Books:Slavic Literature:Emigre from ZH BOOKS

Berlin: Petropolis, 1929. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (1929); 7 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. [3], 6-370, [6]; beige wraps, printed in blue, ruled in black; partially unopened; small cuts to tail of spine and lower, front corner; a few small spots of foxing, mostly to first several leaves and spine; "Flegon Press" stamp to back wrap; very good… Read more about this item

Berlin: Izdatelstvo Skify, 1920. Softcover. First emigre edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [3], 6-28; brown wraps printed and illustrated in black; small nicks to corners and tips of spine; bookshop label to front wrap verso; a few spots - mostly to first and last few leaves; several passages underlined; overall in very good condition.Razumnik Vasil'evich Ivanov [Ivanov-Razumnik]… Read more about this item

Parizh (Paris): La Presse Francaise et Etrangere, 1948. Softcover. Limited edition of 50 numbered copies (this one unnumbered); 5 3/4 x 4 1/2; pp. [6], 9-126; beige, card stock wraps, printed and illustrated in brown; a few small nicks to tips of spine and edges of back wrap; light creasing to corners; cover art and design by Aleksandr Serebriakov;… Read more about this item

Paris: YMCA Press, 1931. Softcover. First edition; 7 1/2 x 4 3/4; pp. [2], 5-45, [1]; light turquoise wraps, ruled and printed in dark blue; light fading and two small spots to margins of wraps; small nicks to tips of spine; very good condition.Nikolai Berdiaev (1874 - 1948), the great philosopher, author, and Christian Existentialist, wrote his current work… Read more about this item

S. l. (Paris): s. n., 1910. Softcover. First edition, issue No. 1; 11 ¼†x 8 ¾†; pp. [4]; fragile newsprint; mild age-toning to margins; folded, with a horizontal crease line; several small cuts to fold and edges; very good condition.The very first issue of a short-lived Russian journal (presumably, only 2 issues were ever printed), it… Read more about this item

Shankhai: Tipografiia “Nikita†Do Shin Press, 1948. Softcover. First edition thus; 7 x 5; pp. 160; olive wraps with an intricate border and title in black; age-toning along margins and a few spots to back wrap; small nicks to fore-edge of last several pages; illustrated with portrait frontis and a vignette at the beginning of first chapter; overall… Read more about this item

Kharbin: M. V. Zaitseva, 1930. Softcover. First edition thus, n. d. (ca 1930); 9 1/4 x 7 1/4; pp. 72; chromolithographed wraps; lacking back wrap; text block split in two; a few old pieces of tape to hinges; occasional smudges to margins; illustrated with full-page chromolithograph plates; overall fair to good condition.An adorable edition of Andersen’s tales, published for… Read more about this item

New York/Paris/Riga/Harbin: Alatas, 1925. Softcover. Unnumbered copy of a limited first edition of 1000 published; 9 x 7 1/4; vol. II pp. 206, vol. III pp. 190, vol. IV pp. 126, vol. V pp. 208, vol. VI pp. 196; illustrated wraps; two of the volumes with closed cuts and some loss of paper to tips of spine; most pages… Read more about this item

Kharbin: Tipografiia Kazansko-Bogoroditskago Muzhekogo Monastyria, 1929. Softcover. First editions, issues 1 and 2 for January and February, 1929; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; illustrated wraps; issue 1 with thin cuts at tips of spine, spotting to margins of pages, illustrated, very good condition; issue 2 lacking back wrap, front wrap detached with some loss of paper, lower corner trimmed,… Read more about this item

Paris: s. n., 1925. Softcover. First edition; 31 1/2 x 24 cm; pp. 24; illustrated off-white wraps; several small nicks and cuts to fore-edge and lower back corner; a few spots, mostly to margins; illustrated with photographs, drawings, and cartoons; very good.An iconic Russian art and literature emigre journal, Illustrated Russia was published in Paris from 1924 to 1939… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Rausen Publishers & Distributors, 1966. Softcover. First edition; 4 1/4 x 6; pp. 158; beige wraps printed in black; small nick to head of spine; crease line to upper corner of front wrap and first several pages; portrait frontis; overall very good.Andrei Sinyavsky (1925 – 1997), often writing under the pseudonym Abram Terz, was a Russian… Read more about this item

New Ulm, Germany: Ukrains'kikh Vistei, 1958. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 8; pp. 20; beige wraps printed in black; minor age-toning and spotting to margins of wraps; faint vertical crease line; very good or better.Fedir Pihido - Pravoberezhnii was a Ukrainian historian and cultural activist. He was also a high-ranking official of the UNR (Ukrainian National Republic) - the… Read more about this item

Winnipeg: Spilka, 1917. Softcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 50; brown wraps printed in black; chips to corners; vertical cut along spine repaired; small stamp of previous owner; good or better.Written by an Ukrainian emigre author, the book elaborates on the subject of culture, national identity, and assimilation.

Shankhai: A. P. Kriukov, V. K. Martensen i Ko., 1921. Softcover. First edition thus; 6 x 8 1/2; pp. 86; illustrated wraps; spine reinforced with a brown linen strip; minor spotting to wraps; a few nicks and cuts to lower corner of back wrap; several passages underlined; small signature to title page; overall good to very good condition.A charming… Read more about this item

Cleveland/Yonkers: Tipografiia Lemko-Soiuza, 1934. Softcover. Lemkos - small ethnic sub-group from the Carpathian Mountains identifying themselves as either Carpatho-Rusyns or Ukrainians - immigrated in large groups to the United States in the years between the two World Wars with many of them settling in Ohio. In Cleveland, in 1929, Lemko-Soiuz (the Lemko Association) was established by immigrants dissatisfied with… Read more about this item

Jersey City, NJ: Svobodi, 1930. Softcover. Presumed first edition, n. d. (ca 1930); 4 3/4 x 6 3/4; pp. 32; green wraps printed in black; a few small spots to margins of wraps, else minor wear; small "Ukr Res Duplicate" stamp to title page; very good or better.Anastaziia Ribakova was a Ukrainian emigre author and member of the Ukrainian… Read more about this item

New York: Izdatel'stvo Imeni Chekhova, 1953. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 350; blue wraps; a bit of rubbing along spine; small spot to bottom edge of pages; text clean; very good condition.Mark Aldanov (Landau) [1886-1957] - a Russian author, critic, and a six-time Nobel Prize for Literature nominee - was born in Kiev to an… Read more about this item

Bruxelles: Editions <La Vie Avec Dieu>, 1959. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4; pp. 54, including text to back wrap; illustrated wraps; faint creasing to upper corner and very faint age-toning to margins; illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine condition.An issue of a Russian religious emigre journal published from 1953 until 1970. The publication leaned… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Published by the Author, 1968. Softcover. First edition, 1 of 500 copies (according to Andre Savine); 5 3/4 x 8 1/4; pp. 214; beige wraps ruled in red and blue; light age-toning to margins of wraps; two small red pen scribbles to front wrap; faint crease to lower corner; text clean; very good or better.Irina Elenevskaia was born… Read more about this item

New York: Experiments, 1957. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 10; pp. 144; beige and red wraps designed by A. N. Pregel; thin band of discoloration to top margin of front wrap; 1" damage to head of spine from creature nibbles, elsewhere minor damage; internally clean; most pages unopened; good to very good condition. Volume 8 (of a total of… Read more about this item