Literature

Lermontov Mtsyri (Мцыри) deluxe miniature edition

Mikhail Lermontov. Mtsyri (Мцыри). "The Novice" is a poem Lermontov (1814-1841) wrote in 1839 and first published in 1840. It was hailed as "one of the last examples of the classic Russian romantic poetry," according to the Lermontov Encyclopedia...

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Хижина дяди Тома) IN RUSSIAN

Harriet Beecher Stowe (Харриет Бичер-Стоу) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Хижина дяди Тома). Classic about the horrors of the American slave system. IN RUSSIAN. USSR: Minsk, Мастацкая Литература, 1977. Illustrations by Zaitsev. 270 pages. Hardcover, printed boards...

A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие) 1961 [IN RUSSIAN]

A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие). Victor Pekelis (Виктор Давыдович Пекелис) (1921-1997). Illustrations by Dmitry Spiridonovich Bisti (Дмитрий Спиридонович Бисти) (1925-1990) throughout. A collection of 16 short stories in Russian, including "Smart...

Winter Day IN RUSSIAN [V. Soloukhin]

Vladimir Soloukin. Winter Day (Зимный День). IN RUSSIAN. Includes Black Boards (Notes of a Beginning Collector) (Черные Доски) along with several other tales (see pic of table of contents). Moscow: Советский Писатель, 1967. 287 pages. Small hardcover...

White NIghts Dostoevsky [RUSSIAN]

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский). White Nights (Белые ночи). IN RUSSIAN. Together with several short stories: Ёлка и свадьба (A Christmas Tree and a Wedding), Дядюшкин сон (Uncle's Dream)б and Кроткая (A Gentle Creature)...

Russian Folk Tales, Afanasyev [IN RUSSIAN]

A.N. Afanasyev. Russian folk tales. IN RUSSIAN. Goslitizdat, 1957. Volume 2 only. 510 pages. Editor, preface and notes by V. Ya. Propp. Classic collection of over 100 tales in Russian. (See pics of index.) Vintage printing. Hardcover, spine repaired with...

Voices of the mountain cave (Голоса горной пещеры) Krymov

Voices of the mountain cave (Голоса горной пещеры). Vladimir Krymov (Владимир Пименович Крымов). Argentina (Buenos Aires): Seyatil (Сеятиль), 1966. First edition. IN RUSSIAN. 224 pages. 1 copy only. Vladimir Pimenovich Krymov (1878-1968) was born in...

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...

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...

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...

Dostoevsky in portraits, illustrations, documents [RUSSIAN]

Dostoevsky in portraits, illustrations, documents (Ф. М. Достоевский в портретах, иллюстрациях, документах). Edited by Vera Nechaeva. IN RUSSIAN. Large cloth hardcover missing dustjacket. Moscow: Просвещение, 1972. 447 pages. 1 copy only. A detailed...

Collected Works of Zhukovsky [1912]

Собрание сочинений В.А.Жуковского (Collected Works of Zhukovsky). Saint Petersburg, 1912. Изд. Холмушина (Kholmushin). Scarce publication in fair condition. In Russian (of course). 1 copy only. Gilt titles and embossed covers. Covers worn. Edge wear to...

Artzybashev: 3 Plays [1916]. IN RUSSIAN.

Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev ( Михаил Петрович Арцыбашев). A collection of three plays: Ревность (Jealousy) 1913,  Война (War) 1914, and Закон дикаря (Law of the Savage) 1915.  Volume 8 in his Collected works.. Moscow:...

Byliniy (Былины) [1969]

Byliniy (Былины). V.I. Chicherov.  Illustrations by the celebrated graphic artist Ivan Dmitrievich Arkhipov. A collection of heroic poems that includes such works of folklore as "Sadko", "Avdotya Ryazanochka", "Vavila and the buffoons", as well...

Pushkiniana Portraits and destiny IN RUSSIAN

Portraits and destiny. From the Leningrad Pushkiniana (Портреты и судьбы. Из ленинградской Пушкинианы). Ludmila Petrovna Fevchuk. Лениздат: 1990. 2nd updated edition (original 1984). Small hardcover, 224 pages. IN RUSSIAN. Color and black and white...

Fox, Beaver and other Fables [S. Mikhalkov] IN RUSSIAN

Fox, beaver and others: Fables, satires and jests (Лиса, бобер и другие: Басни, фельетоны, шутки). Sergei Mikhalkov (Сергей Михалков). Fables by Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009), who was a member of the noble Mikhalkov family. Among his many...

Prophet Oleg RUSSIAN

Вещий Олег (The Prophet Oleg) by Boris Lvovich Vasiliev (1924-2013) written in 1996. Oleg of Novgorod was a Varangian prince who ruled during the late 9th and early 10th centuries. He was a relative (brother-in-law) of the first ruler, Rurik. In the...

Krylov: Works in Two Volumes. И. А. Крылов. Сочинения

И. А. Крылов. Сочинения. Комплект из 2 книг. Moscow: Художественная литература, 1969. IN RUSSIAN. Hardcover, 2 volumes. 922 pages. The first volume includes “The Post of Spirits, or the Scientist, Moral and Critical Correspondence of the Arab...

Anthology of ancient Russian literature Хрестоматия по древней русской литературе

Хрестоматия по древней русской литературе. (Учебное пособие для студентов педагогических институтов.) Anthology of ancient Russian literature. Н.К.Гудзий. The main sections of this classic textbook on ancient Russian literature include the...

Tale of the Host of Igor (Слово о полку Игореве )

 Слово о полку Игореве в иллюстрациях и документах (Tale of Igor's Campaign in Pictures and Documents). Составитель: Олег Пини, Редактор: Дмитрий Лихачев, Иллюстратор:В. Михневич (Compiled by: Oleg Pini, Editor: Dmitry Likhachev, Illustrator: V...