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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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  • Gorod. Stikhi. [The City. Poems].

    GONCHAROVA, Natalia (illustrator); RUBAKIN, Alexander.
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    One of 25 copies on Chine. A fine copy this masterpiece of the Russian avant-garde. Number 4 of the tirage de tête of only 25 copies on china paper...

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  • Demon.

    LERMONTOV, Mikhail; EBERLING, Alfred (illustrator).
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    Finely bound illustrated edition of Lermontov's Demon, one of the most celebrated works of Russian Romantic literature. Alfred Eberling (1872-1951...

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  • 113721_2 113721

    Olena Kulchytska.

    [ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT UKRAINIAN ARTISTS]. HOLUBETS, Mykola; OSINCHUK, Mykhailo.
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    'the first great modern Ukrainian woman-painter'. A scarce monograph on Olena Kulchytska published by the Assocation of Independent Ukrainian Artis...

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  • 112130_2 112130

    Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebräuche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen,

    GEISSLER, ChristianGottfried Heinrich (artist).
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    First edition of these uncommon lively hand-coloured scenes. The artist Geissler (1770-1844), who accompanied Peter Simon Pallas on his expedition...

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  • 111814_2 111814

    U haiu [In the Grove].

    KLOKOVA-LAPINA, Maria Petrovna; ERMOLENKO, Borys (illustrator).
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    A richly illustrated children's book, a Ukrainian translation of a tale by Russian children's writer Mariia Klokova-Lapina (1884–1943), translated...

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  • 108826_2 108826

    Polnoe Sobranie [The Complete Works].

    TURGENEV, Ivan.
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    The first complete collected works. Turgenev's last literary undertaking – the first complete collected edition of his works. Collected editions ha...

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  • 112541_2 112541

    Les âmes mortes.

    CHAGALL, Marc; GOGOL, Nicolai.
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    The first major book entirely illustrated by Chagall. Gogol's masterpiece Dead Souls, the first major book entirely illustrated by Chagall and his ...

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  • 95700_2 95700

    Dnevnye zapiski plavaniia Vitse-admirala [...] Gavrily Sarycheva po Baltiiskomy moriu i Finskomu zalivu [...]

    SARYCHEV, Gavriil Andreevich.
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    Rare first and only edition of a diary of a Russian expedition in the Baltic Sea by Captain Gavriil Sarychev (1763-1831), a veteran of the Billing...

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  • 113474_2 113474

    Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii I. A. Goncharova [The Complete Works of Goncharov].

    GONCHAROV, Ivan Aleksandrovich.
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    Complete works of one of Russia's most celebrated authors An attractive set in the original publisher's Art Nouveau binding. This edition, publish...

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  • 112309_4 112309_2

    Zhenskiy Zhurnal [Women's magazine].

    [SOVIET WOMEN].
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    A complete run of one year of one of the major periodicals of the 1920s with striking cover designs.Runs of Zhenskiy zhurnal are notably scarce wi...

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  • 112889_2 112889

    Moi Skazki [My Tales].

    KARAZIN, Nikolay Nikolaevich (illustrator).
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    Fine example of the first edition of this popular work, in a decorative publisher's gift binding. Issued by one of the best publishers of the time...

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  • 112248_2 112248

    Rodnye Skazki [Native Tales].

    TULUPOV, N. V. (editor).
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    A charming collection of illustrated Slavic fairy tales edited by Tulupov and based on Afanasyev's folk tales.Second edition, 8vo (20.5 x 16 cm); ...

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  • 113473_2 113473

    Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii N.V. Gogolia [The Complete Works of N.V. Gogol].

    GOGOL, Nikolai Vasilyevich.
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    An attractive, decoratively bound set of the first critical edition of the works of one of the most celebrated Russian authors. Edited by Nikolai ...

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  • 113086_2 113086

    Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii I. S. Turgeneva [The Complete Works of Turgenev].

    TURGENEV, Ivan Sergeevich.
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    An attractive set in the original publisher's decorative Art Nouveau binding. This edition, issued as a supplement to magazine Niva, became a basi...

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  • 113078_2 113078

    Basni I. Krylova [Krylov's Fables].

    KRYLOV, Ivan Andreevich.
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    Wonderful Art Nouveau binding. An excellent illustrated edition of Krylov's fables in a wonderful Art Nouveau binding. Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) is R...

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  • 113070_2 113070

    Vokrug Sveta v Vosem'desiat' dnei [bound with] Vorkrug Luny [Around the World in 80 Days [bound with] Around the Moon].

    VERNE, Jules.
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    A rare illustrated Russian translation of Jules Verne's acclaimed Around the World in 80 Days together with Around the Moon in a remarkably fresh ...

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  • 113368_2 113368

    Ukrainska Abetka [Ukrainian Alphabet].

    KHOLODNY, Petro Ivanovych.
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    Extremely rare production by the Ukrainian diaspora.Attractively illustrated, by the son of the Minister of Education of the Ukrainian People's Re...

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  • 112238

    Bol'shaia entsiklopediia slovar' obshchedostupnykh svedeniy po vsem otrasliam znaniia

    YUZHAKOV, S.N. (ed.).
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    A fine set in the original binding. A beautiful complete set of this significant and profusely illustrated work in a wonderful Art Nouveau binding....

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  • 111875_2 111875

    Tsukor [Sugar].

    DIRSH, Natalia.; KOZLOVSKY, Konstantin (illustrator).
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    Illustrated by the Kyiv-born artist Konstantin Kozlovsky, Tsukor is an incredibly rare example of a Soviet 'production book' printed in Ukrainian....

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