![RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA ILLUSTRATED BY KUSTODIEV] Ruslan and Lyudmila. A. Pushkin](/pictures/thumb/1010.jpg?v=1591961374)
Petersburg: Gosizdat, 1921. 120 pp.: ill. 19,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears with small losses of spine, tears and small losses of blank margin of p. 115-117, stains occasionally. Cover design and 25 illustrations, head-, tail-pieces and a small portrait of Pushkin were produced by well-known artist..... More
![THE SECOND BOOK BY TOLSTOY] Detstvo i otrochestvo [i.e. Childhood and Boyhood]. L. Tolstoy](/pictures/thumb/951.jpg?v=1582649993)
St. Petersburg: Eduard Prats, 1856. [4], 307 pp. 18,4x12 cm. Contemporary half-leather. Narrow strip of paper added to the top of the title page. Very good and clean copy. First edition of Tolstoy’s second book. Rare. Tolstoy’s second book encapsulates the first two parts of his well-known semi-autobiographical..... More
![THE VERY FIRST MASTER AND MARGARITA] Master i Margarita. Roman [i.e. Master and Margarita: A...](/pictures/thumb/887.jpg?v=1576158847)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdanie khudozhstvennoi literatury, 1966-1967. Pp. 6-127 (#11, 1966), pp.56-144 pp. (#1, 1967). 24,9x16 cm. In two issues, both in original printed wrappers, with marbled edges. Restored, water stains and pale stamps in issue of 1966, otherwise good and clean. Scarce on the market. The first printed..... More
![FIRST EDITION OF BROTHERS KARAMAZOV] Brat’ia Karamazovy [i.e. The Brothers Karamazov]: [In 2...](/images/noimage.png)
St. Petersburg: Brothers Panteleev, 1881. Vol.1. 509 pp. Vol.2. [2], 699 pp. 8vo. Two modern period-style binding. Very rare, especially in contemporary binding. The first edition of the one of the most important books in the Russian language, a masterpiece of immense influence. This was the final work by..... More
![FIRST NABOKOV’S NOVEL] Mashen'ka. V. Nabokov, V. Sirin](/pictures/thumb/648.jpg?v=1554871526)
Berlin: Slovo, 1926. 169, VI pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. Original printed wrappers. Edges and the label on the front wrapper are foxed. Partly uncut. Small crack of the spine. Generally in very good condition. Stamp ‘Vera V. Borodin’ on the title page and p.9. First edition of the first..... More
Three letters and signed book by Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), the letters and inscription are unpublished. 1.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
![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
![TOLSTOY’S AUTOGRAPH] Sochinenia grafa L.N. Tolstogo [i.e. Works of Count L.N. Tolstoy]. L. N....](/pictures/thumb/430.jpg?v=1519819591)
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
![DOSTOEVSKY’S FIRST EDITION] Podrostok [i.e. The Adolescent]. F. M. Dostoevsky](/pictures/thumb/428.jpg?v=1519818910)
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
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: 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
![FIRST OF SEVASTOPOL SKETCHES] Sevastopol’ v dekabre mesiatse // Sovremennik. #6 [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/208.jpg?v=1594811040)
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
![BALMONT'S BEST BOOK OF POETRY] Budem kak solntse: Kniga simvolov [i.e. Let Us Be Like the Sun....](/pictures/thumb/102.jpg?v=1528812957)
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
![FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF DOSTOEVSKY] Biografiya, pis'ma i zametki iz zapisnoi knizhki F.M....](/pictures/thumb/76.jpg?v=1450206766)
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
![DOSTOEVSKY ON NEKRASOV] Na pamyat' o Nikolae Alekseeviche Nekrasove [i.e. In memory of Nikolay...](/pictures/thumb/12.jpg?v=1446527308)
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