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Russian Tales (Русские сказки). A nice selection of Fairy Tales, as well as Animal Tales, Magical Tales and Folk Tales. IN RUSSIAN. Color illustrations. Published in Russia in 1993. Hardcover. 352 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Used, like new. No ownership marks. Light page tanning. A nice copy. 1 only.
![The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales. Jacqueline Onassis (Editor), Boris Zvorykin (Illustrator). NY: Viking Press, [1978]. Second printing, 1982. 80 pages. Four classic Russian fairy tales: The Firebird, Maria Morevna, Vassilissa the Fair, and The Snow Maiden told with full color illustrations. Boris Zvorykin (1872-1942) is celebrated as one of the most important of Russia's ornamental illustrators. The original illustrations, which are housed in the Metropolitan Museum at New York, were created 100 years ago, following Zworykin's emigration to Paris after the Russian revolution. He used gouache, a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water, that intensifies brilliance of colors.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-kgl10g/images/stencil/500x659/products/671/3152/IMG_3925__14319.1783538616.jpg?c=2 "The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales. Jacqueline Onassis (Editor), Boris Zvorykin (Illustrator). NY: Viking Press, [1978]. Second printing, 1982. 80 pages. Four classic Russian fairy tales: The Firebird, Maria Morevna, Vassilissa the Fair, and The Snow Maiden told with full color illustrations. Boris Zvorykin (1872-1942) is celebrated as one of the most important of Russia's ornamental illustrators. The original illustrations, which are housed in the Metropolitan Museum at New York, were created 100 years ago, following Zworykin's emigration to Paris after the Russian revolution. He used gouache, a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water, that intensifies brilliance of colors.")
