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
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
Moscow: Rabochaia Moskva, 1926. #6, 10, 12 for 1926. 33x23,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and back cover repaired with the adhesive tape (#6), tears of the edges, otherwise very good and clean internally. Extremely rare survival. Three issues of short-lived satire supplement to the newspaper ‘Working Moscow’... More
9th ed. Moscow: Typ. I.N. Kushnerev i Ko., 1893. [2 - t.p.], 367 pp., 2 port. 25x16 cm. In contemporary half leather with art nouveau decorations, gilt lettering and floral decor on the spine. Moire boards and endpapers. Near fine. Occasional foxing, small margin tear on p. 353 (text not... More
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
Moscow: Universitetskaya tipografia, 1842. 475 pp. 23x15 cm. Contemporary half leather. Some bleak water staining on the corner of first pages, pale stain on p.387, as well as the restoration of the spine, but generally a very good copy. From our experience, the condition is ‘better than usual’. First... More
Berlin: J. Ladyschnikow, 1907. 437 pp. 21x16 cm. In later binding. Small spot on the title page. Otherwise very good. First separate edition. Title in Russian and German. Mother was written by Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) in 1906 during his travels in USA. First printed was English translation in... More
1902. Manuscript. 89 pp. 22x17,5 cm. Inscription ‘K. Gorbachev. Moscow. 1902’ on the endpaper. Owner’s contemporary binding. Brass corners on the front cover. Good condition. Handwritten notes to unrelated book at the back. The rare example of the handwritten summary of Tolstoy’s adaptation of Gospels. It was made in..... More
1880-1890s. [311 leaves]. 22,5x17,5 cm. Manuscript with the extracts of the printed text glued to some pages. Contemporary half-leather binding. Owner’s inscription on the title page ‘Presented to my dear friend Taniechka by M. What is to be done? is the publicistic discourse that Tolstoy wrote in 1884-1886 as..... More
St. Petersburg: Tipografiya glavnogo chtaba e.i.v. po voenno-uchebnym zavedeniyam, 1856. [4], 382, 1 pp. 19,5x13 cm. Contemporary quarter leather. Raised bands, the title, author’s name and previous owner’s initials gilt on the spine. The first book by the author. Rare. According to N. Smirnov-Sokolskii it took him ‘quite a...... More
St. Petersburg: 1855. Noch. Vesnoiu 1855 goda v Sevastopole // Sovremennik. Tom LIII [i.e. The Night. Sevastopol in Spring of 1855 // The Contemporary. Vol. LIII]. Pp. 5-30. Rubka lesa // Sovremennik. Tom LIII [i.e. The Cutting of the Forest // The Contemporary. Vol. LIII]. Pp. 35-68. 24x15 cm... More
St. Petersburg: 1855. Pp. 333-348. 24x15 cm. Modern binding. Original printed wrapper preserved. Some soiling and stains of some pages, pen marks on the front wrapper, occasional foxing. Otherwise very good. First publication. The short story was based on Tolstoy’s first impressions from being in Sevastopol in November 1854... More
St. Petersburg: 1853. Pp. 93-120. 24x15 cm. Modern binding, two last leaves (Contents) with restoration, one page with small loss of the text (not Tolstoy). Otherwise very good. First publication of 'The Raid' and second publication of anything by Tolstoy. The story is based on Tolstoy’s own experience as... More
St. Petersburg: v tipografii Eduarda Pratsa, 1852. Pp. 7, [1], 134, 124, 32, 16, 38, 124, [1]. 22,5x15 cm. Contemporary quarter calf, cloth sides, a little surface wear, later endpapers, preserving the original printed wrappers (‘Sovremennik 1852 No. IX, sentiabr’), guarded in the gutter. Without the final leaf from the... More
St. Petersburg: V tipografii Eduarda Pratsa, 1846. [4], 560 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half leather binding. Some light foxing, corners worn, spine rubbed with a couple of small abrasions, but sound; early ink ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, later bookplate of A.V. Leont’ev to front pastedown. First edition... More
Moscow: Grif, 1905. 135, [9] pp. 20x16 cm. Contemporary half leather. The publisher’s original wrapper is preserved under the boards. Very good clean copy. Rare. 1 of 1200 copies printed. One of the most important Russian poetry books of the period. First edition of Alexander Blok’s (1880-1921) first book... More
Moscow: Knigoizdatelstvo Skorpion, 1903. [2], 290 pp. 8vo. The copy is in exceptionally fine contemporary half-leather with marbled boards and endpapers and gilt lettering on the spine. Original front wrapper illustrated by Fidus (the famous German symbolist artist Hugo Hoppener) preserved. A fine copy. First edition. This is... More
Moscow: Novy Mir, 1962-1964. Dlya pol'zy dela. Rasskaz [i.e. For the Good of the Cause. A Story] // Novy Mir. №7. 1963. Pp. 58-90. Dva rasskaza. Sluchai na stantsii Krechetovka. Matryonin dvor [i.e. Two Stories: An Incident at Krechetovka Station. Matryona's Place] // Novy Mir. №1. 1963. Pp. 9-63. Zakhar-Kalita... More
St. Petersburg: Tip. A.S. Suvorina, 1883. [4], 332, 375, 122, V pp., 1 ill. (front.) 23x15,5 cm. Contemporary quarter leather binding with owner's initials on the spine stamped in blind. Rubbed, occasional foxing, book plate (R.A. Evdokomov). Good condition. Rare first edition of the first biography of Fyodor... More
1875. vol. CXV, nos. 1—4; 1876, vol. CXXI, nos. 1—2, vol. CXXII, nos. 3—4, vol. CXXVI, No 12; 1877, vol. CXXVII, nos. 1—4. 8vo, pp. [243]-336, [1], [742]-817, [2], [246]-316, [1], [572]- 641, [1], [305]-390, [679]-745, [1], [291]-339, [1], [641]-693, [1], [687]-737, [1], [267]-324, [1], [830]-898, [329]-382, [709]- 763, [1]... More
St. Petersburg: F.S. Suchinsky, 1878. 147, III pp. 8vo. Frontispiece is a drawing from a photo of Nekrasov on his deathbed by William Carrick. Contemporary quarter-leather. Good condition. Spine leather restored. Rare. A volume of stories collected to commemorate the death of the Russian classic poet, N. A.... More
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