One of the finest soviet alphabet books. A scarce and humorous ABC from one of the most celebrated members of the Mir Iskusstva [World of Art] grou...

A charming Russian fairy tale illustrated by Zhenya Kovarskaya who was only 11 years old at the time. Kovarskaya was incredibly industrious for he...

A fine copy of the first edition - made to smuggle into the USSR. Platonov's Chevengur tells of a disastrous attempt to bring about Communism in a ...

Limited edition with an extra suite . A graduate of the Moscow Academy, Zworykine found success early on in his career illustrating books with all ...

Limited edition with six prints . An excellent reference work on Russian art, from book design at the beginning of the twentieth century through to...

Scarce in the dust jackets. A fine example of the first edition of Constance Garnett's translation of Dead Souls, with the incredibly scarce dust j...

A fine example of a very scarce early 19th-century account of the origin and history of Ukrainian Cossacks. Karr's work covers the building of for...

A scarce edition of the traditional Russian folk tale, the Frog Princess, unusually printed in Saratov. Sapozhnikov's illustrations are undoubtedl...

First edition in book form of 22 stories (originally published in various Russian periodicals). Gorky was forced in to exile after the 1905 Revolu...

Presentation copy inscribed by the artist. An early monograph on the work of Simon Lissim, a Ukranian born designer, with fine pochoir plates by Sa...

A scarce souvenir programme for a charity performance held by Pavlova for the benefit of Russian refugees and victims of WWI. The wrappers are viv...

Fresh example of this beautifully illustrated fairytale written originally by the German writer Hauff in 1826. Illustrations for this edition were...

A very rare Soviet children's book with wonderful illustrations of animals and nature. Olga Gurian published over 50 books for children on ancient...

The first edition of this masterpiece work of avant-garde Russian poetry from Mikhail Kuzmin (1872-1936). The eleventh and final book of poetry fr...

The second in a series of poetry chapbooks issued by MAF (Moscow Association of Furturists), in association with VKhUTEMAS, the art school. Aseev ...

Wrappers designed by Annenkov. Tikhonov was associated with Serapion Brothers literary circle which included Mikhail Zoshchenko and Yevgeny Zamyati...

A fresh example of Kuznetsov's first series of drawings of Turkestan, accompanied by his affectionate essay about the region. Originally a member ...

Lishnie Liudi was subsequently banned after publication and withdrawn from all libraries and bookshops. Zoshchenko's satirical tales had been subj...

Vasily Kamensky was a Russian Futurist poet, playwright, and artist as well as one of the first Russian aviators. He only decided to dedicate his ...

A fine illustrated example of one of Pushkin's most popular novels. A limited edition of Pushkin's historical novel based on Pugachev's rebellion o...

With the original wrappers designed by chekhonin . Richly illustrated monograph on Pyotr Konchalovsky, one of the most important Russian artists of...