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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 (1902-after 1981). In November of the 1927, the American writer visited the USSR to partake in the November festivities commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. During his visit, Dreiser held a special meeting with an executive from the State Publishing House (GIZ), during which he received one thousand US dollars for two books already published by GIZ. These books were "The Color of a Great City" and three stories from "Twelve Men," as noted in Dreiser's diary. He also negotiated future fees for Russian translations, ranging from six hundred to one thousand US dollars for each… Read More

Limited to 5000 copies.Signed and inscribed by the author to the writer and Krassin's rescue operation participant Emily Mindlin (1900-1981): "Tovarishchu / Mindlinu, Emiliu / pisat' na pamyat' / chto libo nechego, ibo / chto mozhno napisat' / posle krasinskogo, / pokhoda, kazhushchegosya / seychas takim / milym, dalekim, fee- / richeskim i nikogda / ne byvshim. / V. Sukhanov / Moskva, / god - tretiy, reshayushchiy. / 1931". [To comrade Emily Mindlin. There is nothing left to write in memory. What can be written after Krassin's expedition, which now seems to be so sweet, distant, spectacular and almost unreal. V. Sukhanov. Moscow. The third decisive year].The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation. The journalist Valentin Sukhanov was one of the crew members. The book is illustrated with many photos from the expedition. Provenance: Emiliy Mindlin (1900-1981), poet and journalist.OCLC locates two copies of this edition: in the New York Public… Read More

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 the interwar period. Four of his books were translated into Russian in 1927, making him the most widely translated contempo- rary Irish writer in the Soviet Union. O'Flaherty visited the USSR in the spring of 1931 and wrote about his experiences in I Went to Russia, a book that combines both humorous and poignant observations. Perhaps this is why O'Flaherty's last Russian book was published in 1931.
This book includes 14 stories (Civil War, Milking Time, Poor People, The Terrorist, The Outcast, Blackmail, Offerings, The Fireman's Death, The Reaping Race, A Red Petticoat, Stoney Batter, Your Honour, The… Read More

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 novel "Bright Metal" was translated by Mark Volosov (1895-1941). Volosov was captured during the Great War and managed to escape to the US. Upon his return in 1923, he pursued a career in translation. Notably, he translated works by authors such as Theodore Dreiser, Michael Gold, and Erskine Caldwell. Tragically, Volosov lost his life during the battle of Vyazma in 1941.The cover design was produced by Boris Titov (1897-1951), a prominent illustrator and book artist. He received education at the Second State Free Art Workshops (GShM, later VKhUTEMAS) under A. Arkhipov. In the Soviet Union, Titov holds a record… 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.

One of 6.000 copies printed.
Essay on Japan. Author is hidden behind the initials.
We couldn't trace any copy in OCLC.

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. In modern Georgian prose only Konstantine Gamsakhurdia could aspire to the same international level" Donald Rayfield, The Literature of Georgia.
During the Great Purge Javahishvili was arrested, tried and shot. The book was banned after trial.
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Collection of verses by the prominent Soviet poet Demyan Bedny (Yefim Pridvorov; 1883-1945). These verses are devoted to Middle East women who want to break free and to be independent from a man's world. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in USA or European libraries via OCLC.

This is a pamphlet about the Russian tour of the musical 'My Fair Lady' by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner. The show took place in Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev in the middle of 1960.
The pamphlet includes a Russian-language libretto and features photo illustrations depicting scenes and portraits of key cast members, including Lola Fisher (who served as Julie Andrews' understudy in the original Broadway production), Robert Coote, Edward Mulhare, Michael Evans, and Charles Victor.
The pamphlet's design was created by Felix Zbarskii, a talented Russian book artist.

One of 4 000 copies printed. Graphic artist Galina Chichagova (1891-1966) studied at the Stroganov Arts Academy and later in VKhUTEMAS under Alexandr Rodchenko. She and her sister Olga, also an artist, were part of a well-known family dynasty of Moscow architects (father designed the historic Moscow City Hall and grandfather designed the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow). Between 1923 and 1929, the Chichagova sisters produced around 20 books in Constructivist style.Frank Leonhard (1882-1961) - a German expressionist writer who lived mostly abroad, in Switzerland, UK, France and the US. The Nazis banned and burned his books.OCLC locates two copies of this edition: in the Columbia University Library and the New York Public Library.
Please be advised that certain books in our collection may require an export permit for international shipping. If you are interested in purchasing such books for delivery abroad, kindly contact our staff for assistance in obtaining the… Read More

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. Abkina also completed the first Russian translation of Archibald Cronin's "The Citadel," which was published in 1940.Interestingly, this Russian translation of "Point Counter Point" coincided with the novel's banning in Ireland in the same year due to its alleged "offensive public morals."The cover design for the Russian edition was created by Mark Kirnarsky (1893-1941), a graphic artist and illustrator who studied architecture in Paris before furthering his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts and the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts under Georgy Narbut. Tragically, Kirnarsky perished during the siege of… Read More

Limited to 10 000 copies.In 1928 Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1905-1936) was a meteorologist at the icebreaker Malygin during the rescue operation of the Umberto Nobile's dirigible expedition. The book is devoted to this expedition.Loris-Melikov was born in Paris. Almost no details are known about its origins, but he related to an old noble family that belonged to Georgia's top aristocratic society. Mikhail Loris-Melikov studied at the Petrograd University and became a professor at the Hydrometeorological University and a senior specialist in the Central Propaganda Bureau. In 1933 he was arrested and exiled. He was mentioned in the Case of Rosicrucianism, the case of an underground mystic organization in 1940, four years after his death, so we know he was a mystical anarchist.Provenance: Emiliy Mindlin (1900-1981), poet and journalist.We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in USA or European libraries via OCLC.

The book was designed by the Russian-born painter and graphic artist Varvara Bubnova (1886-1983). Her mother was distantly related to the prominent poet Alexander Pushkin. Varvara studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. In the early 1910s, she became a member of the Youth Union and participated in art exhibitions with Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, and David Burlyuk. Bubnova also worked for the Institute of Artistic Culture with, among others, Wassily Kandinsky, Robert Falk, Lyubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, and Alexander Rodchenko. In 1923 she moved to Japan, where she lived until 1958, mainly as a teacher and developer of lithography. She taught Russian language and literature at Waseda University in Tokyo also. She was declared an undesirable alien in Japan in 1936 and deported from Tokyo. Bubnova's library and drawings burned after the attacks on Tokyo during WWII. In 1959 she returned to the USSR. The Japanese Emperor awarded Bubnova the Japanese Order of the… Read More

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 Charles G. Norris, who in 'Salt,' wrote the best American novel since 'Vandover & the Brute,' with the sincere admiration of F. Scott Fitzgerald."In December 1924, in a letter to Maxwell Perkins, Fitzgerald stated that the three most remarkable characters in American fiction in the past twenty years were Tom Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby," the brother in "Salt," and Hurstwood in "Sister Carrie." It's possible that the plot of "Salt" sparked certain ideas for "The Great Gatsby."In the USSR, four translations of Norris's books were published between 1927 and 1929. Unexpectedly, in 1993, "Zelda Marsh" was republished, marking… Read More

Signed and inscribed by the author: "Chitai na zdorove! / Ariadne Rykovyan / ot / armyanskogo pisatelya / Em. Mindlinyantsa. / Moskva / 28/XII 1931" [You're welcome to read! To Ariadna Rykovyan from Armenian writer Em. Mindlinyantc. Moscow. 28/XII 1931]. Mindlin used two pre-reform orthography letters here. Limited to 5000 copies.The Soviet icebreaker Krassin took part in the Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981), was one of the crew members. The original edition of Mindlin's novel was published in Russian in 1929 and republished in many soviet nations' languages. Author's copy.We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in the USA or European libraries via OCLC.

Limited to 5000 copies.Signed and inscribed by the author: "Ade - Gromadnoglazoy / ochen priyatelski / ot Avtora / Chang I-iy / khutor Moskva / 28/X god pyatiletki tretiy...." [To Big eyes Ada with all the best from author Chang the First khutor Moscow 28/X the third year of Five-year plan]. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981) devoted this book to his journey to Svalbard (also known as Spitsbergen) and Norway, which took place during the rescue operation of Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition on the icebreaker Krassin in summer 1928. The artist Boris Berendhof (1904-1990) made the covers. He graduated from VKhuTEMAS in 1925.Author's copy.We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in the USA or European libraries via OCLC.

25000 copies were printed.This journal was issued in 1924-1931 as a supplement to another professional journal Rabochiy Sud [The Laboring Court].The main article of the issue is devoted to the colonial question - the colony of French Indochina and a French communist Jacques Doriot, who was arrested for violently protesting French occupation of the Ruhr Area. It also includes articles about the criminality in Germany and American criminal groups. The back cover contains propaganda comics The Voice of Nation in America about the suppression of the riots in Nicaragua. Most likely, it refers to the Nicaraguan Civil War of 1926-1927.

One of 5 000 copies printed.
First book edition.
Isaac Babel (1894-1940) was a renowned Russian-language short story writer, and his works were translated into numerous languages. One of his most notable works was the short story collection "The Odessa Tales," which served as the basis for the play "Sunset.""Sunset" made its debut at the Baku Worker's Theatre in 1927 and later had successful runs, including at the Moscow Art Theatre.Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein regarded the play's dramatic composition as the most suitable for the post-1917 era. Poet Boris Pasternak recommended that his father read it, noting, "Almost for the first time in my life, I found that Jewry, as an ethnic fact, was a phenomenon of positive, unproblematic importance and power" (from a letter to his father in 1928).Babel was arrested in 1939 and, under duress, confessed to being a spy. He was subsequently executed in January 1940.
Wolfgang Kasack p. 33.

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 to revive open-air Greek theatre. This influence directly inspired Piotrovskii's participation in street theatre during the years following the October Revolution. Additionally, Piotrovskii was a pupil and disciple of the theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold. For a period, he collaborated with Meyerhold in the Theatrical department of Narkompros. Furthermore, Piotrovskii maintained a close friendship and professional relationship with the theatre director Sergei Radlov. In 1934, he assumed the role of artistic director at the Sovkino/Leningrad Film Studio. In 1937, he was arrested and executed.The play is followed by… Read More

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 traveled to England and visited the town of Reading, where Wilde had been imprisoned. In November 1903, Balmont delivered a lecture titled 'Oscar Wilde's Poetry and The Ballad...' and presented his translation at a meeting of the Literary-Artistic Circle in Moscow. During his lecture, he likened Wilde to Nietzsche and hailed him as 'the greatest English writer of the end of the last century.' Balmont also prepared translations of works by Edgar Allan Poe, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Walt Whitman, and Robert Burns. His translations were always infused with his own distinctive style, often referred to as 'Balmontic motifs.'
The… Read More