Slavs]

Published/created in: [1915-16]

£1,750

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.

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

Large political caricatures of a troubled year

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist)

Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni [Heroes of Troubled Times]

£1,950

Large political caricatures of a troubled year
BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist). Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni. [Heroes of Troubled Times]
Published/created in: 1921

£1,950

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.

Image for M. BULGAKOV. Master & Margarita. First complete edition, in the original Russian. Frankfurt, 1969. #2

Out of stock

First complete - with the striking dust-jacket

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Master i Margarita [Master and Margarita]

First complete - with the striking dust-jacket
BULGAKOV, Mikhail. Master i Margarita. [Master and Margarita]
Published/created in: 1969

£4,950

Very attractive copy of one of the most important editions of this fantastic novel: the first complete edition, by the CIA-backed publisher Posev. Rarely found, here complete with its dust-jacket.

Image for M. BULGAKOV. The Master and Margarita. First unabridged transaltion in English. London, 1967. #2

Out of stock

With the striking dust-jacket

BULGAKOV, Mikhail Afanasevich and Michael GLENNY (transl.)

The Master and Margarita

With the striking dust-jacket
BULGAKOV, Mikhail Afanasevich and Michael GLENNY (transl.). The Master and Margarita.
Published/created in: 1967

£750

The first unabridged English translation of Bulgakov's satirical fantasy and one of the best novels of Russian literature. A fine example of the first edition, first issue, in the original dust-jacket.

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

Out of stock

Some more equals than others - in Russian

[ORWELL, George] Georg ORVELL

Skotskii khutor [Animal Farm]

Some more equals than others - in Russian
[ORWELL, George] Georg ORVELL. Skotskii khutor. [Animal Farm]
Published/created in: 1967

£1,350

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

Image for BULGAKOV, M. Samizdat of Sobache Serdtse [Heart of a Dog]. #2

Out of stock

Illegally home-made and in superbly fresh condition

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache Serdtse [Heart of a Dog]

Illegally home-made and in superbly fresh condition
BULGAKOV, Mikhail. Sobache Serdtse. [Heart of a Dog]
Published/created in: 1960s-80s]

£2,250

Bulgakov's short masterpiece here in 'samizdat' version, ie. typed at home illegally - an unusually fresh example.

Image for G. ORWELL. Kolhosp tvaryn. First Ukrainian edition of Animal Farm. Neu-Ulm, 1947. #2

Out of stock

With the only preface Orwell ever wrote for the work

ORWELL, George and Ivan CHERNIATYNSKYI (transl.; pseud. for Ihor SHEVCHENKO)

Kolhosp tvaryn [Animal Farm: A Fairy Tale]

With the only preface Orwell ever wrote for the work
ORWELL, George and Ivan CHERNIATYNSKYI (transl.; pseud. for Ihor SHEVCHENKO). Kolhosp tvaryn. [Animal Farm: A Fairy Tale]
Published/created in: [1947]

£1,750

Pleasant copy, in the pictorial original wrappers, of this celebrated and important edition, the first Ukrainian translation of Orwell's masterpiece.

Image for ARTAUD. Dictionaire des Halles. Brussels, 1696. First edition #2

Out of stock

Talks at market stalls in 17th-c. France

[ARTAUD, attributed]

Le Dictionaire des Halles, ou Extrait du Dictionaire de L'Academie Francoise

Talks at market stalls in 17th-c. France
[ARTAUD, attributed]. Le Dictionaire des Halles, ou Extrait du Dictionaire de L'Academie Francoise.
Published/created in: 1696

£2,750

Lovely copy of this scarce book, fascinating for the low-class language and expressions in France during Louis 14th's reign. With provenance.

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