Unpaginated (ca. 116 pp.) artist's book pairing enigmatic prose poems with the author's translations of the same into highly imaginative rebus-like compositions incorporating mathematical symbols, the Hebrew alphabet, musical notation, erotic doodles, sign language and other figurative and non-figurative characters. Paper a bit browned, some minor scattered soiling. 4to. Illustrated..... More
![Book ID: P5765 Tsvety Vozstaniia [The flowers of the uprising]. Aleksandr Pomorskii, born...](/pictures/thumb/P5765_001.jpg?v=1608208564)
St. Petersburg: Biblioteka proletkul’ta, 1919. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers on orange stock; 30, [2] pp. Unopened and uncut. Light rust to staples; wrapper edges slightly frayed, else very good. First edition. A collection of “worker poetry” by one of the “key organizers of the first..... More
[Berlin, July 1927]. Quarto. Original blind wrappers; 41 pp. of reproduced typescript to rectos and versos. Occasional corrections in red pencil. About very good. Apparently unrecorded manuscript of a novella by this little known Russian writer and dramaturg (1875–after 1935). Having graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, Popello-Davydov founded the arts..... More
![Book ID: P5571 Stikhotvoreniia 1815—1836 godov [Verse 1815—1836]. Narodnaia biblioteka...](/pictures/thumb/P5571_1.jpg?v=1580499150)
Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo., 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 48, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Wrappers evenly toned; spine extremities lightly frayed. Still about very good. An early post-revolutionary attempt at creating a “Soviet Pushkin,” this collection of poems was edited by one of the founders..... More
Berlin: Knigoistavel'stvo Neva, 1922. Folio (32 × 24.5 cm). Original decorative quarter-cloth by Vasilii Masiutin; 39, [2] pp. Frontis and title printed in black and red. Eight full-page woodcut illustrations by Masiutin. Good or better; soil to front board two leaves lightly creased to lower corner. Scarce illustrated edition of..... More
![Book ID: P5494 Stikhotvoreniia o svobode [Verse about freedom]. Narodnaia biblioteka No....](/pictures/thumb/P5494_1.jpg?v=1580499149)
Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo., 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 56, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Very good. Focusing on Pushkin’s political poetry, this collection is an early post-revolutionary attempt at creating a “Soviet Pushkin.” This volume was edited by one of the founders of Russian Symbolism..... More
Berlin: Parabola, [1936]. Octavo (21.5 × 15.5). Modern red quarter-leather binding over five raised bands, with gilt title to spine, with original printed wrappers preserved; 311, [1] pp. Frontis portrait of the author. Signed and inscribed by the author to Vera Nikolaevna and Ivan Aleksandrovich (Alekseevich) Bunin, “In memory of..... More
![Book ID: P4411 V rozovom bleske [In the pink glow]. Aleksei Remizov, 1877–1957](/pictures/thumb/P4411.jpg?v=1593529623)
New York: Izdatel’stvo imeni Chekhova, 1952. Octavo (19.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 419 pp. Very good, save for fading to spine. First edition of this late novel by Aleksei Remizov (1877-1957), one of the most versatile and idiosyncratic Russian writers of the twentieth century, known for his complex..... More
![Book ID: P6556 Khevronskoe vino [The Wine of Hebron: poems]. Matvei Roizman, designer...](/pictures/thumb/P6556_1.jpg?v=1580327105)
Moscow: Vserossiiskii soiuz poetov, 1923. Octavo (19 × 12.9 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Georgii Echeistov; 46, [2] pp. Faint spotting to front wrapper; a very good copy. A striking Jewish-themed drawn wrapper design by Georgii A. Echeistov (1897-1946), who worked and studied under figures such as Vasilii Masiutin..... More
Prague: self-published (Tiskárna František Loos), 1936. Octavos (23.8 × 16 cm). Original staple-stitched printed self-wrappers; ca. 16 pp. per issue (continuous pagination). Old postal stamps; owner signature of A. A. Granovsky as well as his exlibris on one of the issues; occasional light underlining; still about very good. Scarce Ruthenian..... More
![Book ID: P5850 Sarkastický smích [Sarcastic laughter].; Edice "Linie", svazek 3 [Linie...](/pictures/thumb/P5850_1.jpg?v=1587489285)
Prague: Linie, 1930. Octavo (19.6 × 14.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 102, [8] pp. Fine, uncut and unopened copy. Scarce third volume published by Edice Linie (Linie Series), with a striking, unattributed avant-gardistic wrapper design. Rozner (1905-1991) was a Czech poet, writer, and journalist from Liberec, who published numerous books..... More
![Book ID: P4713 Pushkinskii sbornik [Pushkin almanac]. Russkii institut v. Prage, The...](/pictures/thumb/P4713_1.jpg?v=1591525803)
Prague: Tipografiia Politika, 1929. Large octavo (26 × 19 cm). Original printed wrappers; 303 pp. Mostly unopened and uncut. Some moisture damage to rear wrapper and last few pages not affecting text. Still about very good. A white émigré publication, this collection of scholarly articles on Alexander Pushkin is one..... More
![Book ID: P004264 Tan'ka: roman [Little Tania: a novel]. Savvatii, Dionisiia Ignat'evna...](/pictures/thumb/P004264.jpg?v=1593515584)
Berlin: Ogon'ki, 1923. Large octavo (20 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Aleksandr Arnshtam; 123, [2] pp. Very good; uncut and unopened copy; light soil to wrappers and spine only. First and only edition of this novel by Potapenko, a writer, dancer, musical critic, and journalist about whom not..... More
Prague: Otto Girgal, 1929–1930. Small quartos (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; consecutive pagination, 135, [6] pp. Occasional illustrations. Small loss to lower right corner of first issue (not affecting text); the other issues in fine condition, in protective mylar. Complete run of this Czech avant-garde theatre journal, which..... More
United States [i.e. New York?]: 1947. Octavo (23 × 15.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 87 pp. Light foxing to wrappers; slight water damage to rear wrapper, still about very good. First and only edition. A curious work of “utopian sociology,” this text was likely self-published by a Russian émigré in..... More
![Book ID: P4359 Crème des Violettes (izbrannye poezy) [selected poesos]. Igor' Severianin,...](/pictures/thumb/P4359.jpg?v=1592503365)
Tartu: Odamees, 1919. Octavo (21.6 × 15 cm). Original printed wrappers; 124 pp. Wrappers worn and soiled; text block beginning to detach; internally very good. First edition of this volume of poems by the popular Russian Ego-Futurist writer, who settled in Estonia after the October Revolution, where he died during..... More
![Book ID: P003858 Puti nebesnye: roman, tom II-i [The ways of heaven: a novel], part II....](/pictures/thumb/P003858_1.jpg?v=1593527583)
Paris: Vozrozhdenie, 1948. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 257, [1] pp. Upper spine extremity frayed; possibly resized; else about very good. Ivan Shmelev (1873-1950) was one of the most widely read writers of the Russian emigration, known for his conservative orientation. His work celebrates the old traditions..... More
Berlin: Skify (A. Shreider, also: Partiia levykh sotsialistov-revoliutsionerov), 1921. Quarto (31 × 22 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Polina Khentova; 24 pp. About very good. Rare first issue, one of only two published, of this Berlin journal by the SR (Socialist Revolutionary) Party, edited by Aleksandr Shreider (1895-1930), a...... More
Tbilisi: Shroma, 1913. Octavo (24 × 16 cm). Original printed green wrappers; 395 pp. Light overall wear; about very good. Scarce anthology containing translations into Georgian of works by Henryk Sienkiewicz ("The writer Zołzikiewicz" - evidently a part of his "Sketches in Charcoal"), Knut Hamsun ("Victoria"), Arthur Schnitzler ("Dying"), and..... More
Lidové romány, sv. 4. Prague: Vydalo Kommunistické knihkupectví a nakl. R. Rejman, 1921. Octavo (19.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 271, [1] pp. Frontis portrait of the author. Very good. First Czechoslovak appearance of Sinclair's novel (first published 1920). An earlier translation, by Jan Jiří Kárník, also appeared in..... More
St. Petersburg: Izdanie "Kol'tso Poetov," 1922. 12mo (13.8 × 11 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 31, [1] pp. About very good; private inventory stamp to front wrapper verso; small Soviet bookstore stamps to rear wrapper. Third volume of poems by Boris Viktorovich Smirenskii (1900-1970), who would go on to become..... More
Paris: self-published, 1947. Octavo (19 × 14 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 63, [1] pp. Very good, with light soil to rear wrapper and a bit of creasing to overlapping wrapper edges. Text toned. A Georgian legend, ostensibly based on the tales of an old Georgian woman, researched and written by..... More
Prague: Plamja, 1926. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers by Václav Špála; 221, [2] pp. Several illustrations by Špála. A very good, uncut and unopened copy, with only very light dust-soiling to wrappers and spine. First edition of these sketches by the prominent Russian émigré Boris Sokoloff (1889-1979)..... More
![Book ID: P002984 Miatezh ili iskanie [Revolt or quest]. Boris Fedorovich Sokolov](/pictures/thumb/P002984.jpeg?v=1665521601)
Prague: Izdatel'stvo "Nasha rech'", 1921. Octavo (19.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Aleksandr Arnshtam (signed A. A.); [6], 191, [1] pp. A very good, uncut and unopened copy; wrappers lightly dust-soiled and upper spine extremity with small chip. Uncommon collection of theatre and literary criticism and essays on..... More
![Book ID: 51820 Shkola dlia durakov [A school for fools]. Sasha Sokolov](/pictures/thumb/51820_1.jpg?v=1646697496)
Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1976. Octavo (18.5 × 12.5 cm). Original decorative card wrappers: 169, [1] pp. Owner inscription in black ink to inside wrapper; light sunning to base of spine; else a fine, apparently unread copy. First edition. A cult classic of Russian postmodernism, this first novel of the Soviet-Canadian..... More