Excellent association copies of these two works, both inscribed by the great Russian poetess to her fellow translator A. Kholodovich.
KAMPE [CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich; and Aleksandr Semenovich SHISHKOV, translator]
Detskaia biblioteka.. [Children's library [ie. Kleine Kinderbibliothek]...]
More than a translation, an original adaptation, dedicated to Princess Dahskova, the first woman head of an Academy of Sciences and first female member of the American Philosophical Society. A very rare early edition of this important book for Russian children - and a lovely example with a sewn translation label!
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A remarkable compendium of texts praising Stalin for his 70th jubilee - with translations into Russian from many various languages and dialects of the USSR. A fine production of the Soviet propaganda machine.
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KUCHERIAVENKO, Vasilii and Iu. MAKAROV (artist)
Koreiskie Skazki [Korean Folk Tales]
Early provincial publication of Korean tales in the USSR - extremely rare outside Russia with no copies found in institutions.
ORVELL, Dzhordzh [George ORWELL]
Pamiati Katalonii [with] Vspominaia Ispanskuiu voinu [Homage to Catalonia [with] Looking Back on the Spanish War]
Clandestine, CIA-funded first edition in Russian of Orwell's memoirs about the Spanish Civil War. An important edition with a secret publication history.
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First edition in Russian of the Pauline Epistles, with the first translation of the Gospels into Russian. An important, politically charged project of the late 1810s in Russia. Very rare, with no copy traced in America.
LEBEDEV, Ivan (illustrator) and Ilia ERENBURG (translator)
O trekh rytsariakh i o rubakhe [The Three Knights and the Shirt]
First edition of this scarce production, an unusual, very interesting Russian publication by two émigrés based in France during WW1. Fine example, from the "tirage de tête" of only 25 copies on Japon paper
Impressive work on all languages from the Caucasus to the North Pacific through Central Asia, Siberia, China and the Far East. Very rare on the market.
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[BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne] Iakov Benign BOSSIUET and Ioann IOANNOV [Ivan BEDRINSKII] (translator)
Politika iz samykh slov Sviashchennogo pisaniia [Politique tirée de l'Écriture sainte]
Excellent copy of this very rare first Russian edition of Bossuet's 'Politique'. No copies traced oustide Russia, including in French or American institutions.
TIMUR [also TAMERLAN] and N[ikolai] OSTROUMOV
Ulozhenie Timura (Tamerlana) [The Code of Timur (Tamerlan)]
A very good copy of this rare first Russian edition of Tamerlan's legal code. No copy traced in the US, only 2 in Europe, both in the UK.
A fine letter by Teffi about her works' translation into French, with some explanations of certain Russian words.
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Very unusual: a pulp fiction booklet, in very good condition, telling the adventures in NYC of the most famous figure in Russian detective literature.
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.
Fine example, with interesting contemporary provenance, of this work on Muslim faith published by one of the most dynamic figures of Russian printing history. Very rare first edition.
ORWELL, George and Ivan CHERNIATYNSKYI (transl.; pseud. for Ihor SHEVCHENKO)
Kolhosp tvaryn [Animal Farm: A Fairy Tale]
Pleasant copy, in the pictorial original wrappers, of this celebrated and important edition, the first Ukrainian translation of Orwell's masterpiece.
SHEKSPIR, Uilliam [William SHAKESPEARE] and Aleksandr SOKOLOVSKII (translator)
Son v letniuiu noch [bound with] Iulii Tsezar [A Midsummer Night's Dream [bound with] Julius Caesar]
Two first editions in one volume, by the man who translated all Shakespeare's significant plays for the first time. A pleasant example of this rarity: no other copy traced outside Russia.