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  • Superbly bound example of the first Armenian edition of the Aeneid by Virgil, contemporary red morocco, with aristocratic provenance.
    Superbly bound example of the first Armenian edition of the Aeneid by Virgil, contemporary red morocco, with aristocratic provenance.

    VIRGIL.
    Eneakan. 1845.
    £3,750.00

  • the touching story of the loyal dog neptune, illustrations by sokolovskiy
    the touching story of the loyal dog neptune, illustrations by sokolovskiy

    GIPPIUS, Aleksandra.
    Neptun. 1903.
    £500.00

  • Witty erotic illustrations depicting 18th century French aristocracy each accompanied by proverbs and verses.
    Witty erotic illustrations depicting 18th century French aristocracy each accompanied by proverbs and verses.

    [EROTICA].
    Proverbes, Quatrains, Bon vieux temps. [c. 1945].
    £2,000.00

  • A fine copy of this revised & corrected edition with intro by George Sand, in contemporary green sheep by Khi of Moscow. A work ehcoing that of Rousseau.
    A fine copy of this revised & corrected edition with intro by George Sand, in contemporary green sheep by Khi of Moscow. A work ehcoing that of Rousseau.

    SENANCOUR, Etienne Pivert de.
    Obermann. 1840.
    £1,250.00

  • TOLSTOY, Leo and others.
    [Encounter with a Moscow Acquaintance in the Detachment [in] Library for Reading [№12, December]. 1856.
    £2,750.00

  • Limited edition: number 8282 of 10250 copies.
    Limited edition: number 8282 of 10250 copies.

    GIONO, Jean.
    Le Bal, l'Ecossais Angelo 1965.
    £125.00

  • Limited edition of poetic and prose highlights from a journal whose contributors included some of the best Russian symbolist names
    Limited edition of poetic and prose highlights from a journal whose contributors included some of the best Russian symbolist names

    BLOK, Aleksandr, Andrey Beliy, Konstantin, Bal'mont, Maksimilain Voloshyn and others.
    Almanakh' Grif. [Grif Almanach 1903-1913]. 1914.
    £1,350.00

  • Fresh copy of a collection published just before the death of the celebrated poet and publisher of Sovremennik.

    NEKRASOV, Nikolay Alekseevich.
    Posledniia pesni. Stikhtvoreniia. 1877.
    £475.00

  • Attractive 18th century French almanack, with engraved portrait of dedicatee Marie-Antoinette, binding incorporating cartographic & astronomic elements.
    Attractive 18th century French almanack, with engraved portrait of dedicatee Marie-Antoinette, binding incorporating cartographic & astronomic elements.

    [ALMANACK]. NOUGARET [Pierre Jean Baptiste, editor].
    Etrennes des saisons, [1771].
    £400.00

  • Lippincott edition of Where the Blue Begins by Christopher Morley, with colour and black & white illustrations by Arthur Rackham, in dust-jacket.

    RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); MORLEY, Christopher.
    Where the Blue Begins. circa 1925.
    £300.00

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