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  • Leonid Andreyev. The Waltz of the Dogs. A Play in Four Acts. NY: Macmillan, 1922. 1st American edition

    Waltz of the Dogs [Andreyev, 1924]

    Leonid Andreyev. The Waltz of the Dogs. A Play in Four Acts.  In a desolate city, a group of dogs discover the remnants of a waltz, and through their howling and whining evoke a profound emotional response from the narrator. A must-read for fans of...
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  • Dictionary of the Russian Language (Словарь Русского Языка) AND English-Russian dictionary (Англо-Русский Словарь).  1953 hardcover edition. Ozhegov and Muller.

    Two Vintage Russian Dictionaries [1953] Ozhegov, Muller

    Dictionary of the Russian Language (Словарь Русского Языка).  Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov (1900-1964) (Сергей Иванович Ожегов) version. Moscow, 1953. State Publishing House of Foreign and National Dictionaries (Государственное Издательство...
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  • Emily Borman. Nicholas II. A Legendary Dream for Trinity Day (Эмилий Борман. Николай II. Сон - Легенда к Троицину Дню). Tallinn: Author's publication. Ed. Bergman Printing House [1926]. 48 p. Small paperbound pamphlet. IN RUSSIAN.

    Nicholas II. Legendary Dream for Trinity [1926]

    Emily Borman. Nicholas II. A Legendary Dream for Trinity Day (Эмилий Борман. Николай II. Сон - Легенда к Троицину Дню). Tallinn: Author's publication. Ed. Bergman Printing House [1926]. 48 p. Small paperbound pamphlet. IN RUSSIAN. In good condition. Some...
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  • Not By Bread Alone. A Novel in Four Parts. (Не Хлебом Единым. Роман в Четырех Частях). Vladimir Dudintsev. Munich, Tsope (Цопе - Центральная организация послевоенных политических эмигрантов), 1957. 1st edition. 298 pages. Emigre publisher.

    Not By Bread Alone V. Dudintsev 1957

    Not By Bread Alone. A Novel in Four Parts. (Не Хлебом Единым. Роман в Четырех Частях). Vladimir Dudintsev. Munich, Tsope (Цопе - Центральная организация послевоенных политических эмигрантов), 1957. 1st edition. 298 pages. Emigre publisher. Dudintsev's...
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  • The Counter-Revolutionaries. A Novel in 3 parts. (Контрреволюционеры. В трех частях). Scarce: only 500 copies were printed. Three part book set published in Madrid in 1969. Cover illustrations Yu L. Afanasyeva.

    Counter-Revolutionaries Krivorotov Russian Civil War

    The Counter-Revolutionaries. A Novel in 3 parts. (Контрреволюционеры. В трех частях).  A monumental exploration of Russian life from 1892 to 1941. Vasily Ivanovich Krivorotov (1901-1984) was an author, historian, and journalist. During the Russian...
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  • Ономастика. Сборник статей. (Onomastics. Collection of articles.) Various contributors. Moscow: Nauka, 1969. Softcover, 262 pages. IN RUSSIAN. Descriptions and classification of various types of proper names - personal names, geographical names, trade names (trademarks) used in our country and abroad.

    Onomastics [IN RUSSIAN]

    Ономастика. Сборник статей. (Onomastics. Collection of articles.) Various contributors. Moscow: Nauka, 1969. Softcover, 262 pages. IN RUSSIAN. Descriptions and classification of various types of proper names - personal names, geographical names, trade...
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  • The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin. (Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина (Роман Анекдот в Пяти Частях). Vladimir Voinovich [Владимир Войнович]. Paris: YMCA-Press, 1975. First edition. 287 pages, portrait frontis of author. Text in Russian.

    Ivan Chonkin [Voinovich] YMCA Press 1975

    The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin. (Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина (Роман Анекдот в Пяти Частях). Vladimir Voinovich [Владимир Войнович]. Paris: YMCA-Press, 1975. First edition. 357 pages, portrait...
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  • (Божиею милостию. [Париж, Высший монархический совет]). By God's grace. [Paris, Supreme Monarchical Council]. 1957, no author. IN RUSSIAN. 136 pages, many illustrations. Phototype album.

    By God's grace [Божиею милостию] (Romanovs, 1957)

    (Божиею милостию. [Париж, Высший монархический совет]). By God's grace. [Paris, Supreme Monarchical Council]. 1957, no author. IN RUSSIAN. 136 pages, many illustrations. Phototype album. Softcover version, printed on coated paper. (A hardcover version in...
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  • The Reign of Emperor Nicholas II (Царствование императора Николая II). S.S. Oldenburg. 1939-1949

    Reign of Emperor Nicholas II (Oldenburg) 1939-49

    The Reign of Emperor Nicholas II (Царствование императора Николая II). S.S. Oldenburg. Three volumes bound together in a mid-century buckram binding. With one original printed cover at the beginning of the book. Pages have tanned. Binding is sound, hinge...
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  • Galicia and Moldavia Travel Letters [Kelsiev]

    Galicia and Moldavia Travel Letters [Kelsiev]

    Galicia (Galichina) and Moldavia (Moldova). Travel Letters. (Галичина и Молдавия. Путевые письма.) Vasily Ivanovich Kelsiev. (Василий Иванович Кельсиев.) IN RUSSIAN. Originally published in St. Petersburg in 1868 by V.I. Golovin. Reprinted by The...
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  • Russian Reader [1906]

    Russian Reader [1906]

    Paul Boyer and N. Speranski. Russian Reader, Accented Texts, Grammatical and Explanatory Notes, Vocabulary. IL (Chicago): University of Chicago Press, 1906. 386 pages. Extensive appendices with their own index, table of contents. Written before the...
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  • Russian Grammar (vintage edition)

    Russian Grammar [1911]

    The correctness and purity of the Russian language (Правильность и чистота русской речи) and A Guide to Russian Spelling (Русское правописание : руководство). Turn of the century pre-revolutionary grammar books bound in a library hardcover binding. On...
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