The first circumnavigation by a blind person: first edition, illustrated with more than 20 plates, and very rare in the original cloth.
First 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.
FIDLER, Konstantin [also FIEDLER]
Slovo pokhvalnoe velikomu gosudariu Borisu Fedorovichu Godunovu [Eulogy to the Great Tsar Boris Fedorovich Godunov]
Very rare first edition in Russian of this praise of Boris Godunov, with great and unusual provenance: possibly Catherine the Great and then Smirdin's famous lending library. A lovely example.
First edition of Kruzenshtern's important study of North Pacific languages, in a superb, very unusual example: very crisp, uncut, in plain temporary wrappers and printed on thicker woven paper. We were unable to trace other such large-paper copies. A rare book on the market: only two copies at auction.
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.
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.
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Great copy of this small-format book: used by Armenian merchants around the world, including Africa, this copy replete with annotations in Armenian linked with numerology and prayers. Very rare first edition by a leading Armenian printed in Amsterdam; only a copy traced in Oxford and one in Pisa - none in the Americas.
A strking poster calling to save the historical monuments and works of art in the midst of a bloody and damaging civil war.
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!
KALMA, N. (pseud of Anna KALMANOK), V. LOSIN and E. MONIN (illustrators)
Zhozef i Mutara: Kongolezskie malchiki [Joseph and Mutara: Congolese Boys]
A fascinating critique of the Congo pavillion in Brussels' World Fair, aimed at Russian children - and a beautiful book. Very rare.
First and only edition in Latin printed in Russia, of this important guide to a pretty strict religoious, and indeed Catholic, life in anticipation of death: unusual in the landscape of printing in Orthodox Russia. A well preserved copy of this rare book: no copies found outside Russia.
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Appealing small-format religious manuscript, probably written by Russian women scribes, while they were banned from doing it. In contemporary binding, with fresh colours and gilt decorations.
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A small guide packed with information and of utmost rarity: no other copy traced. Printed in the Philippines.
Fine copy of this uncommon propaganda poster from the Soviet Union's early days and showing a stack of books which could well be antiquarian ones!
A great poster we like especially, for its design and its message of course, in particular in a country where libraries have suffered so much, with books destroyed, stolen, badly stamped or stored... Published in the midst of the civil war. One of our favorites!
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Appealing small-format religious manuscript, most probably written by Russian women scribes, before they were banned from doing it. In contemporary binding and with near-contemporary annotations.