![GOGOL’S SECOND BOOK] Mirgorod. N. Gogol](/pictures/thumb/1341.jpg?v=1650336490)
St. Petersburg: tipografiya departamenta vneshney torgovli, 1835. Part 1. [4], 224 p. Part 2. 215 p. 21x13,6 cm. Contemporary half-leather. Gilt lettering on the spine. All four publisher’s printed wrappers preserved under the binding. The first one is backed on the blue paper probably in the early 20th century, otherwise..... More
![MAYAKOVSKY’S REQUIEM FOR LENIN] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. V. Mayakovsky](/pictures/thumb/1163.jpg?v=1612376623)
Leningrad: Gosizdat Krym. ASSR, 1925. 94, [1] pp. 17,2x13 cm. In original printed wrappers with constructivist design on the front wrapper. Very good, restoration of the spine, pale stain near spine throught the book, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, front cover sligtly chipped on the lower margin, covers..... More
![MANDELSTAM MASTERPIECE] Egipetskaia marka [i.e. Egyptian Stamp]. O. Mandelstam](/pictures/thumb/1159.jpg?v=1612375538)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1928. 187, [5] pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Covers and spine rubbed, with tears and minor fragments lost, some stains, ink note on the last page, otherwise very good. First full publication. Cover design was produced by artist and engraver Evgenii Belukha (1889-1943). In..... More
![CHUKOVSKY AGAINST FUTURISTS] Futuristy [i.e. Futurists]. K. Chukovsky](/pictures/thumb/1140.jpg?v=1608120255)
St. Petersburg: Polyarnaya zvezda, 1922. 84 pp. 19.5×13 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small tears, losses and light foxing of the wrappers, otherwise very good. The highest point of the polemics between Korney Chukovsky and Russian Futurists. Ever since futurism in Russia took on a large scale in..... More
![MAYAKOVSKY INFURIATING LENIN] 150.000.000. V. Mayakovsky](/pictures/thumb/1127.jpg?v=1608114855)
Moscow: Gos. izd., 1921. 70 pp. 13.6x18 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Light soiling of the wrappers, private library stamp on the front wrapper, title-page, p. 3, and p. 25. Otherwise near fine. Rare. First edition. One of 5,000 copies. SCARCE LIFETIME EDITION OF THE FUTURIST POETRY..... More
![RARE PROVINCIAL EDITION] Zheleznyye tsvety. Stikhi [i.e. Iron Flowers. Verses]. M. Gerasimov](/pictures/thumb/1126.jpg?v=1608114786)
Samara: Tsentropechat’, 1919. 96 pp. 18x11 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears and foxing of the wrappers, label and written number on the front wrapper, some toning, otherwise good/very good. First edition. Scarce. An extremely rare provincial edition with remarkable avant-garde design by Georgy Ryazhskiy (1895-1952)..... More
![ANTI-RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA] Bezbozhniki [i.e. Godless People]. I. Lebedev](/pictures/thumb/1047.jpg?v=1601543971)
Moscow: Komissiia po uluchsheniiu zhizni detei pri VTsIK i koop. izdatel’stva “Zhizn' i znanie”, 1924. 48 pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original wrappers with decorated frame. Tear of the spine along the staple, some stains. First edition. One of 10 000 copies. Extremely rare. Signed by the author on..... More
![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
![LITERATURE BY FOSTER STUDENTS] Zhizn’ nachinaetsia. Sbornik stikhov, rasskazov i ocherkov,...](/pictures/thumb/998.jpg?v=1591802807)
Leningrad: Otdel trudkoloniy UNKVD LO, 1936. 104 pp., 1 front. (Portrait of Dzerzhinsky) 17,5x13,5 cm. One of 3000 copies. Original cloth binding with the low-relief image on the front cover. Slightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed on the verso of the first endpaper by one of the authors..... More
![ALEKSEI KRUCHYONYKH – LIFETIME EDITION] Golodnyak: [Stikhi] [i.e. Hunger: [Verses]]. A....](/pictures/thumb/997.png?v=1591802665)
Moscow: Tip. TSIT, 1922. [24] pp. 12,8x17,7 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Fine. Rare especially in such pristine condition. First edition. One of 1000 copies. AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTION OF ZAUM VERSES BY THE WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN FUTURIST ALEKSEI KRUCHYONYKH (1886-1968). The author went down in the..... More
![SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE] Shkola zhestokosti. Sbornik rasskazov [i.e. The School of Violence. The...](/pictures/thumb/993.jpg?v=1591800375)
Sverdlovsk: OGIZ, 1942. 85, [3] pp. 16x10,5 cm. One of 25000 copies. Original illustrated wrappers. Small tear of the spine and loss of the front cover. Otherwise very good. First edition. Extremely rare edition from the series printed in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) during the German occupation of the European..... More
![JANUARY OF 1942] Prezrenie k smerti [i.e. The Despite Towards The Death](/pictures/thumb/992.jpg?v=1591800201)
Kazan': Sovetskiy pisatel’, 1942. 41, [2] pp. 16x11 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Good condition. First edition. Rare. An important collection of short stories by nine Soviet authors. ‘Sovetskiy pisatel’ was one of the main literary publishing houses with several regional branches. This book was prepared by..... More
![CONCEPTUALIST BULGAKOV] Zapiski na manzhetakh [i.e. Notes on the Cuffs]. M. Bulgakov](/pictures/thumb/910.jpg?v=1580219297)
New York: Serebriannyi vek, 1981. 117, [3] p.: ill. 19x12 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Pale stains occasionally, otherwise very good. First separate edition. Design was produced by Vagrich Bakhchianian (1938-2009), Armenian-American conceptualist artist, known for his provocative art, mocking the classical soviet images. He placed the title on the..... More
![SUBURB FOR THE SOVIET WRITERS] Peredelkinskie foto [i.e. Peredelkino Photos](/pictures/thumb/906.jpg?v=1576166196)
Moscow, 1958. Handmade photo album. 27 photographs and 1 newspaper clipping are mounted on 8 leaves, 3 photographs are loosely inserted. Handwritten lettering on the front cover and captions. 20,5х29 cm. Some tears of the spine and edges, otherwise very good. Some photographs signed by Korney Chukovsky, Agniia..... More
Full set for 11 years (1962-1972). Overall 132 issues in 22 cloth bindings (original blue wrappers preserved). Occasional foxing, damp stains (vol.2 1968), front cover damaged (#12 1968). Otherwise very good. Novy mir is one of the oldest monthly literary magazines in modern Russian. It has been published in..... More
![LIFETIME EDITION BY MANDELSTAM] Vtoraia kniga [i.e. The Second Book]. O. Mandelstam](/pictures/thumb/875.jpg?v=1573091174)
Moscow: Krug, 1923. 85, [9] pp. 13,5x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Restored, otherwise very good and clean copy. Ownership (embossed) blindstamp of Ernest Heitetz. One of 3000 copies. Constructivist publisher’s mark (on half title and back cover) created by Iu. Annenkov. There are four lifetime editions of Osip..... More
![PUSHKIN’S RELATIVES ABOUT HIM] Konchina Aleksandra Sergeevicha Pushkina [i.e. Demise of...](/pictures/thumb/787.jpg?v=1567041560)
St. Petersburg: Izdanie P.P. Soikina, 1899. 103 pp. 18x10,5 cm. In original wallpaper wrappers. Good, spine is repaired with paper stripe, foxing, a couple of ink marks. First and only edition. Extremely rare. The memories of people around Pushkin and their relations that were gathered by the poet’s nephew Lev..... More
![UTOPIA AS FORERUNNER OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS] Russkii utopicheskii roman [i.e. The Russian...](/pictures/thumb/784.jpg?v=1567036361)
Petrograd: Gosudarstvennoie izdatel’stvo, 1922. 52, [1] pp. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. One of 2000 copies. Cover design produced by Evgenii Belukha (1889-1943), the artist and designer who contributed to 1920-1930s Soviet book illustration. This is an overview of the Russian utopian novels..... More
![SAMIZDAT OF THE BEST-KNOWN WORK BY STRUGATSKY BROTHERS] Gadkiie lebedi [i.e. The Ugly Swans]....](/pictures/thumb/774.jpg?v=1563927429)
N.p., [1970s-1980s]. 132 typewritten pp. 30x21 cm. Unbound. As new. This is a samizdat copy of the novel ‘The Ugly Swans’ by brothers and co-authors Arkady (1925-1991) and Boris (1933-2012) Strugatsky, the leaders of the Soviet science fiction. The ideas of Strugatsky duo were innovative but relevant to..... More
![KHARBIN FICTION] Arabeski [i.e. Arabesques]. Pavel Tutkovsky](/pictures/thumb/722.png?v=1563412486)
Kharbin: M.V. Zaitsev, 1938. 126, [6] pp. 20x13 cm. Contemporary owner’s carton binding. The private stamp of ‘war officer A.V. Vostroknutov’ on the title page. First and only edition. Pavel Tutkovskiy (1889-1959) was the Russian novelist, who has lived in Belgrade, Kharbin, and emigrated to USA after the cultural..... 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
![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
![FEMALE RUSSIAN WRITERS] Nashi pisatel’nitsy: (‘‘Bibliographichesky slovar’ russkikh...](/pictures/thumb/363.jpg?v=1513596662)
St. Petersburg: typ. Akademii Nauk, 1891. [2], 78 pp. 22,5x15,5 cm. Without wrappers. Very good, occasional foxing, with later spine and back cover. Very rare. Offprint from Sbornik otdeleniya russkogo yazyka i slovesnosti Akademii nauk (V. 52, #7) [i.e. Digest of the Department of Russian Language of Academy of..... More
![MAYAKOVSKY IN FRENCH] Mayakovsky po frantsuzski: 4 poemy / Perevod Andreia Gippiusa [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/275.jpg?v=1494858928)
Moscow: Published by the translator, 1930. [2], 46 leaves. 23x19 cm. Original front cover is preserved, spine and rear cover of modern paper. Some light restoration to the front cover, lacking staples so leaves are not bound, some soiling, previous owner’s pencil drawing on the last page and corrections in..... More