1. Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevich.

Natsionalnyj vopros v Rossii / Nacional’nyj vopros v Rossii. [The national question in Russia].

Moskva, 1884. Large Octavo. 107 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition. Uncut / Unopened version of this extremely scarce publication in original printed wrappers.

2. Gorky, Maxim / Shirazi, J.K.M. (Translator).

Creatures That Once Were Men. With introduction by G.K. Chesterton.

Second Edition. London, Alston Rivers, 1905. 14 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece (Colour portrait of Maxim Gorky by Henry Ospovat), XIV, 93 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear and tear. Some discoloring of pages but mostly to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner’s name “P.H.Stephenson” on endpaper in ink pen dated 1944.

3. Tolstoi, Lyof.

Work while ye have the light. Translated from the Russian by E.J.Dillon.

London, London Book Co., 1906. Octavo. Frontispiece Portrait of Tolstoy with original tissue-guard, 24 page introduction by Edmund Gosse, 218 pages. Hardcover / Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and cover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. [The British Library of Continental Fiction].

4. Leger, Louis.

La Russie Intellectuelle. Études et Portraits.

Paris, Jean Maisonneuve & Fils, 1914. Gr.-8°. 299 pages. Reliure originale. Tres Bon état. Paper uncut ! / Exceptional condition.

5. Gogol, Nikolai.

Das Bildnis. Eine Novelle. Mit Zeichnungen von W. Masjutin. Ins Deutsche uebertragen von Alexander Eliasberg.

Stuttgart, Verlag Julius Hoffmann, 1920. Quarto. 96 Seiten. Hardcover / Modernes Halbleder mit Rueckenschild in neuem Spezial – Schuber mit eingebundener Originalbroschur. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6. [Lehmann, John] Pasternak, Boris.

Gruzinskie Liriki [Georgian Lyrics / Georgian Poetry].

First Edition. [Moscow / Moskva], Sovestii Pisatel, 1935. Octavo. 136 pages. Original Hardcover / Original blue illustrated cloth. Binding firm and with the original endpapers in very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. Covers slightly dusty. Interior very clean. This is the copy of english poet, editor and publisher John Lehmann, with his signature to the endpaper (juxtaposed to the halftitle).

7. Pavlenko, Piotr.

Red Planes Fly East. Translated from the Russian by Stephen Garry.

First Edition. New York, International Publishers, 1938. 19.2cm x 13.4cm. viii, 523 (7) pages. With map. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The very rare dustjacket with some damage to outer margins. Pastedown signed by preowner.

8. Ehrenburg, Ilya.

The Ninth Wave. Translated by Tatiana Shebunina and Joseph Castle. General editor: Yvonne Kapp.

First English language Edition. London, Lawrence and Wishart, 1955. 13.5 x 20 cm. 895 pages. Original cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. [Library of contemporary Soviet Novels].

9. Pasternak, Boris.

Doktor Zhivago. [Rare Original Russian Edition]

Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1959. Thick Octavo. [iv], 567, [1] pages. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s terra-cotta cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No jacket was issued for this book. In protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Second printing of the first authorized edition in Russian (preceded only by two CIA-sponsored, and virtually unobtainable, editions printed in Italy and distributed at the Brussels World Fair in the summer of 1958). Exlibris Janice Clark. Wonderful collectable !

10. Babel, Isaak / Sindler, Jiri.

Odeské povídky. Historie mého holubníku. / [Odessa Tales] Translation from Russian by Jan Zábrana / Illustrations Jiri Sindler.

Praha, Nakladatelství ceskoslovenských výtvarných umelcu, 1965. 8°. 131 pages with 11 full-page illustrations and several illustrations within the text. Original, beautifully illustrated wrappers (3-folded) in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.