Books:Slavic Literature:Classics from ZH BOOKS

S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) : Tipografiia Tovarishchestva "Obshchestvennaia Polza", 1887. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded with two engraved plates of Pushkin's portrait and a scene of his duel, newly-discovered poems, and 500 letters; 10 1/2 x 7; pp. [8], III- XIV, [2], III-LIX, [3], 3-1627, [1], II-VII, [3]; red cloth over boards, with elaborate gilt and black illustrations; cloth to edges… Read more about this item

Moskva/Leningrad (Moscow/St. Petersburg): Krug, 1925. Softcover. First edition in book form, 1 of 7000 copies; 8 x 5 1/4; pp. [4], 7-196, [4]; beige wraps, illustrated and printed in black and red; deckled page edges; unobtrusive, thin, closed cuts to wraps along spine repaired; a few nicks and chips to edges; overall in very good condition.A beautiful edition of… Read more about this item

St. Petersburg: Trud, 1907. Softcover. First edition, n.d. (ca 1907); 3 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 64; illustrated green wraps; a few rubbed spots and a small nick to head of spine, else minor wear; very good or better.The books in the "Khudozhestvennaia Biblioteka" series presented cheaply but accurately translated major works of world literature. The current one, translated… Read more about this item

St. Petersburg/Moscow: T-va M. O. Volf' i T-va I. T. Sytina, 1913. Hardcover. Second edition (published a few months after the original first); 6 x 9; vol. I pp. 335, vol. II pp. 343; 1/2 cloth and marbled paper over boards; handwritten paper label to spine; some rubbing to tips of spine and edges of boards; small tipped-in bookplate… Read more about this item

Moscow: Khudozhestvennaia Literatura, 1967. Hardcover. First edition thus; 6 x 8; pp. [4], 5-389, [3]; embossed black cloth over boards; gilt decoration to front cover; pictorial DJ; small rubbed spots to corners; minor foxing to page edges and margins of first few pages only; illustrated in red and black; about near fine- condition. Jacket with few cuts and chips… Read more about this item

Moscow: Progress, 1965. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. [4], 5-255; beige cloth over boards illustrated in brown and black; minor fading and age-toning to spine; very light forward slant to spine; very good to near fine.A beautiful edition of John Steinbeck's classic on his road trip across the United States.

Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in this format; 6" x 8 3/4"; pp. [2], 3-188, [4]; original pictorial boards; slight rubbing to edges and corners; illustrated from paintings by Lermontov himself and engravings by beloved illustrator and artist Dementii Shmarinov ; very good or better. From the library of Milton Van Dyke… Read more about this item

Moskva/Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Khudozhestvennoi Literatury, 1931. Soft cover. Good. Sixth revised edition; 5" x 7 1/4"; pp. [3], 4-124, [4] including index; original printed boards; wear to edges of spine; small bumps and nicks along the covers; front hinge cracked, text clean; good. Considered Babel's best work, the "Red Cavalry" cycle of stories was based on his own… Read more about this item

Moskva/Leningrad: Zemlia i Fabrika, 1926. Soft cover. Good. First edition, 1 of 8000 copies; 5 1/2" x 7"; pp. 3-78, index to last page; original pictorial wraps; small chips along edges and corners; deckled page edges; a few minor penciled-in notes throughout; good to very good condition. This collection contains 7 of Babel's childhood tales - 'Istoriia Moei… Read more about this item

Moskva/Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Khudozhestvennaia Literatura, 1934. Hardcover. Good. First edition; 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"; pp. [4], 5-282, [6]; original embossed pictorial boards; discoloration and faint staining along margins and spine; full-page lithograph frontis; good condition. The current edition contains the stories from "Red Cavalry" (describing the author's own experiences as a correspondent on the war front) and… Read more about this item

Moskva/Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo, 1928. Soft cover. Good. Third edition; 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"; pp. [3], 6-172, [3] publisher's list; original pictorial stiff wraps; head and tail of spine with small loss of paper; a few spots mostly to upper margin of front cover; illegible note affixed to front cover verso; front hinge a bit weak; soiling to… Read more about this item