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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

Limited to 10000 copies.Signed and inscribed by one of the authors to the writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981): "Slavnomu pevtsu / Golfstrima i fiordov - / doktoru Mindlinu - / s druzheskim privetom / D. Yuzhin / 19 24/XII 29 / Moskva" [To famous voice of Gulf Stream and fjords, doctor Mindlin. Best wishes D. Yuzhin. 24/XII 1929 Moscow].This book consists of two parts. The first is partly devoted to the first verified trip to the North Pole on the Norge airship in May 1926 and was prepared by Alexander Lebedenko (1892-1975), who participated in this expedition. The polar explorer Roald Amundsen and the airship's designer and pilot Umberto Nobile headed the expedition. The second part is about Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition rescue operation in 1928. It was written by the icebreaker Krassin's crew member and journalist David Yuzhin (1892-1938/9).Yuzhin signed this book to another crew member, the writer Emily Mindlin in December 1929 and mentioned Mindlin's book Gulf Stream and Fjords, which was… Read More

Stockholm, Norstedts Tryckeri, 1976.Signed and inscribed by the author in Russian: 'Dorogomu / Olegu Fedorovichu / Vasilevu / na dobruyu pamyat' / Vena 31/77 / L Kantorovich' ['To dear Oleg Fedorovich Vasilev in memory. Vienna January 31, 1977'].
In 1975 Leonid Kantorovich and Tjalling C. Koopmans jointly won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources. This book includes professor Kantorovich's autobiography and his Nobel Memorial Lecture (December 11, 1975). It signed to Oleg Vasilev (1925-2017), an eminent Soviet hydrologist. In 1977-1980 he led the Resources & Environment Area and was Deputy Director at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA; Laxenburg, near Vienna). Leonid Kantorovich and Tjalling C. Koopmans, both worked at IIASA during the 1970s.
We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in USA.

London, Williams, Lea & Co., 1945.Signed and inscribed by the author: 'To Madame Buchueva / with greetings from / Clementine S. Churchill / November 1945'.
Baroness Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (1885-1977), a chairwoman of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund (1941-1946), arrived in Moscow on April, 2 1945. Her visit, the whole month and a half, took place during the Red Army's offensive operations. Until now, historians are puzzled why Clementine spent so long in the Soviet Union.
Her trip was full of visits to hospitals, factories, children's homes. She met with Joseph Stalin. Meeting the Victory Day in Moscow, Mrs. Churchill spoke on the Moscow radio with an open message from Winston Churchill.
Issued immediately upon her return to Britain, the English version of the booklet My Visit to Russia was distributed throughout Britain, North America and Australia at a price of one shilling. It was printed using cheap materials. In contrast, the Russian edition was printed 'on high quality photographic… Read More

Signed and inscribed by illustrator: "To dear Anna / From Boris Diodorov / s lyubov'yu / i nezhnost'yu / i s tem / chto eta knizhka tebe / nravitsya / BD / 22.II.74" [To dear Anna From Boris Diodorov with love and tenderness and the fact that you like this book BD 22.II.74]. First Russian translation of these stories. First edition of these illustrations. The collection includes three fairy tales: Tutta Carlson First and only, Ludwig the Fourteenth, etc. (Hurra för Ludvig Lurifax) by the Swedish writer Jan-Olof Ekholm, When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town (Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by) by the Norwegian writer Thorbjørn Egner and The Magician's Hat (Trollkarlens hatt) by Tove Jansson.Illustrations for first two stories were created by the artist Boris Diodorov (b. 1934). He studied at Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov. For the long time Diodorov was an art director of Children's Literature publishing house. In 1977 he created the filmstrip The Magician's Hat based on… Read More

Signed and inscribed by a Colombian novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "I

Signed and inscribed by the illustrator: "Innochke Shmelevoy ot M. Mituricha / 13 V 61." [To Inna Shmeleva from M. Miturich 13 V 61]. First edition. The only edition with these illustrations. This book is about a girl Marina and her father, a forester, who lived on the shore of the White Sea.The illustrator May Miturich (Miturich-Khlebnikov, 1925–2008) is 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 author of this book Gennadiy Snegirev and Miturich were friends and they traveled together to the Commander Islands, Tuva and the Central Asia. The book was signed to an artist and Miturich's friend Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), 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

Signed and inscribed by the illustrator: "Risoval Ya M. Miturich / 26 X 61" [Drawn by me M. Miturich 26 X 61]. This book is about the expedition to an island near the Antarctic, funny penguins and their enemies.It 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 author of this book Gennadiy Snegirev and Miturich were friends, and they traveled together to the Commander Islands, Tuva and the Central Asia. The book was signed to an artist and Miturich's friend Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), 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… Read More

Signed and inscribed by the illustrator: "Inne Shmelevoy na dobruy pamyat' / ot Maya. / 67." [To Inna Shmeleva to remember from May 67.]. This book is about the trip to Tuva (in southern Siberia) and Tuvans' everyday life and wild life.It 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 author of this book Gennadiy Snegirev and Miturich were friends, and they traveled together to the Commander Islands, Tuva and the Central Asia. The book was signed to an artist and Miturich's friend Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), 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… Read More

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 Hobbit, which appeared in the Angliia magazine in 1969. The first complete edition of The Hobbit was not published until 1976.
The translation of Smith of Wootton Major was first published in Pioner magazine in 1987 (issue #2) and as a book the following year. The book was co-translated and signed by one of the most prolific Soviet writers and screenwriters, Yuri Nagibin (1920–1994). Nagibin also co-wrote the screenplay for the Soviet-Japanese movie Dersu Uzala, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1976.
In the preface to Smith of Wootton Major, Nagibin unexpectedly mentioned the Chernobyl disaster and compared the story's… Read More

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 translation.
Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), a Nobel laureate, translated eight of Shakespeare's plays into Russian: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, two parts of Henry IV, King Lear, and Macbeth. This was a way for him to work as a man of letters and avoid repression. His main goal as a translator was to make Shakespeare a Russian poet. In 1943, the British Embassy wrote a letter to Pasternak expressing gratitude for his work on the translations.
In 1939, Vsevolod Meyerhold requested Pasternak's translation of Hamlet for the Aleksandrinsky Theater. Following Meyerhold's arrest that year and the murder of his wife,… Read More

Translation by A. Radlova. Preface by K. Derzhavin.
Afterword by M. Morozov.
One of 10 000 copies published.
Signed and inscribed by the translator: "Dorogoi moei Sarushke / ot Annushki. / 20-X-37" [To my dear Sarushka from Annushka. October 20, 1937].
First edition of this translation.
Anna Radlova (1891–1949), a poet, literary salon-holder, and wife of Sergei Radlov, the theatre director, prepared the translation of this book. Her Shakespeare translations of Romeo and Juliet (1933), Othello (1935), and Hamlet (1937) were highly popular in the early 1930s and were used in the theatre productions by her husband in the Leningrad Malyi Theater. Radlova's translations were considered innovative and precise, and Boris Pasternak, the next translator of Hamlet, admired her work for its authenticity. During World War II, Anna and her husband were evacuated from Leningrad to the North Caucasus and later ended up in Germany. In 1945 after returning they were accused of treason. Anna Radlova died in a GULAG.… Read More