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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)
$20.00Zoshchenko, Miokhail. SELECTED SHORT STORIES (entirely in Russian)
Ann Arbor 1960 1st University of Michigan. Hardcover octavo, 346pp. In Russian. Soviet Russia's leading humorist. Fine in VG dj (rear panel of dj somewhat toned, no tears, no chips on dj.) (a16675)
$95.00 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 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 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)
$39.00Moscovit, Andrei. THE JUDGMENT DAY ARCHIVES
San Francisco 1988 Mercury House. 8vo., 402pp. Fine in VG DJ. (a36249)
$24.00 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 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 D'Esaguy, Dr. Augusto . THE TRAGIC LIFE AND POETRY OF MORRIS ROSENFELD
Lisboa 1950 Editorial Imperio. Yiddish poet. 12mo., 19pp., wraps. Good, cover slightly browned. (a41820)
$45.00Grebnief, 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)
$29.00Tchekoff, 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 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)
$45.00Zinoviev, 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)
$20.00 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 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 Krup, Jacob . SIX POEMS FROM THE RUSSIAN
NY 1936 first edition Galleon. Unabridged translations of Ruslan and Ludmilla, Poltava and Caucasian Captive by Pushkin and Izmael Bey, Lithuanian Maid and the Daemon by Lermontov.Hardcover. Octavo, 12 interpretive illustrations by Herbert Fouts, red cloth. Owner name stamp on front end paper. VG, spine ends and corners lightly worn and frayed, no DJ. (a68142)
$175.00 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 (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)
$140.00 Brik, Osip Maksimovic; Roman Jakobson . TWO ESSAYS ON POETIC LANGUAGE (IN RUSSIAN)
Ann Arbor 1964 Michigan. Slavic Materials No. 5. Brik, 1888-1945, was member of Russian avantgarde. Postscript by Roman Jakobson. Text almost entirely in Russian. 4to., 81pp., original wraps. Good. Scarce. (a70216)
$175.00 Badalich, E. . RUSSKIYE PECATELI V YUOSLAVII (RUSSIAN WRITER IN YUGOSLAVIA)
Moskow 1966. In Russian. Octavo, 319pp., hardcover. 2 stamps from the New York Public Library. VG in VG DJ. (a70357)
$45.00Grebenstchikoff, 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)
$125.00Mayakovsky, V. V.. MAYAKOVSKY SOCHINYENIE (SOCHINENIJ) DVUKH (DRUX) TOMAX - (MAYAKOVSKY WORKS IN TWO VOLUMES) VOLUME I and VOLUME II (complete)
Moscow 1987 and 1988. first edition. Two Hardcover Octavo volumes. Red cloth with gilt lettering . 765p. 768p. VG plus, no owner marks, no djs. Two volume set. (a74739)
$95.00 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 Andreyev, Leonid . THE CRUSHED FLOWER AND OTHER STORIES
NY 1917 1st Knopf. Translated from Russian by Herman Bernstein. Hardcover. Small octavo, 361pp.,, dark blue cloth. VG plus. (a78347)
$135.00Ilyenkov, V.. DRIVING AXLE A NOVEL OF SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION
New York 1933 1st International Publishers. Hardcover. Small octavo, 455pp., orange cloth. Strikingly bold and dramatic dust jacket - bluish with strong diagonal line - fine example of Russian Socialist artistic design. VG plus in VG DJ, light wear. (a78352)
$49.00 Nagibin, Yury; Helena Goscilo (editor) . YURY NAGIBIN THE PEAK OF SCUCESS AND OTHER STORIES
Ann Arbor 1986 1st Arbis. ISBN 0-88233-800-5. Edited by Helena Goscilo. Hardcover. Large octavo, 409pp., cloth. Near Fine, top cover corners a bit bumped, in Good DJ, long closed tear on rear panel. (a78505)
$40.00Lyeskov, 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 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 Korveiskii, Egor . PROV (DE HOMINIS NATURA)
Paris 1947. Verse in Russian. Octavo, 200pp., original printed wraps. Good, leaves browned and slightly brittle, spine worn, a few chips on wraps and margins of leaves. (a80938)
$75.00Kessel, 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 Voinovich, Vladimir; Vladimir E. Maximov (editor) . INCIDENT AT THE METROPOLE
New York 1977 1st Anchor Books. Short story at pps. 1-44 in one complete issue of Kontinent 2, a literary journal edited by Vladimir Maximov. Other articles in this issue by Broic, Mihajlov, Leszek Kolakowski, Ignacio Silone, others. Octavo, original wraps. VG. (a81554)
$45.00 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)
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