[Moscow, 1916]. 10x6,5 cm. Fine, previous owner’s ink stamp on the back side. From the collection of art critic Alexander Zavolokin (1951-2008). Extremely rare, survival of the time. The exhibition “Magazin” was organized by Vladimir Tatlin in 1916 in Moscow. It was held from March 19 to April 20 at... More about MEMORABILIA OF THE EARLY AVANT-GARDE EXHIBITIONS] [Student Ticket #395 for Futuristic Exhibition...

Tiflis: 41 degrees, 1919. 16 pp. 21x17 cm. Original wrappers designed by Kirill Zdanevich (1892-1969), the founder of ‘orchestral art’ and one of the most influential artists of Russian and Georgian avant-garde. In fine condition. One of the most important editions of the celebrated 41 degrees group in Tiflis... More about KRUCHYONYKH PRAISED] A. Kruchyonykh grandiozar’ [ i.e. A. Kruchyonykh, the Grandiose

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

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....

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,...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

[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....

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...

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