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![DON QUIXOTE IN RUSSIAN] Don-Kihot Lamanchskiy [i.e. Don Quixote, the Night of Sad Countenance and...](/pictures/thumb/714.jpg?v=1562883236)
[DON QUIXOTE IN RUSSIAN] Don-Kihot Lamanchskiy [i.e. Don Quixote, the Night of Sad Countenance and Knight of Lions] / adapted for children by O.I. Shmidt-Moskvitinova
St. Petersburg: A.F. Devrien, 1883. [2], 64 pp., 6 chromolithographic plates. 26x19 cm. Original cardboard binding. First edition. The spine is scuffed, the pages are soiled towards the end, few tears. Generally in good condition for the Russian children’s book of the 1880s. More about DON QUIXOTE IN RUSSIAN] Don-Kihot Lamanchskiy [i.e. Don Quixote, the Night of Sad Countenance and...
![SONNETS COMPILATION] Sonety [i.e. Sonnets]. W. Shakespeare](/pictures/thumb/713.jpg?v=1562883060)
[SONNETS COMPILATION] Sonety [i.e. Sonnets]
[Supplement to the magazine ‘Probuzhdenie’ (i.e. Awakening)]. St. Petersburg: Tovarishhestvo hudozhestvennoi pechati, 1912. 32 pp. 30x21 cm. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. In a very good condition. This collection of sonnets gathered the highlights of the early translations. Among all pieces of Shakespeare’s heritage the sonnets came last into Russian literature..... More about SONNETS COMPILATION] Sonety [i.e. Sonnets
[LEO TOLSTOY]
Handwritten note by Leo Tolstoy dated 2 March 1893. No envelope or address: “It’s difficult to answer your question in writing. In words I might be able to advise you. Evening after 7 o’clock I’ll be home”. More about LEO TOLSTOY
![SHOSTAKOVICH] Composer’s archive with his letters and a signed photograph](/images/noimage.png)
[SHOSTAKOVICH] Composer’s archive with his letters and a signed photograph
The archive consisting of one signed photo by Shostakovich, 6 letters (with the envelopes in maestro’s handwriting), 1 congratulatory telegram with the photo pasted on it and one family photo. All of the letters are addressed to Kazan to Isaia Sherman. Isai Sherman (1908-1972) the Ukrainian born conductor, who has... More about SHOSTAKOVICH] Composer’s archive with his letters and a signed photograph
![JAPAN] Edinstvenniy iaposnko-russkii slovar [i.e. The Only Japanese-Russian Dictionary]. K....](/pictures/thumb/710.jpg?v=1562881279)
[JAPAN] Edinstvenniy iaposnko-russkii slovar [i.e. The Only Japanese-Russian Dictionary]
Tokyo; Osaka: Marusen-Kabushiki-Kaisha, 1910. [2], XII, 596, 6 pp. Original cloth binding, with tape over it. Two private stamps in Russian and Japanese on the title verso. Otherwise good. The third edition of the first Japanese-Russian dictionary written in Japan. The first edition came out in 1906, second in... More about JAPAN] Edinstvenniy iaposnko-russkii slovar [i.e. The Only Japanese-Russian Dictionary
![DON QUIXOTE IN RUSSIAN] Don-Kihot Lamanchskiy [i.e. Don Quixote, the Night of Sad Countenance...](/pictures/thumb/709.jpg?v=1562727074)
[DON QUIXOTE IN RUSSIAN] Don-Kihot Lamanchskiy [i.e. Don Quixote, the Night of Sad Countenance and Knight of Lions] / adapted for children by O.I. Shmidt-Moskvitinova
St. Petersburg: A.F. Devrien, 1883. [2], 64 pp., 6 chromolithographic plates. 26x19 cm. Original cardboard binding. First edition. The spine is scuffed, the pages are soiled towards the end, few tears. Generally in good condition for the Russian children’s book of the 1880s. Not in the Worldcat. More about DON QUIXOTE IN RUSSIAN] Don-Kihot Lamanchskiy [i.e. Don Quixote, the Night of Sad Countenance...
![SOLOMON TELINGATER] Mao Tze Dun. Biograficheskiy ocherk. [i.e. Mao Zedong. The biography](/pictures/thumb/708.jpg?v=1562726716)
[SOLOMON TELINGATER] Mao Tze Dun. Biograficheskiy ocherk. [i.e. Mao Zedong. The biography]
Moscow: OGIZ, 1939. 104 pp. Frontispiece by A. Suvorov. Book design by Solomon Telingator. First edition. Rare. The first Russian biography of Mao is designed by Solomon Telingater (1903-1969), the student of El Lissitsky and the artist who set the golden standard for the Soviet typography design... More about SOLOMON TELINGATER] Mao Tze Dun. Biograficheskiy ocherk. [i.e. Mao Zedong. The biography
![FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION] V serdtse Antarktiki [i.e. The heart of the Antarctic]. E. Shackleton](/pictures/thumb/707.jpg?v=1562726490)
[FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION] V serdtse Antarktiki [i.e. The heart of the Antarctic]
Leningrad: Glavsevmorput, 1935. [7], 429 pp., 1 port., 1 map., ills ; 23х15 cm. Original publisher’s cloth. No dust-jacket. First edition of the first Russian translation of Antarctic classics. The design of the book is by Boris Smirnov (1903-1986) the artist, whose main contribution has been his work... More about FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION] V serdtse Antarktiki [i.e. The heart of the Antarctic
![AUSTRALIAN TANKS] Tanki. Spravochnik. 1943-1957. [i.e. The tanks. The reference book. 1943-1957](/pictures/thumb/706.jpg?v=1562725636)
[AUSTRALIAN TANKS] Tanki. Spravochnik. 1943-1957. [i.e. The tanks. The reference book. 1943-1957]
Moscow: Voennaya Ordena Lenina Akademiya Bronetankovikh Voysk, 1961. 482 pp. 19x13 cm. Original cloth binding. Binding is slightly deformed. Otherwise good. Owner’s signature on the endpaper. The book is largely based on the book by F. Von Senger und Etterlin ‘Taschnbuch der panzer. 1943-1957’ with additional material and... More about AUSTRALIAN TANKS] Tanki. Spravochnik. 1943-1957. [i.e. The tanks. The reference book. 1943-1957
![TAHITI IN THE SOUTH RUSSIA] Tahiti-trot](/pictures/thumb/705.jpg?v=1562725235)
[TAHITI IN THE SOUTH RUSSIA] Tahiti-trot
Rostov-On-Don: published by the author, 1927. 5 pp. 25x26,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Wrapper design by Nikolay Rogachev. Very good, tears of the margins. Rare regional edition. The musical number by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) for inclusion in his operetta "The Career of Pierpont Blake”, the words by... More about TAHITI IN THE SOUTH RUSSIA] Tahiti-trot
[LEO TOLSTOY]
Handwritten note by Leo Tolstoy dated 2 March 1893. No envelope or address: “It’s difficult to answer your question in writing. In words I might be able to advise you. Evening after 7 o’clock I'll be home”. More about LEO TOLSTOY
![STALIN’S FRIEND IN AUSTRALIA] Iz Avstralii [i.e. From Australia] // Prosveshchenie. #10. [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/703.jpg?v=1562724520)
[STALIN’S FRIEND IN AUSTRALIA] Iz Avstralii [i.e. From Australia] // Prosveshchenie. #10. [i.e. The Enlightenment]
St. Petersburg: Pechatniy trud, 1913. 116 pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling of the wrappers. Otherwise very good. An extremely scarce account of Australian life of one of the top members of Bolshevik party of the time, Fyodor Sergeev (known as Artyom) printed in the main periodical of... More about STALIN’S FRIEND IN AUSTRALIA] Iz Avstralii [i.e. From Australia] // Prosveshchenie. #10. [i.e....
![AUSTRALIAN METHOD] Samouchitel sportivnogo plavaniya. Avstraliyskiy sposob [i.e. The tutorial on...](/pictures/thumb/702.jpg?v=1562724200)
[AUSTRALIAN METHOD] Samouchitel sportivnogo plavaniya. Avstraliyskiy sposob [i.e. The tutorial on the sport swimming. The Australian method]
Pskov: printed by the author, 1913. 18 p., 7 full-page ills. Original illustrated wrapper. Block is slightly bent and the wrappers are soiled, otherwise good. This curious self-published regional brochure is dedicated largely to the Australian crawl stroke. First recorded in Australia in 1870s, this is probably the... More about AUSTRALIAN METHOD] Samouchitel sportivnogo plavaniya. Avstraliyskiy sposob [i.e. The tutorial on...
![NEW ZEALAND] Novaya Zelandiya i Okeania, ili Ostrova Yuzhnogo Moria [i.e. New Zealand and...](/pictures/thumb/701.jpg?v=1562723939)
[NEW ZEALAND] Novaya Zelandiya i Okeania, ili Ostrova Yuzhnogo Moria [i.e. New Zealand and Oceania, or the Islands of the South Sea].
St. Petersburg-Moscow: Obschestvennaya polza, 1874. 638 pp., ill., 2 folding maps. Modern half-leather binding. Uncut. Front wrapper is preserved in the binding. Illustrated throughout with the steel engravings (in text, full-page and double-page). First book in Russian dedicated to New Zealand. The Russian translation of the book ‘Ozeanien... More about NEW ZEALAND] Novaya Zelandiya i Okeania, ili Ostrova Yuzhnogo Moria [i.e. New Zealand and...
![CAPTAIN COOK] Podrobnoye i Dostovernoye Opisaniye Zhizni i Vsekh Puteshestviy Slavneyshago...](/pictures/thumb/700.jpg?v=1562722488)
[CAPTAIN COOK] Podrobnoye i Dostovernoye Opisaniye Zhizni i Vsekh Puteshestviy Slavneyshago Aglinskago Morekhodtsa Kapitana Kuka [Detailed and Trustworthy Description of Life and All Voyages of the Most Glorious English Navigator Captain Cook: Part 1 & 2]
Saint Petersburg: B.L. Gek [Heck], 1790. First and only Russian Edition. Octavo (ca. 20,5x12 cm). 2 vols. bound together. 271; 275 pp. With a copper engraved portrait frontispiece of Captain Cook. Period brown Russian full calf; spine with black gilt lettered title label and gilt tooled decorative ornaments, marbled endpapers... More about CAPTAIN COOK] Podrobnoye i Dostovernoye Opisaniye Zhizni i Vsekh Puteshestviy Slavneyshago...
![THE MOST IMPORTANT UKRAINIAN BOOK OF THE 17th CENTURY] Paterik ili Otechnik Pecherskii](/pictures/thumb/699.jpg?v=1562721679)
[THE MOST IMPORTANT UKRAINIAN BOOK OF THE 17th CENTURY] Paterik ili Otechnik Pecherskii.
First edition. Kiev, 1661. 314 leaves, 1 engraved title page, 2 plans of the caves as well as 49 woodcuts of Lavra saints. 31x18 cm. The first Old Slavonic edition of arguably the most important book printed in Ukraine in the 17th century. Complete with the folding plans of... More about THE MOST IMPORTANT UKRAINIAN BOOK OF THE 17th CENTURY] Paterik ili Otechnik Pecherskii
![MOSCOW ARCHITECTURE SOCIETY] Arkhitektura: Ezhemesiachnik. 1-2 [i.e. Architecture: Monthly...](/pictures/thumb/698.jpg?v=1561148013)
[MOSCOW ARCHITECTURE SOCIETY] Arkhitektura: Ezhemesiachnik. 1-2 [i.e. Architecture: Monthly Review. #1-2].
[Moscow]: Moskovskoie Arkhitekturnoie Obshchestvo, 1923. 50, [14] pp.: ills. 32,2х25 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Small tears of the front wrapper, light restoration of the tears and spine, spots on the title page. Very rare. One of 1000 copies. Early constructivist wrapper designed by A. Vesnin (one... More about MOSCOW ARCHITECTURE SOCIETY] Arkhitektura: Ezhemesiachnik. 1-2 [i.e. Architecture: Monthly...
Moscow: Pechatnyi Dvor, 1663. [540 leaves]. 35x23 cm. Contemporary full leather. Modern clasps. [540 leaves]. 35x23 cm. Contemporary full leather. Modern clasps. Binding is restored: pieces of leather are added. The copy is complete. Old restoration of the title page and the leaf with Moscow’s plan and Russian coat of... More about
Irmosy [i.e. The Chants]
[End of 19th cent.] 220 leaves. 36x24 cm. Manuscript. The title page and frontispiece is decorated in colors. Every chapter starts with illuminated headpiece and initial. Contemporary red morocco with raised bands and gilt and blind stamping. One of two claps preserved. The covers are slightly rubbed. Otherwise very good... More about Irmosy [i.e. The Chants
Obraztsy shriftov tipografii Voenno-Topograficheskogo otdela [i.e. Type specimen of the typography of Military Typographic Bureau]
Petrograd, 1917. 20 leaves. 20x13 cm. Original printed wrapper. Losses of the parts of the wrapper, otherwise good and clean internally. Owner’s stamp on the front wrapper. Contemporary notes in pencil on the last page, drafting the plan to create ‘the storage of maps’ in the Bureau, mentioning that somewhere..... More about Obraztsy shriftov tipografii Voenno-Topograficheskogo otdela [i.e. Type specimen of the...
![SPRS rupnecibas izbuve [i.e. New Dots on the Map of USSR]. G. Ostroglazovs](/pictures/thumb/692.png?v=1559611397)
SPRS rupnecibas izbuve [i.e. New Dots on the Map of USSR]
Riga: Jauna kultura, 1934. 202, [6] pp. 22x15 cm. Original cardboard binding, near fine condition. Book design by Solomon Teligator (1903-1969) and I.Tsarevich. The first and only Latvian edition. The interesting photobook that was produced in Riga after the Russian original title that came out in Moscow in Molodaya... More about SPRS rupnecibas izbuve [i.e. New Dots on the Map of USSR
![Posle Rossii [i.e. After Russia. 1922-1925]. Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva](/pictures/thumb/691.png?v=1559609657)
Posle Rossii [i.e. After Russia. 1922-1925]
Paris: I.E. Povolotzky, 1928. 160 pp. 18,8x12 cm. In original printed wrappers. The spine is restored. Wrapper is slightly soiled. Rare. One of 500 copies produced. The first edition of Tsvetaeva’s last book of poems, including the poems written after she emmigrated to France from Soviet Russia. Tsvetaeva wanted... More about Posle Rossii [i.e. After Russia. 1922-1925
![Traktor STZ-NATI [i.e. The tractor STZ-NATI]. Z. Zaretskiy](/pictures/thumb/690.png?v=1559608412)
Traktor STZ-NATI [i.e. The tractor STZ-NATI]
Moscow: Nauchno-issledovatelelskiy institut poligraficheskoy i izdatelskoy tekhniki OGIZ’a pri SNK RSFSR, [1945]. [65] pp. 24x37 cm. Original card boards. Tear on the inside of the front endpaper, binding is slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. The album is dedicated to the tractor STZ-NATI that was in... More about Traktor STZ-NATI [i.e. The tractor STZ-NATI
![Sovetskoe foto [i.e. The Soviet Photo]. #10, 1927](/pictures/thumb/689.png?v=1559607646)
Sovetskoe foto [i.e. The Soviet Photo]. #10, 1927
Moscow: Ogoniok, 1927. 291-318 pp. 26x18,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Rust on the staples otherwise very good. One of 14000 copies printed. Very rare. The famous issue of the periodical showing Rodchenko’s photo ‘Mat’ [i.e. The Mother] on the front cover. Makarov’s article ‘Elements of the photographic picture’..... More about Sovetskoe foto [i.e. The Soviet Photo]. #10, 1927