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One of 60 nominal copies

Podorozhnik

£1,750

AKHMATOVA, Anna, PodorozhnikFirst edition of this celebrated poetry collection by one of Russia's best poets. A fresh example of the rare issue of only 60 nominal copies. Read More

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U-u-u-u-u-u... in first edition

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache serdtse

£1,450

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Sobache serdtseUncommon first book edition in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece. A lovely copy in its original wrappers by Annenkov. Read More

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A Russian poet in the US

MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir and Aleksandr RODCHENKO (illustrator)

Moe otkrytie Ameriki

£1,000

MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir and Aleksandr RODCHENKO (illustrator), Moe otkrytie AmerikiMayakovsky travelling to and photographed in the USA: first edition, in fine condition, with Rochenko's original wrappers. Read More

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Her last poems - in original wrappers

TSVETAEVA, Marina

Posle Rossii. 1922-1925

£3,950

TSVETAEVA, Marina, Posle Rossii. 1922-1925The last poetry of Russia's great poetess, banned in the USSR: a fine example of the first edition, in the original wrappers. Includes one of Tsvetaeva's most famous poems. Read More

Image for Akhmatova, Brodsky and others, Important poems and other texts, incl. Poem bez geroia [Poem Without a Hero], first editions. #1

The Pantheon of the Silver Age - a complete set

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Isaac BABEL, Iosif BRODSKII, Osip MANDELSHTAM, Vladimir NABOKOV, Boris PASTERNAK, Marina TSVETAEVA et al

Vozdushnye Puti

£1,500

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Isaac BABEL, Iosif BRODSKII, Osip MANDELSHTAM, Vladimir NABOKOV, Boris PASTERNAK, Marina TSVETAEVA et al, Vozdushnye PutiThe first publication of Akhmatova's 'Poem Without a Hero' [Poem bez geroia] - as well as many other works by some of the best Russian poets and authors of the 20th century: a complete set of this important literary almanac, rare so. Read More

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U-u-u-u-u-u....: the first publication

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Sobache serdtse

£1,000

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Sobache serdtseFirst publication in Russian of Bulgakov's suppressed satirical masterpiece, banned in Soviet Union until 20 years later. Read More

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Early publication of the great author

BULGAKOV, Mikhail (and others)

Khanskii ogon

£2,000

BULGAKOV, Mikhail (and others), Khanskii ogonFirst appearance in print of this short story by Bulgakov, the celebrated author of 'Master and Margarita': an early publication of one of Russia's best novelists, before he was banned. Rarely found. Read More

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The great Russian poetess lists her Russian publications

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Typed letter signed ('Anna Akhmatova') to Boris Tarasov ('Dear Boris Aleksandrovich')

£2,750

AKHMATOVA, Anna, Typed letter signed ('Anna Akhmatova') to Boris Tarasov ('Dear Boris Aleksandrovich')Fine book-related letter signed by Akhmatova, one of Russia's greatest poets, where she lists her recent publications in Russia, after a difficult period of hard censorship. Read More

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A Black Sea youth

AKHMATOVA, Anna

U samogo moria

£850

AKHMATOVA, Anna, U samogo moriaA fine example of the first edition of this important autobiographical poem by one of the best Russian poets, and a victim of Soviet censorship. Read More

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A most famous edition, with literary provenance

PASTERNAK, Boris

Doktor Zhivago

£1,750

PASTERNAK, Boris, Doktor ZhivagoA very good example of this important edition of the Nobel Prize laureate, with literary provenance. Read More

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

Large caricatures of a troubled year

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist)

Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni

£1,950

BELZEN, Ia. Ia. (artist), Geroi Smutnogo VremeniVery 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. Read More

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In striking wrappers

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich

Odin den Ivana Denisovicha

£2,500

SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isaevich, Odin den Ivana DenisovichaFirst edition of the celebrated author's first book § a famous 'pirate' edition published without Solzhenitsyn's consent. A very good copy, with the striking original wrappers. Read More

Image for GLADKII and others. S beregov Ameriki [From the Shores of the America]. Inscribed copy of the first edition. NY, 1939. #1

Russian vessels in America - inscribed

GLADKII, S.V. and Iu.K. DVORZHITSKII (editors)

S beregov Ameriki: iubileinyi istoriceskii sbornik o-va russkih morskih ofitserov v Amerike, 1923 – 1938

£950

GLADKII, S.V. and Iu.K. DVORZHITSKII (editors), S beregov Ameriki: iubileinyi istoriceskii sbornik o-va russkih morskih ofitserov v Amerike, 1923 – 1938A warmly inscribed copy of this interesting book about the Russian navy, especially in relation to the Pacific and the USA. With illustrations and maps, in particular of the northern shore of Russia and North Pacific. Read More

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Celebrated poetical tamizdat

AKHMATOVA, Anna

Rekviem

£750

AKHMATOVA, Anna, RekviemFirst 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. Read More

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The Soviet Antarctic - inscribed

LEBEDEV, Vladimir Lvovich

Antarktika

LEBEDEV, Vladimir Lvovich, AntarktikaImportant study of the Antarctic by a leading Soviet oceanographer: a first edition, inscribed by the author to a distinguished hydrologist and engineer. Illustrated, in particular with maps. Read More

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With the dust-jacket

BULGAKOV, Mikhail

Belaia Gvardiia

BULGAKOV, Mikhail, Belaia GvardiiaAn attractive example, with the rare original dustjacket, of the second complete 'tamizdat' edition of the Bulgakov's first novel. Read More

Image for Tsvetaeva, Lebedinyi Stan - The Swans' Camp, illegal home-made production, Russia, mid 1970s. #2

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Illegal in Soviet Union until the late 1980s

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna

Lebedinyi stan. Stikhi 1917 - 1920 g

TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna, Lebedinyi stan. Stikhi 1917 - 1920 gA computer-printed samizdat of Marina Tsvetaeva's epic poetic cycle about the October Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War, An interesting illegal production of a text banned in Soviet Union and not published in Russia until 1991. One of the major texts by Russia's great poetess. Read More

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Pocket format on thin paper

GROSSMAN, Vasilii

Vse techet

GROSSMAN, Vasilii, Vse techetGrossman's first novel being published abroad,and banned in Soviet Union until 1989. A fine example of this pocket-size edition, aimed at being smuggled into the USSR. Read More

Podorozhnik

Sobache serdtse

Moe otkrytie Ameriki

Posle Rossii. 1922-1925

Vozdushnye Puti

Sobache serdtse

Khanskii ogon

Typed letter signed ('Anna Akhmatova') to Boris Tarasov ('Dear Boris Aleksandrovich')

U samogo moria

Doktor Zhivago

Geroi Smutnogo Vremeni

Odin den Ivana Denisovicha

S beregov Ameriki: iubileinyi istoriceskii sbornik o-va russkih morskih ofitserov v Amerike, 1923 – 1938

Rekviem

Antarktika

Belaia Gvardiia

Lebedinyi stan. Stikhi 1917 - 1920 g

Vse techet

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