(BILIBIN,IVAN)illus. CONTE DU POISSON D'OR. Paris: Flammarion (1933). 4to (9 1/2 x 11"), flexible pictorial card covers, slight soil and rubbing, VG++. This is a Russian fairy tale retold in French by PERE CASTOR'S Rose Celli. Featuring 8 full page, rich color illustrations, 8 partial page black and whites and..... More
(BILIBIN,IVAN)illus. IVAN BILIBIN by Sergei Golynets. NY: Abrams (1981). 4to (9 x 11 3/4", cloth, 225p., Fine in dust wrapper. The life and works of Bilibin presented in very readable form, including a profusion of color reproductions and photos. An essential reference work on this great artist... More
(BILIBIN,IVAN)illus. THE VOLGA [by P. Golike and A. Vilborg]. St. Petersburg, 1904. Folio, pictorisl wraps, some edge fraying and slight creasing inside else VG+. First edition, illustrated by Bilibin with 5 magnificent full page and several smaller color lithographs. A Russian folk tale: "The motifs of Old Russia and exotic..... More
EXTER,ALEXANDRA. PANORAMA DU FLEUVE texte de Marie Colmont. Paris: Flammarion 1937. Square 9 3/4" opening to 8 feet, slight bit of cover rubbing and soil else near Fine. This PERE CASTOR BOOK is illustrated by Russian emigre artist ALEXANDRA EXTER. One side is a striking full color panorama done in..... More
FAIRY TALE. [SEVEN AT ONE BLOW] CEMEPbIX EANHbIM MAXOM. no date ca 1915. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, light wear, VG. Printed in Germany with text in Russian and featuring absolutely fabulous, rich full page color illustrations and fine detailed line illus. in brown on text pages. A curious..... More
[GRIMM BROTHERS]. SNOW WHITE (in Russian). Berlin ca 1920. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, VG+. This is a wonderful picture book with Russian text, beautifully illustrated in color on every page by W.E., most likely done for the Russian emigre population in Germany. More
(LEBEDEV,VLADIMIR) illus. TSIRK [THE CIRCUS] by Samuel Marshak. [St. Petersburg]: Raduga 1925. 4to, pictorial. wraps, two small edge chips, several small closed tears, paper scrape scrape on one page, VG+. First edition of this Constructivist picture book with verse by Marshak and fabulous color lithographs of circus scenes by Lebedev..... More
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(LEBEDEV,VLADIMIR)illus. VCHERA I SEGODNIA [YESTERDAY AND TODAY] by S. Marshak. Leningrad: Guiz 1928 (3rd printing 1928). 4to (8 7/8 x 11 3/8"), pictorial wraps, light cover soil, almost invisible spine repair, VG+. Technological advances are compared to the "old" ways of doing things (electricity vs. oil lamp, typewriter vs. plume..... More
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MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH [AND] THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER in Russian. NY: Dutton 1967 (1967). 4to, cloth, 221p., top edge rubbed else VG+ in frayed dust wrapper with a few mends on verso. Stated 1st ed. of the only authorized Russian edition of these two books. Illustrated by B...... More
NOVELTY. RUSSES ET FRANCAIS. Nancy: E. Ferry, Editeur no date, 19th century. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2", pictorial wraps, small repair on cover, some soil, VG. There is a hole cut in each page through which a different face can appear. Each verso and facing recto relate to each other..... More
(PAPE,FRANK C.)illus. RUSSIAN STORY BOOK retold by Richard Wilson. Lond:Mac. 1916. 4to, red gilt cl., 307p., some foxing, VG. 1st ed. Tales from the Song Cycles of Kiev and Novgorod and other early sources. Featuring 16 beautiful color plates by Pape plus detailed b&w's. A lovely book of legends... More
(PARAIN, NATHALIE)illus. BABA YAGA:a popular Russian tale retold by Rose Celli. NY: Artists & Writers Guild, 1935. Folio (11 x 12 3/4"), flexible card covers, small piece of corner nipped and slight edge wear else VG. Authorized American edition of a large format PERE CASTOR book, featuring striking and stylized..... More
PERE CASTOR. LES BETES QUE J'AIME [ANIMALS I LIKE] by Louv'a. Paris: Flammarion 1934 (ed. of 1943). Sq. 4to, pict. wraps, VG. Illus. with wonderful bold and stylized color lithos by HELENE GUERTIK. More
PERE CASTOR. LES BETES QUE J'AIME [ANIMALS I LIKE] by Louv'a. Paris: Flammarion 1934. 8 1/4" square, flexible pictorial wraps, VG. First edition. Illustrated with wonderful bold and stylized color lithos by HELENE GUERTIK. More
PERE CASTOR. NOUVELLES IMAGES A COLORIER: REPTILES. Paris: Flammarion 1938. Sq. 4to, color pict. wraps, some cover soil and spine rubbed else VG and unused. 1st ed. Illustrated by Russian emigre artist HELENE GUERTIK with bold color lithos on a blue background. Each color page faces a page in outline..... More
(POGANY,WILLY)illus. THE GOLDEN COCKEREL translated from the Russian of Alexander Pushkin by Elaine Pogany. NY: Thomas Nelson, 1938 (1938). Large 4to (9 x 12"), gilt cloth, light cover soil, VG. 1st ed. Illus. with lovely full page color lithos and many half-page black and whites by Pogany. An uncommon title..... More
POP-UP. [FROG PRINCE]. Moscow 1983. Oblong 4to, edges rubbed else VG. Featuring 8 color pop-ups done in the style of Kubasta. More
(ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. CALENDRIER DES ENFANTS texte de Y. Lacote. Paris: Flammarion (1936, ed. of 1948). Oblong 8vo, (7 1/4 x 6 1/2") pictorial wraps, very slight shelf wear, near Fine. A PERE CASTOR title with wonderful full page color lithos by ROJAN for each month of the year. See Bader p...... More
(ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. CALENDRIER DES ENFANTS texte de Y. Lacote. Paris: Flammarion (1936). Oblong 8vo, (7 1/4 x 6 1/2") pictorial wraps, paper rubbed inside covers where wrap had been attached and light edge wear else VG+. First edition of this PERE CASTOR title with wonderful full page color lithos by ROJAN..... More
(ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. THE FALCON UNDER THE HAT: Russian merry tales selected and trans. by G.Daniels. NY:Funk & Wagnalls(1969). 8 x 10 1/4", cloth, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with slight wear to spine ends. First edition of these Russian tales (#1 on copyright page), Featuring lovely full page and in text..... More
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(ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. GLOBUSNYI TCHELOVETCHIK [THE LITTLE MAN IN THE GLOBE] by Natalya Kodryskaya [Natalie Codray]. (Printed in Paris by Ourlot Freres 1954). 4to (8 1/2 x 11"), boards, pictorial paste-on, [68]p., Fine. In this fairy tale / fantasy, a little man comes out of a globe and takes a little girl..... More
(ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. LES ANIMAUX DU ZOO by Lida. Paris: Flammarion 1941. 5x6", pictorial wraps, fine. 1st ed. of the 2nd title from a series of smaller sized Pere Castor books called Petits Pere Castor, illustrated with great color lithos by Rojan. Scarce. More
RUSSIAN. (BIRDS) PTAKHI [BIRDS]. Printed in the Soviet Union circa 1935. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2", VG+. This is a charming panorama of birds featuring color woodcuts printed on tan paper there 8 panels depicting swan, vulture, cockatoo and more. More
RUSSIAN. BITCHIZNA V NAS ODNA [by] Gritsbo Boiko. [USSR] 1974. Small 4to (6 1/2 x 9 1/4"), pictorial wraps [32]p. including covers, VG+. Creatively illustrated in full color by M. Nechiporenko with many propaganda themed images. More
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RUSSIAN. BRATESHKI [LITTLE BROTHERS] by A. Barto. Moskow: Ogiz 1935. 4to (7 1/2 x 8 1/2"), pictorial wraps, Fine. Not 1st. Children of every color are illustrated with wonderful, bright color lithos by Georgi Echeistov. See Leveque: Dictionnaire p.56, Rosenfeld: Russian Graphic Arts p.174... More
RUSSIAN. (BREI) SOBOLINYI SLED by Z. Bagritskyi. Moscow: Detizdat 1937. 8vo (6 x 8 5/8"). pictorial wraps, corners nipped and paper toning, VG. Illustrated by Andre Brei with 5 full page black and white lithographs showing a little boy with ahunting rifle in the woods with his dog. See Leveque..... More
RUSSIAN. BYELOSNEZHKA. Published in Berlin, circa 1920, oblong 4to, cloth backed pict. boards, near Fine. Russian text of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with color decorative border on each page of text, plus many lovely full page illus. by "W.E.". Beautiful and scarce. More
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RUSSIAN. (CHARUSHIN) DETKE V KLETKE [ANIMAL BABIES IN A CAGE - ZOO BABIES] by S. Marshak. Leningrad: Ogiz 1935. 4to (9 x 11 1/2"), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed and cover toned else VG. 1st edition with Charushin's illustrations having been first published in 1923 with designs by Cecil..... More
RUSSIAN. (CHARUSHIN) KAZHDOI MAME I KAZHDOMU PAPE [Of Each Mother and Each Father] by E. Charushin. Detizat, 1938. 4to (9 x 11 1/2"), pictorial wraps, light cover soil and few margin mends, VG+ and unused. This book is meant to be a guide for making toys. It is arranged by..... More
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RUSSIAN. (CHARUSHIN) ZHIBOTNYI ZHARKIX STRAH [ANIMALS FROM HOT COUNTRIES] by E. Charushin. Ogiz, Detisdat 1935. 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/8"), pictorial wraps, corner crease, light soil, VG. Written by Charusin and illustrated by him as well with lovely full page chromolithographs of animals that live in hot climates. See..... More
RUSSIAN. (CHARUSHIN) ZVERI ZHARKIKH I KHOLODNYA STRAN [BEASTS FROM HOT AND COLD CLIMATES]. Detizdat, 1938. 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 3/8"), pictorial wraps, slight soil, VG+. Illustrated by Eugeni Charushin with charming color lithographs of wild animals from the jungle to the Arctic. Charushin was the preeminent illustrator of animals..... More
RUSSIAN. (CHRISTMAS) SAMODELVNYE ELOCHNYE UKRASHENII [HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS] by G.M. Pavlov. 1938. 12mo (5 x 6 3/4"), 78p., pictorial wraps, some spine wear VG. This educational book teaches how to make your own CHristmas decorations and toys. Illustrated with line drawings. More
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RUSSIAN. DE REIS DOOR RUSLAND [TRIP TO RUSSIA] by S. Marshak. The Hague: de Baanbreker 1930. 4to (7 `/4 x 8 3/4"), pictorial wraps, some cover soil and slight crease, VG. 1st Dutch edition of Lebedev's 1926 book entitled Bagazh, translated by L. Dworson and E. Hessbinger. Illustrated with wonderful..... More
RUSSIAN. THE EPIC SONGS OF RUSSIA by Isabel Florence Hapgood. NY: Scrib, 1886 (1886). 4to, cloth, 358p., teg, some cover soil, VG+. 1st edition. The Russian epic songs (bylinas) are offered for popular reading with an appendix that gives useful historical information. This copy is signed by T.B. Aldrich 1886..... More
RUSSIAN. FAIRY TALES FOR THE LITTLE ONES. Offered here are 4 books from a series of little books for little hands published in Moscow by the State - Detizgat in 1938 except for the first one which was published in 1937. They are uniform in size 4 1/4 x 5..... More
RUSSIAN. (FAVORSKI, VLADIMIR) 5 FAVORSKI BOOKS. Offered here are 5 books illustrated by Vladimir Favorski, the noted (and eccentric) woodcut artist who maintained an active working life that spanned his lifetime (1884-1964). Although Favorski began his work before the Revolution, his fame came from his post Revolutionary work which emphasized..... More
RUSSIAN. A HARVEST OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE by Miriam Morton. CA: UC Press, 1967. 4to, cloth, 474p., Fine in dw. 1st ed. Russian stories, folk tales, verse, fables and prose poems from 1825 to the present with background commentary. Illus. in color and b&w, index... More
RUSSIAN INTEREST. BABUSHKA BABA YAGA by Patricia Polacco. NY: Philomel (1993). 4to, pict. bds, as new in dw. 1st ed. A retelling of the Russian folk tale of Baba Yaga where wicked Baba Yaga becomes kind. Illus. in color by Polacco. More
RUSSIAN INTEREST. RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE IN THE ART OF YU A. VASNETSOV by Vsevolod Petrov. Pub. in Moscow ca 1972. Folio, 139p., cloth, fine in dw and plain slipcase. Text is in both Russian and English and there are hundred's of reproductions of the fairy tale illustrations by Vasnetsov... More
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RUSSIAN. (KONASHEVICH,V.) MUKHA TSOKOTOOKA [THE CHATTERING FLY] [by] K. Chukovskii. 1933. Small 4to (7 x 8 5/8"), pictorial wraps, corner creases else VG. 1st edition. This is the story of humanized flies and what happens when one is grabbed at her birthday party by a spider. There are wonderful, fanciful..... More
RUSSIAN. (KOUZENETSOV) TOY TIME by A. Barto trans. from Russian by Herbert Marshall. Moscow: Mejdubarodnaya Kniga no date, ca 1935. 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/4"), pictorial wraps, slight cover soil else VG+. Color illustrations on every page in typical Russian post-Revolutionary style by K. KOUZNETSOV, all featuring various toys..... More
RUSSIAN. (KRAVCHENKO) GENERAL TOPTYGIN by N. Nekrasov. Moscow: Detguiz, 1937. 8vo (6 x 8 3/4"), pictorial wraps, light crease on top edge, VG+. This is the story about a brown bear named General Toptygin. Illustrated by A. Kravchenko with realistic black and whites on each page of text. See Leveque..... More
RUSSIAN. (KUZNETSOV) PESENKI by O. Kapitsa. Detizdat, 1935. 4to (8 1/2 x 11 1/2"), pictorial wraps, corners of rear cover and 3 pages chipped, light corner stain, some cover soil, Good condition. Illustrated by K. Kuznetsov with black and white lithos on every page to accompany poems... More
RUSSIAN. (MAGAZINES) RUSSIAN MAGAZINES CHIZH AND MURZILKA. Offered here are 5 issues of CHIZH and two isues of MURZILKA. Chizh was the most important magazine for younger Russian children, Along with Ezh for older children, the content featured stories and art by the leading authors and illustrators of the day..... More
RUSSIAN. (MARSHAK & BIBKOVA) VOINA c DNEPROM [THE WAR WITH THE DNEPR (RIVER) by S. Marshak. State Pub. House 1931. Small 4to, pict. wraps, VG+. The story of how the workers "fought" the Dnepr River and conquered it by building a dam. Illustrated with striking and almost surreal blue illustrations..... More
RUSSIAN. (MAVRINA & BARTO,A.) PESN O STROIKE [SONG OF CONSTRUCTION] by A. Barto. Moscow, Ogiz, Molodai Gvardia (State Publishers) 1932. 8vo (5 1/8 x 7 1/4"), pictorial wraps, spine and edge mends, VG. The book depicts the changes Russia underwent during the first 5-Year plan. Illustrated by Tatiana Mavrina, every..... More
RUSSIAN. [PRIMER]. This is a Russian primer/picture book published in Moscow in 1959. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, VG. Illustrated in color on every page with many scenes depicting daily life - several with school children all dressed in similar drab brown uniforms. Laid in are 3 charts of letters..... More
RUSSIAN. (ROTOV) KAK OT MEDA U MEDVEDI A ZUBY NACHALI BOLET [THE HONEY BEAR WITH A TOOTHACHE] by Boris Kornilov. Moscow, State Publisher 1935. Large 4to (8 3/4 x 11"), pictorial wraps, several edge repairs, VG. This is the story of a large brown bear's quest to cure his bad..... More
RUSSIAN. RUSSIAN FOLK-TALES trans. with intro. and notes by Leonard Magnus. Lond.: Kegan Paul... (1916 2nd print). 8vo, cloth, 350p., fine. The classic Russian skazki are translated into English, with notes and glossary. More
RUSSIAN. [RUSSIAN IN PICTURES] by I.V. Barannikov. Moscow 1964. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, 137p., edges rubbed else VG. A primer / object book for non-Russian speaking children in the Soviet Union, illustrated in color on every page by L.A. Varkovitskaja. More
RUSSIAN. RUSSIAN PICTURE BOOKS. Offered here are 3 nice Russian picture books representing 3 decades - one each from 1947, 1955 and 1962. 2 are quarto, one is 16mo, two illus. in color and quite interesting for their diversity. More
RUSSIAN. SKAZKA O RIBAKYE I RIBKYE [by Pushkin]. 1936. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, boards darkened else VG. A fairy tale by Pushkin illus in color on almost every page by VLADIMIR KONASHEVICH. More
RUSSIAN. SKAZKI ZVEROLOVA. Published by the Youth Communist League, 1938. 4to, pict. wraps, Fine. Many wonderful full page and partial page color illus. by A. RILOV . Unusual and scarce. More
RUSSIAN. STARBYE KUKPI [OLD DOLLS] by Bednyi (pseud. Efim Alekseevich Pridvorov). 1931. 4to, pictorial wraps, light spine and cover wear, VG. Illustrated by Koukryniksi with full page satirical portrayals ridiculing the political figures of the past. Koukryniksi is a composite name for 3 famous Soviet illustrators who were satirists, poster..... More
RUSSIAN. TALES FROM TARTARY, RUSSIAN TALES, VOLUME TWO by James Riordan. NY & Lond: Viking & Kestrel, (1979). 4to, brown cloth, 171p., Fine in dw. 1st U.S. The first English collection of Tartar folk tales with a chapter on commentary and illus. by Anthony Colbert. More
RUSSIAN. TEREMOK [THE MANSION] by S. Marshak. Offered here are two different versions of the old Russian story about a huge tree house in the forest for all of the animals. Both were published by the state in Russian in 1947. Both 4to, pictorial wraps, VG+ condition. The story tells..... More
RUSSIAN. TOY TIME by A. Barto trans. from Russian by Herbert Marshall. Moscow: Mejdubarodnaya Kniga nd ca 1935. 4to, pict. wraps, small margin rips and faint stain else VG. Color illustrations on every page in typical Russian post-Revolutionary style by K. KOUZNETSOV, all featuring various toys. Verses accomapny the illustrations..... More
RUSSIAN. (USHACOVA) MALENVKIM DETIM by L. Tolstoi. Detizdat, 1937. 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 5/8"), pictorial wraps, VG+. The story revolves around the playtime activities young children in the countryside. Illustrated by Natalia Ushacova with very lovely brown tone lithographs on every page. See Leveque: Dictionnaire p.194 for others... More
(SHULEVITZ,URI)illus. FOOL OF THE WORLD AND THE FLYING SHIP retold by A. Ransome. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1968). Oblong 4to, (10 1/2 x 9 1/4"), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with price intact (spine ends chipped, a few closed tears, VG). 1st ed. of this CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. A Russian..... More
(SHULEVITZ,URI)illus. FOOL OF THE WORLD AND THE FLYING SHIP retold by A. Ransome. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1968). Oblong 4to, (10 1/2 x 9 1/4"), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with price intact (spine ends frayed, a few closed tears and erasure mark on front flap, VG). 1st edition of..... More
(SPIRIN,GENNADIJ)illus. SOROTCHINTZY FAIR by Nikolai Gogol. Bost.: Godine (1990). Folio, boards, fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. of SSpirin's first book. A picture book magnificently illustrated in color by the award winning Spirin with tremendous detail and range of colors so characteristic of his style... More