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One of 4 000 copies published. Rare first book by Huxley in Russian, especially in good condition. The only edition of this first Russian translation. The translation of Huxley's acclaimed novel "Point Counter Point" (1928) into Russian was undertaken by the translator Maria Abkina (1892-?), who was associated with the "Soviet school" of literary translation under the guidance of Ivan Kashkin.… Read more about this item

First Russian edition of any book of Mikheil Javakhishvili. One of 4.000 copies printed. Mikheil Javakhishvili (Native name Adamashvili) (1880 – 1937) - Georgian novelist who is regarded as one of the top twentieth-century Georgian writers. "His vivid story-telling, straight in medias res, his buoyant humour, subtle irony, and moral courage merit comparison with those of Stendhal, Guy de Maupassant, and Émile Zola.… Read more about this item

One of 10 000 copies printed. Ukrainian poet Andrey Malyshko (1912-1970) penned these verses after his visit to the USA and Canada in 1950, a time when the World War II alliance between Russia and the USA had become a distant memory. The full-blown Cold War dominated the political landscape, and there were no traces of their former friendship evident in… Read more about this item

Life-time edition. Original edition was published in 1883. Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was among the pioneering writers of detective fiction in the United States, earning her the title "the mother of the detective novel." Before the Russian Revolution, approximately a dozen of Green's novels were translated into Russian. Some of these translations were based on the French editions, and, quite notably, in… Read more about this item

One of 1 000 copies published. The play was translated by Adrian Piotrovskii (1898-1937), renowned for his translations of classical Greek plays and for his work as a playwright. He was also known as the "godfather" of the Worker's Youth Theatre (TRAM). Being the son of the prominent Polish classicist Tadeusz Stefan Zieliński, Piotrovskii was deeply influenced by his father's efforts… Read more about this item

One of 6 000 copies published. First and only edition of this translation. Russian readers first encountered Bret Harte's stories and essays in 1873. It's interesting that Nikolay Chernyshevsky, a journalist, novelist, and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism and Narodniks, translated Harte's story Miggls while he was in exile in Siberia. These works swiftly garnered immense popularity among Russian audiences. The… Read more about this item

One of 5 100 copies published. First and only Russian edition of Norris's "Salt". Rare. F. Scott Fitzgerald advised young women to read "Salt" (1919) by Charles Gilman Norris (1881-1945), an American novelist and playwright, so that they could gain insight into life. Furthermore, it is known that Fitzgerald sent a copy of "This Side of Paradise" to Norris with the inscription: "For… Read more about this item

First or second copy. Unique typescript of the earlier version of the translation. The extracts from the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls", translated into Russian, were scheduled to be published in Znamya magazine in 1941. However, the outbreak of war in June of that year disrupted these plans. Simultaneously, Hemingway faced criticism for the novel and was accused of slander… Read more about this item

One of 6 200 copies published. First Russian edition. This collection comprises six stories from the original edition "Free, and Other Stories" (1918): "A Story of Stories," "McEwen of the Shining Slave Makers," "The Second Choice," "Old Rogaum and His Theresa," "When the Old Century Was New," and "Married." The stories were translated by William Ravinskii (Rovinskii; 1902-1971) and his wife Tatiana… Read more about this item

One of 5 000 copies published. First and only translation of "Bright Metal" in Russian. The first Russian translation of T.S. Stribling (1881-1965), an American writer and Pulitzer Prize laureate (1933), was published in 1926. This was followed by four more books, all published by 1929. The subsequent Russian translation appeared only in 1948 and marked the final Russian book by Stribling. The… Read more about this item

Second Russian edition of the poem. First edition of this translation. The first translation of Oscar Wilde's Ballad by N. Korn (presumably a pen name used by Korney Chukovsky) appeared in 1903, but it was riddled with errors. The following year, another version by Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942), a Russian symbolist poet and translator, was published. In the summer of 1902, Balmont… Read more about this item

Translated from English by T. Shchepkina-Kupernik. Editing, preface, and comments by S. Babukh. Galley proof of Robert Burn's first Soviet translation. Technical editor's marks and stamps (dated on 23 March 1936). This copy was signed by a "technical editor" (Soviet term for a proofreader) A. Tcyppo. According to proofreader's stamps, it is dated on March 23rd and the book of poems was signed… Read more about this item

Translation by N. Kamionskaya. Preface by S. Dinamov. One of 7 000 copies published. First and only Russian edition. One of the first O'Flaherty's books in Russian (three other novels were translated and issued in 1927). Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984), a key figure in the Irish literary renaissance and a founding member of the Irish Communist Party, gained immense popularity in the Soviet Union during… Read more about this item

One of 3 000 copies published. First Yeats's book in Russian. The Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was first mentioned in Russia in an article about William Blake in Severny Vestnik (#9, 1896). In 1915, the literary critic and translator Zinaida Vengerova translated Yeats's play Cathleen ni Houlihan, but it remained unpublished. She also reviewed his Ideas of Good and Evil… Read more about this item

Retold by Boris Zakhoder. First edition with these illustrations. First book edition of this translation. This adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was done by Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000), a prominent poet, translator, and children's writer. Zakhoder's version was first published in the magazine Pioneer in 1971–1972 (# 12, 1-3) and was accompanied by an introduction where he expressed his desire… Read more about this item

Translation by the Prince D. Viazemskii. First edition of this translation. First separate Russian edition of Wilde's Aphorisms. The first Russian translation of Wilde's aphorisms was published in 1905, the same year as the original edition. It was prepared by Ekaterina Andreeva, the second wife of the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont. In 1908, Wilde's aphorisms were published in the magazine Novyi zhurnal… Read more about this item

Preface and translation by N. Gumilev. First edition of this translation. This poem, written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), is often considered to mark a significant shift towards modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. It was translated into Russian for the first time in 1851 and the present translation appeared in Maxim Gorky's publishing house, Vsemirnaia literature (World… Read more about this item

Translation by B. Pasternak. [Preface and comments by M. Morozov]. Signed and inscribed by the translator Boris Pasternak: "Komu vynetsia / tomu sbudetsia. / B Pasternak . 6 ianv. 1947 g. / Moskva". [Whoever pulls up it, will get it. B. Pasternak. January 6th, 1947. Moscow]. Most likely, this signed copy was a prize in some game. Third edition of Hamlet in Pasternak's… Read more about this item

Translation by Yu. Nagibin and E. Gippius. Preface by Yu. Nagibin. Signed and inscribed by the translator: "Dorogomu / Tole / ot Dzhoni i Yury / Nagibin / Tolkien / 1988" [To my dear Tolya from Johnny and Yura. Nagibin. Tolkien. 1988]. First book edition of Smith of Wootton Major into Russian. The first Russian translation of Tolkien's work was an excerpt from The… Read more about this item

Translation by the Princess A. Obolenskaia. First and only edition of this translation. First Russian edition of De Profundis as a separate book. The first Russian translation of Wilde's De Profundis appeared in 1905, which was the same year as the original text. It was translated by Ekaterina Andreeva, who happened to be the second spouse of the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont.… Read more about this item