Russian Illustrated

Limited edition, one of 25 copies on Japon de 'Shidzouka', from a total edition of 685, signed by Lebedev; folio (39 x 28 cm); illustrated and engraved entirely by Lebedev, lettrines coloured by hand; stitched in the original self-wrappers, some age toning to margin of upper cover, otherwise a very good copy.

Limited edition, one of 230 copies on vélin de Rives, this numbered 77; 4to (33 x 25 cm); translated from the Russian by Alexandra de Holstein et René Ghil, woodcut illustrations and decorations hand-coloured by Jean Saudé, minor thumb stains; unbound in the original thick wrappers, minor age toning to borders, in the original cloth backed portfolio, spine faded and flaps very worn, otherwise very good copy.

First edition, 3 volumes bound in one; folio (45 x 31.5 cm); half-titles, engraved frontispiece, 100 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Atkinson, text in English and French; light toning on first few leaves, occasional light offsetting, some spotting in volume II (plates 54-56), contemporary full red morocco gilt by Staggemeier & Welcher with their ticket to front pastedown, all edges gilt, a fine copy.

First edition, small 4to (27 x 18.5 cm); 19 illustrations of costumes and set designs, 4 of which are in colour; original printed wrappers, a fine copy.

First edition, 4to (29.5 x 22 cm); 610pp., 14 full-page colour plates tipped in after Malyutin, Vasnetsov, Nesterov, Roerich and others, some lacking the original printed tissue guards, numerous further illustrations and photographic reproductions also tipped in, illustrations printed in the text and decorative head and tail-pieces, lettrines, titles and vignettes by numerous artists, gilt decorative endpapers; in the original cloth gilt binding with blue Art Nouveau designs by Sergey Malyutin to upper and lower covers as well as spine, some slight wear and minor repairs to binding otherwise a very good copy.

Limited edition, one of 145 examples on Japon Impérial, 4to (30.5 x 23.5 cm), text in French, translated by N.Andreieff, half-title, title, 76, [6] pp., with 20 colour plates and numerous vignettes in text and elaborate borders, polychrome gold and silver printing, with an extra suite in black in the original green paper chemise; original printed wrappers with gilt detail and publisher's slipcase, slipcase slightly worn and faded but otherwise a mint copy.

First edition, 8vo (25 x 17 cm); xxii, 348pp., frontispiece in colour and black and white illustrations throughout, top edge black; publisher's black cloth gilt, vignette an Alexandra Exter design to upper cover in gilt, without the dust jacket, a fine example.

8vo (19 x 13.5 cm); xii, 296pp., frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout, text in English, translated from Russian by B.C. Baskerville; original black cloth gilt, elaborate vignette in gilt to upper cover, spine slighty rubbed and cockled, a fine copy.

Limited edition, this copy out of series and inscribed by the artist, small 8vo (19 x 14.5 cm); illustrated with 22 phototypes of which 6 are coloured in pochoir by Saudé, with tissue guards, some pages uncut, signed in ink on the upper fly leaf, original printed thick wrappers, an excellent example.

Small folio (32 x 24.5 cm); 13 black and white illustrations; original stapled wrappers with pochoir illustration by Nikolai Remisov, an excellent example.