Moscow: Kinophotoizdat, 1936. 286, [2] pp., 1 color frontispiece: ill.: 196 black and white ills. 24,7x17,4 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding. Binding slightly worn, light damp stain in the upper right corner throughout the copy, but otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Rare. 1 of 2,000..... More

Kyiv, 1918. Oxidation of the photo, otherwise in good condition. Scarce. Text in Ukrainian. Daily pass from the short-lived, yet long-suppressed first Ukrainian film studio, “Ukrainfilm,” issued in 1918 for Oleksandr Doroshkevich (1889-1946), a leading Ukrainian literary critic and a victim of Soviet repressions. A rare survival of..... More

Kyiv: Reklama, 1967. 64 pp.: color illustrations. 20,9x13,9 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. Scarce. 1 of 3,000 copies. Text in Russian. Compiled by Vyacheslav Arkhangelsky. Illustrations by V. Frumgarts. An extremely rare catalogue published by the Ministry of Automobile Transport of the Ukrainian SSR to..... More

Lvov: Gubrynowicz i Szmidt, 1887. In contemporary binding: cloth spine with title and name of the author in gilt lettering, marbled paper over boards. Tiny crack in the spine, otherwise in very good condition. First edition. Scarce. Text in Polish. Recollections of Austrian-Polish political activist and Minister for..... More

The Hague: De Baanbreker Servire, 1932. 68 pp. 22x13,5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers by Valentina Kulagina. The spine in chipped, edges of the wrappers rubbed, but otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. Text in Dutch. An intriguing edition featuring a striking constructivist wrapper by the noted Soviet..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1928. In original publisher’s cardboard binging. Cardboards are slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. Extremely rare. First and only lifetime edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Text in Russian. The fourth and final lifetime collection of Osip Mandelstam’s poems, as well as the last appearance of anything..... More

[Moscow]: Izd. i f-ka detskoy knigi Detizdata, 1938. [16] pp.: 8 full-page and half-page color illustrations by Ivan Kuznetsov. 14,4x10,8 cm. Owner’s wrappers (with original illustrated wrappers preserved). General soiling, but otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First and only edition. Text in Russian. Edited by A. Stepanova..... More

Munich: Kosmos, 1946. 128, [1] pp. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine is chipped from both ends, minor fixing of the front cover, but overall in very good condition. Extremely rare. First edition. Text in Russian. Uncommon collection of short stories and one of the earliest Russian émigré..... More

Moscow: Kinopechat’, 1926. 16 pp. 17,3x13,1 cm. In original publisher’s constructivist wrappers. Light soiling, but otherwise near fine. Scarce. First and only edition. Text in Russian. With constructivist wrappers showing Marietta Shaginyan, her cat, and the movie stars, including Boris Barnet. A striking Constructivist-style brochure and Marietta Shaginyan’s..... More

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. 392 pp.: ill. 21,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Original publisher’s wrappers by A. Rodchenko, with his monogram printed in the left bottom corner of the front cover. The spine is preserved fully, which is rare for this edition. The front cover with minor soiling, tears..... More

Regensburg: author’s edition, 1947. 46, [4] pp. 20,5x14,5 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Wrappers age-toned, but otherwise near fine. Extremely rare. First edition. Text in Russian. Uncommon Russian grammar directory and one of the earliest Russian émigré books issued in post-war Regensburg. A rare example of DP..... More

St. Petersburg: Tipografia di J. Glasounoff e Comp., 1855. 94 pp. 16,6x10,5 cm. Owner’s period wrappers. Light foxing throughout, but otherwise in a very good condition. Extremely scarce. First edition. Bilingual in Italian and French. The very first appearance in Russian print of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore, published..... More