SHAKESPEARE, William and I. GOLDBERG (translator)
Romeo un Zshulyete: tragedya in finf aktn [Romeo and Juliet: the Tragedy in Five Acts]
Lovely example of a rare book: the first 'Romeo and Juliette' published in Yiddish, here in fine condition and inscribed by the translator to a famous Yiddish author and professor.
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Excellent photograph of the famous director, beautifully inscribed to a fellow man of theatre.
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.
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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 MoreTOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich [TOLSTOI]
Zhivoi trup. Drama v 6 deistviyakh i 12 kartinakh [A Living Corpse. A drama in 6 acts and 12 scenes]
First separate edition of Tolstoy's play, a large-format quality production, with illustrations. A lovely example, unopened in the charming art-nouveau wrappers.
Tolstoy wrote in his diary, "that in A Living Corpse there are notes inspired by Chekhov's work. Such is the secret of artistic creativeness".
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Very good autograph letter by Diaghilev, the celebrated founder of the Ballets Russes. With his bold signature, which is rarely found.
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Scarce architectural work by one of the leading architects of the Russian empire under Tsar Paul 1st, and responsible for some of the most famous buildings in St. Petersburg and Odessa.
Read More Read More[BAKST] – REAU, Louis, Denis ROCHE, Valerian SVETLOV and A. TESSIER
Inedited Works of Bakst
Among the best representations of Bakst's costumes for the Ballets Russes, here with the rare dust-jacket in very good condition.
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Rare broadside for series of entertainments in Moscow, including an optical theatre of animated figures by a versatile performer and craftsman.
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Rare broadside for an impressive Russian kinetozographic theatre of 400 animated figures in Pushkin's Moscow, by a hot-air balloon enthusiast now in the Guinness World Records.
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