St. Petersburg: F. Pavlenkov, 1896. 4, 158, 2 pp. 19,5х13,5 cm. In contemporary half-leather binding with marbled paper boards and gilt-lettering on the spine (the title and owner's initials). Soviet bookshop's stamp on the free back endpaper, slightly rubbed, pencil scribbles on two pages. Otherwise a very good clean copy... More about [WOMEN IN AMERICA IN 19th CENTURY] Sovremennaya zhenshchina. Eye polozheniye v Evrope i Amerike...

Moscow: Nedra, 1925. Pp. 79-148. 23,5x15 cm. In publisher’s wrappers. Rubbed wrappers with small tears, a copy is a bit loose and some pages are detached, couple of pages with a small tear of the margin (text not touched). Otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. First... More about [FIRST BULGAKOV ’ S FATAL EGGS] Rokovye yaitsa, povest’ [i.e. The Fatal Eggs, A Tale] //...

Cairo: Bulaq Typ. 1830. Second edition. [9], 225 pp. (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). 27x17 cm. Text in Ottoman Turkish within a double border, first text page decorated with traditional floral ornaments. Occasional pencil notes in Turkish in text. Contemporary Ottoman green quarter leather, spine with gilt tooled ornaments and... More about [RUSSIAN EMPIRE UNDER CATHERINE THE GREAT] İcmal-i eva’il-i ahval-i devlet-i Rusiya [or]...

Moscow: Tipo-lit. I. N. Kushnerev i Ko, 1901. [4], 218 pp., [6] pp. - ad. 24x16 cm. In modern half leather with gilt lettering and inlaid colored ornament on the spine, with marbled edges. Pre-revolutionary stamp on t.p., a couple of stains on p.6-7, otherwise near fine. The first... More about [FIRST THREE SISTERS] Tri sestry [i.e. Three Sisters] // Russkaia mysl’. God dvadtsat’...

St. Petersburg: S.V. Zvonaryov, 1867. [4], iv, [4], 707 pp. 23,5x16,5 cm. With several woodcuts in text. Contemporary quarter leather with original pebbled papered boards; rebacked in style. Title page with a minor loss on the blank outer margin neatly repaired, some mild foxing throughout, otherwise a very good copy... More about [FAR EASTERN HUNTING] Zapiski okhotnika Vostochnoi Sibiri (1856-1863), Zaklyuchayushchie v sebe:...

Moscow: Khudozhestv.-izdat. akts. o-vo AKhR, 1930. 114, [2] pp.: ill. 19x13 cm. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. A very good internally clean copy, signature on t.p. (pencil), rubbed wrappers, small tears and losses of the spine, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear cover and last page. First and only edition..... More about [SOVIET MURALS] Tekhnika stennykh rospisei [i.e. The Technique of Murals].

Leningrad: Raduga, 1926. [16] pp.: ill. 27,8x21,8 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some restoration of the spine and last page, some general wearing. Otherwise a very good copy. Rare first edition. One of 8000 copies. Illustrated by Vladislav Tvardovsky (1888-1942), Russian Soviet children’s book graphic artist, was working as... More about Fedorino gore [i.e. Fedora’s Grief]

Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo Vsesoyuznogo instituta eksperiment. medetsiny, 1934. 139 pp.: ill. 23x15 cm. In original wrappers. Very good. Some general wear of the wrappers, small cracks of the spine. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Very rare. One of the milestone textbooks and second published book on neurogenetics by Sergei... More about [NEUROGENETICS] Problema polimorfizma nasledstvennykh boleznei nervnoi sistemy:...

St. Petersburg: A. Transhel, 1876. Parts 1-3. [2], 247, [2], 184, [2], 277 pp. 21x14 cm. Contemporary half leather. The ticket of Borodin’s bindery in Saint Petersburg on the rear endpaper. Gilt lettering on the spine. Very good, some foxing. First edition. The fourth of the ‘Dostoevsky’s big... More about [DOSTOEVSKY’S FIRST EDITION] Podrostok [i.e. The Adolescent]

Tiflis: Gosizdat, 1930. 79 pp. 19x13 cm. 1 of 3000 copies. Original wrapper illustrated by Irakly Gamrikeli. Illustrations of the decorations from different performances throughout the text. Very good. Some tears at the edges of the wrapper. Very rare. The book is dedicated to the main Georgian... More about [GEORGIAN AVANT-GARDE THEATRE] Teatr Rustaveli [i.e. The Rustaveli Theatre]

Berlin: Gelikon, 1923. 2nd edition. 187, [1] pp. 19x14 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Very good, wrappers are slightly rubbed. Cover design by Nathan Altman. The first book of prose by Ilya Erenburg (1891-1967), poet, journalist and translator. The book contains his memories of the WWI. Gelikon was one of the... More about [DESIGN BY NATHAN ALTMAN] Lik voiny [i.e. The Face of the War]

Tiflis: Gosizdat, 1927. 119 pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. Title in Russian and Georgian. Illustrated with black and white images. In original wrappers. Good condition. Small pieces of the spine lack from the top and bottom. Bleak waterstains on the front wrapper. The book is written by film director Leo... More about Axali Mxatvroba da Niko Pirosmanishvili [i.e. New Art and Niko Pirosmanishvili]

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 74 pp.: ill., 1 port.; 22,5x17,5 см. In original illustrated card boards. Covers rubbed, tears and losses to the spine, markings and bookshop labels on the rear pastedown, previous owner's pencil markings and a few drawings in the text (p. 50 and 54). Otherwise very good... More about Mayakovskii — plakatist. Kriticheskii ocherk [i.e. Mayakovsky as Poster Artist. Critical Review].