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Ten Days That Shook the World [ML #215, c. 1953].

John Reed. Ten Days That Shook the World. (The Modern Library, No. 215). Foreword by V.I. Lenin, introduction by Granville Hicks. Now classic account of the Russian revolution. Reed, immortalized on the silver screen by Warren Beatty in 1981 (Reds), was...

Diary of a Madman (Gogol) IN RUSSIAN

Diary of a Madman (Записки сумасшедшего). Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). IN RUSSIAN. Together with "The Overcoat" and "The Nose", "Diary of a Madman" is considered one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant...

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...

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...

Pushkin: Man and His Age (biography)

Pushkin: The Man and His Age. Robin Edmonds. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 1st edition. 303 pages. Index, chronology, bibliography, chapter notes. 1 copy only. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's (1799-1837) short and dramatic life is at odds with his...

Spiritual Prose Nikolai Gogol [IN RUSSIAN]

Nikolai Gogol (Н. Гоголь). Spiritual Prose (Духовная проза). IN RUSSIAN. Important and significant religious and moral works by Gogol, mostly unknown to the modern reader. Several pages of photographs, including drawings by F.G. Solntsev, portraits of...

Alexander of Russia {Henri Troyat]

Henri Troyat. Alexander of Russia: Napoleon's Conqueror. 1982. Paperback, part of the Grove Great Lives Series. 336 pages. Used, like new. Touch of wear at the extremities, sound binding, no names or writing. In Paris and London, the crowds hailed him as...

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...

Russian Gold And Silverwork, 17th-19th Century [Solodkoff]

Alexander Von Solodkoff. Russian Gold And Silverwork, 17th-19th Century.  Covers gold and silver centers including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tobolsk, Velikiy Ustyug, and the Baltics, and more than a dozen of the leading masters, workshops and firms,...

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...

Measure of Baseness [Мера Подлости] Viktor Mort

A Measure of Baseness [Мера Подлости]. Viktor Mort. A novel about a group of Russian emigres who take it upon themselves to build an Orthodox church and establish a parish. The story is full of vivid characters who begin by expanding their parish, and,...

Novels of Turgenev 12v set 1890s [Incomplete]

The Novels Of Ivan Turgenev. 13 volumes of 15. A mix of similarly printed and bound editions printed in London by William Heinemann and in New York by Macmillan and Company. All of the books indicate Macmillan in gilt on the bottoms of the spines...

Riddles of Russian People - Sadovnikov [IN RUSSIAN]

Riddles of the Russian people. A collection of riddles, questions, parables and tasks. Compiled by Dmitry N. Sadovnikov (1847-1883). Introductory article, editing and notes by V.P. Anikin. Dmitry Nikolayevich was a Russian poet, folklorist and...

The Humour of Russia Voynich [1895]

The Humour of Russia. Selected and translated by Ethel Lilian Voynich, with an introduction by S. Stepniak. Illustrations by Paul Frénzeny. Contents include stories by Gogol, Gorbounov, Ostrovsky, Uspensky, Dostoyevsky, Schedrin, Slepstsyov and...

Russkiy Povar (Русский Повар) IN RUSSIAN Vintage

Russkiy Povar (Русский Повар). IN RUSSIAN. Explore and learn classic emigre recipes such as Potato Salad, Herring (Селедка), Beet Vinaigrette (Винигрет Обыкновенный), Cucumber Salad, and much, much more! Chapters on Appetizers (Закуски), Soups, Sauces,...

Escape from the Soviets [1934]

Tatiana Tchernavin. Escape from the Soviets. Tchernavin (1887-1971) wrote one of the earliest accounts of escaping the Soviet Gulag system, along with her husband Vladimir V. Tchernavin. Both were arrested in the early 1930s, and her husband was...

Tobolsk Museum Reserve

Tobolsk Museum-Reserve (Тобольский музей-заповедник). Yu. S. Nadtochy (Ю. С. Надточий). Sverdlovsk: Mid-Urals Publishing House (Средне-Уральское книжное изд-во), 1988.  Tobolsk, an old city founded in 1590 in Tyumen Oblast, is the second-oldest...

Russian Wonder Tales [1957]

Russian Wonder Tales Containing Twelve Of The Famous Bilibin Illustrations In Color. Post Wheeler. Foreword by editor (Wheeler). Best loved tales include Tsar Saltan, Vasilissa the Beautiful, Fire Bird, Fenist the Falcon, Marya Morevna, Frog Tsarevna, as...