![Item #611 [FIRST THREE SISTERS] Tri sestry [i.e. Three Sisters] // Russkaia mysl’. God...](/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
![Item #46 [THE BOOK THAT PLANTED A SEED OF
REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA] Chto Delat? [What Is To Be...](/pictures/thumb/46.jpg?v=1449691392)
St. Petersburg: 1863. (In the original printing of nos. 3-5 of Sovremennik [The Contemporary] (March-May, 1863). pp. [2], 5-142; 373-526; 55-197 + [1]: "Zagadka", by N. Berg. Contemporary quarter-leather. New endpapers, title in gilt on the spine is also modern. Some very occasional staining, pencil underscores in text. Good copy..... More
![Item #165 [DOSTOYEVSKY’S SECOND BOOK] Zapiski iz myortvogo doma. (V dvukh chastyakh)...](/pictures/thumb/165.jpg?v=1483882302)
St. Petersburg: Izd. A.F. Bazunova; v tipografii Iosafata Ogryzko, 1862. P.1. [4], 269 pp.; P.2. [4], 198 pp. 13,5х21 cm. Second edition. In contemporary quarter leather binding with gilt-lettering on the spine (two parts in one volume). Boards rubbed and stained, corners and spine ends bumped, occasional foxing, small cracks..... More
![Item #841 [SCANDALOUS EDITION OF ‘CRIME AND PUNISHMENT’] Prestuplenie i nakazanie [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/841.png?v=1569969006)
Moscow: Nauka, 1970. 808 pp.: ill., 12 ills. 22x18 cm. In original full cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine, in original dust jacket. Few minor tears and pale stains on dust jacket, otherwise near fine. One of the best illustrated editions of Dostoevsky in Russian... More
![Item #16 [FIRST GOGOL] Italiia [i.e. Italy]. // Syn Otechestva [i.e. Son of the Fatherland]…...](/pictures/thumb/16.jpg?v=1446527308)
St. Petersburg: v tipografii N. Grecha, 1829. 232, [249]–428 (lacking gathering 16); 446, [2] pp. 8vo. Modern half-cloth binding, preserving an earlier spine. Very good condition. Paper repair to p. 371, first and last leaves repaired in the gutter, old stamp and paper repairs to title (vol.1), first and last..... More
![Item #427 [FIRST EDITION OF THE DEAD SOULS] Pokhozhdeniya Chichikova, ili Myortvye dushi: Poema...](/pictures/thumb/427.jpg?v=1519818672)
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
![Item #229 [FIRST GORKY’S MOTHER] Mat’ [i.e. Mother]. M. Gorky](/images/noimage.png)
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
![Item #174 [FIRST SCARLET SAILS] Alye parusa [i.e. Scarlet Sails]. Alexander Grin](/pictures/thumb/174.jpg?v=1483892840)
Moscow: Izd-vo Frenkel’, 1923. 141 pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Scuffed wrappers with tears, Soviet bookshop stamps on the back cover. Otherwise good. First edition of the famous short novel Scarlet Sales by Russian writer Alexander Grin (1880-1932), notable for his romantic novels and short stories. Most..... More
![Item #950 [TWO GREATEST REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN THEATER] Dokhodnoye mesto:...](/pictures/thumb/950.jpg?v=1582649746)
Moscow: tip. A. Semena, 1857. 116 pp. 23х17 cm. In original half-leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Fine. The author’s inscription on the front wrapper: “To Alexander Martynov from the Author”. Extremely rare first edition. Signed by the author. A RARE EVIDENCE OF THE BOND BETWEEN ALEXANDER..... More
London: Flegon press, 1962. 67 pp. 24,5×16,5 см. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Rare. More
![Item #78 [FIRST SOLZHENITSYN] Dlya pol'zy dela. Rasskaz [i.e. For the Good of the Cause. A...](/pictures/thumb/78.jpg?v=1450415362)
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
![Item #942 [FIRST EDITION OF WAR AND PEACE] Voina i Mir [i.e. War and Peace]. L. Tolstoy](/pictures/thumb/942.jpg?v=1582646175)
Moscow: T. Ris, 1868. Part I: [4], 297, 146. Part II. [4], 186; Part 3 [2], 284; Part IV: [4], 336; Part V: [4], 323; Part VI: [4], 290 pp. Octavo. In 3 volumes. Period bindings with new spines, pre-revoluitionary previous owner’s ink stamps on title pages (Iv.P. Barsukov), original..... More
![Item #977 [UNDERGROUND EDITION OF THE NOTORIOUS WORK BY TOLSTOY] Kreitserova Sonata [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/977.jpg?v=1582657266)
Moscow: self-published, 1890. [2], 141, 15 pp. 24,5x16 cm. Original full-leather binding with decorative gilt on the front cover. Gilt edges. Contemporary inscription on the first half-title ‘Betekhtina T.’ Edges of the spine are slightly chipped, but otherwise in a very good condition. EXTREMELY RARE LITHOGRAPHED EDITION THAT LIKELY..... More
![Item #429 [ANNA KARENINA: FIRST EDITION]. L. N. Tolstoy](/pictures/thumb/429.jpg?v=1519819172)
Moscow: Typ. T. Ris, 1878. In 3 volumes. V.1: Part 1-2. 369 pp.; V.2: Part 3-5. 493 pp.; V.3: Part 6-8. 413 pp. 19x12 cm. Each volume in publisher’s full cloth with gilt and blind stamping. In period styled half leather case. Near fine. First separate edition. Very rare..... More
![Item #210 [FIRST BOOK BY TOLSTOY] Voyennyie rasskazy [i.e. The War Stories]. L. N. Tolstoy](/pictures/thumb/210.jpg?v=1483923728)
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
![Item #239 [FIRST EDITION OF TURGENEV'S FATHERS AND SONS] Otsy i deti [i.e. Fathers and Sons]. I....](/pictures/thumb/239.jpg?v=1488458361)
Moscow: tip. V. Grachiova, 1862. 304 pp. 8vo. In contemporary half-leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Spine is refurbished, few marks in text. Otherwise near fine. First separate edition of ‘Fathers and Sons’ by Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883). ‘Fathers and Sons’ considered to be the most famous of Turgenev’s..... More
![Item #75 Stepnoi korol' Lir [i.e. King Lear of the Steppes]; Stuk! Stuk! Stuk! Studiya i...](/pictures/thumb/75.jpg?v=1450415360)
Leipzig: Wolfgang Gerhard, 1873-1882. Stepnoi korol' Lir [i.e. King Lear of the Steppes]. Leipzig: Wolfgang Gerhard, 1873. 144 pp. Turgenev, I.S. Stuk! Stuk! Stuk! Studiya i Strannaya istiroya. Rasskaz [i.e. Knok! Knock! Knock! Studio and Strange Story]. Leipzig: Wolfgang Gerhard, 1873. 100 pp. Turgenev, I.S. Otryvki iz vospominanii svoikh i...... More