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Second Russian edition of the poem. First edition of this translation. The first translation of Oscar Wilde's Ballad by N. Korn (presumably a pen name used by Korney Chukovsky) appeared in 1903, but it was riddled with errors. The following year, another version by Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942), a Russian symbolist poet and translator, was published. In the summer of 1902, Balmont… Read more about this item

Translation by N. Kamionskaya. Preface by S. Dinamov. One of 7 000 copies published. First and only Russian edition. One of the first O'Flaherty's books in Russian (three other novels were translated and issued in 1927). Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984), a key figure in the Irish literary renaissance and a founding member of the Irish Communist Party, gained immense popularity in the Soviet Union during… Read more about this item

One of 3 000 copies published. First Yeats's book in Russian. The Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was first mentioned in Russia in an article about William Blake in Severny Vestnik (#9, 1896). In 1915, the literary critic and translator Zinaida Vengerova translated Yeats's play Cathleen ni Houlihan, but it remained unpublished. She also reviewed his Ideas of Good and Evil… Read more about this item

Retold by Boris Zakhoder. First edition with these illustrations. First book edition of this translation. This adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was done by Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000), a prominent poet, translator, and children's writer. Zakhoder's version was first published in the magazine Pioneer in 1971–1972 (# 12, 1-3) and was accompanied by an introduction where he expressed his desire… Read more about this item

Translation by the Prince D. Viazemskii. First edition of this translation. First separate Russian edition of Wilde's Aphorisms. The first Russian translation of Wilde's aphorisms was published in 1905, the same year as the original edition. It was prepared by Ekaterina Andreeva, the second wife of the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont. In 1908, Wilde's aphorisms were published in the magazine Novyi zhurnal… Read more about this item

Translation by A. Radlova. Preface by K. Derzhavin. Afterword by M. Morozov. One of 10 000 copies published. Signed and inscribed by the translator: "Dorogoi moei Sarushke / ot Annushki. / 20-X-37" [To my dear Sarushka from Annushka. October 20, 1937]. First edition of this translation. Anna Radlova (1891–1949), a poet, literary salon-holder, and wife of Sergei Radlov, the theatre director, prepared the translation of… Read more about this item

Translation by Yu. Nagibin and E. Gippius. Preface by Yu. Nagibin. Signed and inscribed by the translator: "Dorogomu / Tole / ot Dzhoni i Yury / Nagibin / Tolkien / 1988" [To my dear Tolya from Johnny and Yura. Nagibin. Tolkien. 1988]. First book edition of Smith of Wootton Major into Russian. The first Russian translation of Tolkien's work was an excerpt from The… Read more about this item

Translation by the Princess A. Obolenskaia. First and only edition of this translation. First Russian edition of De Profundis as a separate book. The first Russian translation of Wilde's De Profundis appeared in 1905, which was the same year as the original text. It was translated by Ekaterina Andreeva, who happened to be the second spouse of the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont.… Read more about this item

First Russian edition of this translation. First complete Russian translation of the book.Second and last Joyce's lifetime edition in Russia in book format. One of 10 000 copies printed. The copy has a printing mistake, pages 225-240 were printed twice instead of 209-224. The novel was translated by 'Ivan Kashkin's workshop school'. Kashkin was the founder of his own school of literary translation. There… Read more about this item

Second Russian edition of The Scarlet Letter. First Russian edition of The Blithedale Romance. The only edition of this translation. This first and only Russian edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's collected works was interrupted in the second volume. These novels were translated and issued by Iosif Maevskiy (1874-1937), who lived in the US in the early 1900s and communicated with Jack… Read more about this item

In original illustrated binding. Near very good condition, slightly wear to the spine and edges. First edition. Very rare. Limited to 5 000 copies. This collection of verses is devoted to the oppressed people in India, Africa, and China. The author, Hungarian poet Antal Hidas (1899-1980) lived in the USSR in 1925-1959. During The Great Purge he was arrested and… Read more about this item

Translation - A. Scherbakov. Foreword - Ju. Kagarlicky. M. Miturich - illustrations. Moskva, Khudozhestvennaya literatura, 1977. Limited to 30.000 copies. First book edition of this translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The translation of Through the Looking-Glass appeared in juvenile journal Koster (Bonfire) in 1969 (# 3-7). The one and only publication of beautiful illustrations of Mai Miturich. Aleksander Scherbakov (1932-1994) was the engineer by profession,… Read more about this item