![Item #1840 [ERITHREA] Eritreiskaia koloniia Italii [i.e. Italian Colony of Eritrea] / Compiled...](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1840.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699422290)
Saint Petersburg: Tipografiia Kirshbsuma, 1893. [6], 68 pp. 25x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine chipped, some foxing occasionally, otherwise very good and mostly uncut copy. Rare and limited edition. This early Russian Africana was written by the Russian consul general in Palermo, Alexander Stepanovich Troyansky (1835–1905). He..... More
![Item #2791 [THE MANDE CULTURE IN THE USSR] Sund’iata: Mandingskii epos [i.e. Sundiata. The...](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2791.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1781773265)
Moscow; Leningrad: Khudozhestvennaia literatura, 1963. 152 pp.: ill. 17x13 cm. In original wrappers with monochrome ornament and original illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly bumped, otherwise near fine. First and only Soviet edition of the epic. The preface provides a quick immersion into the history of African literary studies..... More
![Item #1841 [AFRICANA] Vozvrashchenie moriaka. Roman [i.e. The Sailor’s Return. Novel]. D. Garnett](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1841.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699422365)
Leningrad: Petrograd, [1926]. 120 pp. 20,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine, covers slightly soiled, small tear of outer edge of back cover and pages, otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies produced. Very rare. First Russian edition of “The Sailor’s Return” (1925) by David Garnet. The..... More
![Item #2108 [CHILDREN’S] Sakharniy trostnik [i.e. Sugar Cane]. A. Kovalensky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2108.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721167862)
Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1926. 16 p.: ill. ; 22x13 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. The front cover is slightly foxed, small tears of the spine from both edges. Otherwise good. First edtion. The second one followed in 1928. Not found in Worldcat. This children's book aligns with the prevailing..... More
![Item #2723 [AFRICA & USSR] [The layout of the poster that didn’t enter the mass production]. A....](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2723.png?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776345717)
Soviet Union, [1970-1980s]. 70x50 cm. Image is 38 cm in diameter. Gouache, paper. Very good condition. The image shows African woman embracing her child shielding him away from the F14 fighter jets, flying over her shoulder. Alexander Kurilovich (1928-2007) was a Soviet poster designer. He studied at..... More
![Item #1842 [AFRICAN-AMERICANS COMING TO USSR] Negritenok Dzhon [i.e. Negro Boy John]. A. Matutis](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1842.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699422477)
[Vilnius]: Gos. izd-vo khud. lit. [1951]. 28 pp.: ill. 26x21 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, spine and covers rubbed, some stains occasionally. First edition. Rare. Loose translation from Lithuanian by N. Milovanov, illustrations by N. Sergeeva. A great example of Soviet propaganda in children’s books..... More
![Item #1843 [BLACK CULTURE IN THE SOVIET LITERATURE] Maksimka. K. Staniukovich](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1843.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699422579)
Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia, 1976. 40 pp.: ill. 26x20 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly rubbed, otherwise near fine. Illustrated throughout by book designer Sergei Kupriyanov (1928-2017). This popular story tells about a little Black survivor rescued and welcomed by Russian sailors. It was first published in..... More
![Item #1838 [AFRICANA IN SOVIET MUSIC] Maraba. Nergitianskii tanets (Charl’ston) [i.e. Maraba....](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1838.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699422040)
[Tbilisi]: Lit. Gruzpoligr. Tr. V.S.N.Kh. [1930s]. [4] pp.: musical score. 33,5x25 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Tears of edges and spine with small blank fragments lost. One of 1000 copies produced. This cover features an interesting letterpress design of several drawn typefaces. The brochure credits artists Kandelaki..... More
Bergamo: Istituto Italiano D’arti Grafiche, 1933. Folder: Original printed wrappers. 35.6x22.4 cm. Edges with tears, light foxing. Otherwise in a very condition. Map: Large folding color map “Navigazione Libera Triestina” ca. 103.5x86.5 cm, dissected into 12 parts. Scale: 1:10,000,000. Folding marks, two small tears at the folds. Otherwise in a...... More