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Tertz, Abram . TRIAL BEGINS
NY 1960 1st (American) Patheon.Translated by M. Hayward. Octavo, hardcover. Near Fine in Good DJ. (a10967)
$25.00 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 Woroszylski, Wiktor . LIFE OF MAYAKOVSKY
NY 1970 Orion. Translated from Polish by B. Taborski. Large octavo, 559pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a11124)
$25.00 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 de Ropp, S. . CHANGING PATTERNS OF RUSSIAN ARTS AND LETTERS
1968 Author. 645pp., index. G-VG in fair -worn and chipped-DJ. (a18650)
$40.00 Zavalishin, Vyachexlav . EARLY SOVIET WRITERS
NY 1958 Praeger. 394pp., index. VG, some light spotting on cover, in Good DJ. (a18901)
$30.00 Lewin, Bruno . FUTABATEI SHIMEI IN SEINEN BEZIEHUNGEN ZUR RUSSISCHEN LITERATUR
Hamburg 1955.first edition. Lg.8vo., 100pp., wraps. In German. VG. (a23877)
$29.00 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 Price, Robert F. . MIXAIL SOLOXOV IN YUGOSLAVIA: RECEPTION AND LITERARY IMPACT
NY 1973 first edition. East European Quarterly. Hardcover. octavo., 180pp. Good, head of spine lightly worn, no DJ. Text clean; no ownership marks. (a26836)
$40.00Ehrenbourg, 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 Tschizewskij, Dmitrij (editor) . FORUM SLAVICUM 12 GOGOL, TURGENEV, DOSTOEVSKIJ,TOLSTOJ ZUR RUSSISCHEN LITERATUR DES 19. JAHRHUNDERTS
Munich 1966. Articles in German on the four 19th century Russian writers. Hardcover. Octavo, 126pp., cloth. Good, inner hinges cracked, no DJ. (a30077)
$23.00 Conant, Roger . THE POLITICAL POETRY AND IDEOLOGY OF F.I. TIUTCHEV
Ann Arbor 1983. Ardis Essay Series No. 6. Sm.8vo., 84pp. VG, no DJ. (a30121)
$35.00 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 Akhmatova, Anna . THE LENINGRAD ELEGY; SECRETS OF THE TRADE; MORE ABOUT THIS SUMMER (EXCERPT); VORONEZH
Denver 1985. In the Denver Quarterly, Vol. 19 Number 3, Winter 1985 at pp. 19-28. Translation by Leonard Mayhew, William Mc Naughton and Marianne Andrea. Whole issue has several poems and stories. Octavo, wraps. Near Fine. (a31870)
$25.00 Babel, Isaac . YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING
NY 1969 4th Printing. Translated from the Russian. Short stories. 8vo., 283pp. VG in VG DJ. (a31936)
$25.00Panova, Vera. TIME WALKED
Canbridge 1959 Arlington Books. Translated from the Russian. Sm.8vo., 177pp. VG, no DJ. (a32465)
$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 Paustovsky, Konstantin . THE GOLDEN ROSE LITERATURE IN THE MAKING
Moscow n.d. (c.1960). Translated from the Russian. 8vo., 236pp., photo illustrated frontis. VG in Good DJ, a few chips. (a33295)
$35.00 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)
$25.00 (folklore) . ISTORICHESKAYA DZIZN NARODNOY POEZII (HISTORICAL LIFE OF POPULAR POETRY) RUSKII FOLKLOR (RUSSIAN FOLKLORE) XVI
Leningrad 1976. In Russian. 4to., 309pp. Good, boards a bit worn, lightly soiled. (a37172)
$45.00 Zamyatin, Yevgeny . LITSA (FACES)
New York 1967 Inter-Languarge Literary Associates (Printed in Germany). (1955 first edition.) Essays by this important Russian writer, best known for his novel 'We.' Entirely in Russian. Introduction by Mikhail Koryakov, postscript by Vladimir Bondarenko. Octavo, frontis portrait, wraps. Good, wraps worn, lightly soiled, pages a bit worn, a few folded at lower corner. Binding secure; no ownership marks. (a37427)
$40.00 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 Hingley, Ronald . FROM AMIS TO WAUGH BRITISH NOVELISTS AS SEEN IN MOSCOW
London 1963. In Survey, a Journal of Soviet and East European Studies, No. 48, July 1963 at pp. 19-30. Whole issue has several articles. Octavo, 184pp., wraps. Good, light soiling and wear. (a38459b)
$35.00 Laqueur, Walter (editor) . SURVEY A JOURNAL OF SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES NO. 48
London 1963. Survey, a Journal of Soviet and East European Studies, No. 48, July 1963. Whole issue has several articles. Octavo, 184pp., wraps. Good, light soiling and wear. (a38459d)
$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 (russia) . RUSSIA AND USSR MARXISM PART II: RUSSIAN LITERATURE
NY n.d. (c.1946). Burt Franklin Book Catalogue No. 20. 8vo., 39pp., wraps. Fair, wraps worn, chipped and split at seam. (a42445)
$22.00Grebnief, Leonid (L. Feinberg). YEVREYSKAYA POESIA ANTOLOGIYA TOM PYERVII AMERIKA ( YIDDISH POETRY ANTHOLOGY VOLUME ONE AMERICA )
NY 1947. Published by the Union of Russian Jews in New York. In Russian. Lg.8vo., 240pp., printed boards. Owner stamp at lower margin of title page. VG. (a45077)
$60.00Proffer, Ellenda (editor). MARINA TSVETAEVA A PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY
Ann Arbor 1980 1st edition. Ardis. Introduction by Carl R. Proffer. Sad story of Russian poetess Marina Tsvetaeva whom Vladimir Nabokov called "A poet of genius". Text in Russian and in English. 4to., 143pp.,fully illustrated with monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. Good, light wear. (a45556)
$29.00 Newman, Charles (guest editor) . RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN THE WEST: 1922-1972 (2 VOLUMES SET)
Evanston 1973. Two consecutive issues of TriQuarterly, No.27 and No.28, Spring, Fall 1973. Octavo, 612pp., wraps. VG, wraps rubbed, a few wrinkles along spines. 2 large octavo volumes. (a46065)
$29.00 Yershov, Peter (editor) . LETTERS OF GORKY AND ANDREEV 1899 -1912
NY 1958 1st Columbia. Translated by lydia Weston. 8vo., 200pp., index, cloth. Owner signed. Some pencil underlining in introduction. VG, no DJ. (a47124)
$30.00Tchekoff, 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)
$29.00Sedych, 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 Adamovich, Georgii . TOLSTOI. RECH HA COBRANII V PARISE 3-VO DEKABRYA 1960 GODA (TOLSOTY. SPEECH AT A CONFERENCE IN PARIS DECEMBER 3, 1960)
Paris 1960. In Russian. Octavo, 30pp., wraps. VG. (a51699)
$35.00 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 Petrovich, Nadyejda; Pirnat, Zlata; Dizdarevich, Branka and Jelka Misic-Jambrisak . BIBLIOGRAFIJA KNJIGA ZENSKIH PISACA U JUGOSLAVIJI BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES LIVRES DES FEMMES AUTEURS EN YOUGOSLAVIE REGIDEE ET EDITEE PAR L'ASSOCIATION DES FEMMES DIPLOMEES DES UNVERSITES EN YOUGOSLAVIE
Beograd, Ljubljana, Zagreb 1936. 3 sections bound in one volume, each covering a separate part of the Yogoslav republic. Bibliographic entries are in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic text) and in French. Octavo, 133pp., 63pp., 81pp., general index, original printed wraps. Title typed on mounted spine label. A few colored pencil markings in text. Good, light cover wear, foxing on fore-edges. Rare. (a54272)
$280.00 Doestoevsky . LETTERS OF FYODOR MICHAILOVITCH DOSTOEVSKY TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
NY 1917 2nd. Macmillan. Translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne. 8vo., 332pp., frontispiece portrait of Doestoevsky, index, hardcover with mounted paper spine label. VG. (a55117)
$34.00 Stevanovic, Bosiljka, and Vladimir Wertsman . FREE VOICES IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE, 1950S-1980S: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
NY 1987. 8vo., 510pp., printed hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a55732)
$45.00 Fischer, Rudolf . SCHILLERS WIDERHALL IN DER RUSSISCHEN LITERATUR
Berlin 1958. Berichte �ber die Verhandlungen der S�chsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Bd. 103, Heft 5. In German. Octavo, 26pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a57091)
$28.00 Fizer, John . ALEXANDER A. POTEBNJA'S PSYCHOLINGUISTIC THEORY OF LITERATURE : A METACRITICAL INQUIRY ISBN:0916458164
Cambridge (1986) Harvard University. ISBN:0916458164. 8vo., 164pp., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a57298)
$20.00 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)
$45.00Zinoviev, 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)
$20.00Sorokin, Vladimir. THE QUEUE. ISBN 0-930523-44-X
1988 Readers International. ISBN 0-930523-44-X. Translated with introduction by Sally Laird. Sm.8vo., 198pp., hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a60394)
$23.00 Platonov, Andrei (1899-1951) . COLLECTED WORKS (hardcover)
Ann Arbor 1978 Ardis. Preface by Joseph Brodsky, Translations by Thomas Whitney and others. Large octavo, 438pp., hardcover. VG, light wear, in Good DJ, dj frayed at top edge. (a61441)
$95.00 Kochetkova, Natalya . NIKOLAY KARAMZIN
Boston 1975 1st Twayne/Hall. Octavo, 154pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a62346)
$24.00 (russia) . BRIEFE UBER DIE GEGENWARTIGE LAGE RUSSLANDS 11. (223) APRIL 1879 - 6 (18) APRIL 1880
Leipzig 1881 1st Brockhaus. In German. Octavo, 159pp., 3/4 leather hardcover with marbled boards. VG. Very scarce. (a65579)
$200.00 Gorki, Maxim . REMINISCENCES OF LEONID ANDREYEV
NY 1928 Crosby Gaige. Limited to 400 copies. 12mo., 85pp., hardcover. Uncut. VG, light soiling on cover. (a65847)
$40.00 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 Olesha, Yury . NO DAY WITHOUT A LINE. ISBN 0-88233-211-2
Ann Arbor 1979 1st Arbor. ISBN 0-88233-211-2. Autobiographical memoir of Russian writer whose career flourished in the 1920s in Soviet Russia. Octavo, 314pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a69055)
$22.00 (soviet literature) . SOVIET LITERATURE MONTHLY MAGAZINE GROUP OF FOUR SEPARATE ISSUES FOR 1956 - ISSUES 6, 7, 10, 12
Moscow 1956. Includes: V. Kataev (Cottage), Boris Pasternak (Notes on the Translation of Shakespeare's Tragedies), K. Zubov (on Bernard Shaw), M. Lifschitz (on V. Plekhanov); Komissarzhevsky (on The Yermolova Theatre in Moscow), N. Chukovsky (Baltic Skies), Anastasyev (Notes on Chinese Plays). Sm.4to., about 100pp. per issue, illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, light wear. 4 issues. (a69558)
$100.00 (societ union) . SOVIET LITERATURE MONTHLY: GROUP OF FIVE SEPARATE ISSUES FOR 1957- ISSUES 2, 4, 7, 11, 12
Moscow 1957. Includes: Tendryakov (Pot Holes), Bogdanovich (Notes of a Psychiatrist), Galpernina (A Novel of India), Loganson (Impressions of the Venice Art Exhibition), Meleshin (A Shot Rang Out), Gorbatov (My Generation), Shamota (On Tastes in Art), Chegodayev (Pablo Picasso), Drabkina (They Knew Lenin- Reminiscences). Five issues on this monthly magazine. Sm.4to., about 100pp. per issue, illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, light wear. 5 issues. (a69559)
$95.00 (soviet union) . SOVIET LITERATURE MONTHLY: TWO SEPARATE ISSUES FOR 1958 ISSUES 5 and 12
Moscow 1957. Includes: The Sunflower by Vitali Zakrutkin, Poems by Visili Zhuravlyov and Semyon Kirsanov, Samgin by Anatoli Lunacharsky, Karl Marx on Art, Hans Leberechit - Under One Roof, Ivan Plyschevsky - Seven Days in Cairo. Two issues. Sm. 4to., about 100pp. per issue, illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, light wear. 2 issues. (a69561)
$45.00 (soviet union) . SOVIET LITERATURE MONTHLY: SPECIAL ISSUE DEVOTED TO THE LITERATURE OF THE SOVIET REPUBLICS OF CENTRAL ASIA
Moscow 1958. One complete issue of Soviet Literature Monthly, August 1958. Includes work by Tadjik Ainl, Kazakh Auezov, Uzbek Kakhar, Turkmen Sarykhanov, Tdajik Tursun-zade and others. Sm.4to., 212pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a69562)
$75.00 (soviet union) . SOVIET LITERATURE MONTHLY: THREE SEPARATE ISSUES FOR 1966: ISSUES 6, 8, 11
Moscow 1966. Three issues. Sm. 4to., about 100pp. per issue, original printed wraps. Includes: Our Lenin by Polevoy, Story of Klava Ivanova by Chivilikhin, Poetry by Yaroslav Smelyakov, Art and the Mass Media by Karaganov, House and the Ship by Alexander Kron, Poetry by David Kugultinov, Poetry of Ilya Ehrenburg by Leonid Martynov, Father and Son by Georgi Markov, Poetry by Pavel Antokolsky, Rubindranath Tagore and the Russian Reader. In English. VG, light wear. 3 issues: (a69566)
$75.00 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)
$140.00Grebenstchikoff, 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 Zeitlin, Ida; Theodore Nadejen (illustrator) . SKAZKI TALES AND LEGENDS OF OLD RUSSIA
NY 1926 Doran. Hardcover. 4to., 335pp., attractive goldtone or full color mounted plates (collated complete), bright colorful end papers, original cloth. Good, most all pages have slight water stain in top corner of margin only, most of spine lettering faded away, some light cover wear and soiling, no DJ. (a71133)
$25.00 Umanskij, Dmitrij . TOLSTOJ DENKWURDIGKEITEN ERINNERUNGEN UND BRIEFE - I. BAND
Wien 1921 first edition Wiener Graphschen Werkstatte. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 289pp., a few photo illustrations, papercovered boards. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, text mildly toned, cover a bit worn, spine professionally re-attached. Volume 1 only. (a71918)
$49.00 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