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Russian Poetry:

Antokolsky, Pavel. SIHN (A SON - title in Cyrillic)
Moscow 1943 first edition. 16mo. wraps. Includes a long poem in Russian about how the Germans killed the author's son. This poem was awarded a Stalin prize. Antokolsky lived 1896 - 1978. 85p. plus table of contents. Text evenly toned but not brittle. **Very Scarce. Good Plus. no owner marks. (a100413)
$190.00Shakhovskaya , Zinaida. PERED SNOM (BEFORE BEDTIME - title in Cyrillic) (signed by author)
Paris 1970 first edition. Les Presses de la Societe d'Imprimerie Periodique. sm octavo wraps. ***Inscribed and signed by Shakovskaya on halftitlepage , signature dated 1970, Paris. 62p. VG slight cover soiling. Zinaida Shakhovskaya, 1906-2001, was Russian novelist and poet; sister of Natalie Shakovskaya who married Vladimir Nabokov's cousin the composer Nikolas Nabokov. After the revolution i nRussia, she moved to Brussels then Paris and served in the French resistance during WWII. While in Paris in the 1970s she edited the emigre journal "Russian Thought" and co-founded "Russian Almanac" in 1981. Very Scarce. (a100416)
$195.00Pestrovo, Claudia. FLOWERS ON THE WINDOWSILL - POEMS (title entirely in Cyrillic) (**inscribed presentation copy signed by poet)
Australia 1965 first edition ?. Self-published by Pestrovo. octavo wraps. 62p. Poetry in Russian. ***Inscribed and signed by Pestrovo inside front cover Near VG slight cover soiling. Text clean. (a100417)
$195.00Brailovsky, Alexander. FRAGMENTS - TRANSLATIONS FROM MICHEL ANGELO, SHAKESPEARE, DANTE, MARLOWE, LEOPARDI, CARDUCCI, VERLAIN, WHITMAN
New York 1943 first edition. Introduction by G. Fedotov. sq 16mo wraps. 99p. Entirely in Cyrillic except titlepage is printed in both English and in Cyrillic. Good plus, just slight age wear; light uneven toning of cover; text clean. no owner marks; no chips; no tears. Scarce. (a100517)
$95.00Knorring, Irina. NEW POEMS (title in Cyrillic) (**inscribed and signed in 1967 by Knorring)
Alma Ata, Kazakhstan 1967 first edition. 16mo wraps. Cover has a wistful photo portrait of Knorring. 47p. Poems in Cyrillic. **Inscribed and signed by Knorring inside front cover, dated 1967. Good plus, slight cover wear; no tears no chips, slight toning of text. Very Scarce. Knorring was born in a Russian noble family in 1906 ; they fled Russia in 1920 and she died in Paris in 1943 . (a100525)
$250.00Shkapskaya, Maria. MATER DOLOROSA
Berlin no date given but bibliography indicates 2nd ed. was 1922. Reveli. 32p (2). Good light staining on cover. Text fine. Very Scarce. Poetry in Russian. Shkapskaya , a Russian, lived 1891-1952. (a100538)
$140.00Shcherbakov, E . WORLD STONE POEMS (Title in Cyrillic)
Paris 1951 first edition. Rhyme. 12mo wraps. 43p. Entirely in Russian. Good, toned, light wear. no owner marks. Binding secure. Very Scarce. (a100628)
$95.00Alekseeva, Lidia (Lydia). FOREST SUN POEMS (title in Cyrillic)
Paris 1954 First edition. 16mo wraps. 63p. (2). Poetry in Russian. Light pencil marks and notes throughout. Russian emigre whose family left Russia in 1920. Alekseeva lived 1909-1989. Good. lightly toned. Binding secure. Scarce. (a100686)
$100.00Shkapskaya, Maria. KROVI RUDA (BLOOD ORE) (title in Cyrillic)
Petrograd. 1922 first edition.16mo. wraps. 29 pages of poetry in Russian with one page table of contents at end. Good plus, text near fine, just faintly toned; binding secure; cover a but rubbed and lightly toned; no owner marks. Rare. Shkapskaya , a Russian, was born in St. Petersburg in 1891 and died in Moscow in 1952. (a100741)
$195.00Narcissov, Boris. VOTE - SECOND BOOK OF POEMS (title in Cyrillic)
Frankfurt am Main. 1961 first edition. Possev Verlag. orange octavo wraps. 48p. Poetry in Russian. VG slight cover fading. no owner marks. Text Fine and clean. (a100742)
$70.00Sumbatov, V ( Vasilii Alekasandrovich) (1893-1977). POEMS (entirely in Cyrillic)
Mllan 1957 first edition. Octavo wraps. 12mo. 79p. Poems in Cyrillic. VG no owner marks, light uneven toning to cover. Text clean; binding secure. Very Scarce. (a100788)
$75.00Andreyev, Vadim. ON THE EDGE 1925 - 1976 (title in Cyrillic)
Paris 1977 first edition. YMCA Press. sm octavo wraps. 105p. plus 4 p. index. Poetry in Russian. **Presentation copy signed by what appears to be "Olga Andreyev" who apparently published this later edition of her father's poetry. Vadim Andreyev was a Russian poet, 1925-1976 who died in France. Good plus light cover soiling and light cover wear. (a100800)
$100.00Poushkin, Alexander; Boris Brasol (trans). THE RUSSIAN WONDERLAND
NY 1936 first edition thus. Paisley Press. Hardcover 12mo. Coarse cloth-covered boards with mounted title label on front panel. 62p. A metrical translation from the Russian by Brasol. VG cover lightly toned; bookplate of Kerry Stack. no dj. (a101937)
$28.00Khlebnikov, Velimir. THE KING OF TIME - POEMS, FICTIONS, VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
Cambridge 1985 first edition. Harvard University. Hardcover octavo. 255p. Some photo illus. Translated by Paul Schmidt; edited by Charlotte Douglas. Near Fine (just slight bumping of lower corner extreme tips) no owner marks. in Good plus dj. Velimir Khlebnikov was Russian Futurist poet, 1885-1922. (a103170)
$37.00Nartzessov (?) , Boris . PAMYATE (THE MEMORY)
Washington DC 1965 first edition. Russkaja Kniga. sm octavo wraps. 46p. Plus table of contents. Poetry, entirely in Russian. VG plus. (a103382)
$85.00Filippov, Boris. STYNUSHCHAYA VECHNOSTI (SHRINKING ETERNITY) (inscribed and signed by Filippov)
Washington DC 1964 first edition. sm octavo wraps. 15p. Plus table of contents. Poetry, entirely in Russian. Good plus, light ink marks in text. **Nine lines of ink inscription inside front cover signed by Filippov and dated 1964. Filippov was born in Stavropol, Russia, in 1905 and died in Washington DC 1991. (a103383)
$170.00Angarskogo. VREMENA GODA (The Seasons , or Four Seasons) - SIORNEK STEXOTVORENI
Mocka 1924 . Illustrations by A. Melinekova. Hardcover. octavo. White cloth spine with pictorial color boards. 185p. Illustrated book of poems in Russian. Good, inner hinges cracking but binding secure; text quite toned. no owner marks. boards edges quite worn. (a104306)
$45.00. THE PAPERS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - vol 57, 2nd quarter 1963
NY 1963 first edition. octavo wraps. issue paginated 121-267. Issue includes: "Russian Watermarks of 18th and 19th c" by Klepikov; "Letters of St. Ignatius" by Dennis Rhodes; "Biblioteca Ovetense - A Speculative Reconstruction of library of the First Chronicler of the Indies" by Daymond Turner; "Chatterton's Brother Poet William Roberts" by Paul Kaufman and more. Good, light annotation only on a few pages at end of issue. (a104725)
$29.00. BIBLIOTEKA POETA. ANNOTIROVANNAIA BIBLIOGRAFIIA 1933 - 1965 OBSHII PLAN
Mockba 1965 first edition. Sovetskii Pisatel. Sostaviteli V M Abramkin. Hardcover small octavo. 307p. Some photo illustrations of the poets. Text moderately toned. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Binding secure; hinges not cracked. Properly de-accessioned from library. Library stamp inside front cover. no other library marks. no dj. Entirely in Russian. (a106476)
$120.00Poljakow, P. LYRICK ( entirely in Russian)
Munich 1958 first edition. sm4to wraps. Fullpage portrait of Poljakow as frontispiece. 211p. Poetry. VG. Scarce. (a106898)
$85.00Nekrasov, Ivan Stepanovich. POLNOE SOBRANIE STIHOTVORENIJ 1873 - 1877 - VOL 2 only of 2 volume set (Complete Poems of Nekrasov )
St. Petersburg 1886 first edition. Hardcover octavo. Turquoise blue cloth with gilt lettering and picture of garlanded Roman head. 436p.129p. Entirely in Russian. Good, some cover wear cover tips somewhat worn and bent inward; binding secure; hinges not cracked; no owner marks. Volume 2 only of two volume set. (a106971)
$75.00 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 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 (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 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)
$45.00Proffer, 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 Tamme, Jakob . LUGULAULUD
Tartu 1914 Rahwakirjanduse. Poetry by many famous (mostly Russian and German--Lermontow, Puskin, Glinka, Muller, Heine, Felix Dahn) poets here translated into Estonian. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 495pp., portrait of author as frontis, 3/4 leather with marbled boards with original beautiful orange, green and gilt art nouveau front wrapper (designed by K.M.) bound in. VG, light even browning of pages. Scarce. (a60801)
$125.00 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 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)
$175.00Polyevoy, Boris (introduction). PABLO NERUDA IZBRYANNOYE (PABLO NERUDA COLLECTED)
Moscow 1954. In Russian, translated from the Spanish. Hardcover. Octavo, 438pp., frontis photo illustration, original printed boards. VG, no DJ. (a74015)
$44.00 Akhmatova, Anna . REQUIEM POEME
1964. Text in French. Article at pp. 25-31 in single complete issue of Preuves. Included in a complete issue with several additional articles. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a74368b)
$35.00Mayakovsky, V. V.. MAYAKOVSKY SOCHINYENIE (SOCHINENIJ) DVUKH (DRUX) TOMAX - (MAYAKOVSKY WORKS IN TWO VOLUMES) VOLUME I and VOLUME II (complete) (entirely in Russian)
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)
$75.00 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)
$75.00Beskid, Nikolai A (ed); Iulii Stavrovs'kyi-Popradov ( Stavrovsky ). YURI I. STAVROVSKIY POPRADOV (in Cyrillic ) POEZIIA
Uzhgorod , Ukraine 1929 Shkol'noi Pomoschi. Popradov was 19th century Russophile poet who lived 1850-1889. In Russian. Octavo, 83p. plus 8 pages of photo illustrations and a facsimile, original printed wraps. Good, text paper toned but legible, cover chipped on edges. Binding holding, no ownership marks. Very Scarce. (a87231)
$165.00Lotman, Lydia M.. AFANASY FET
Boston 1976 first edition Twayne. Translated from Russian by Margaret Wettlin. ISBN 0-8057-2309-9. Biography of Fet, a Russian 19th century lyric poet. Hardcover. Octavo, 180p., frontis portrait of Afanasy Fet, cloth. Fine, no DJ. As New. (a87932)
$23.00Chumachenko, Ada. CHELOVYEK S LUNI (MAN FROM THE MOON (TALE OF THE GREAT JOURNEY OF MIKLUKHO - MAKLAI) (entirely in Russian)
Moscow 1939 first edition. Dyetskoy Literturi. Hardcover. square octavo. Drawings by P. Staranosova. Bolding blue and green color fully pictorial end papers showing two native Africans and a white bird deep in a forest. Color frontispiece and 2 more fullpage color plates in text. 87p. Line drawings in text. Fictional biography of an explorer named Miklukho-Maklai and his adventures, written for young readers. Entirely in Russian. Text evenly toned. Very Near VG, delicate, lightly worn; slight toning to text; no tears ; all hinges intact and unbroken; no ownership marks. Chumachenko, 1887-1954, was a Ukrainian-born poet and playwright. After the Bolshevik revolution "she took refuge in writing for children" (Dictionary of Russian Women Writers). RARE. (a88922)
$490.00Blokh, Raisa and Mikhail Gorlin. RAISA BLOKH; MIKHAIL GORLIN (entirely in Russian)
Paris 1959 1st edition. Dom Knigi. 12mo wraps. Text entirely in Russian. First 62 pages are poems by Blokh, (1899-1943) written in the 1920s and 30s. Remaining pages are poems by her husband Mikhail Gorlin (1909-1943.) Then follows a two-page editorial comment on the two Russian emigre poets and a photo illustration of what appears to have been the last letter Raisa wrote before the couple was captured by the Germans. They died in a German concentration camp in 1943. There are 3 fullpage illustrations, one a drawing by N. Brodsky showing a sort of time-lapse picture of Blokh's face shown in three overlapping pictures as she turns her head to look at the viewer; the second is a portrait of the very handsome Mikhail Gorlin; third is the aforementioned letter. Good , no ownership marks; light cover soiling and toning; light foxing on final ten pages; binding secure. Very Scarce. (a93718)
$220.00Terapiano, Yuri. IZBRANNYE STIHI (EARTHLY JOURNEY) (**inscribed and signed)
Washington DC 1963 first edition. Kamkin. Octavo wraps. 107p. Poetry. Entirely in Russian. **Briefly inscribed and Signed by Terapiano in 1965. Terapiano, 1892 to 1980, was a Russian poet, author, translator and active member of Russian emigre community in Paris. VG light cover wear. (a93722)
$220.00 Nartsissov, Boris . PODEM: CHETVERTAIA KNIGA STIKHOV (SURGE: THE FOURTH BOOK OF POEMS) ( entirely in Russian)
Washington 1969 first edition. Author. octavo wraps. 47p. Poetry in Russian. Nartsissov, 1906-1982, was a chemist born in Estonia who emigrated to the US. VG plus, very slight wear. (a93726)
$65.00Meredith, William and Richard Harteis. THE WHITE ISLAND (title in both English and in Russian) (*signed by both authors)
Varna, Bulgaria 1998 first edition. E Niagolova House. octavo wraps. Poems in English; flip book over and poems appear in Russian. Illustrations. 58p. 58p. **Inscribed by Richard "For Ruth original denizon of the white island" and signed also by William. Book is Near Fine. DJ is good plus with light soiling one halfinch closed tear (no chips) (a94801)
$35.00Apukhtin, Alekey. POEMS (Entirely in Russian)
1919 Rabochyeh Knegoezdatepstvo. 12mo wraps. 96p. Entirely in Russian. Good, somewhat worn but binding secure. no owner marks. Apukhtin lived 1840-1893. (a95286)
$60.00Burgi, Richard. A HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN HEXAMETER
Hamden, CT 1954 first edition. Shoe String Press. Hardcover octavo. 208p. Owner signed. VG no dj. (a95352)
$29.00Gumilyov, Nikolay. NIKOLAY GUMILYOV POETRY COLLECTION - TOM PERVBIE (entirely in Russian)
Regensberg 1947 . 24mo. 10x14 cm. wraps. Staple binding. Nice line drawing portrait of Gumilyov on front cover. 160p . Entirely in Russian. Toned throughout but legible and not brittle. Gumilyov was co-founder of Acmeist poetry movement, husband of Anna Akhmatova , arrested and executed by Cheka in 1921. Good, Not much wear at all. Volume one. (a95810)
$75.00Zrestov, Georgei. LADBYA (GOOD LUCK) (entirely in Russian)
Paris 1966 first edition. Beresniak. 12mo wraps. 59p. Poetry. Entirely in Russian. VG plus. no marks . clean. Very Scarce. (a95846)
$65.00Levine, Josef. SKAZANI VORONYA ( CONVICTED CROW ? )
New York 1945 first edition. Octavo wraps. Entirely in Russian. Some attractive woodblock prints and text illustrations in text. Poetry in Russian. 69p. VG plus, little or no wear but lightly evenly toned overall; slight fraying of board edges. Very Scarce. (a97733)
$200.00Krylov, Ivan Andreevich . BASNI KRYLOVA POLNOE SOBRANIE
St. Petersburg. 1896 . Hardcover octavo. Text entirely in Russian. Hardcover. Lovely full gilt and black decoration on front panel and spine. Portrait of Krylov. 270p. Original attractive floral end papers. Hinges not cracked in or out. Binding very secure. Now owner marks. Light evenly toning throughout. Russian Fables and Poems. Some drawing illustrations in text. Lovely condition - Near Fine. (a99129)
$89.00Pregel, Sofiya ( Sophia) . MOE DETSTVO (MY CHILDHOOD) - TOM I, TOM II
Paris 1973 first edition. Novosele. Two hardcover octavo volumes, white cloth with blue lettering. Photo illus in each volume as frontispiece. 377p.421p. Text Fine; covers VG lightly soiled, lightly worn ;no owner marks. Binding secure. no dj. Entirely Russian. There may be a volume 3 but we do not know. Sofiya Pregel lived 1894 - 1972. Born in Odessa, well-known Russian poet, moved to Berlin then Paris in 1932 where she directed Rifman publishing. Very Scarce. Two volumes: (a99614)
$200.00Pushkin, A S (Aleksander Sergeevich) ; V A. Serova (Vystavka Proizvedeniy) illiustratsii. POLTAVA POEMA
Mockba 1949 first edition. Gos. izd-vo khudozhestvennoi literatury. large 4to, wraps. Seven large mounted color plates by Serova illustrate Russian text of Puskin's poem "Poltava." 29p. Book is VG, no owner marks, just light wear. with DJ which is Good, somewhat worn, unevenly toned but no tears and no chips. Quite Scarce. (a99939)
$145.00