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One of 3,000 copies printed. Nobel prize laureate Boris Pasternak's first prose book. Please be advised that certain books in our collection may require an export permit for international shipping. If you are interested in purchasing such books for delivery abroad, kindly contact our staff for assistance in obtaining the necessary permit. We appreciate your understanding.

The stamps "From the books of Ya. Khelemsky" to title and several pages. One of 5.000 copies printed. The unique edition of Aleksandr Mitrofanov book. G.Adamovitch in his critic review wrote a lot of good words about this novel. Photomontage to covers without sign. S. Telingater and G. Klutsis work that year for the covers of the serie. Rare edition. OCLC locates two copy in… Read more about this item

One of 5 000 copies printed. First book edition. Isaac Babel (1894-1940) was a renowned Russian-language short story writer, and his works were translated into numerous languages. One of his most notable works was the short story collection "The Odessa Tales," which served as the basis for the play "Sunset." "Sunset" made its debut at the Baku Worker's Theatre in 1927 and later… Read more about this item

One of 5 000 copies printed. Rare in good condition. The collection of feuilletons about labor in pre-revolutionary Russia and the new Soviet country was written by Mikhail Kol'tsov (born Moisey Fridlyand; 1898-1940/2), a journalist and a prominent figure in the Soviet intellectual elite, who also served as an NKVD agent. He played a pivotal role as the founder and… Read more about this item

The book was designed by the Russian-born painter and graphic artist Varvara Bubnova (1886-1983). Her mother was distantly related to the prominent poet Alexander Pushkin. Varvara studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. In the early 1910s, she became a member of the Youth Union and participated in art exhibitions with Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, and David… Read more about this item

The book was designed by the Russian-born painter and graphic artist Varvara Bubnova (1886-1983). Her mother was distantly related to the prominent poet Alexander Pushkin. Varvara studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. In the early 1910s, she became a member of the Youth Union and participated in art exhibitions with Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, and David… Read more about this item

First and only separate life-time edition of Russian all-time favourite playwright Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886). Rare lithographed edition (from the manuscript text) of a play Hard-earned Bread used in theatre rehearsals. The play was first performed at the Maly Theater on 28 November 1874. This edition was signed by censorship on 21 December. Very rare. We couldn't trace any copy via… Read more about this item

Extremely rare clandestine hectograph edition of Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata. This is the first novella in Russian about the marriage and the relationships between sexes. After a long story of editing by the author initial text this eighth version (penultimate, finished in October 1889) has been rewritten by Tolstoy's daughter, Maria, and delivered to St. Petersburg. At the same time Tolstoy… Read more about this item

One of 5 000 copies printed. Album with Chekhov's brief biography and reproductions of rare photographs. These photos published on basis of the Chekhov House-Museum and the Museum of the Moscow Art Theatre collections. One of the most interesting photo made in 1898. There is Chekhov, who was reading text of The Seagull for the artists and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Konstan-tin… Read more about this item

There is first publication of Boris Kustodiev's illustrations to Gogol's stories Koliaska [The Carriage] and Shinel ' [The Overcoat]. These illustrations is called 'narrative' as they complete Gogol's text. The best Russian publishing house of that time, Expedition of making of state papers, ordered them to Kustodiev in 1905 , but unfortunately the edition never appeared in such quality. Kustodiev created… Read more about this item

First publication of a play Tri sestry [Three sisters] by A.P. Chekhov. It was written for the Moscow Art Theatre and performed there for the first time in the same year. The director Konstantin Stanislavsky, Chekhov's future wife Olga Knipper (for whom he wrote Masha's part) and Vsevolod Meyerhold acted in it. Stanislavsky considered Three sisters as "the best" play by… Read more about this item

True first Russian edition of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. When Doctor Zhivago was banned for printing in USSR, Boris Pasternak sold rights for the publication to Italian editor Feltrinelli. The further story is complicated and confusing. It was the cause of several monographs on the period of manuscript's travelling and the appearance of the first edition. Among them The… Read more about this item

First edition. One of 3.000 copies printed. Review of Futurism, Imaginism and Constructivism movements in Russian Literature. Banned, due the articles on Trotsky and Bukharin. Please be advised that certain books in our collection may require an export permit for international shipping. If you are interested in purchasing such books for delivery abroad, kindly contact our staff for assistance in obtaining the necessary… Read more about this item