Books:Slavic Literature:Children from ZH BOOKS

Moskva/Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo detskoi literatury, 1948. Hardcover. First edition; 11 1/4" x 8 3/4"; pp. [2], 3-48, [4]; cloth-backed, illustrated paper over boards; light age-toning; several closed cuts and nicks to edges of boards; a few leaves with brittle and chipped corners; illustrated in black & white by Dmitrii Moor; bookplate of Lieutenant Colonel Victor de Guinzbourg to front… Read more about this item

Toronto: Obednannia Ukrainskykh pedahohiv u Kanadi, 1961. Softcover. First edition; 8 1/2 x 6; pp. [1], 4-51; green wraps, ruled and printed in orange and black; faint creases to corners; small nicks to tips of spine; very mild age-toning to margins of wraps; illustrated with drawings in b & w; very good or better condition.An interesting little book of… Read more about this item

Berlin: Ladyzhnikov, I., 1922. Hardcover. First edition; oblong 8 3/4 x 11 1/2; pp. [25]; cloth-backed, illustrated paper over boards; paper along edges rubbed; some foxing and age-toning mostly contained to title page and margins of pages; illustrated with full-page chromolithographed plates and in-line silhouettes; overall in very good condition.A scarce Russian emigre children's poetry publication, it would most… Read more about this item

Moskva/Leningrad (Moscow/St. Petersburg): Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvol'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1946. Hardcover. First edition thus; 11 3/4 x 9; pp. 154; illustrated beige cloth over boards; a few spots to margins of boards; illustrated with full-page and in-line autolithographs by Evgenii Kibrik; very good condition.A beautiful and lavishly illustrated edition of Gogol's "Taras Bulba" - the romanticized historical novel of the journey… Read more about this item

Moscow / Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1938. Softcover. First edition thus; 6" x 8 1/2"; pp. 31; illustrated blue wraps; rubbing along spine and corners; a few small nicks and a slight ripple to fore-edge; b & w illustrations by P. Korovin; good or better condition.Part of the series "Kniga za Knigoi," the book is a beautiful young and… Read more about this item

Cheboksary: Chuvashskoe Knizhnoe Izdatel'stvo, 1974. Softcover. First edition thus; 5 x 8; pp. [2], 5-60, [2]; illustrated wraps; small nicks to tips of spine; lower corners a bit bent; light uniform age-toning to pages; illustrated by I. Astapova; very good or better.A beautiful edition of Turgenev's short story about a deaf/mute peasant and his dog Mumu.

Moscow: Malysh, 1975. Hardcover. First edition thus; 4 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 8; cloth-backed boards; pages and covers laminated; illustrated by A. Brei; minor wear; near fine.An adorable children's rhyming book on various animals during the cold winter.

Moscow/Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1948. Hardcover. First edition (presumed - OCLC lists only a later 1962 edition); 7 x 8 3/4; pp. [2], 3-219; [5]; clothe-backed pictorial boards; some wear and rubbing along edges and a few spots to margins of covers; foxing to first and last page only, else clean; small personal stamp and a number to… Read more about this item

Sofia: Bulgarski Pisatel, 1949. First edition (limited to 8000 copies); 7 x 9; [2], 5-173, [1]; red pictorial wraps; 1/2" loss of paper to tail of spine and two chips to fore-edge of front cover; few small tears around staples on first free page, else clean and well preserved; small signature to upper corner of first and second page;… Read more about this item

Moscow/Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1952. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. [2], 3-173, [3]; cloth-backed pictorial boards; some rubbing mostly along extreme edges of covers; few small nicks to fore-edge; illustrated in b&w by artist V. Ermolov; very good or better.Sergei Sartakov was born in 1908 in Omsk and grew up in the Siberian taiga after his… Read more about this item

Moscow: Detskaia Literatura, 1967. Hardcover. First edition thus; 8 x 10 1/2; pp. [2], 3-174, [2]; grey leatherette over boards; gilt illustration to front cover; closed cuts and some rubbing to tips of spine; wear to corners with a small bump to lower corner of front cover, else boards clean; faint ripple to bottom margin of several pages, else… Read more about this item

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1949. Softcover. First Russian edition presumed (research shows no indication of earlier Russian editions); 5 x 7 3/4; pp. [2], 3-130, [3]; stiff pictorial wraps; two small spots to margin of front cover and minor wear and rubbing to edges; near fine condition. Illustrated in b&w by N. Muratova.Jules Verne's 'The Purchase of the… Read more about this item

Moscow: Detskaia Literatura, 1970. Hardcover. Forth edition; 6 x 8; pp. [2], 3-239, [1]; vloth-backed pictorial boards; some rubbing to corners; mild uniform age-toning to pages; very good or better.Aleksandr Radishchev (1749-1802) was a Russian social critic and author who was said to have brought radicalism to Russian literature. The first edition of his current book, describing the socio-economic… Read more about this item

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1956. Hardcover. First edition thus; 5 1/4 x 8 1/4; pp. [4], 5-96; cloth-backed pictorial boards; some rubbing to extreme edges of covers and corners; pages with light uniform age-toning; small signature to upper margin of first free page; few spots to back cover; illustrated in b&w;very good condition.Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) was a Russian… Read more about this item

Moscow: Gos. Uchebno-Pedagog. Izd-vo Ministerstva Prosveshcheniia RSFSR, 1957. First edition; 7 x 9; purple cloth-backed boards; embossed gilt decoration to front cover; some rubbing to corners and a spot of discoloration to upper corner of back cover; small gift inscription to title page; profusely illustrated with engravings and full-page color plates; very good or better.Appropriately titled “Interesting Zoology,  Read more about this item

Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1953. First edition in this format; 8 3/4" x 11"; pp. 3-16 including text to last page; original pictorial wraps; small closed cuts to head and tail of spine; faint age-toning to margins, else bright and clean; illustrated; very good or better."Peasant Children" is a wonderful reflection on both the author and the illustrator's love… Read more about this item

Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1954. First edition in this format; 8 3/4" x 11"; pp. 2-18 including text to first and last page; original pictorial wraps; closed cut to tail of spine; minor wear to covers; illustrated; good to very good."Mother's Trolley" - a delightful book, written in rhymes, about a little boy and his mom, the driver of… Read more about this item

Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1953. First edition in this format; 9" x 11 1/4"; pp. 3-23 including text to first and last page; original pictorial wraps; wear and rubbing to spine and corners; pages mostly very clean; illustrated; good."Kids in a Cage" - an adorable book about baby animals in the zoo. Profusely illustrated by Evgenii Charushin - an… Read more about this item

Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition; 9" x 11"; pp. [2], 3-38, [2]; original pictorial boards; cloth spine; mild to moderate wear along edges and corners of covers; beautiful full-page and in-line color illustrations; front hinge slightly weak; very good. Ivan Michurin was a renowned Russian academician and scientist (1855-1935). He made major… Read more about this item

Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1955. Hardcover. 6†x 8 ¾†; pp. [4], 5-158, [2]; original pictorial boards; cloth spine; rubbing to edges of covers and corners; slight discoloration to fore-edge of back cover; pages uniformly tanned; profusely illustrated in b & w; small signature and a minor rubbed spot to first free page, else clean; very… Read more about this item