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[ Title in Russian:] NOCH' V OKOPE [Night in a Trench] by Khlebnikov, Velemir - 1922

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[ Title in Russian:] NOCH' V OKOPE [Night in a Trench] by Khlebnikov, Velemir - 1922

[ Title in Russian:] NOCH' V OKOPE [Night in a Trench]

by Khlebnikov, Velemir

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Moscow: Imazhinisty, 1922. [16]pp. Octavo. Printed drab wrappers. Pale splashmark around one staple at spine, lower fore-corners curled, minute ink name and date on first blank, uniform tanning, but a very good copy of a fragile book. First edition of this single poem. Although the printer's imprint implies a substantial edition, it was published in perishable format. OCLC/Worldcat records ten copies. GETTY 310.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD / UBIT' PERESMESHNIKA
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD / UBIT' PERESMESHNIKA

by Lee, Harper; Nora Gal' & Raisa Oblonskaya (translators)

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Moscow: Molodaya Gvardia, 1964. First Russian Book Edition. 351,[1] pp., with several in-text illustrations. Cloth-backed pictorial paper over boards. Early Russian ink inscription and inkstamp on rear pastedown. A few small scribbles in blue ink on covers and ink stains on cloth. Edges of boards lightly worn, front hinge cracked. Contents lightly toned, but surprisingly fresh for the quality of the paper. A good copy. The pirated first Russian book edition, after a 1963 appearance in the periodical INOSTRANAYA LITERATURA ("Foreign Literature") and a 1964 special separate issue of ROMAN-GAZETA ("Novel as Newspaper"). Like other books by foreign authors published in the USSR at the time, this edition is a piracy, with no royalties paid to the author. Nevertheless, it was a major undertaking, engaging major Russian literary talents of the day, with the still-authoritative translation by Nora Gal (1912-1991) and Raisa Oblonskaya (1924-2010), an introduction by celebrated literary critic Raisa Orlova… Read More
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ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH
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ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH

by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander

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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1963. First U.S. edition with scarce wraparound band reading " 'DUTTON EDITION IS SUPERIOR'/ Harrison Salisbury - NEW YORK TIMES." This edition translated from the Russian by Ralph Parker whereas the edition published in the U.S. the same year by Frederick A. Praeger was translated by Max Hayward and Ronald Hingley (the Praeger precedes this one per Fiene). Harrison E. Salisbury's January 22, 1963, review reads in part: "Of the two translations neither comes close to reproducing the rough vigor of the author's concentration camp slang .... However, Ralph Parker's version in the Dutton edition is superior to the patchwork thrown together by Max Hayward and Ronald Hingley for Praeger. The most striking blooper of the Hayward-Hingley translation is to put in the mouths of the prisoners the phrase 'Comrade Warder.' The prisoners were forbidden ... to call the guards 'comrade' ...." 8vo light gray-green rough cloth boards stamped in green on front and spine; top edge stain… Read More
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Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture [Kommentarii k desiati knigam ob arhitekture Virtuvia]
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Vitruvius M. Ten books on the architecture of Vitruvius with a commentary by Daniele Barbaro. With the appendix of a treatise by Giuseppe Salviati on the method of accurately drawing the Ionian volute. Translation by A.I. Venediktov, V.P. Zubov and F.A. Petrovsky. Introductory article and notes by V.P. Zubov. / Classics of the theory of architecture. Under the general editorship of A.G. Gabrichevsky. M.: publishing house of the All-Union Academy of Architecture, 1938. XXVIII, 478, [2] p.; from ill. in the text and 2 illus. on separate sheets. 34 x 25.5 cm. Artist I.F. Rerberg. In publisher's binding. Excellent security.Mark Vitruvius Pollio (I century BC) - Roman architect and mechanic, scientist-encyclopedist. Received an architectural education. During the civil war, under the leadership of Julius Caesar, he took part in the construction of military vehicles. Later, being a military engineer, he independently developed and created ballistas and other siege weapons. Among the embodied projects of… Read More
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Illustrated history of Peter the Great Vol. 2. [Illiustrirovannaia istoria Petra velikogo]
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Illustrated history of Peter the Great Vol. 2. [Illiustrirovannaia istoria Petra velikogo]

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Brikner Alexander Gustavovich (1834-1896) - Russian historian of German origin. Brikner's study "The History of Peter the Great" became the first popular science essay in Russian historiography about the era and personality of Peter I, based on the latest research in historical thought.The History of Peter the Great is divided into six books. Each part covers a separate topic: the personality of the reforming tsar and his associates, the first years of independent rule, administrative and legislative reforms, and the foreign policy of Peter I.The main scientific interest of Alexander Brikner was the turn of Russia in its development towards Europe - therefore, the era of Peter the Great was of paramount interest to him.The value of the publication also lies in the rich illustrative material related to the Petrine era. The reproduction of drawings, engravings and documents was specially undertaken for this edition, with strict adherence to all the details of the originals, which was necessary to… Read More
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Russians in its proverbs vol. 3-4 [Russkie v svoih poslovitsah]
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Russians in its proverbs vol. 3-4 [Russkie v svoih poslovitsah]

by Snegirev I. M.

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The first edition of one of the most famous works of the ethnographer and archaeologist, professor at Moscow University, researcher of the culture of Ancient Russia, Ivan Mikhailovich Snegirev (1793–1868). Proverbs and parables for this work were collected by I.M. Snegirev for 30 years and constitute important material for the study of the Russian people and language. Vladimir Dal called this work one of the sources he used. In the report on the award of the fifth Demidov Prize, which was awarded to the book, "remarks and explanations of proverbs, sayings and various words related to domestic memories, and especially to ancient judicial rites and to the subject of jurisprudence, which constitute the most curious part of works of Mr. Snegirev. The edition is rare.
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD / UBIT' PERESMESHNIKA
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD / UBIT' PERESMESHNIKA

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Moscow: Molodaya Gvardia, 1964. First Russian Book Edition. 351,[1] pp., with several in-text illustrations. Cloth-backed pictorial paper over boards. Early Russian ink inscription and inkstamp on rear pastedown. A few small scribbles in blue ink on covers and ink stains on cloth. Edges of boards lightly worn, front hinge cracked. Contents lightly toned, but surprisingly fresh for the quality of the paper. A good copy. The pirated first Russian book edition, after a 1963 appearance in the periodical INOSTRANAYA LITERATURA ("Foreign Literature") and a 1964 special separate issue of ROMAN-GAZETA ("Novel as Newspaper"). Like other books by foreign authors published in the USSR at the time, this edition is a piracy, with no royalties paid to the author. Nevertheless, it was a major undertaking, engaging major Russian literary talents of the day, with the still-authoritative translation by Nora Gal (1912-1991) and Raisa Oblonskaya (1924-2010), an introduction by celebrated literary critic Raisa Orlova… Read More
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Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture [Kommentarii k desiati knigam ob arhitekture Virtuvia]
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Vitruvius M. Ten books on the architecture of Vitruvius with a commentary by Daniele Barbaro. With the appendix of a treatise by Giuseppe Salviati on the method of accurately drawing the Ionian volute. Translation by A.I. Venediktov, V.P. Zubov and F.A. Petrovsky. Introductory article and notes by V.P. Zubov. / Classics of the theory of architecture. Under the general editorship of A.G. Gabrichevsky. M.: publishing house of the All-Union Academy of Architecture, 1938. XXVIII, 478, [2] p.; from ill. in the text and 2 illus. on separate sheets. 34 x 25.5 cm. Artist I.F. Rerberg. In publisher's binding. Excellent security.Mark Vitruvius Pollio (I century BC) - Roman architect and mechanic, scientist-encyclopedist. Received an architectural education. During the civil war, under the leadership of Julius Caesar, he took part in the construction of military vehicles. Later, being a military engineer, he independently developed and created ballistas and other siege weapons. Among the embodied projects of… Read More
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Sketches about the Russian intelligentsia
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Sketches about the Russian intelligentsia

by A. N. Potresov [Starover]

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The book from Russian Imperial Library of Nicoulaus II. The proposed articles were written at different times and on different occasions, but their protagonist invariably remained that motley complex of stratifications of our Russian public, which is known under the general name - the intelligentsia: moderate and revolutionary; fussing about cheese artels and dreaming of world reorganization; following the representatives of the propertied society - in the construction of life, and composing its own - party construction, as an antithesis to this construction; the intelligentsia, gravitating towards the peasantry, and the intelligentsia, with the proletariat at the center of their political plans and socialist prospects.
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Illustrated history of Peter the Great Vol. 2. [Illiustrirovannaia istoria Petra velikogo]
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Illustrated history of Peter the Great Vol. 2. [Illiustrirovannaia istoria Petra velikogo]

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Brikner Alexander Gustavovich (1834-1896) - Russian historian of German origin. Brikner's study "The History of Peter the Great" became the first popular science essay in Russian historiography about the era and personality of Peter I, based on the latest research in historical thought.The History of Peter the Great is divided into six books. Each part covers a separate topic: the personality of the reforming tsar and his associates, the first years of independent rule, administrative and legislative reforms, and the foreign policy of Peter I.The main scientific interest of Alexander Brikner was the turn of Russia in its development towards Europe - therefore, the era of Peter the Great was of paramount interest to him.The value of the publication also lies in the rich illustrative material related to the Petrine era. The reproduction of drawings, engravings and documents was specially undertaken for this edition, with strict adherence to all the details of the originals, which was necessary to… Read More
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Correspondence of Nicolai and Alexandra Romanov vol. 1-5 [Perepiska Nikilaia i Aleksandry Romanovyh]
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Nostoiashchee. Poema. Stikhi. Bibliografiia.
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Nostoiashchee. Poema. Stikhi. Bibliografiia.

by Velemir Khlebnikov, Al'vek, V.A.Sillov

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(The present. A poem. Al'vek: Poems. Sillov: A Bibliography). Octavo 22 x 19 cm., wrappers, 39pp. The first publication of Khlebnikov's late work "The Present." Original wrappers. In addition to Khlebnikov's posthumous verses first printed here, the volume also contains poems by the "orientalist" Al'vek (S. Izrailovich Pinkus-Iosif, 1895-1943). He was a close friend of Khlebnikov in his last days and took upon himself the role of executor for Khlebnikov's estate and was responsible for this first printing. This book also includes the first bibliography of Khlebnikov's published works and contributions from 1908-1925 by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sillov (1901-1930). Sillov was allied with the Futurists; he was a poet and critic. With an extensive handwritten dedication in pencil from 1932 by Al'vek on p. 23. Title page with handwritten dedication. Rare, this work is not located in any library or institution by OCLC. Turchinskii p. 566, Leskov No. 2410.
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Konets Sveta : The Doomsday Conspiracy in Russian
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Konets Sveta : The Doomsday Conspiracy in Russian

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Moscow, Russia: Unknown, 2000. Very Good condition Hardcover Octavo with no dust jacket, 2000, Entirely in Cyrillic Russian. Light edgewear of glossy pictoral boards. Interior unmarked and solid.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
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The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA

The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA

by Tolstoi, Count Lyof N

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UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.
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The Other Side of Midnight in Russian
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The Other Side of Midnight in Russian

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Moscow, Russia: Unknown, 2000. 820(73) : Very Good condition Hardcover Octavo with no dust jacket, 2000, Entirely in Cyrillic Russian. Light edgewear and the spine foot tips are chipped. Binding slightly cocked. Interior unmarked and solid.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
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ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH
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ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH

by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander

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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1963. First U.S. edition with scarce wraparound band reading " 'DUTTON EDITION IS SUPERIOR'/ Harrison Salisbury - NEW YORK TIMES." This edition translated from the Russian by Ralph Parker whereas the edition published in the U.S. the same year by Frederick A. Praeger was translated by Max Hayward and Ronald Hingley (the Praeger precedes this one per Fiene). Harrison E. Salisbury's January 22, 1963, review reads in part: "Of the two translations neither comes close to reproducing the rough vigor of the author's concentration camp slang .... However, Ralph Parker's version in the Dutton edition is superior to the patchwork thrown together by Max Hayward and Ronald Hingley for Praeger. The most striking blooper of the Hayward-Hingley translation is to put in the mouths of the prisoners the phrase 'Comrade Warder.' The prisoners were forbidden ... to call the guards 'comrade' ...." 8vo light gray-green rough cloth boards stamped in green on front and spine; top edge stain… Read More
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Russian Language: the Second Book of Russian Culture [Book is Written  Russian/cyrillic]
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Russian Language: the Second Book of Russian Culture [Book is Written Russian/cyrillic]

by Poltoratzky, Marianna; Dostert, Leon E. [editor]; Mueller, Hugo [editor]

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Milwaukee, WI: The Bruce Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Book is Good . There are about 22 pages with light pencil marks. 2 pages with single thin vertical crease near gutter - no effect to text - appears to be binding issue. Strong and sturdy binding that will lay flat but no damage. Very slight wear to cover corners and edges. Slight spine crimping. Few light areas of cover surface soiling. Faint store stock stamp on front fly leaf. Thin and light pen mark to front page ends - ends only. This scarce book is written in Russian except for the introduction which is in English. Marianna Poltorzatky was the Chairman for the Department of Russian at Vassar College. ; Modern Series in Foreign Languages; B&W illustrations and photographs; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 398 pages .
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Pis'ma. so vstupitel'nymi stat'iami i primechaniiami S. M. Solov'eva

Pis'ma. so vstupitel'nymi stat'iami i primechaniiami S. M. Solov'eva: Letters. with introductory articles and notes by SM Solovyov

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Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich. Pis'ma. so vstupitel'nymi stat'iami i primechaniiami S. M. Solov'eva .. [et al.] Leningrad, Kolos, 1925. 1st. 12mo, later hardcover red cloth, gilt title "Alexander Blok - Letters" to spine. Pp 228, 1p ads. In Cyrillic. Pages age toned. Front free end paper missing, small tear without loss on last page of publishers ads. Book plate of Ian Grey, russian historian and author on front pastedown. Scarce.
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ДУХОВНАЯ БРАНЬ (Dukhovnaya bran') / Spiritual battle

ДУХОВНАЯ БРАНЬ (Dukhovnaya bran') / Spiritual battle

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Spiritual battle for the honor, holiness, glory and majesty of the Heavenly Queen. A 2nd ed. good- paperback (staple-bound), closed tears, soiling, stains FON stamp, & other defects on cov. & text as in image. *Abbot of the missionary monastery of the Resurrection of the Lord, missionary of the Holy Synod.
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V.I. Surikov (Russian Edition)
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V.I. Surikov (Russian Edition)

by N. G Mashkovtsev

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Iskusstvo, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Used- Very good condition. Russian edition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows slight shelf wear. Slight scuffing on the edges and corners of the dust jacket. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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A Grammatical  Study Of The Literary Form Of The Bulgarian Language (...

A Grammatical Study Of The Literary Form Of The Bulgarian Language ( )

by Bernshtein, S. B. (Editor)

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Moscow Academy Of Learning, Moscow, 1959; First Edition; 8vo, 437 pages; brown cloth; gilt titles. Scholarly study of the literary form of the Bulgarian language, with lengthy contributions by five specialists in the field. Edited by Samuil Borosovich Bernshtein. Text in Russian. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.
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Bibliography Of The Publications Of The Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences 1869-1953

Bibliography Of The Publications Of The Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences 1869-1953

by Sabeva, Emilia and Maria Stanceva

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Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1956; 8vo, 538 pages; gray cloth; blue titles. Monumental bibliographical listing of nearly 6800 works published by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1869 to 1953, organized sequentially by publication number and year, with a complete alphabetical index to all works cited. Very Good, clean and bright, binding tight and square, corners sharp. A small rectangular portion in the blank margin at the upper right corner of the title page, approximately 3/8" high by 2" long, has been clipped out, not affecting text on either side. Text in Bulgarian. A rare reference.
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