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Russia - Fiction:
Kataev, Valentine . EMBEZZLERS
NY 1929 1st American edition. Translated by Leonide Zarine. Humorous novel about life in communist Russia. Hardcover. Octavo, cloth. Fine in VG DJ, bright red and black geometric design on front panel. (a10985)
$24.00
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr . LETTER TO THE SOVIET LEADERS
NY 1974 Harper and Row. Translasted by H. Sternberg. Hardcover. 12mo., cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a13365a)
$20.00
Zoshchenko . SELECTED STORIES
Ann Arbor 1960 1st University of Michigan. 8vo., 346pp. In Russian. . Soviet Russia's leading humorist. Fine in Good DJ. (a16675)
$37.00
Goscilo, Helena and Byron Lindsey (editors) . THE WILD BEACH AN ANTHOLOGY OF RUSSIAN STORIES
Ann Arbor 1992. Hardcover. Octavo, 352pp., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a24380)
$35.00
Pargment, Lila (editor) . THE GIRL FROM MOSCOW AND OTHER STORIES
NY 1968. Ungar. Hardcover. Translated by Lila Pargment. Text in Russian and in English. Stories by Boris Polevoy, Mikhail Sholokhov and Emmanuel Kazakevich. 8vo., 170pp., hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a24424)
$39.00
Ehrenbourg, Ilya. OUT OF CHAOS
NY 1934. Translated from the Russian. 8vo., 391pp. VG but date on spine in pen, minor wear, no DJ. Text clean; binding secure. (a28854)
$25.00
Tolstoi, Count . SEVASTOPOL IN MAY
NY 1887. In the New Princeton Review, Vol. IV No.1, July 1887 at pp. 97-124. Short story, translated from the Russian by I. F. Hapgood. Large octavo, wraps. Included in a complete issue of this journal. Octavo, original wraps. Good, some wear on wraps. (a29212a)
$35.00
Bunin, Ivan . MITYA'S LOVE
New York 1926. Henry Holt. Translated from the French by Madelaine Boyd, introduction by Ernest Boyd. 8vo., 212pp., hardcover. Tan cloth with black design on front board. Blank "Ex Libris " stamp inside front cover. Good plus, light soiling, slight wear. no ownership marks. no DJ. In later protective removable glassine jacket. Very Scarce. (a30017)
$65.00
Gorky, Maxim . DELO ARTAMONOVIKH (THE ARTAMONOV BUSINESS)
Moscow 1956. Book is entirely in Russian. Hardcover large 4to., 293pp., Color illustrations by Gersimov. VG, slight wear. no dj. (a30263)
$55.00
Ginzburg, Lidiya . BLOCKADE
London 1995 First English Edition. ISBN 1 86046 032 1. Documentary fiction about the siege of Leningrad. Hardcover. Octavo, 114pp., cloth. Promotional letter laid in. Fine in Fine DJ. (a31598)
$40.00
Babel, Isaac . YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING
NY 1969 4th Printing. Translated from the Russian. Short stories. 8vo., 283pp. VG in VG DJ. (a31936)
$25.00
Antonov, Sergei Petrovich . IT HAPPENED IN PENKOVO
Moscow n.d. (1956). Translated from the Russian. This novel generated some controversy in the Soviet Union for its slight deviation from the canons of Socialist Realism (See, Terras, Handbook of Russian Literature). Hardcover. Octavo, 209pp., cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a32769)
$29.00
Zlobin, A. . THE BAIKAL MERIDIAN
Moscow 1961. Translated from the Russian. Sm.8vo., 191ppp. Stories about Soviet Central Asia. VG in Good DJ, light wear. (a32770)
$40.00
Ehrenbourg, Ilya . THE STORM
NY 1949 1st American. Translated from the Russian. 8vo., 508pp. VG in VG DJ, light soiling. (a33723)
$45.00
Tikhonov, Valentin (pseudonym) . THE MOUNTAINS AND THE STARS
Boston 1938 1st American (stated). Hardcover. Octavo, 426pp., cloth. A few numbers stamped on rear free blank. VG, a few pages lightly bumped at right margin, no DJ. (a33818)
$39.00
Moscovit, Andrei. THE JUDGMENT DAY ARCHIVES
San Francisco 1988 Mercury House. 8vo., 402pp. Fine in VG DJ. (a36249)
$24.00
Papaskiri, Ivan . TEMYR (signed)
Sukhumi 1972. A novel, translated from the Abkhasian into Russian. Hardcover . 8vo., 250pp., pictorial boards. **Inscribed and signed by author on the title page. Good plus, text slightly toned. (a37436)
$39.00
Tarba, Ivan . SOLNTSE VSTAYET U NAC (THE SUN RISES FOR US)
Moscow 1970. A novel in Russian. hardcover small 8vo., 223pp., frontis photo illustration of Tarba, pictorial boards. Good, text toned. (a37437)
$35.00
Maximov, Vladimir . TO LOOK INTO ABYSS NOVEL
NY 1986 CASE/Third Wave. Novel in Russian. Sm.8vo., 307pp., wraps. Near VG light wear. (a40481)
$35.00
Nord, Anastasiya . MIKHAIL UVAROV
NY 1954. Novel in Russian. Sm.8vo., 144p., wraps. VG. (a40609)
$50.00
Tchekoff, Anton (Chekhov). THE HOUSE WITH THE MEZZANINE AND OTHER STORIES
NY 1917 Scribners. Translation by S.S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan. Hardcover octavo. 251pp., printed cloth. Good, head of spine repaired; text clean, binding secure, no hinges cracked, no owner marks. no dj. (a47992)
$29.00
Sedych, Andrei. SUMASSHEDSHIY SHARMANSHCHIK.
NY 1951. In Russian. 12mo., 159pp., illustrated wraps (L.M. Mikelson, illustrator). Good, wraps foxed and worn, inch chip at heel of spine. (a49086)
$45.00
Turgenieff, Ivan S (Turgenev) . LIZA OR, A NOBLE NEST
London n.d. (c.1900) Ward, Lock & Co. Translated from the Russian by W. R. S. Ralston. Hardcover. Small octavo, 318pp., 1/2 leatherette and cloth. VG, corners of a few leaves chipped. (a51335)
$28.00
Kataev, Valentine . PEACE IS WHERE THE TEMPESTS BLOW
NY 1937 Libert Book Club. Translated from the Russian. 8vo., 341pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, a bit soiled, lightly worn on edges, some scratches on front. (a54017)
$35.00
Almedingen, E. M. . TOO EARLY LILAC
NY 1970 1st Vanguard. Historical novel set in St. Petersburg circa 1900. 8vo., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ, one almost invisible pin hole and very slight fading on spine. (a57394)
$45.00
Zinoviev, Alexander. THE YAWNING HEIGHTS
NY 1979 first American edition. Random. Lg.8vo., 829pp., hardcover. Publisher logo stamp on lower fore-edge. VG in Good DJ, a bit worn. (a58259)
$23.00
Gusseinov, Chinghiz . MAHOMET, MAHMED, MAMISH A NOVEL
NY 1978 1st Macmillan. Translated from Russian by Antonina W. Bouis. By one of the Soviet Union's most provacative writers. 8vo., hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a59410)
$20.00
Gorbov, Ia . VSIE OTNOSHENIIA (IN RUSSIAN)
Paris 1964 Editions de Flore. In Russian, Octavo, 211pp., original wraps. VG plus, slight soiling on cover. Scarce. (a66799)
$95.00
Aksakov, Sergei . A RUSSIAN SCHOOLBOY (HARDCOVER)
1978 Oxford University Press. Translated by J. D. Duff. Hardcover. Octavo, 193pp., cloth. Near Fine, slight foxing on fore-edges, in Near Fine DJ, price not clipped, small wrinkle on rear panel. (a68774)
$39.00
Andreyev, Leonid . SATAN'S DIARY
NY 1920 first edition (thus) Boni and Liveright. Authorized translation. Preface by Herman Bernstein. Hardcover. Octavo, 263pp., blue cloth. Near Good, small chip in middle of cloth on spine, leaves slightly browned, spine ends worn with one half-inch chip at one end, corners worn. Very Scarce. (a69651)
$140.00
Grebenstchikoff, George. THE TURBULENT GIANT, AN EPIC NOVEL ON RUSSIAN PEASANTRY
Southbury 1940 1st Alatas. Hardcover. Octavo, 392pp., cloth. Good, spine lettering faded away, corners gently bumped, light even toning to text. Binding secure; hinges not cracked. no DJ. (a70530)
$29.00
Atarov, Nikolai . FIRST LOVE
Moscow 1957. Story at pp. 3-149, illustrations by Adrian Yermolayev, in single issue of Soviet Literature Monthly. Translated to English by Ralph Parker and Valentina Scott. VG. Scarce. (a70878)
$125.00
Kuprin, Alexandre . GAMBRINUS AND OTHER STORIES
NY 1925 Adelphi Company. Translated from the Russian of Alexandre Kuprin by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. Hardcover. Small octavo, 162pp., boards with title label on front. VG, spine browned, ends lightly frayed. (a74758)
$45.00
Lyeskov, Nicolai ( Leskov ). THE SENTRY AND OTHER STORIES
Westport 1977. ISBN 0-88355-501-8. Hyperion reprint of original 1922 edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 320pp., printed blue cover. VG plus, light cover wear. no dj. (a78644)
$34.00
Stepniak, Sergius and William Westall . THE BLIND MUSICIAN (FROM THE RUSSIAN OF KOROLENKO)
London 1890 First edition Ward and Downey. Hardcover. 12mo., 187pp., dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and illustration of lyre on front. VG, lightwear. Scarce first edition. (a79058)
$198.00
Arseniev, V. K. . DERSU THE TRAPPER (1941)
New York 1941 First American edition Dutton. Translated from Russian by Malcolm Burr. Movie Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa as based on this book. Hardcover. Octavo, 352pp., cloth. VG plus, no DJ. In later protective glassine removable jacket. (a80420)
$135.00
Kessel, J.. MAKHNO ET SA JUIVE
Paris 1926 First edition Editions Eos. Octavo wraps. Apparently a novel based on Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, 1888-1934, who was Ukranian anarchist and Communist, active in Russian Civil War. Copy No. 12/750. In French. Octavo, 157pp., frontis dessine et grave sur bois par V. Photiades. Original red wraps. Good, text clean and binding secure, cover somewhat worn and a bit chipped. Scarce in first edition. (a81054)
$145.00
Turgenieff (Turgenev), Ivan . SPRING FRESHETS; SMOKE
New York 1904 first American edition, printed by arrangement with Scribners. Translated from Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood. Hardcover. Octavo, 310pp., green cloth. Good, cover moderately worn with light spine end fraying and corner wear. (a83994)
$25.00
Gladilin, Anatoly . MOSCOW RACETRACK A NOVEL OF ESPIONAGE AT THE TRACK
Ann Arbor 1992. Translated from the Russian. 8vo., 216pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (k1111)
$25.00