Eastern European Books
Explore Eastern European rare books at Shapero Rare Books. Discover rare literature, illustrated masterpieces, children's books, and art volumes from Russia and Ukraine.
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Polveka dlia Knigi 1866-1916. [Half a Century for Books].
[RUSSIAN PUBLISHING].Original price £1,000.00 - Original price £1,000.00Original price £0.00£1,000.00£1,000.00 - £1,000.00Current price £1,000.00In the deluxe binding designed by sergey malyutin. Half a century for Books is an impressive example of Art Nouveau Russian book design celebrating...
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Narodnoe Iskusstvo Podol'skikh Ukraintsev [Folk Art of Podolian Ukrainians].
ZAREMBSKY, Arkadii.Original price £1,200.00 - Original price £1,200.00Original price £0.00£1,200.00£1,200.00 - £1,200.00Current price £1,200.00A study of Podillian folk art undertaken by the Podolia Expedition of the Ethnographic Department of the Russian Museum in Leningrad.First edition...
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Ostanovka v Pustyne [A Stop in the Desert].
BRODSKY, Joseph.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00First edition of Ostanovka v Pustyne [A Stop in the Desert] Brodsky's second book of poetry in Russian to be published in America. Described as hi...
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Kiev. Ville Sainte de Russie.
[UKRAINE]. LOUKOMSKI, G.K.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00The deluxe edition - one of 50 copies . The scarce deluxe edition of this important work on Kyiv and the art of the Ukrainian capital simultaneousl...
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Das Veränderte Russland [The Present State of Russia].
[WEBER, Friedrich Christian].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00An important contemporary description of the developments of Russia under Peter the Great, with an early plan of the new city of St Petersburg.Web...
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Vaslav Nijinsky. Six Vers de Jean Cocteau. Six Dessins de Paul Iribe.
COCTEAU, Jean; IRIBIE, Paul.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00A luxurious hommage to Nijinsky. Iribe was a French designer and fashion illustrator who for a while was a member of the Ballets Russes circle, hen...
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Contes populaires russes [Russian Folk Tales].
PUSHKIN, Alexander; LÉBDÉFF, Jean (illustrator).Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00Limited edition of Pushkin's tales with wonderful hand-coloured illustrations. Jean Lébédeff was born in a small town near Nizhniy Novgorod in 188...
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Boris Godunov. Postcards of costume designs for Mussogorsky's opera [with] postcards from skazkis.
BILIBIN, Ivan.Original price £1,600.00 - Original price £1,600.00Original price £0.00£1,600.00£1,600.00 - £1,600.00Current price £1,600.00A scarce collection of postcards by Ivan Bilibin, taken from his costume designs for Boris Godunov and illustrations for fairytales. These bright ...
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Diagilev i s diagilevym. [Diaghilev and with Diaghilev].
LIFAR, Serge.Original price £1,400.00 - Original price £1,400.00Original price £0.00£1,400.00£1,400.00 - £1,400.00Current price £1,400.00Fresh example of this monumental work revealing the life and creative path of one of the most important figures in the history of the Russian ball...
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