![Slaviane i vostok [The Slavs and the East]. No. 1 (all published). V. E. Belanovich-Zubov, A. E....](/pictures/thumb/P003763.jpg?v=1591527003)
Prague: Slavianskoe izdatel'stvo, 1921. Large octavo (23.5 × 15.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unsigned); 119, [2] pp. An uncut and unopened copy; wrappers dust-soiled and frayed along spine, small chip to upper right corner of front wrapper. First and only volume of this intended series published by members of the..... More
Moscow: "Nikitinskie subbotniki", 1927. Octavo. Original illustrated wrappers by S. Telingater; 249, 1] + [2] pp. publisher's ads. Uncut and unopened copy; very light dust-soiling to wrappers; crease to lower right corner of front wrapper. Part one of the novel Moscow, published as a trilogy from 1926 to 1931. Andrei..... More
![Tsel' smelykh: stikhotvoreniia, 1917-1918 [The goal of the brave: poems]. N. S. Berendgof](/pictures/thumb/50433_1.jpeg?v=1580327055)
Moscow: Tip. kn-va "Koshnitsa," 1918. Octavo (17.4 × 12.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 64 pp. Very good; very minor loss to upper wrapper edge, not affecting text; in protective mylar. First volume of poems by Nikolai Sergeevich Berendgof (1902-1963), the Russian expressionist poet and later member of the "Nichevoki"..... More
Slim 26 pp. volume representing the only work of prose by the Czech poet and writer, with erotic frontispiece by Surrealist painter Jindřich Štyrský. 8vo. Original textured white paper wrpps. with blue paper guards, printing date of 1931 embossed to front and back flaps. Extremely minor soiling and toning. Prague..... More
![Bentuit treshti: provintsialna khronika [The dike thunders: a provincial chronicle]. G'oncho...](/pictures/thumb/P5848_1.jpg?v=1591104664)
Sofia: Narodna kniga, 1936. Octavo (18 × 12.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Veselin Staikov; 105, [3] pp. Light wear to spine and fraying to lower spine extremity; else about very good. First edition of this book of village-inspired short stories by G'oncho Bielev (1889-1964), the Bulgarian writer and translator..... More
![Etiudy o russkoi poezii [Essays on Russian poetry]. Prof Bitsilli, etr](/pictures/thumb/P6645_1.jpg?v=1591525383)
Prague: Plamia, 1926. Octavo (18 x 12.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [4], 5-284, [4] pp. A very good, largely uncut and unopened copy, in dust-soiled wrappers and with light wear to overlapping wrapper extremities. An important work of Russian emigre literary criticism of the interwar period. Based in Sofia, Petr..... More
![Sborník Literární Skupiny [Anthology of the Literary Group]. Lev Blatný](/pictures/thumb/P6797_1.jpg?v=1595606448)
Výškov na Moravě: Nákladem F. Obziny, 1923. Quarto (26 × 20.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 110, [3] pp. Numerous plates, some full-page on coated stock, some tipped-in. Light wear and fraying to lower spine; very minor moisture stains to overlapping wrapper edges; overall still a very good copy. First and..... More
![Stikhotvoreniia. Kniga vtoraia (1904–1908) [Lyrics. Book Two (1904–1908)]. Aleksandr Blok](/pictures/thumb/P003482.jpg?v=1594201683)
Berlin: “Slovo,” 1922. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original quarter cloth with pictorial paper over boards; 345, [3] pp. Cover illustration by N.D. Millioti. Very good. An émigré publication of collected lyrics of the symbolist poet Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921), published shortly after his death. The second volume of a three-volume..... More
1923. Berlin: Knigoizdatel'stvo Gelikon, 1923. Octavo (20 × 13.5 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 197, [1] pp. About very good; uncut and unopened copy; light wear to overlapping edges. First edition of this avant-garde novel by Futurist and member of the Centrifuge group Sergei Bobrov (1899-1971), published by Abram Vishniak at..... More
![Master i Margarita: roman [The Master and Margarita: a novel]. Mikhail Bulgakov](/pictures/thumb/50600_001.jpg?v=1594151644)
Paris: YMCA-Press, 1968. Octavo (30.2 × 22.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 219, [1] pp. With the author's portrait on page 15. Very good; spine sun-tanned. A near fine copy of the first edition in book form of Mikhail Bulgakov’s multi-layered satire of Soviet society, set in ancient Jerusalem and Moscow..... More
![Zhizn' Arsen'eva: iunost' [The Life of Arsen'ev: Youth]. First complete edition. Ivan Bunin](/pictures/thumb/P4417.jpg?v=1593528784)
New York: Izdatel’stvo imeni Chekhova, 1952. Octavo (19.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 388 pp. Light soil to wrappers; tiny loss to lower corner of rear wrapper; still about very good. First appearance of the complete text of Ivan Bunin's famous novel, published during the writer's lifetime (1870-1953). "The..... More
Hamburg: bei August Campe (printed by Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig), 1815. Octavo (16 × 10.5 cm). Publisher's pink printed wrappers with decorative border; X, 95, [1] pp. Text within ornamental floral border printed in red; title page set within black ornamental border and double-ruled border in red. A very good copy..... More
![Izbrannye rasskazy [Selected short stories, two volumes] and P'esy i shutki [Plays and farces]....](/pictures/thumb/P004170_1.jpg?v=1591528442)
New York: [1st Russian Publishing Corporation], ca. 1917. Octavos (20 × 13.5 cm). Original beige and blue printed wrappers, decorative border; 65-96, 97-128; and 129-192 pp. Very good copies; book store label of Jacques Povolozky (Povolotskii), the emigre bookseller, publisher, and gallerist in Paris, inside front wrappers. A very attractive..... More
Carr, Roy and Mike Naumenko (translator). Istoriia Rolling Stounz v plastinkakh [The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record, originally published 1976]. Leningrad: self-published, [1978–1985?]. Quarto (30 × 21 cm). Blue and red cloth over boards, multicolored lettering to spine and front wrapper. With 132 hand-numbered leaves of mimeographed typescript to rectos..... More
![Almanakh Literaturen Glas [Almanach Literary Voice]. Dimitar B. Mitov, designer Georgi Atanasov](/pictures/thumb/P003199_1.jpg?v=1591011062)
Sofia: Azbuka, 1931. Octavo (23 × 17 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Georgi Atanasov; 112 pp. Decorative head piece by Em. Rakarov and typographic dividers between contributions. Wrappers somewhat worn; some fraying to spine extremities; lower right corner of first three pages creased; still good or better, in protective mylar..... More
![Zolotoe serdtse: misteriia. Veter: tragediia [The golden heart: a mystery. The wind: a tragedy]....](/pictures/thumb/P4774.jpg?v=1593515523)
Berlin: Knigoizdatel'stvo Gelikon, 1922. Octavo (19.3 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers; 194, [1] pp. Stamp of a private Russian library in Athens, Greece to ffep and title; text toned due to stock; else a very good copy. First edition of Erenburg's only two published plays. A Soviet writer, journalist..... More
![Moia malen’kaia Leniniana [My little Leniniana]. Venedikt Erofeev](/pictures/thumb/50257_1.jpeg?v=1580326983)
Bibliotechka gazety “Sovetskaia moral’ka” [Small library series of the newspaper “Sovetskaia moral’ka”], no. 1. Moscow: Liga, 1989. A5 (21 × 14.5 cm). Single folded leaf, printed to rectos and versos, twice folded; 8 pp. Very good. First Russian appearance of Venedikt Erofeev’s brilliant satirical work, which had appeared in Paris..... More
![Razgrom: roman [The Rout: a novel].; Nedra: biblioteka ot novi romani (series title). Aleksandr...](/pictures/thumb/P5517_1.jpg?v=1589982903)
Sofia: Musala, 1932. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Georgi Atanasov; 143, [1] pp. Light wear to overlapping wrapper edges; chip to rear wrapper; still about very good. Bulgarian translation of Soviet writer Aleksandr Fadeev's (1901-1956) important early novel about the Civil War, which chronicles the decimation..... More
Moscow: Izdatel' i knigoprodavets Klavdii Kuz'mich Shamov, 1888. Octavo (25 × 17 cm). Quarter-calf over four raised bands; gilt title to spine; pebbled cloth boards; 996 pp. Frontis portrait. Boards and spine rubbed and sun-tanned; a few small nicks to leather; occasional light foxing, else internally very good. Denis Fonvizin..... More
Prague: Plamia, 1924. First Edition thus. Small octavo. Original illustrated wrappers; 114, [5] pp. (including [3] pp. publisher's ads). Very good; uncut and unopened copy; very light wear to wrappers; spine toned and light spotting to top edge. An interesting example of collaboration between the Swedish Russian-language publisher "Severnyie ogni"..... More
![Lítost. Josefu Galíkovi. [Contrition. Dedicated to Josef Galík]. Zdeněk Gába, Inge...](/pictures/thumb/P004114_1.jpg?v=1590655202)
Mariánské Hory: Jaroslav Frič, 1971. Gray folder, blindstamped with the author's initials, containing thirty-eight leaves of A5 format, with typescript to rectos; one linocut and one aluminum etching, signed and numbered. Wrapper split, title page with crease to upper left corner, else very good. Apparently unrecorded Moravian poetic samizdat edition..... More
![Mulchalivi geroi [Silent heroes]. Two parts in one (all published). Dora Gabe, designer...](/pictures/thumb/P6005_1.jpg?v=1591102877)
Sofia: Khemus, [1931]. Octavo (22.3 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Sirak-Skitnik (?); 109, [3], 110, [3] pp. Wrappers rebacked; restorations; a few nicks to wrappers; still good or better; in protective mylar. First edition of this account of the life of Soviet military leader and veteran of the..... More
Berlin: Knigoizdatel'stvo "Literatura", 1921. First Edition thus. 12mo (15 × 10 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [2], 87 pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Light soil to wrappers; text fragile. Uncommon Berlin edition of Vsevolod Garshin's (1855-1888) tale about a "fallen" woman. Garshin, a master of the novella, was most famous for..... More
St. Petersburg: Pri imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk (Imperial Academy of Sciences), 1794. Second edition (“Vtorym tisneniem”). Large 12mo (15.3 × 9.8 cm). Contemporary full calf, spine tooled in black and with red title label; edges red; 1–124 and 125–249 pp. (consecutive pagination). Professional restoration to edges of boards; small paper repairs..... More
![Cataclismo en los ojos [Cataclysm in the eyes]. Enrique Gómez Correa](/pictures/thumb/P5338.jpg?v=1586859063)
1942. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Mandragora, 1942. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original printed red glazed paper-covered card wrappers; 45 [42 sic!], [2] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author. Wrappers lightly sun-tanned; else about very good. First edition of the important Chilean’s book of poems, who has been called..... More