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First and only edition.The story is about the African animals and their friend, a little boy Mik who decided to build an ice-cream factory in Africa. Mik and animals took a trip to Milk country, Orchard country, Sugar country and Ice county and learned the secrets of ice-cream producing. The author, Evgeny Rein (born 1935), is a prominent poet, writer, translator and Joseph Brodsky's friend. He also was one of the Akhmatova's Orphans, the poetic group from Leningrad. Rein earned a living by writing popular scientific articles in children's magazines and children's books. His poems were published in samizdat, and the first collection of verses appeared only in 1984. The book was illustrated by an artist, Igor Ershov (1916-1985). He studied at the Ilya Repin Leningrad Institute (former the Imperial Academy of Arts) under Vladimir Konashevich. Since the 1950s, Ershov worked as a book illustrator. The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely… Read More

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 to rename the book something more creative than Alice in Wonderland. He suggested names such as Aliska in Imagination, Aliska in Surprisedland, Aliska in Chepukhania or Aliska in Raschudesiya, but ultimately succumbed to the established literary tradition. Zakhoder also confessed that Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was his favorite book, which he had re-read in the original language for 25 years before translating it into Russian. He tried to convey the same emotions and imaginative spirit of the English version to Russian children in his translation. Zakhoder's adaptation was a… Read More

[Rostov-on-Don], Rostovskoe knizhnoe izdatel'stvo, 1960.Limited to 90 000 copies.The first and only edition of these illustrations in a Russian edition. Rare provincial edition.
The translator, Aleksandr Olenich-Gnenenko (1893–1963), a journalist and poet, lived in Omsk and then in Rostov-on-Don. His translations of Edgar Allan Poe's verses are still highly valued. Cover design and illustrations were prepared by Anatoliy Mosin (1924-1979), a Rostov artist, caricaturist and poster artist.
OCLC locates six copies of this edition: in the University of Texas Library, the Kansas State University Library, the Wayne State University, the Columbia University Library, the USC Library (Cassady Lewis Carroll Collection) and the UC Davis Library.

Moskva, Detgiz, 1958.Limited to 30 000 copies.Signed and inscribed by translator: "Dorogomu drugu - / Pavlu Khrisandovichu Maksimovu, / odnomu iz zachinateley sovetskogo / ocherka, Nestoru rostovskoy pisa- / telskoy organizatsii / Ot vsey dushi / na dobruyu pamyat' / A. Olenich-Gnenenko / 27|I 1959 g. / Rostov-Don" [To my dear friend Pavel Khrisandovich Maksimov, who is one of the pioneers of the Soviet sketches and Nestor of Rostov Writers Organization. With all my heart for good memories. January 27, 1959 Rostov-on-Don].First and only edition of these illustrations.
The first and only edition of this translation published in Moscow at State Children's Publishing House (Detgiz). In contrast of Rostov's editions, it was printed on good paper. Furthermore, this edition has special preface by Viktor Vazhdaev (1908-1978), a folk tales collector and writer. It contains a short biography of Lewis Carroll, including some information about his adventures in Russia, and the story of Alice. According to… Read More

Peterburg, Vsemirnaya literatura, 1922.Limited to 3 500 copies.Second Russian book edition of The Little White Bird. The only edition in new spelling.Lifetime edition.
The Little White Bird (1902) in Russian was first published in magazine Letopis' (Chronicle) in 1917 and the following year as a book. J.M. Barrie's famous Peter Pan figure was introduced to Russian readers in this translation. It was prepared by writer, prominent translator and literary critic Avgusta Damanskaya (1877-1959). She had a negative attitude to the Russian Revolution, emigrated in 1920 and settled down in Paris. However, émigré life was marked by poverty and uncertainty. In her letter to Maxim Gorky, the notable Soviet writer and founder of the World Literature (Vsemirnaya literatura) publishing house, she asked to send some of the money for translations that've been published in the USSR. Last edition of this translation appeared in Berlin in 1923. Furthermore, Peter Pan character was forgotten in the USSR until 1968. The… Read More

First edition.Rare in such condition.This picture book about an old man and his pets was created by an artist, writer, art theorist and one of the 'founding fathers' of the Moscow Conceptualist artistic movement Viktor Pivovarov (born 1937). He studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute under Pavel Korin. As well as some others avant-garde artists since 1930s illustrated children's books to stay away from repressions, Pivovarov did the same in 1960-1970s. Since late 1960s he worked in the Detskaya Literatura publishing house where he met representatives of the 'Lianozovo group' Igor Kholin and Genrikh Sapgir, and through them, Ovsei Driz and Ilya Kabakov. Pivovarov was also part of the Sretensky Boulevard Group, a loosely associated community of artists with neighbouring studios in Moscow that included Ilya Kabakov and Erik Bulatov. In 1982 the artist moved to Prague.The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The… Read More

Limited to 1430 copies. This story by a well-known writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981), is devoted to an older man who came to look at the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station construction, the largest hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River. The station was built in two stages. DniproHES-1 was initially built between 1927-1932 but was destroyed during WWII to make the river harder for the advancing German forces to cross. It was rebuilt between 1944-1950. Karachay-Balkar is a Turkic language spoken by the Karachays and Balkars who live in the North Caucasus. After the October Revolution, as part of a state campaign of Latinisation of Karachay and Balkar, educators developed a new alphabet based on Latin letters. It was used from 1929 till 1939. The new alphabet based on Cyrillic letters was officially adopted later. During the war, both peoples were accused of aiding the German invaders and were deported from their permanent residence in one day. A few books published before the war in the Latin… Read More

First and only edition.This collection of verses by a well-known children's poet Vadim Levin (born 1933) was illustrated by an artist Ivan Bruni (1920-1995), the son of famous avant-garde painter and graphic artist Lev Bruni. His mother was the daughter of Konstantin Balmont, the symbolist poet and one of the major figures of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry. Ivan Bruni studied at the Art Academy of Latvia and the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow under Vladimir Favorsky. In 1959-1962 he was the main artist in Detskiy mir publishing house. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in еру USA or European libraries via OCLC.The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962 Shmeleva participated in the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artist at the Central Exhibition Hall (Manège) which was severely criticized by Nikita Khrushchev. This event marked the end of the period… Read More

324,000 copies were printed.This well-known children's magazine issue includes the article about Muhammad Ali and the Black Muslim movement in America. The article is completed with Ali's verse entitled in Russian version as Cassius-Boaster. Joseph Brodsky, the future Nobel prize winner, was the translator. Unfortunately, we could not identify the original verse describing Ali's two victories over rivals, Sonny Liston and Joe Frazier (1963 and 1965). Perhaps, Brodsky compiled this poem from two or more of Ali's songs based on I Am the Greatest mainly.Mikhail Belomlinsky (1934-2020), co-designer of the cover of this issue and the illustrator of the first Russian edition of Tolkien's The Hobbit.Brodsky, #375.Rare, as all Soviet Brodsky's publications.

First edition. The only edition with these illustrations. The verses were designed by two book artists: Felix-Lev Zbarsky (1931-2016) and Mark Klyachko (1924-2000). Zbarsky studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute and became famous when he designed Yury Olesha's Selected works and Yves Montand's Memoirs in 1956. Sergei Dovlatov wrote that the Khrushchev Thaw for him began with the drawings of Zbarsky. The artist also worked at the animation studio as a production designer. In 1972 the artist emigrated to Israel and later to the USA. Klyachko studied at the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow. He is best known for the illustrations to the Russian edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (1974). The book design was criticized for the avant-garde style. So it was one of the reasons for reorganization of the publishing house. The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962… Read More

One of 5 000 copies printed.Rare.Printed in Kaunas.First edition of this fairy tale with Mavrina's illustrations was issued in 1958. It was also published in English, Swahili, Vietnamese, Arabic and languages of India (Assamese, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada). Tatyana Lebedeva (1900/1902–1996), better known by her mother's surname, which she used as a pseudonym—Mavrina. She studied at VKhUTEMAS under Robert Falk. Mavrina was a member of 'Group 13', an association of graphic artists created in 1929. In the same year, first children's book with her illustrations was issued. As well as some others Russian avant-garde artists, she illustrated children's books since 1930s because it was the only way to stay away from repressions during the Stalin era. After the WWII, Mavrina created her own unique and easily recognizable style — 'method, combining the traditions of Russian primitivism with the painterly quests of the first decades of the early XXth century'. Her illustrations to Russian folktales have… Read More

Second edition [of this design].Poems about clocks from Russian poetess Elizaveta Polonskaia (1890-1969) - member of The Serapion Brothers group (look Leslie Dorfman Davis, Serapion Sister: The Poetry of Elizaveta Polonskaja. Evanston, IL, 2001). Wolfgang Kasack wrote that her poetry is 'clear and beautiful'. In 20s she worked as a translator into Russian, f.e. works of Shakespeare. The illustrations made by Nikolai Lapshin (1888-1942) one of the main artist of Leningrad school who started as futurist and rayonist. He was a member of Unblood murder group (with Vera Ermolaeva, Mikhaïl Le Dentu and Iliazd) and Union of the Youth (together with Olga Rozanova, Kazimir Malevitch, Pavel Filonov, Vladimir Tatlin etc.). Lapshin was one of the few Russian artists who worked for Limited Edition Club. He prepared watercolor illustrations for Marco Polo edition published in 1934. He died in besieged Leningrad. The first edition of the poem Chasy published in 1925 with different illustrations and cover. In… Read More

First edition of these illustrations.
The book consists of two fairy tales. The first tale is Cuckoo, a Nenets story portraying a mother who transforms into a cuckoo due to her children's neglect. The second tale is Aioga, a Nanai story depicting a beautiful girl who becomes so enamored with her own reflection that she ultimately transforms into a goose.The translation and editing of Cuckoo were accomplished by Mikhail Voskoboinikov (1912-1979), a folklorist and specialist in Northern Peoples. In 1952, he was arrested and endured two and a half years in a labor camp. Upon his release, Voskoboinikov taught at the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute, translated Russian literature into the Evenki language, and compiled a collection of literature and folklore from Northern peoples in Russian translation. The adaptation of Aioga was skillfully crafted by Dmitry Nagishkin (1909-1961), a renowned writer, journalist, and author known for his specialization in Amur fairy tales. The illustrations in the book… Read More

One of 3 000 copies published.This story by a well-known writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981) is devoted to an old man who come to look at the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station construction, the largest hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River. First edition in Russian was issued in 1933.The station was built in two stages. DniproHES-1 was originally built between 1927-1932 but was destroyed during WWII to make the river harder for the advancing German forces to cross. It was rebuilt between 1944-1950.Illustrations were created by the Ukrainian illustrator Lev Kaplan (1899-1972). Author's copy. We couldn't trace any copy of this issue in the USA. OCLC locates one copy of this edition in the McGill University Library (Canada).

Published 60 000 copies only.The book includes two verses: Why Do Male Lions Have Big Mane and How Frogs Learned to Croak. The author, Emma Moshkovskaya (1926-1981), was a prominent children's writer and poet. She is also well-known for her lyrics and as a screenwriter for cartoons. The illustrator, Yury Bogorodskiy (1933-1970), studied at the Moscow Film School under Yury Pimenov. He designed The Horse Breeding pavilion at VDNKh and worked as a children's illustrator. He died at the age of 36 after being hit by a bus. The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962 Shmeleva participated in the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artist at the Central Exhibition Hall (Manège) which was severely criticized by Nikita Khrushchev. This event marked the end of the period called as the Khrushchev Thaw. Rare.First and only edition.OCLC locates one copy of this edition in the US:… Read More

First edition. Rare. Lithographed book.One of 50 000 copies printed.This children's book devoted to the Eskimos everyday life (for example, hunting, the drinking of seal blood, fire making, etc.). Text was prepared by a major anthropologist and ethnographer Maxim Levin (1904-1963), who was studying of anthropology and ethnography of the peoples of Siberia and the Far East. Illustrations were created by a graphic artist Petr Staronosov (1893-1942), who lived in Siberia for a long time and explored the life of indigenous peoples of Siberia. In the middle of 1930s, he was arrested and imprisoned. Very unusual children book.We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in USA or European libraries via OCLC.

Rare.First edition of this fairy tale with Mavrina's illustrations was issued in 1955. It was also published in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Telugu. Tatyana Lebedeva (1900/1902–1996), better known by her mother's surname, which she used as a pseudonym—Mavrina. She studied at VKhUTEMAS under Robert Falk. Mavrina was a member of 'Group 13', an association of graphic artists created in 1929. In the same year, the first children's book with her illustrations was issued. As well as some others Russian avant-garde artists, she illustrated children's books since 1930s because it was the only way to stay away from repressions during the Stalin era. After the WWII, Mavrina created her own unique and easily recognizable style — 'method, combining the traditions of Russian primitivism with the painterly quests of the first decades of the early XXth century'. Her illustrations to Russian folktales have become classics. Mavrina is the first Russian artist who won Hans Christian Andersen Awards… Read More

Translation by E. Selezneva.
First Bisset's Russian book. The only edition of these illustrations.
This is Donald Bisset's first book in Russian, which introduced the storyteller to Soviet children. It is believed that Bisset is more famous in Russia than in his home country. Many of his stories were translated and adapted into animated films, including puppet animation. Bisset visited the USSR for the first time in 1969 and participated in the International Conference of Children's Book Writers in Moscow in 1973.
The book was designed by the prominent Russian avant-garde artist Alisa Poret (1902–1984). She studied at VKhUTEIN under K. Petrov-Vodkin and later joined Analytical Art, Pavel Filonov's school, becoming one of his greatest students. From 1928, she worked at Detgiz publishing house and collaborated with the avant-gardist and absurdist poet Daniil Kharms. Poret was accused of formalism and forced to change her unique style in the 1930s to avoid repression. Unfortunately, many of Poret's… Read More

This is the translation from Swedish children's writer and one of the most influential picture book artists of 1940-1950s Eva Billow (1902-1993). The story is about the large family of hedgehogs and their mother, who forgot that hedgehogs hibernate from autumn to spring. The original fairy tale was published in 1948. The book was illustrated by May Miturich (Miturich-Khlebnikov, 1925–2008), an artist, nephew of futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov and son of avant-garde artist Vera Khlebnikova. He studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, where later he taught. In 2005 Mirutich was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The translator Irina Elkonin-Johansson moved from the USSR to Sweden in 1962, the year after the book's publication. The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962 Shmeleva participated in the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artist at the Central… Read More

In original illustrated wrappers. In good condition only, stained on the covers, worn on the spines and to the edges, book's section of Management Technology Institute (has existed for several years only in 1920s) stamp to the back cover, stains to some pages. Limited to 40 000 copies. Illustrations for these issues were created by a painter and graphic artist Aleksandr Deyneka (1899-1969), who regarded as one of the most important Soviet modernist figurative painters of the first half of the XXth century. He studied at the Higher Art and Technical Studios (VKhUTEMAS) under Ignatiy Nivinskiy and Vladimir Favorsky. He was one of the founders of the Society of Easel Painters (OST) and a member of art association Oktyabr'. In the early period the artist depicted genre scenes as well as labor and often beauty of naked sport body. In late 1920s and early 1930s he has collaborated with children's publishing houses and several magazines.