A collection of letters that gives a fortunate insight into the life of 16-year-old Alexei Kruchyonykh. Very little is known about Kruchyonykh’s life prior to his graduation from Odessa Art School in 1906. Probably the first fact of the poet’s biography that is being mentioned is the acquaintance with..... More about ALEXEI KRUCHYONYKH. THE BEGINNING
Tiflis: 41 degrees, 1918. [22] pp. 15x11 cm. Hectograph edition. Print-run is unknown, usually under 30 copies in similar cases. Abstract illustration on the wrapper by Kirill Zdanevich, as well as 3 full-page illustrations. Some soiling through the book. Sukhoparov in his 1992 paper ‘Alexei Kruchyonykh. Sudba Budetlianina’ gives... More about Kovkazi
Three letters and signed book by Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), the letters and inscription are unpublished. 1. Pasternak, Boris. Okhrannaia gramota [i.e. The Protection]. Leningrad, 1931. 128 pp. 18x12,5 cm. In original cardboards. First edition of Pasternak’s autobiographical book, dedicated to his pre-revolutionary life. Inscribed by Pasternak on the half-title... More about PASTERNAK AUTOGRAPHS
![FIRST THREE SISTERS] Tri sestry [i.e. Three Sisters] // Russkaia mysl’. God dvadtsat’ vtoroi....](/pictures/thumb/611.jpg?v=1550582475)
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’ vtoroi....
![ASIA - TURKESTAN - TIAN-SHAN] Puteshestviia po Turkestanskomy Kraiu i Issledovanie Gornoi Strany...](/pictures/thumb/597.jpg?v=1549626896)
St. Petersburg: Typ. Of K.V. Trubnikov, 1873. Part 1 and only. [4], vi, 461, [1] pp. Octavo. With a large folding lithographed map. Period style green half morocco with marbled papered boards; spine with raised bands and gilt lettered title. Both original publisher’s wrappers bound in. Mild very minor water... More about ASIA - TURKESTAN - TIAN-SHAN] Puteshestviia po Turkestanskomy Kraiu i Issledovanie Gornoi Strany...
![FIRST RUSSIAN MONOGRAPH ON KURDS] Izsledovaniya ob Iranskykh Kurdakh i ikh Predkakh,...](/pictures/thumb/596.jpg?v=1549626630)
St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1856-1858. 3 vols. bound together. Vii, 121, [1]; vii, 139, [1- errata]; [6], xxxvii, 113, [1] pp. 24x16 cm. Period style green half morocco. Paper slightly age toned, a couple of mild water stains in text, but overall a very good copy. First... More about FIRST RUSSIAN MONOGRAPH ON KURDS] Izsledovaniya ob Iranskykh Kurdakh i ikh Predkakh,...
![PROVINCIAL IMPRINT] Zametki o Prirode i Proizvoditelnosti Stran i Narodov ot Urala do Vostochnogo...](/pictures/thumb/595.jpg?v=1549623771)
Tiflis: Typ. Of the Main Office of the Caucasian Governor, 1866. 130, iii, [2] pp. 22x15 cm. Period style quarter leather with marbled papered boards. Owner’s pencil inscriptions of the title page and the verso of the last leaf. Title page with minor repair, paper very mildly age toned, otherwise... More about PROVINCIAL IMPRINT] Zametki o Prirode i Proizvoditelnosti Stran i Narodov ot Urala do Vostochnogo...
![EAST SIBERIA] Yeniseyskaya Guberniya [i.e. Yeniseysk Governorate]. Stepanov, A P](/pictures/thumb/594.jpg?v=1549622464)
St. Petersburg: Typ. Of Conrad Wingeber, 1835. 2 vols. bound together. [4], ii, [1], 7-276, [2]; [4], ii, 139, xiv pp. 27x17 cm. With two large folding copper engraved plates at rear. Period dark green quarter leather. Gilt lettered initials of a previous owner “P.G.” on the bottom of the... More about EAST SIBERIA] Yeniseyskaya Guberniya [i.e. Yeniseysk Governorate
![HAWAII, HONG KONG & SINGAPORE] Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz KrugosvetnogoPlavaniya v 1857,...](/pictures/thumb/593.jpg?v=1549621002)
St. Petersburg: Typ. Of Naval Ministry, 1862. [4], 600, v pp. 26,5x17,5 cm. With an additional lithographed title page and twenty-seven tinted lithographed plates (complete). Ink stamps of “Biblioteka Polska w Paryzu” on the title page and p. 49. Period half morocco with marbled papered boards; spine with raised bands... More about HAWAII, HONG KONG & SINGAPORE] Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz KrugosvetnogoPlavaniya v 1857,...
![FIRST RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR] Puteshestvie vokrug Sveta v 1803, 4, 5 i...](/pictures/thumb/590.jpg?v=1548768056)
St. Petersburg: Typ. Of F. Drekhsler, 1812. In 2 vols. [6], ix, 246, iii, [1 - errata]; [2], 335, iii, [1 - errata] pp. Small Octavo. With a stipple engraved frontispiece portrait of Yuri Lisiansky by A. Ukhtomsky after a drawing by G. Geuzendam. Preface to vol. 1 (p. Vi)... More about FIRST RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR] Puteshestvie vokrug Sveta v 1803, 4, 5 i...
![RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION: AMERICA - AUSTRALIA - PACIFIC] Plavaniye Vokrug Sveta na Shlyupe Ladoge...](/pictures/thumb/589.jpg?v=1548767756)
St. Petersburg: Naval Typ. 1832. [2], [4], [2], [6], 275, [1] pp. 21x13,5 cm. Mistake in pagination with p. 96 being followed by p. 98, but no gap in text. With a folding copper engraved map at rear. Remnants of a label of a 19th-century bookshop of Alexander Smirdin on... More about RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION: AMERICA - AUSTRALIA - PACIFIC] Plavaniye Vokrug Sveta na Shlyupe Ladoge...
![AMERICA: COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE EARLIEST EDITIONS OF ALL SHELEKHOV’S ACCOUNTS] Rossiyskogo...](/pictures/thumb/587.jpg?v=1549619596)
With: Rossiyskogo Kuptsa Grigorya Shelekhova Prodolzheniye Stranstvovaniyya po Vostochnomu Okeanu k Amerikanskim beregam v 1788 godu... [i.e. Continuation of the Russian Merchant Grigory Shelekhov’ Voyage in the Eastern Ocean to the American Shores in 1788...]. St. Petersburg: Published on account of V[asily] S[opikov], 1793 and 1792. Two parts bound together... More about AMERICA: COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE EARLIEST EDITIONS OF ALL SHELEKHOV’S ACCOUNTS] Rossiyskogo...
![EARLY PLAN OF BAIKAL] Noveyshie, Lyubopytnye i Dostovernye Povestvovaniya o Vostochnoi Sibiri, iz...](/pictures/thumb/586.jpg?v=1548766005)
St. Petersburg: Military Typography of His Imperial Majesty’s General Staff, 1817. Title page, engraved title page, engraved dedication leaf, [18], 230, 185- 186, 183 pp. 25,5x17,5 cm. With ten copper engraved plates, two large folding copper engraved maps of Lake Baikal and Eastern Siberia (the latter hand coloured), and a.... More about EARLY PLAN OF BAIKAL] Noveyshie, Lyubopytnye i Dostovernye Povestvovaniya o Vostochnoi Sibiri, iz...
![GOLOVNIN CAPTURED] Zapiski Vasiliia Mikhailovicha Golovnina v Plenu u Yapontsev d 1811, 1812 i...](/pictures/thumb/585.jpg?v=1549620230)
St. Petersburg: Typ. Of N. Grech, 1851. Second edition. Three vols. bound together. [2], vii-xxxvi, [10], 203; [2], 148; [2], 120 pp. 24,5x17cm. With a steel engraved frontispiece and two folding engraved maps at rear. Period half leather with marbled paper boards and a gilt lettered title on the spine... More about GOLOVNIN CAPTURED] Zapiski Vasiliia Mikhailovicha Golovnina v Plenu u Yapontsev d 1811, 1812 i...
![FIRE IN IRKUTSK] Gubernsky Gorod Irkutsk (Pozhary 22-go i 24-go Iyunya 1879) [i.e. Provincial...](/pictures/thumb/584.jpg?v=1548765387)
Irkutsk: Typ. Of N.N. Sinitsyn, 1880. With a large folding lithographed map at rear. Original publisher’s wrappers. Paper slightly age toned, wrappers with minor creases, otherwise a very good copy. First and only edition. Very rare East Siberian imprint with no paper copies found in Worldcat. First-hand account of..... More about FIRE IN IRKUTSK] Gubernsky Gorod Irkutsk (Pozhary 22-go i 24-go Iyunya 1879) [i.e. Provincial...
![BANNED BULGAKOV IN THE HEART OF SOVIET ASIA] Zvezda Vostoka : Organ Soiuza Pisatelei Vostoka...](/pictures/thumb/583.jpg?v=1547734711)
Tashkent: Ob’edinennoe izd-vo «Kzyl. Uzbekistan,» «Pravada Vostoka» i «Uzbekistoni surkh.”, 1967. 240 pp.: ill. 26x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed, small fragments of spine lost, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This is the rare issue of the oldest magazine in Central Asia which draws our..... More about BANNED BULGAKOV IN THE HEART OF SOVIET ASIA] Zvezda Vostoka : Organ Soiuza Pisatelei Vostoka...
![FUISM] “A”. [Collection of poems] / B. Pereleshin, A. Rakitnikov, I. Sokolov. R.S.F.S.R.,...](/pictures/thumb/582.jpg?v=1547734460)
[Moscow, 1921]. 14, [2] pp. 17,5x11 cm (unfolded two leaves, each leaf 34,5x22,2 cm). Uncut and unbound as issued. Near fine. Previous owner’s ink stamp on p. 3, erased ink stamp and pen mark on the last page. First edition. Very rare. This is a collection of poems by... More about FUISM] “A”. [Collection of poems] / B. Pereleshin, A. Rakitnikov, I. Sokolov. R.S.F.S.R.,...
![PHILOSOPHY OF DOSTOEVSKY AND FYODOROV] Rai na zemle: K ideologii tvorchestva F.M. Dostoevskogo....](/pictures/thumb/581.jpg?v=1547733662)
[Harbin], 1929. [4], 88 pp. 26x18,5 cm. In publisher’s wrappers. The spine is rebacked with paper, some bleak stains on the front wrapper and a tiny tear, ink stamp on the t.p. (Russian Student Christian Group), staples with rust. Otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Very rare provincial... More about PHILOSOPHY OF DOSTOEVSKY AND FYODOROV] Rai na zemle: K ideologii tvorchestva F.M. Dostoevskogo....
![NEW MINSK] Minsk. M. S. Osmolovsky](/pictures/thumb/577.jpg?v=1547731368)
Moscow: Gosizdat lit. po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1952. 111 pp.: ill. 29х22,5 cm. In publisher’s cardboards. Some rubbing of the spine and soiling of the boards, otherwise very good. Scarce. One of 5000 copies. From the series “Praktika sovetskogo gradostroitel’stva” (i.e. Practice of Soviet Urban Planning). This book is..... More about NEW MINSK] Minsk
![HOW TO DESIGN ORNAMENTS] Postroenie ornamenta s bol’shim chislom variantov [i.e. Designing...](/pictures/thumb/576.jpg?v=1547731086)
Moscow: Izd-vo Vses. akad. arkhitektury, 1937. 85, [3] pp.: ill. 24x17 cm. In publisher’s wrappers. Wrappers slightly rubbed and soiled, front cover with light creases, tears and minor losses of the spine, original price is crossed out with black pencil in imprint (the crossed out price is different from the... More about HOW TO DESIGN ORNAMENTS] Postroenie ornamenta s bol’shim chislom variantov [i.e. Designing...
![FOR THE DESIGNERS OF THE NEW SOCIALIST BOOK] Poligraficheskoe oformlenie massovoi knigi [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/575.jpg?v=1547730806)
Moscow: Gos. izdatelstvo legkoi promyshlennosti, 1932. 146, [2] pp.: ill. 20x13 cm. In original wrappers. Small fragments of spine lost, pale foxing occasionally and previous owner’s stamp on t.p., otherwise very good. First and only edition. Rare. One of 5200 copies. Constructivist anonymous design. This book is a kind... More about FOR THE DESIGNERS OF THE NEW SOCIALIST BOOK] Poligraficheskoe oformlenie massovoi knigi [i.e....
![YIDDISH THEATRE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION] Yidisher teater. 1887-1917 [i.e. Yiddish Theatre....](/pictures/thumb/574.jpg?v=1547730194)
Moscow: Emes, 1940. 319 pp. 22x15 cm. In original full-cloth binding with colored and blind lettering. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. In Yiddish. A phenomenon of the Yiddish theatre stood alive in the Russian Empire even if tsarism restricted it in 1883... More about YIDDISH THEATRE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION] Yidisher teater. 1887-1917 [i.e. Yiddish Theatre. 1887-1917
![UKRAINIAN OPERA IN MOSCOW] Zaporozhets za Dunaem: Postanovka Gos. akad. teatra opery i baleta...](/pictures/thumb/573.jpg?v=1547729794)
[Kiev]; Kharkiv: Mistetstvo, 1936. 70, [2] pp.: ill., 2 pl. 25х17,5 cm. In original blank wrappers and illustrated dust wrappers with Ukrainian folk floral decoration. Vertical crease of the whole book, small tears of the spine, Soviet bookshops’ stamps both on the wrapper and dust wrapper, tears and losses of... More about UKRAINIAN OPERA IN MOSCOW] Zaporozhets za Dunaem: Postanovka Gos. akad. teatra opery i baleta...
![THEATRE TRAVELS FROM UKRAINE TO FAR EAST] Dramatichesky Krasnozavodsky teatr. 1922-1928:...](/pictures/thumb/572.jpg?v=1547729506)
[Moscow, 1928]. 32 pp.: ill. 26x18 cm. In publisher’s constructivist wrappers. Very good. Soiling and spots on rubbed wrappers, tears of the spine, inscription on the verso of the front cover (pencil). First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Wrapper design by E. Mel’nikova. A very... More about THEATRE TRAVELS FROM UKRAINE TO FAR EAST] Dramatichesky Krasnozavodsky teatr. 1922-1928:...
![DRAMATIZATION OF A FICTITIOUS POLITICAL TRIAL] Sel’korka: (Politsud) [i.e. Female Village...](/pictures/thumb/571.jpg?v=1547729291)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1925. 40 pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. In publisher’s photomontage wrappers. Very good. Small tears of the spine, small black square painted on the t.p. (painted over), traces of something glued to the verso of the front wrapper. First and only edition. One of 10000 copies. Very rare... More about DRAMATIZATION OF A FICTITIOUS POLITICAL TRIAL] Sel’korka: (Politsud) [i.e. Female Village...